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#1 Post by Steve » Wed Nov 27, 2013 9:56 pm

Hi I'm Steve, hence the screen name :wink:

I first got into archery as a 13 yr old and shot an old Ben Pearson compound barebow and instinctive for a few years. I "upgraded" and got a new bow and added a sight and used that for a few years. That was until I got my firearms licence and I gave up bows and hunted with firearms. Thing is I missed shooting a bow. So 10 years after I gave up archery I decided I'd get back into it. With one difference. I would go recurve this time around.

So I did a bit of looking around at recurves and tested out a few, some were okay some were just plain horrible to shoot, I kept looking and then I found the Hoyt Buffalo. I fired it once and thought WHOA that was pretty sweet. I fired a few ends out of it and loved it so I bought it and a doz shafts on the spot. SWEET.

Then I went away for work for 6 months......Now I'm back I've got a shooting lane set up at home and every afternoon I shoot a few ends. Its starting to come back to me I've improved a lot in a week even and I look forward to actually getting to know a few guys from the local club and picking their brains for hints tricks and tips. I'm a jube when it comes to bow tuning and I know it. So any pointers you guys can give me will also be great.
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#2 Post by longbow steve » Wed Nov 27, 2013 10:32 pm

Welcome Steve, nice name :biggrin: . Look forward to your contributions. Where are you located? Steve

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#3 Post by Steve » Wed Nov 27, 2013 10:45 pm

Nice name mate! Sorry I'm in Ipswich. I'll update my profile asap.
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#4 Post by Tom Alker » Thu Nov 28, 2013 12:56 am

Hey mate i frequent ipswich often, I'll come for a shoot with ya sometime. Welcome back to archery.
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#5 Post by Steve » Thu Nov 28, 2013 5:59 am

Tom, sounds good mate. I need all the pointers I can get!
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#6 Post by bigbob » Thu Nov 28, 2013 8:10 am

There are two archery clubs near you, Renegades which is ABA and another which is 3DAAA [can't remember its name] but you probable know that . Anyhow welcome to Ozbow good poeole on here only to ready to help others.
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#7 Post by Steve » Thu Nov 28, 2013 10:13 am

Yeah I'll be checking out the 3DAAA club at Ripley in the new year. It's in the same place as the rifle range I use so it makes life easy for me 8)
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#8 Post by Chase N. Nocks » Thu Nov 28, 2013 11:47 am

G'day Steve,

Welcome to Ozbow. Lots of good fellas and good information here.

The other club Bob might be thinking of is the 3DAAA club at Ripley outside Ipswich.

It is down in the gully a bit on the right about 200m before you get to the SSAA club.

I have not shot at the archery club yet so can't give a review of the place, Guess I will have to give it a try in 2014.

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#9 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Thu Nov 28, 2013 1:07 pm

Welcome to Ozbow Steve.

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#10 Post by rodlonq » Thu Nov 28, 2013 2:29 pm

G'day Steve, welcome to Ozbow.

Cheers….. Rod

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