brace height - the highest stake on a field course where you lean over a cliff to shoot
rest - what you get when you are behind the slowest group on the course
limbs - what are always in the way of a clean shot
target - what you become when you are the best shot in your club
tab - what you pick up when you are not the best in your club
release - that exquisite feeling of relief you feel after holding your bow on the gold for two minutes
target panic - that horrible feeling of disgust after holding your bow on the gold for two minutes
handle - what you never have on your score
eccentrics - people who love their bow more than their spouse
compound – an archery range where eccentrics hide out from their spouses
peep - someone who inconspicuously watches their neighbor’s target
scope - someone who inconspicuously checks out their neighbor’s form
shooting line – that line on the target you try to clip with arrows as fat as your thumb
grip - what you'd like to do to the judge’s throat when he calls a line-cutter a 9
shaft – what you ultimately get when you lose by one point because of that 9
follow thru – when you stand in a long line to turn in your score card
sight – what you fail to have whenever you aim
dry-fire – what you never get in the afternoon in the Springtime
quiver – a reaction that only occurs when the whistle blows to start shooting
nocks – the hard ones you get that your coach insists will make you better
gold – what you ideally wish your trophy was plated with