Gallery of lousy shooting
Shaun's shattered shafts
One of Shaun Brooksbank's arrows caught the stand. Part 1 landed in front of it:
...and the other part 30 yards beyond!
Ivan hits the roof
Top tip from Ivan Johnson - when shooting in an indoor range with a low concrete roof, try not to shoot into the beams:
Phil Kemp's wall pictures
Phil Kemp found our indoor range somewhat unforgiving:
Phil Johnson's cracking shots
Phil Johnson joined the arrow-trashing club with this stylish smash:
Tim Mason's trashings
Tim Mason has a habit of trashing his arrows. This one was shot into a metal bolt on a target stand:
Here's one that he shot up when he hit it with another of his arrows:
...and here's one that he damaged at a field shoot when he clipped a tree:
This was at another field shoot when he misjudged a target's distance and shot into a multi-stemmed shrub:
Don't know where, don't know when, pretty good idea who:
Not content with busting his arrows, the div went to the NCAS/YAA Double FITA in July 2008 and actually shot the flagpole on top of the boss at 90 metres:
Howard Knowles got a bit over-enthusiastic when pulling one of Tim's arrows out of the boss:
Our hero decided he wanted a souvenir from Chorley Bowmen's indoor tournament in February 2009, so he collected some brick dust:
This is/was an Easton A/C/E, one of the more expensive arrows on the market. Clearly money is no object, though the corner of a target stand is:
To be fair, he's capable of a certain level of consistency. The next two A/C/Es he cracked against the woodwork broke in uncannily similar ways:
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