2023 Cold Bow Challenge Q&A Thread

[realunlucky]

I only found Rokslide a while back and love the forums. Can I still participate being a FNG? I saw talks about a cutoff, then in the rules I see bonus points for long term members, but no minimum post count needed.

No minimum post count to enter, the extra entries are a reward to those who are active on the forum.

You can always shoot the challenge but have to make the cutoff to be entered in the drawing

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[robby denning]

I prematurely started the challenge with my rigbut sighted in after doing some rest moving last week. I took Sunday morning to sight in. I have restarted the challenge this morning.


I made a post on the cbc Saturday morning but I want to make today my start date instead.


Should I edit my post from Saturday, or delete it and make a new post? We're still under 100 shooters

Hey man, you’re fine to just use your original post. We’ve always allowed people to restart the challenge if they had any issues. Thanks for asking. now go hit the vitals.

 

[Trumpkin The Dwarf]

Dang it all! I couldn't just shoot one arrow... so I threw my longbow into the CBC mix. No broadheads, sadly... but I'm happy at twenty yards for hardly shooting this thing lately.

 

[Sea Wolf]

Hey man, you’re fine to just use your original post. We’ve always allowed people to restart the challenge if they had any issues. Thanks for asking. now go hit the vitals.

Thanks Robby!

Hey I'm reading your book right now. Great stories and hunting perspective.

 

[TX_Diver]

Windy today so originally I was only planning to shoot the recurve as I can shoot 20 yards with pretty good shielding from the house. Got that shot in (barely) and figured what the heck. Put the target back another 30 and dropped the compound shot in there too. I did turn so that I wasn't shooting perpendicular to the wind and had some help with the house blocking me. Still nice to get the first 2 hits of the challenge though!

 

[Trumpkin The Dwarf]

 

[robby denning]

Thanks Robby!

Hey I'm reading your book right now. Great stories and hunting perspective.

Thanks for buying the book!

 

[robby denning]

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[Sea Wolf]

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For real! I'm trying to distract myself with my rifle.

 

[CMF]

@bbckfh take a ratchet strap and wrap around that block and crank down on it, you'll get another year out of her.
@Felton

 

[robby denning]

@realunlucky
see my Day 3 (post #4)

My SEVR bounced out of the Matrix and I did not see if hit vital.

Never remember this happening. Do I count as a miss, drop day 3 and and a day to make up, or restart the 5-arrow challenge

 

[realunlucky]

@realunlucky
see my Day 3 (post #4)

My SEVR bounced out of the Matrix and I did not see if hit vital.

Never remember this happening. Do I count as a miss, drop day 3 and and a day to make up, or restart the 5-arrow challenge

Robby,
You wouldn't restart -- so options are call it a miss or shoot day 3 again on day 4

I think either is acceptable but since you didn't miss it's not fair to yourself call it that.

Fairest way in my opinion is to shoot day 3 again tomorrow. It's still legal since it's a one arrow a day challenge and you haven't shot more that.

I re-watched the video a couple times and even zoomed in couldn't tell where it hit either.

 

[Jstumbaugh]

A mechanical bounced off a matrix target??? How's that set the confidence for it working on a mule deer???? Just stirring the pot.

 

[9.1]

Can I cut my MER in half if one of these moving targets with a half-size vitals zone comes into range before I've taken my shot for the day?


I have a valid tag.

 

[sndmn11]

@realunlucky
see my Day 3 (post #4)

My SEVR bounced out of the Matrix and I did not see if hit vital.

Is that the same head you'd hunt with, or some sort of practice head?

 

[realunlucky]

Is that the same head you'd hunt with, or some sort of practice head?

You can lock the blades shut on a sevr

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[realunlucky]

Can I cut my MER in half if one of these moving targets with a half-size vitals zone comes into range before I've taken my shot for the day?
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I have a valid tag.

Essentially you could shoot a turkey with your bow but you'd need to restart the 5 day challenge afterwards

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[Jethro]

My SEVR bounced out of the Matrix and I did not see if hit vital.

Your line in the video had me laughing. "These Sevr's tend to not penetrate very far". I'm guessing that's not going to become Sevr's next catch phrase.

Screw on a COC and shoot day 3 again tomorrow.

 

[Chad E]

I've had a similar thing happen with a sevr in an a Rinehart 18-1. Locked in practice mode there's a whole lot of resistance to them penetrating.

 

[robby denning]

A mechanical bounced off a matrix target??? How's that set the confidence for it working on a mule deer???? Just stirring the pot.

sounds worse than it is. The SEVR has a practice mode where you lock the blades in and the little tabs that normally engage the target first and open the blades are not a sharpened edge. They don’t penetrate much and is actually nice as arrows are easy to pull. Does that make more sense?