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BOWFISHING

Bow, arrows and big fish
Bowfishing, Ukraine
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When I was little, all the boys were shocked by the series "Robin of Sherwood", which featured the music of the cult band "Clannad" . All the guys fled to the forest, broke fresh hazel and made arrows from dry reeds - they started playing Robin Hood.
Only 30 years have passed and I proved to my boys in the yard who the real Robin Hood (almost Viscount de Bragelon) is ;-) I'll tell you how it was. The departure was set near the Teremki metro station, our motorcade unexpectedly moved towards Vasilkov.
We go towards the city of Vasilkov
The purpose of our trip was a place that was located not far from Vasilkov on the territory of a country recreation complex DZHERELO.
 Gate of the recreation complex Dzherelo
In this complex, there really was a real source (Dzherelo is a source in Ukrainian). The water from which we even took home.
 We collect water from the source
It was difficult for us to move around the territory of the complex, since the pointers had a slight error. ;-)
 Pointer is a little wrong
But this did not stop us from finding a wonderful pool and taking photos, which on other sites we presented as Egyptian (just kidding ;-)
The pool is almost like in Egypt
If I ever release my rock album, then some sheaves will be on the cover of the disc. I found them here too:
 Photo near a sheaf of hay
The guys who invited us here are very passionate about their hobby - bows and crossbows, so we listened to their stories with slightly open mouths. Let's not spoil the intrigue, just contact them at www.arbalet.ua and you will plunge into the world of bowstrings, bows, crossbows and other knightly words. In the photo below, the first lecture on the use of bow and arrow:
 Lecture-instruction on the use of weapons
The collection of bows that were given to us for review included both modern prefabricated models and classic ones (from Quentin Dorward). Some of the bows were so large.
 Photo with your bow
The following photo has been added for rating. Familiar bloggers told us that if you add erotic photos to your blog, the rating will be higher. ;-) And this photo appeared like this: I was photographing Natasha near the flowers, when a girl passed by and said that she would photograph us two. She took our camera and declared in an orderly tone: "Come on. Let's kiss!" - we had to obey ;-)
 A little romance
Let's return to the DZHERELO complex. During our fishing hunt, there were 2 weddings, but the musicians were some kind of wood, we had to help them.
 Helping a wooden musician
While we were "sawing" on the double bass, some of our comrades managed to load their bows and go fishing. But let's be honest, the efficiency of the two fish hunters in the foreground of the photo is probably better than those in the second.
Ducks on the background of hunters
If on a regular blog tour the organizers ask you for a release, then here the organizers handed out the release to bloggers. RELEASE - this is the name of the thing that clamps the bowstring and allows you to shoot without injuring your hand on a modern, block bow.
 Putting on the release
When working with the classic "Robingood" bow, the release is not used and many beginners get bruises on their hands.
 Bowstring bruises
Dialogue after shooting a classic bow:
- With such hands the police will stop you and say, we are arresting you for drug addiction.
- And I will answer them that today I just decided to shoot a fish from a bow ...
- I think, after such an answer, they will take you to a narcologist anyway ... ;-)

At the end of the story, I will add shots of the magical nature of the Vasylkiv region: here is the mink of a beetle with a large zoom.
Beetle burrow in the forest
And here is a blooming pink acacia. We all know about "white acacia", but pink is a rarity.
 Pink acacia flowers
After Bowfishing we smoked fish. Well, this our smoked fish is joy!
 We smoke fish on coals
Before leaving, we took a solemn selfie.
 Selfie before departure
Surely, you are asking the question "Where is the fish?" I will not disappoint you - the fish was not small! Watch my super microfilm about hunting fish with a bow and arrow. I was lucky to shoot the fish hunting with one turn on of the camera.
And the fish that was shot on this fishhopper looked like this:
Fish that was shot with a bow and arrow
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Vitaly & Nataly
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