Michael Porter	Nov 30
to me

Hey Ashby!

First sorry to hear about Christine. I am a little shocked. I will call Jim Chrissman and talk to him. 

I am pretty sure we used 100 grain points. 

I have hunted a bunch. Passed on an 8 early in the season now I am kicking myself. Shot a doe 2 weeks ago. 

Feel free to call if you need some advice on the hunting I am no pro but have been doing it all my life.

Scott Porter
919-201-2989

And no sir I am not working yet. Need to before my girlfriend kicks me out!

to Scott

Hope you had a good Thanksgiving. Mine was nice. My brother 86ed my idea to put a range in his backyard but otherwise it was good to see him and his family.

Do you remember what weight the points you put on the Carbon One arrows? I getting more made. I think they were 85 grams.

Do you if someone else I might go to for coaching?  I had one good session with Christine then I asked her about a session during the week of Thanksgiving and she said she was taking the whole week off, which I do understand. So I replied to her saying I understand and asked if she had any time this week. So far I have not gotten a reply from my email of seven days ago. I am assuming with the trouble I had getting the first session and now this is that she is not interested. Thanks.

Hopping to try hunting with my Elite soon. I will let you know how it goes. I may have questions.

Have you been hunting?  Get anything? Are you working again?

Hope you are doing well.

The Podium

After shoot the adjusted draw lenght Elite 35 a number of time and not being able to shoot it consistently I decided that we had pushed the bow beyond it's design for draw length and it was just not going to work for me. This was a shame because I really like this bow and it was comfortable to shoot. I decided to sell it and get a bow with a longer draw length.

I tried to get the folks at NC Hunter to order the bow I wanted but could not get them to order it even after offering to pay for it in advance. Not being a very patient person I got on like and found another stove the was a Hoyt dealer and got them to order the Hoyt Podium X Elite for me in red. Thus began my association with Springhill Outfitters in Selma NC. A little farther away from me than NC Hunter but not a bad drive.

I decided to replace the Elite 35 which was camo and intended for hunting with a bow intended for 3D archery.

I ordered: a Hoyt Podium Elite X 40 in red and black with the GTX cams at 50# and with 31.5 inch draw, an Axcel Achieve CXL Compound Sight in black and red, Bee-Stinger stabilizer bars 33" front and 15" both sides rear, Hamskea Hybrid Target Pro Arrow Rest with Microtune,
Specs at a glance of the Podium

• ATA Speed 308fps
• Weight range 30-40lbs, 40-50lbs, 50-60lbs, 60-70lbs. Please specify weight required.
• Draw length range 25"-26.5", 26"-27.5", 27"-28.5", 28"-29.5", 27.5"-30.5", 30"-31.5". Please specify draw length
• Brace height 8"
• Axle to Axle 40.5"
• Mass weight 4.8lbs
• Let-Off 75%
• GTX Cam with a full inch and a half of draw length adjustment
• Machined aluminium riser
• XT 2000 Limbs
• Pro Lock Limb Pocket system
• 5 layer limb lamination
• Uniform stress distribution
• Podium X Elite modular grip system
• Podium X Elite adjustable cable guard bar
• Shoot-thru technology
• Air Shox
• Shock Rod
• FUSE Strings and Cables

Went to NC Hunting to see if Scott could increase the draw length of my Elite 35.  He made some changes and put a longer D Loop on it and the draw length did seem longer. After he made the changes we had to adjust the peep and I had to resight in the bow. The bow did feel different but I could never shoot it as consistently as I had before the changes.

Had my first coaching session with Christine Harrelson on Nov 1st. She is a world class profession archer who competes and has won on the profession level. I feel very grateful to be coached and trained by her. It was a most interesting session . She has a very nice place to shoot at her home, however it will likely be too dark for me to have my next session there. She had me shoot "just shoot she said, do not worry about where the arrow goes", I am not sure how to not worry about where the arrow goes but I did try. Mostly she just wanted to see my form or lack thereof I think.

I was about 12 yards from the target. She corrected my grip, stance and release. Even though I thought I was not gripping the bow she said I was and showed me how to change it. My shoot process word to this will be 'soft'. She said I was leaning toward the target and she said I should be balanced evenly on both feet. My shoot process for this will be 'center'. She said that I had a good anchor but I was not using my back.  She wants me to get to my anchor then increase the tension in the center of my back. This will cause me to release the arrow and have a proper follow through. My shoot process word for this will be 'tension'.

So my Shoot Process is now this - Look at my target, stance, acquire and notch the arrow, attach the release and draw the bow, 'center', 'soft' grip, anchor, aim, 'tension'.

I have been able to use this with both my recurve and compound bows and I am having success except I still care where the arrows goes.

Christine did point out that she felt my draw length was too short and that I should get it made longer which I will do. But I think it is as long as it can be set - I know we had already changes the cam to make it longer and I think they are as long as they can be made.