VTbowman Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 This may not work very well for you compound shooters but I found a cheap and easy way to practice shooting at unknown distances and have a blast do it. Its kinda like stump shooting just in your yard with a tennis ball. Of coarse its advised you use a judo or blunt point. All we do is throw the ball in locations that are easy or hard, close or far, to hit and see who gets the closests or hits it. Closes guy get to throw the ball next and shoots 1st or 2nd; his choice. Kinda like yard golf in a way... This can really hone your shooting accuracy since your target is about 6x smaller then a deer vitals... Just thought Id share.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParsonsOutdoors Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Re: Tennis ball anyone? Pretty cool idea! I just bought a can of tennis balls for my 15 year old daughter. She was planning on playing tennis for the school, but changed her mind. It looks like i'm going to have to put them to use. Use caution with blunt tips on "bouncy" material. I was stump shooting/roving one time with a blunt and noticed a 1 liter pop bottle in the woods....I shot it with the blunt and the arrow skipped high into the air...never to be found again. It went so far and high, I never heard it hit. Good bye arrow! Thanks for sharing JP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTbowman Posted July 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Re: Tennis ball anyone? I admit a judo is better. I was using a blunt yesterday and they tend to skip like mentioned above....a LOT! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAbowhunter4life Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Re: Tennis ball anyone? Well, I have never officially used a tennis ball so you are one up one me lol. However, I usually play the same game using a small pint of ice tea plastic jug, or something similar in size. As someone said, if I put all the arrows in it or very close to it, that's a dead deer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTbowman Posted July 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Re: Tennis ball anyone? I suppose to a compound shooter a tennis ball may be a big target. In this case a raquet ball or even golf ball would work the same way. The goal is unknown distances and small targets..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion_70 Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Re: Tennis ball anyone? We used to use the 8 oz styrofoam cups. We would put a weight in the bottom and throw them out. If we had a couple people we would just throw them on the ground, they were light enough the wind would move them around sometimes forcing you to wait on the shot, just like hunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvDog Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Re: Tennis ball anyone? Sounds like a neat idea. Sorta like Bocce Ball with arrows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Re: Tennis ball anyone? VTB a friend of mine (traditional hunter) has a raised deck on the back of his house. He throws out gold balls and shoots at them from an elevated position for practice. Why golf balls? Because they don't bounce and roll too far off but still easy to see from an elevated position in the grass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Re: Tennis ball anyone? Very cool. My buddy and I used to do this in his woods. One guy would climb a tree, the other guy would set the decoy. Guy up in the tree shoots as the guy on the ground moves the 3D at different angles and unknown distances. It was fun. Gonna have to give Steve a call and see if he wants to do that again sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
too_pointer Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Re: Tennis ball anyone? Great idea I would need something like a basketball LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanH Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Re: Tennis ball anyone? Man that kinda sounds like fun!! Might have to get some friends over and try that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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