Yea, yea, you’re practicing out to 40-50, heck maybe even 60 or 70 yards and you’re pretty satisfied with your shooting with only a couple of weeks to go before archery opener.

Photo courtesy of Summit Treestands.

But what happens when you trudge back to the hunting cabin on opening day with your head hung low after you just missed a 10-yard chip shot. You know it wasn’t because it was too far! Maybe you snagged your headnet or shirt sleeve with the string or bounced your arrow off a branch. But more than likely, you probably forgot to bend at the waist when that big bruiser buck walked within spitting distance of your perch up in that big white oak. Now, you will be the subject of merciless ribbing from your hunting buddies.

Go through your mental checklist before touching that release, and by all means - remember to bend at the waist!

I was reading a feature article about hunting desert bucks in Arizona and decided to follow the provided link to the guy’s website who had been featured in the magazine.  That website turned out to be Sonoran Bowhunting Products, Inc. I was clicking around on the site and found something very useful that all the archery hunting blog readers will appreciate - a calculator that outputs the kinetic energy that your archery setup produces.  It requires user input such as arrow length, broadhead weight, vane length, arrow weight, and poundage.  Then you simply click on the calculate button and your kinetic energy magically appears.  For anyone who has tried to calculate these numbers on their own, you know how big of a pain it is.  Hope you guys and gals visit the link and use the valuable tool provided.