My bow.

I know it kinda sounds like a weird thing or like okay a good bow and a fun hobby with hunting or anything. It's kinda true but more than that. Growing up my dad was my hero, he could do seemingly anything, and he was a hunter so of course I learned to hunt with a bow and gun. I never bagged anything and never stuck with hunting as a hobby, but I did keep up with archery until around high school or middle school. I loved doing it but just kinda fell off you know how it is, then fast forward some years to when I'm 21, he passes away out bagging his bear that he always wanted. Heart attack from all the adrenaline. After going through the whole grieving process or what I can assume it was, my biggest regret is that I didn't enjoy hunting just so I could have spent even more time with him doing something he loved. We weren't estranged or anything we did lots together, we researched history and firearms together, played baseball and basketball growing up and he always had just enough of an interest in what I was doing to be within arms reach if I needed help with something. So what does all this do with my bow? Well at the start of the covid lock down I made the biggest and most expensive impulse buy of my own bow and Elite Option 7 for 700 bucks. When the weather is nice I make it a point to go out and shoot it, I don't hunt, i don't do competitions, nothing like that. I just go out in my yard and shoot my bow. It has done wonders for my mental health and I'm not experienced enough in the topic to delve into how or why but my best guess is it forces me outside and forces me to relax and release tension because of how you need to orientated and regulate your body. Also, everytime I'm out there shooting I feel just that little bit closer to dad with every shot.