Show off your "Robin Hood"

[TexDoc]

Whip out your Robin Hoods!
40 yds, Hoyt RX-5, FMJ (340) with 100g field point.

 

[sandhillhunter]

Nice shootin' Tex!

I got nothing.

 

[BucksNBulls]

120 yards while getting ready for TAC. Got my own arrow and that's with the GTO bushings. Just glad I had 2 witnesses because I wouldn't believe me either.

 

[TexDoc]

120 yards while getting ready for TAC. Got my own arrow and that's with the GTO bushings. Just glad I had 2 witnesses because I wouldn't believe me either.
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Outstanding!! That might be the furthest I've ever heard of...not sure I can even see that far. Very nice!

 

[Buzby]

I’ll be that guy.

Two arrows, in the bullseye. That’s a Robin Hood.

I’ve shot one arrow into another, but it wasn’t in the ten ring, and there was a more than 2 arrows in the group.

 

[MallardSX2]

I stopped shooting at the same place on the target 25 years ago when I ruined an arrow and realized how expensive of a mistake it was.. lol

 

[TexDoc]

I’ll be that guy.

Two arrows, in the bullseye. That’s a Robin Hood.

I’ve shot one arrow into another, but it wasn’t in the ten ring, and there was a more than 2 arrows in the group.

I'm curious where your definition came from? I've heard it described since I was 12 as one arrow splitting another (whether intentionally or accidentally). I've never heard it as two arrows in the bullseye and I'm not saying you are wrong...I've just never heard it described that way...but if your definition is correct I've shot thousands of robin hoods but only once split an arrow.

 

[Buzby]

I'm curious where your definition came from? I've heard it described since I was 12 as one arrow splitting another (whether intentionally or accidentally). I've never heard it as two arrows in the bullseye and I'm not saying you are wrong...I've just never heard it described that way...but if your definition is correct I've shot thousands of robin hoods but only once split an arrow.

One of the two arrows would be splitting the other.
Have you not seen any Robin Hood movies? He’s not slinging 5 arrows, and landing half of them in the 8 ring.

 

[TexDoc]

I stopped shooting at the same place on the target 25 years ago when I ruined an arrow and realized how expensive of a mistake it was.. lol

Makes perfect sense and I do the same inside of 40 yards, but 40 and beyond I shoot the vitals and arrows be damned. I stopped shooting at the "bullseye" where the factory puts them on 3D targets quite a while ago because IMHO it trains us to shoot at a less than the optimal place on the animal.

 

[TexDoc]

One of the two arrows would be splitting the other.
Have you not seen any Robin Hood movies? He’s not slinging 5 arrows, and landing half of them in the 8 ring.

Not sure what your point is here Buz, did you look at the pic I posted? 2 arrows in what I would consider to be the bullseye on that bear target at 40yds, not the factory 12 ring, but where I would actually try to shoot the animal. Anyway yes, I've seen a few Robin Hood movies, and I'm guessing that's where you are getting the definition? But he only shoots a longbow with wooden arrows...is that also a requirement? How about distance? One story has him hitting his mark at 550yds. Common usage of the term "Robin Hood" has been splitting two arrows for as long as I can remember but maybe it's a regional thing.

 

[Buzby]

Not sure what your point is here Buz, did you look at the pic I posted? 2 arrows in what I would consider to be the bullseye on that bear target at 40yds, not the factory 12 ring, but where I would actually try to shoot the animal. Anyway yes, I've seen a few Robin Hood movies, and I'm guessing that's where you are getting the definition? But he only shoots a longbow with wooden arrows...is that also a requirement? How about distance? One story has him hitting his mark at 550yds. Common usage of the term "Robin Hood" has been splitting two arrows for as long as I can remember but maybe it's a regional thing.

I suppose it in the difficulty of the shot. Luckily splitting one out of half a dozen arrows isn’t supper tough, and is not what is depicted in any Robin Hood stories.

I wasn’t specifically calling out your shot. If that was exactly your point of aim, then I’d call that a Robin Hood!

