Brrrrrrrrr... winter

Feels like winter here. Even the sun was trying to warm up, there was a very cold wind also. Two shirt was not enough. Talosaari is so close the ocean so the chill comes from there.
But manage to shoot some arrows. Put all the field targets there and shot from 5m to 50m to try shoot all the distancies. Started okey, but not quite middle the arrows. Tuned the bow in some point, just fixed the string hight, and started to hit better. Ended for 45m in the pic, not bad.
I guess I'm as ready than I can be for the weekends 5Nations tournament in Vertus, France.
Promised not so good weather, rain on Saturday, maybe better on Sunday..

Tapanin kierros

First outdoor competition for the year. Nice and cold weather, but better that they had on Saturday in Oittaa. So, 28 Hunter round. I guess it was first for me. Nice practice to shoot 4 competition arrow per target. Not ready for the round, but there was lots of good aimings and shots. So very good to continue from here. Shot 444 and won the class with two competitors ;).
Next weekend WA fiels in Vertus, France. Maybe they have better weather there, and don't have to use 3 shirts and a jacket...

Weather

It's not fare that other in Europe has been shooting some competition outside and we here at Finland trying to go outside and shoot some arrows. Today weather was +4 and freezing tiny wind. Not nice to try tune the bow. I still managed to be there like 1,5 hours, with two long sleeved shirt and one t-shirt. Only I was missing the hand warmers.
But shooting was okey and got some tuning to do.

During weekend trying to tune the bow. I had a new string that I was trying to tune up. From 5 to 25 meter it worked fine, but after that to 50m it was not so good. I guess it is a little too long, because had to put lots of turns for the string. Otherwise very nice weather on Sunday, but still quite chilly wind. Maybe it comes from the sea, its not so far from the field. 

Today trying out old strings, maybe I get better feeling with them...

New arrows / vanes

Made my new arrows ready yesterday. Put some XS vanes to four arrows and some K-vanes other four. Went to the practice field to test them. Weather was like +7 and still some snow in the field. Not the best weather to test some arrows, but that is what we get here north at this time of the year..
Started to shoot from 30m and shot old arrows and those two sets of new arrows. There was no difference between any arrows, they all hit the same area.
Need to test some more, when saying is there any difference between them. Hope that during weekend little better weather or at least little warmer. Needed to put couple long t-shirt that could shot. The field was still quite wet, so my boots soaked the and almost let the water in...