Another great day in the snow! With the temperature around -6 C today I went out and took the bows with me to the Timmins Bowhunters and Archers outdoor range. Jenn and I snowshoed into the range and packed trails to the backdrop and 10 and 15 yard lines. I started with my Greatree Archery recurve which I recently worked up and silenced with beaver balls and felt on the upper limbs. I quickly shot up a fairly consistent grouping, the bow was still making a hard surface vibration which I narrowed down to my cheap bow mounted quiver which I removed and the bow became whisper silent, I'll have to splurge on a higher quality replacement before hunting season. I switched out to my Ragim longbow and was unable to get decent groupings again and after a few rounds of arrows and with the last couple years making no real progress on my grouping with it I've decided to sell it. It's not an easy decision being my first bow but I'm unable to make any progress in shooting it, same anchor point draw length and style and still no constancy. I prefer the takedown recurve for hunting being able to pack it easier and move it through the dense underbrush better. I'd rather see it in someone's hands that can do sometching with it. With the rrecurve in hand i was back to shooting fairly tight groupings again. The snow continued to fall and we made an excellent afternoon out of it.
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