alt Hacker NewsThere's a surprisingly high number of people in my extended social circle who picked up archery as a sport.
It's actually a complex discipline with a huge range of bows and projectiles to choose from, each having unique characteristics you have to train for.
Training using VR equipment is picking up steam, as typically you need a sizeable amount of real estate to practice when the weather is bad.
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I always shoot 12 grains per pound, it usually gets me around 150-160fps, marginal weather is where the fun begins.
Archery does seem like it's having a moment right now.
I wonder if it's some combination of people wanting a more tactile hobby plus some vague apocalyptic undercurrents in society today.
Archery is a lot of fun - I go to a monthly archery gathering where the host has a bunch of really nice recurves.
> Training using VR equipment is picking up steam, as typically you need a sizeable amount of real estate to practice when the weather is bad.
I always wondered, how does that work?
Over in bullseye rifle we live and breathe dryfire (no ammo), but I understand the equivalent (no arrow) with a bow is a recipe for breaking the bow.
Like my brain just cannot comprehend how to get enough reps to get good enough at a thing without being able to do dryfire at the volume we do for rifle.