 

[isItFallYet]

almost

 

[Billy Goat]

I'll agree that most 3d targets aren't marked exactly how they should be, but they aren't that bad.

@TexDoc I think you are really flirting with a bad situation if you are actually aiming at that lower corner. I have done it, you are asking to hit leg. You likely are aware, but the shoulder structure is different on a bear, and you should hold differently than a deer.





And I agree with several of the others, a robin hood is cool, at first. Then you realize how expensive they are. Somewhere I have a picture of my first one, it was an 11 ring at 72 yards, then shot 2 more than summer and really started to hate it.


I was setting a sight last week to a line and shot one, pissed me off.
Just a matter of perspective I guess.

 

[TexDoc]

I'll agree that most 3d targets aren't marked exactly how they should be, but they aren't that bad.

@TexDoc I think you are really flirting with a bad situation if you are actually aiming at that lower corner. I have done it, you are asking to hit leg. You likely are aware, but the shoulder structure is different on a bear, and you should hold differently than a deer.

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And I agree with several of the others, a robin hood is cool, at first. Then you realize how expensive they are. Somewhere I have a picture of my first one, it was an 11 ring at 72 yards, then shot 2 more than summer and really started to hate it.


I was setting a sight last week to a line and shot one, pissed me off.
Just a matter of perspective I guess.

I appreciate it, although I've hunted deer and elk most of my life I'm a rookie to bear. I could appreciate the fact that after a while destroying arrows is a nuisance and gets expensive. Luckily for me, I'm not that good or lucky. Sounds like some of you guys do this pretty consistently!

 

[Billy Goat]

I appreciate it, although I've hunted deer and elk most of my life I'm a rookie to bear. I could appreciate the fact that after a while destroying arrows is a nuisance and gets expensive. Luckily for me, I'm not that good or lucky. Sounds like some of you guys do this pretty consistently!

Aim a little further back on bear, and usually close to mid body for vertical. Pretty much exactly the picture I posted. If their inside leg is back or lifted, you will hit the humorous. Keep in mind the long hair makes the body extend down further than it actually does.

 

[ddd-shooter]

I think the point is, if you split another arrow and it's not in the bullseye/twelve ring, etc....you just missed twice.

And it is very expensive.

 

[TexDoc]

I think the point is, if you split another arrow and it's not in the bullseye/twelve ring, etc....you just missed twice.

And it is very expensive.

Haha, yeah that's a good point. It used to be that being able to group your arrows tightly was the first most important piece, then you could adjust your sighting. Can't argue with the expense, in fact, the expense of re-fletching and re-nocking my arrows has caused me to shoot only 3 arrows at a time before retrieving them and I'm starting to re-fletch my own arrows after way too many trips to the bow shop for something I could learn to do myself.

 

[BucksNBulls]

I'll agree that most 3d targets aren't marked exactly how they should be, but they aren't that bad.

@TexDoc I think you are really flirting with a bad situation if you are actually aiming at that lower corner. I have done it, you are asking to hit leg. You likely are aware, but the shoulder structure is different on a bear, and you should hold differently than a deer.

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And I agree with several of the others, a robin hood is cool, at first. Then you realize how expensive they are. Somewhere I have a picture of my first one, it was an 11 ring at 72 yards, then shot 2 more than summer and really started to hate it.


I was setting a sight last week to a line and shot one, pissed me off.
Just a matter of perspective I guess.

Too High.

 

[Billy Goat]

Too High.

Well that's what I get out of the picture, the mostly horizontal lines are top and bottom of body. The line in the right is humourous and scapula, plus the lungs/heart are a little further back than on an ungulate.



Maybe you can post an explanation of where you think they should be shot.
I know where I shoot to kill them.

 

[BucksNBulls]

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Well that's what I get out of the picture, the mostly horizontal lines are top and bottom of body. The line in the right is humourous and scapula, plus the lungs/heart are a little further back than on an ungulate.



Maybe you can post an explanation of where you think they should be shot.
I know where I shoot to kill them.

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