Speaking of hitting things not normally aimed at....
First time out with the new
ACE's yesterday. Shot them at 80 yards with not sightmark, (different riser, limbs, string, and arrows from last year...). Managed to get them on the boss and was sorted after that no problem.
Went down to 60 yards to get a sight mark there. Tried to exrapolate it from my 20 yard sight mark and my 80 yard one. Turns out, for my bow at least, that doesn't work....
Shot the first arrow with the estimated sight mark. It felt like a really good shot, quite strong, powerful.... flew nicely.... *CRUNCH* Could just about make out something falling to the floor about half a second after the sound.
On walking to the target i saw *half* the arrow lying on the floor, with the other half a few feet away. Turns out i'd hit the end of the bolt that holds the stand together, just above the bolt. Had even managed to hit the wingnut on the end of the bolt, taking a nice chunk out of it and spinning it loose!
So, one down, 11 left.... :ashamed: