Here is a collection of our favourite excuses heard from the shooting line.

1. It's a round boss - I'm used to shooting on a square one.
2. My scope was blurred.
3. It's too windy.
4. My new highland cow hat is interfering with my reference point.
5. The cloud I was using as a sight mark has moved.
6. My limbs were on upside-down.
7. It's too hot.
8. It's too cold.
9. That was deliberate.
10. I'm spreading the arrows around so I don't break them.
11. I'm wearing moisturiser and the riser is slippy.
12. I don't like shooting on the same boss as a compound/recurve/longbow archer.
13. My eyes were shut when I released.
14. I wasn't aiming at the gold.
15. The tree in the background moved.
16. A fly/wasp/insect landed on my riser/sight/string.
17. The field isn't flat.
18. The targets mustn't have been measured out properly.
19. The lines on the grass aren't straight.
20. The (round) boss isn't on straight.
21. I heard a cough/sneeze/giggle/fart and got distracted.
22. The lights are a funny colour.
23. The target is futher away than it looks.
24. I was looking at the clicker when I released.
25. I was keeping the gold clear for someone else.