Montgomery County Archery 3D Tournament - 5/25/13

Well, not my best showing at a tournament this year. It was a day full of 5's on the scorecard that were very close to being eights. My practice regiment has been a little off, but my focus was scattered at best for this tournament. I still have not standardized my equipment and it has been playing tricks with my muscle memory. It has caught up with me and I paid the price on the scorecard. Today was 222, which my worst score so far for the season. It was still good enough for 3rd place, the top score was a 241. I will be working on a few things to get my equipment in order and try to fling a few more practice arrows to get back to my usual score.

Buffalo Field Archery 3D Shoot 5-20-13

Did some shooting yesterday at a bonus tournament. I call it a bonus because I usually only shoot in one per month and that will be next weekend. All of my Traditional friends were in Chester, TX at the big 2 day shoot. My buddy Zeke did come with me for the shoot and we both put up personal bests. I fell apart at the end of the round and marked a lot of 5's and one 0. I should have put up a much better score but hopefully this will give me the practice I need going into next week. Final score was a 250 which is about a 6 point improvement from my last tournament. It was good enough for 3rd place out of four shooters in the class. I

Broken Point Ranch Review

Broken Point Ranch is located in Merkel, TX. Owned and operated by Dave Mayfield. Their website is www.bowhuntingwesttexas.com.

This ranch is excellent for any Bowhunter. The ranch is laid out well and has several stands set in key areas to provide shot opportunities. The terrain also allows for natural blinds to made and still keep you concealed from all animals. I have hunted on plenty of ranches and have guided on the King and Kennedy Ranch and I can tell you that Mr. Mayfield has everything you need for and enjoyable hunt.
This hunt/shooting school that Mr. Mayfield and Rick Welch put on is top notch. What I enjoyed most about the two days is the hospitality. There is plenty of game to hunt. We were after pigs this trip and I had two shots with my longbow. I connected on the second was able to harvest my first trad animal ever on the ranch.
If you are a serious Bowhunter that is looking for a quality hunt on place that isn't over browsed then this is the place to go. There are several different species to hunt. We saw some very impressive rams and pigs. On our trips to and from the stand we saw blackbuck, axis, whitetail, and turkeys.
The ranch house has six bunks an separate cooking facilities. There is a good practice range right outside the door which is perfect for all shooters, especial us traditional guys.
My hunts very eventful and required my skills as a hunter to be successful. The video shows my first pig which we did not recover. Arrow lands below the spine and above the lungs. I forgot to pick a spot a few inches lower than my desired point of impact. At 15 yds and only shooting 150fps, the pig ducked my string. The picture is my second pig that was recovered thanks to some tracking by Mr. Mayfield.
This was and awesome experience and is the premier spot for a Bowhunter that just wants to have a shot opportunity after a long season. Go see Mr. Mayfield at the Broken Point Ranch and enjoy a quality hunt with great accommodations and even better hospitality

2nd Tournament at MCAC

This is the first tournament back from Rick Welch's school.  Shot pretty well, but still have some old habits to break and new ones to form.  I really hit my stride on the back 15 and only had one 5.  My overall score was a 241 and was good enough for second place.  Really enjoy these tournament because of the company that I get to shoot with.  Thanks to Jimmy and Shelby Smith who are relatively new to archery and both are doing great.  Also want to thank Derek Herring of Bounty Hunter Traditional arrows for another enjoyable tournament.  I hope he does well in the Texas Self bow championship this weekend.  Thanks to Stan the bow man for helping me out as well.

My nephew, JW Chesser, shot with this for this tournament. He is 6 years old and this is his first archery tournament. He did great and had a lot of fun

Rick Welch School at the Broken Point Ranch

I have never taken an archery lesson. I have been shooting bows since I was thirteen and have harvested several different animals with a bow. April 23rd -24th was my chance to learn from Rick Welch's techniques and hone my routine to be a better traditional archer. Since I have only been shooting a trad bow for a year and half, I felt I owed it to myself to learn as much as I can to be as accurate as I can.
This post will be about Ricks school. Please read my upcoming post about the Broken Point Ranch so that it will be properly reviewed. Ricks school is just what I needed. I did research about his method before coming to his school and watched his video, The Accuracy Factory. I was able to get some of the things correct which allowed for more refinement and practice. After going through Ricks course, I improved my score from 109 to a 180 on a 20 target course. That's an average of 9 points a target which makes me a 270's shooter on a good day. Going into this my best score was a 244. Hoping I can apply everything I learned and get a solid practice routine down. I have been trying or weeks to get the video to load on this post with no success. Check my YouTube channel to watch the videos! Just type Paul Batchelder Jr. and it should come up