Back of the Valley

 A lot has changed since I've been away from competition. At least here in rural Appalachia anyway. There's a lot of new terms I've learned. A lot of new to me equipment I'd never heard of. A lot of cry babies. A lot of opinions..... and I have some of those myself.... Yep, it is still the most fun hobby I've ever had, but things sure have changed! Float??? What is that? Well if I'd known about float back 30 years ago I probably could have overcome target panic and continued shooting competitions. You see, that's why I gave up shooting competitions years ago. I had gradually gotten worse and at the last, I couldn't force my sight pin on my intended target.  I won't bore you with more detail of how it started and how it progressed, but here in the rural area where I lived there was nobody to talk to that had a cure, nobody knew what to do for it. Nothing.  So I quit. But I did however have in my possession something to fix the target panic if I'd ...

 Feb. 4 2023 was my birthday. My wife, my son, and my friend Jason took me to my first ever indoor tournament, and the first tournament I shot in around 30 years. It was a 5 spot tournament, and I we were pretty tired before the end of it. I had a pretty horrible score, (255), and was last place among myself, my son and Jason. But I enjoyed it and could wait until the next one. I was shooting my Bowtech Fanatic 3.0., some cheap carbon arrows, and a Whalen's Hooker release.