Okay, I realize one thing about archery right now.  Everyone around me knows way more than I do.  Everyone is a mentor to me at this point, but the way that I've learned other skills is by reading everything that I can, slash YouTube; then digging in and doing it and learn what not do through failure.  Not so much this time.  My main fear in archery being the bow string hitting my forearm (I should probably wear a forearm guard) or blowing up in my face, I've seen people do that and I'm okay NOT learning my lesson the painful way.  So, this time, I'm excited to learn from Rob's instruction on how to shoot properly.

The first thing we realized is that I was shooting too low, consistent but low, even though the pin was at its highest possible point.  So, we first had to order new mods for my bow to increase my draw length and hopefully adjust my top bin by about 8 inches.  I had to wait a few days for my new mods to come in and get them installed in my bow but continued to practice my shooting technique.  I worked on where my hand sits in relation to my ear, making sure that my hand was gripping the bow properly between my thumb and index fingers, and continuing to practice consistency.

After checking out Jerrin's photos I also am concentrating on facial expressions when pulling my bow back; I look ridiculous. The first week I shot at least one round of arrows every night except one; and of course began trash talking Jerrin immediately to which he appeared extremely un-threatened.

I do know I want to harvest some game with my bow this year.  So we set up a game camera at the new place to see what we would get > check it out.

My friend Mitch and I have been out walking and scouting the island for sheds, tracks, and possible dear stand placements as well.  We also called up Calvin, and we are working on a North Idaho turkey hunt.  Turkeys have nice fly tying feathers, let's not totally forget my first of outdoor passions in life.  I will have to say, turkey hunting sounds extremely interesting to me.  I like that the entire bird is useful once I harvest it.  I like the idea of calling them in (there's a cool article in the Archery eMag about turkey calls).  I think I'm good enough at just making the sounds at this point, but the crew adamantly disagrees with me.