Yes, that's the sound that a brand new Carbon Express Nano Pro RZ arrow with a 120gr. tool steel tip makes on its maiden voyage as it sails over the top of the target bale and hits a rock in the back berm of the range shattering into pieces.

Yes, my daughter trying to get her bow sighted in with new arrows for the Arizona Cup thought she knew better than her old man of how much to adjust her sight.

I'm home now, I think I'll set a $50 bill on fire and watch it burn, it might be more satisfying...

Just because it's not guns, race cars, airplanes or golf, doesn't mean it won't get expensive!

Cost of doing business, we've all been there.

To paraphrase Sam Cooke:

Maya, draw back your bow
And let your (Carbon Express Nano Pro RZ) arrow go
THHPP!
Straight to the bulls-eye for me

When I bought my first compound bow I didn't put sights on it. I thought "I've been shooting bow and arrow without sights all my life (the funny part there being I was probably 15-16 years old ), I don't need stupid sight pins!"

My very first shot in my back yard... missed the target by quite a lot... THROUGH the fence, into the pile of scrap steel we had. A nice 90º bend in the arrow. Wow... a lot more speed and power than I'm used to. Jeeze if that thing glanced up instead and folding over...
Didn't fire a second arrow, walked to the store the next day and bought sights. I didn't want to kill anyone and I only had 2 arrows left.

Nowhere near the price of carbon arrows, but expensive for one shot to a guy with no regular source of income.

Hobbies are expensive. I'm on a 3 week cycle with the Jeep. Week 1, take it out and break it. Week 2, figure out what I broke. Week 3, fix it.

Then I'm ready to repeat the cycle. It kind of sucks, but unfortunately most things that are fun cost a lot of money.

With the Summer Olympics two years away, I'm wondering if you have any plans to attempt to get on the team?

Wouldn't it be better to buy a replacement rather than burning that $50??

Just kidding! I've followed Maya's "career" since your earliest posts and wish you both well!

:-)

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Originally posted by Orguss:
With the Summer Olympics two years away, I'm wondering if you have any plans to attempt to get on the team?

She'd either have to switch over to a recurve bow or the Olympics would have to open up to compound.

Yoicks.

That makes Nitro Express rounds look cheap.

Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted.

2000Z-71,
I just heard that my daughter-in-law's niece has started archery; she's almost 10. Don't know what kind of gear she's using. I recommended they look at some of your threads; and mentioned the importance of good coaching, and the potential for great social interaction and the ability to stretch yourself as good things about continuing and advancing in archery for young people.

Do you have any advice you'd care to share, based not only on your role as a father, but as a coach also?

I hear ya, I bought my son an expensive set of arrows for Christmas and he lost two the first time target shooting.
They did not cost like that though.

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Originally posted by sjtill:
2000Z-71,
I just heard that my daughter-in-law's niece has started archery; she's almost 10. Don't know what kind of gear she's using. I recommended they look at some of your threads; and mentioned the importance of good coaching, and the potential for great social interaction and the ability to stretch yourself as good things about continuing and advancing in archery for young people.

Do you have any advice you'd care to share, based not only on your role as a father, but as a coach also?

Biggest thing is to keep it fun, especially when just starting out. Start slow and see if it takes hold and is something they want to do.

I highly recommend that your niece's parents find a JOAD program in their area for staring out. JOAD sands for Junior Olympic Archer Development, it is USA Archery's youth program. Don't let the word Olympic in the name intimidate, it really is meant for kids of all ages and skill levels. A good club should have loaner equipment for beginners so there should't be a huge financial commitment until her parents know her interest level and dedication. Link below for USA Archery's club locator.

https://www.teamusa.org/usa-ar...aa-clubs/find-a-club

A good JOAD club will have coaches who can teach form, give direction, advise on equipment and most importantly teach fundamentals that carry over into life like sportsmanship and being able to face and overcome difficulties. Every club will have its own personality. Some like ours, are based out of an archery shop while others may be tied to a municipalities parks and rec. department. Some like ours, will be very heavily the compound see of the sport while others are heavy on the recurve side.

I'll warn you it can become addictive. You watch the kids having fun and thing, "Hmm, maybe I should try..." Before you know it you've got 4 bows hanging on the rack, are a Level III coach and certified judge. Hope your niece has fun with it and let me know if you've got specific questions.

Or maybe you might want to nudge her into the direction of firearms sports?????

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Originally posted by 2000Z-71:

quote:

Originally posted by Orguss:
With the Summer Olympics two years away, I'm wondering if you have any plans to attempt to get on the team?

She'd either have to switch over to a recurve bow or the Olympics would have to open up to compound.

I was in my backyard (wooded area) and was dialing in field points and hunting broad heads. I grabbed an arrow and launched that sucker about 4 ft high. The minute I shot I knew something was wrong, I just didnt know what. Come to find I had an empty insert and never put the field point back on.