Happy? Yep -I still shoot my bow.
I shoot my bow probably five, sometimes six times a day. And in doing so, I’ve come to believe something that I never expected:
The bow is the most honest and loyal gut check I’ve ever known.
You see, if you don’t focus…
If you don’t use your process…
If you don’t follow through…
The bow tells you. Every single time.
I’ve drawn my bow and released only to miss the mark. Sometimes it’s just a slight miss. Other times, it’s embarrassingly off. But then the magic happens.
I always reflect. And when I do, I realize what I did - or didn’t do. Then I correct it. I grow. And I try again.
In this way, the bow has become more than a tool or a hobby. It has become my teacher. It’s taught me patience - real, hard-earned patience. It’s taught me humility, because the bow doesn’t care how good you think you are. It only responds to the truth of that moment. It’s taught me redemption - that even after a bad shot, you can draw again. You can reset. You can make it right.
Most of all, it’s taught me commitment.
To the quiet work of becoming better.
The bow never lies. And that kind of honesty has been a gift to my soul.
Jay Pinsky
Editor - The Hunting Wire & Archery Wire
