Week 11 - 26 November 2012: Basic fun/beginners kit

Phantom Recurve Archery Kit at a bargain price of £82.79 from Merlin Archery - perfect for some fun!

I thought it would be nice to include one of the best deals around for a basic beginners kit. Whilst I wouldn't recommend this for any archer contemplating joining a club (as the club can likely offer much better) or  for hunting (!!!), I would recommend it for some back garden family fun - or even an Xmas present.

This kit includes all you need to get started. This particular kit includes...

1 Phantom Recurve bow

6 Fiberglass Arrows

1 Bracer

1 Finger tab

1 Paper target (60 cm)

4 Target pins

1 Foam Target (80 cm) 

The bow is light weight, suitable for 13 yeas + and suitable for both left and right handed archers, making it versatile and perfect for friends and family to join in. The arrows are supplied at a length of 29", which is convenient for most people, unless you are particularly tall! This bow is suitable for shooting in shorter distances, anything from 5 to 30 yds.

Merlin Archery have produced a very nice video on this beginners kit and given some pointers to get you started.

* Video from MerlinArchery you tube (embedding rights given).

Xmas Decorating your Bow!

With all the recent Xmas events I remembered this fun bit of Xmas archery from last year.

Each year our archery club arranges a fun Xmas shoot & our resident longbow archer showed us all that you can still hit the target even with lots of distractions and decorations on our bow! I wouldn't suggest that this increased his accuracy but it was the center of attention and put us all in the Christmas mood :).

Looking forward to this years archery fun shoot on the 16th December, hopefully some (better) pictures to follow next month.

Week 10 - 21 November 2012: Hoyt Vicxen Compound Bow

Hoyt Vicxen Compound Bow now with 14% off at £449 from Merlin Archery

With a 25" draw length and at 40# this is an ideal compound bow for the mid level lady archer. Currently fitted with cam module E, but check with Hoyt to ensure that this can be changed (parts still available) if you wish to customise this bow.

Hoyt have recently brought out their new range, so keep an eye out for Hoyt bargains from the previous range!