For over 30 years the membership has always been outstanding at one thing - EXCUSES - Here they are...
| My coach said come up with your eyes closed, how was I to know you should open them before you shoot - thanks Hugh |
| Someone put a fan at the bottom of the target causing my arrow to go off - Thanks Sara |
| The wind was blowing from the back and my hair got in the way |
| The wind wasn't blowing hard enough |
| The weather was too good, Im not used to that in Scotland |
| The targets were badly lit |
| The sunlight came from behind and pushed at my fletches |
| The string got caught on my moustache |
| The Snow Got In My Eyes |
| The release went off and I wasn't ready |
| There was a pretty archer beside me obscuring my view |
| The lines on the grass aren't straight |
| The humidity is so high, it weighed my arrow down, or maybe the air is too thick, causing my arrow to go too slow |
| The heat here at the range has made my string stretch and my nock moved. You should see me on a cold day |
| The guy beside me was lefthanded, I'm not used to looking somebody in the face |
| The guy behind me was chanting Miss it, miss it |
| The earth moved |
| The batteries went dead in my iPod |
| The arrow was too fast, it thought it was a ten before it was an eight |
| Thats just an optical illusion |
| That target was too easy so I picked a different one |
| That arrow has been flying funny all day |
| Somebody must have changed my trigger pressure |
| Premature release – I suffer badly from it |
| Oh....You mean I was supposed to hit THAT target? |
| Oh,wait a second,these are my practice arrows |
| Not enough sight oil.(he means beer) |
| Nocking point, peep sight, same thing, both just lumpy bits, I thought they were interchangeable |
| Need to get my limbs tuned! My right limb will not release when my left limb crosses the target |
| My wife wont let me practice in the living room anymore |
| My sight is unstable |
| My lucky hat wasnt on backwards |
| My friend told me I had a screw loose |
| My breath fogged my scope |
| My boobs got in the way |
| My arrows are to expensive so I didnt try to group them today |
| My Arrows And My Bow Were Having A Disagreement |
| Low flying aircraft caused air turbulence |
| Just as I was locked on the inner ring and was about to release there was an earth tremor |
| Its too noisy here, I cant concentrate |
| Its not windy enough |
| Its my first year at the club. They dont allow me to shoot that good |
| It was lunch time so I wanted to get it over with so I could eat |
| Im used to 15 yards I think that was 20 |
| Im TRYING to make a triangle around the target |
| Im just trying to SCARE the bullseye |
| Im colour blind, to me the middle bit looks white, so I try to avoid it at all costs |
| If I didn't miss, everyone would EXPECT me to hit the centre. I cant take that pressure. Id snap and kill everyone. So you see, its all in the name of the greater good that I miss |
| Im not using my sundays arrows yet |
| I was too sober... |
| I was testing the direction of the wind! |
| I was actually aiming at a fly which was just there on the target |
| I wanted to give the others a chance to catch up |
| I used the wrong bow |
| I picked up the wrong bow |
| I paid for a whole target, I will use the WHOLE target |
| I neglected to allow for the rotation of the earth again |
| I Made My Bow Sleep By Herself Last Night now she wont play with me |
| I just wanted to give others a chance to beat me |
| I have the wrong shoes on |
| I had a full bladder |
| I forgot to put an arrow in my bow |
| I dont want other people hitting my nocks |
| I didnt want to wear out the centre of the boss |
| I didnt want to mess up your nocks. So I missed it on purpose |
| I suffer from Fast-Flite embolism - I have a clot on the string |
| I havent had that lobotomy yet... Im still thinking when I shoot |
| I was just aiming where your arrows hit on the target to keep you company |
| Who said I missed |
| Practice makes perfect I dont want to be that good |
| where they are supposed to be going then |
| Well, you know, the fog was just too thick |
| Well it was a ten when I let go of the string |
| Well ... the bar was open |
| Venus isnt aligned with Mars |
| Try to concentrate with a girl like that right in front of you |
| Too windy, too much sunshine, too many people teaching me, too long a distance, too short distance, too much noise, too much drink |
| They were talking behind me |
| They are just not going were I point them |
| These new arrows havent been trained yet, they keep going where Im aiming instead |
| These are old glasses |
| These are new glasses |
| Theres more gravity just in front of that target |
| There was no wind |
| There was a very nice girl walking by |
| There was a fly in my bowsight |
| There is a magnetic anomaly in this geographical location |
| I didnt miss, I was aiming there, promise |
| I did this one on purpose |
| I cant always take all the trophies home; after all theres only so much room to store them all |
| Going by the laws of probability, if I shoot enough of these things one has got to hit the middle eventually |
| For once I wanted to see what it felt like when I missed |
| All my arrows are bent |
| About the time that I pulled the trigger I noticed just how tight her jeans really were |
| A bee stung my trigger finger |
| I was watching the trees in the next field waving in the wind we didnt have! |
| My arrow didnt miss… It just arrived several feet away from where I aimed! |
| I am practicing to ungroup |
| I did not want to make the begginers feel bad |
| The best archers are the ones who dont think when they shoot and thats my problem. Im not stupid enough to be good at this |
| I just dont look good in black and white |
| Its not target panic its the coffee |
If you managed to read all of these you will notice there are more than 100 - well, we need every excuse we can get sometimes...
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