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When I first picked up a recurve (about a year ago) I did a search on-line and stumbled onto a fellow named Rick Welch.His teachings helped me a great deal and I still reference him in many aspects of my shooting. Just wondering if anyone else on here knows of him or has ever shot one of his Dakota Bows.
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I have studied his methods as wells Asbell and many others…for me they all have great points. I have used aspects of each to help me become a better shooter. But I don’t feel that one is better then others just a better fit for some then others.
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I adopted his techniques and they are still working for me. The only thing I do different is shoot split finger. I would love to go to his clinic. Not enough time or funds.
DK
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I don’t know a lot about him, but I will after January 8 &9 of 2013 as I have booked a two day instruction with him. Travelling from Manitoba all the way to Arkansas.Taking two weeks holidays with my sweetheart and looking forward to every bit of it !!
Bruce
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archer38 wrote: When I first picked up a recurve (about a year ago) I did a search on-line and stumbled onto a fellow named Rick Welch.His teachings helped me a great deal and I still reference him in many aspects of my shooting. Just wondering if anyone else on here knows of him or has ever shot one of his Dakota Bows.
Not familiar with him. I have read two of Asbell’s books and admire him (though his style is “hunched up” IMHO). I follow Larry Whiffen for shooting atyle. Much more upright form.
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Stumpkiller wrote: [quote=archer38]When I first picked up a recurve (about a year ago) I did a search on-line and stumbled onto a fellow named Rick Welch.His teachings helped me a great deal and I still reference him in many aspects of my shooting. Just wondering if anyone else on here knows of him or has ever shot one of his Dakota Bows.
Not familiar with him. I have read two of Asbell’s books and admire him (though his style is “hunched up” IMHO). I follow Larry Whiffen for shooting atyle. Much more upright form.
“Hunched up”? Then you aren’t doing it right….:roll:
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archer38 wrote: When I first picked up a recurve (about a year ago) I did a search on-line and stumbled onto a fellow named Rick Welch.His teachings helped me a great deal and I still reference him in many aspects of my shooting. Just wondering if anyone else on here knows of him or has ever shot one of his Dakota Bows.
I’ve never shot one of his bows, but have known of him for years through his videos. I only met him once, at Cloverdale when he was set up as a vendor. He seemed like a very nice, down to earth sort of guy. As far as shooting is concerned, his long list of 3D championships speaks for itself. With respect to his shooting clinic, I’ve never heard or read where anyone went and didn’t come away a much better archer.
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I have not take Rick’s clinic I attended Rod Jenkins clinic and it has helped me a lot. I think the main point of any method is that you can diagnose what you did when the shot does not go as intended. If there are no points of reference there is no way to fix a problem.
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fattony77 wrote: Bruce, please let us all know how your 2 days goes! I’d really be interested to know what you think.
X2 on that. Please try to remember this thread and tell us about your experience. I, for one, am intensely interested!
-Ben
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I certainly will let you all know how it went. We are planning on being home mid month, so it may not happen til then. There was a very good article about Rick a year ago in our “Excellent” magazine. That was where I first heard about it.
Happy New Year everyone:!: Bruce
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Well I spent my two days with Rick and it was amazing !!
We left home on Jan. 5 and drove three fairly easy days arriving at Conway ,Arkansas the afternoon before my instruction.
Rick picked me up the next morning. The first thing I did was shoot some arrows and have him analyze my shooting. After the initial shooting we started the bow tuning,shooting through the chronograph, and arrow tuning to try and come up with the best combination of speed and weight for my bow. In the end my arrows were shortened an inch and front end weight reduced about 100 gr. After all this bow and arrow tweaking and with his expert coaching my arrows started hitting somewhat where I was looking 🙂 This process took a half a day.
The rest of the time was spent shooting and when I missed we talked about what had gone wrong. This is where he excels,in being able to tell you what you did to create that miss. The last hour or so was spent making notes to help me figure out problems on my own.
I tried one of his Dakota bows and the grip on the riser is awesome.The finger grooves make for a very consistent hand grip and they are very quick smooth drawing bows.
To sum it all up I wish I had done it a long time ago !! He is a very knowing individual that has a very ,down to earth positive approach. His comment to me was bring your bow arrows and an “open mind”
The hotel that Rick recommends and where we stayed is reasonably priced,clean and fairly new with a good breakfast
My good wife spent a day in Little Rock shopping and found lots to do while I was at the class. Arkansas is a very friendly State ! It was a great holiday for both of
us !
Bruce
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He’s an unbelievable 3D archer!
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So Bruc, Di he ask that you shoot non-canted?
I had a great shooting video from him, but couldn’t get into it because he shoots with his bow straight up vertical. Also, I had a hunting video from him that was totally amazing and funny! He’s a natural comedian!
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AlexBugnon wrote: So Bruc, Di he ask that you shoot non-canted?
I shoot my bow with just a slight cant, and he did not ask that I change that. I think for the most part he wants to teach his style. I had pretty much adopted that this past summer except I wasn’t very accurate:cry:
Bruce
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