Archery comp in Afghanistan

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Archery comp in Afghanistan

#1 Post by discord » Fri Feb 08, 2013 2:01 pm

Looks pretty safe, eh? :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Archery comp in Afghanistan

#2 Post by Curvemeister » Fri Feb 08, 2013 5:46 pm

At least he's got plenty of backstop to save his arrow hitting the wall of he misses :lol: :wink:
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Re: Archery comp in Afghanistan

#3 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Fri Feb 08, 2013 5:47 pm

:shock: No thanks!!! :lol:

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#4 Post by bigbob » Sat Feb 09, 2013 12:28 pm

Metal riser?
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#5 Post by hazard » Sat Feb 09, 2013 1:55 pm

The guy in the middle at the back, it looks like a roll of toilet paper :shock:
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#6 Post by discord » Sat Feb 09, 2013 3:07 pm

bigbob wrote:Metal riser?
Found a few more pics, looks like a couple of ILF risers in the mix.

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#7 Post by Curvemeister » Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:28 pm

just noticed too he's drawing the arrow on the wrong side of the riser also , definately wouldnt want to be behind or to the back right of the target .
They would have modern equipment available there , just as when you watch them shooting in Bhutan wearing traditional garb sporting the latest Hoyt compounds as well as using their traditonal made bows.
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#8 Post by hazard » Sat Feb 09, 2013 8:29 pm

Curvemeister wrote:just noticed too he's drawing the arrow on the wrong side of the riser also , definately wouldnt want to be behind or to the back right of the target .
They would have modern equipment available there , just as when you watch them shooting in Bhutan wearing traditional garb sporting the latest Hoyt compounds as well as using their traditonal made bows.
It looks like he is using a thumb ring, that would explain why the arrow is on the other side.

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#9 Post by flyne » Sun Feb 10, 2013 10:09 am

I don't know if its the point of the arrow or the head of some one in the crowed but it looks like they r shooting blunts
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Re: Archery comp in Afghanistan

#10 Post by rmcpb » Sun Feb 10, 2013 5:24 pm

Kind of makes our whistle control soooo woosey. Or maybe we all come back to shoot again :)
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Re: Archery comp in Afghanistan

#11 Post by perry » Sun Feb 10, 2013 6:06 pm

Looks a similar to the Archery Game played in Mongolia. Might date back to when Chengis Khan sucessfully invaded Afganistan. Yep he's shooting with a Thumb Ring. What wrong with Metal Risers, been used for Centuries ????

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Re: Archery comp in Afghanistan

#12 Post by Shrek » Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:11 pm

Hope he shoots as poorly as me,the misses would be messy!!
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Re: Archery comp in Afghanistan

#13 Post by CraigH » Thu Feb 14, 2013 9:13 am

Now that's pressure!
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Re: Archery comp in Afghanistan

#14 Post by Nephew » Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:53 am

Condidering what they live with day to day, they probably consider being hit with an arrow not much to be concerned about.
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Re: Archery comp in Afghanistan

#15 Post by TEX » Sat Feb 23, 2013 6:28 am

You have to be joking
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Re: Archery comp in Afghanistan

#16 Post by Fraser » Sun Feb 24, 2013 12:39 pm

Any idea where in the country it was? You can see snow capped mountains in the background, but there every where in that s**t hole. There's not much traditional head wear being worn and some of the people have a distinctively asiatic look about them, Hazaras maybe. North of country maybe?

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Re: Archery comp in Afghanistan

#17 Post by discord » Sun Feb 24, 2013 1:09 pm

Ghazni

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Re: Archery comp in Afghanistan

#18 Post by Fraser » Sun Feb 24, 2013 3:34 pm

That's why it looked a bit different, I've been to Tarin Kowt and Khandah. Ghazi looks a bit quiter.

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