Why DudePerfect Archery Videos actually SUCK

Every time I see a DudePerfect archery video I am disgusted and shake my head. Here is why.

#1. The trick shots they perform in the video are not actually that hard.

#2. Some of the trick shots are performed at very short distances with a compound bow.

#3. Some of the trick shots are not even a trick shot. eg. Shooting seven balloons in a row. That is not a trick shot. It is not even remotely impressive.

#4. Shooting a rope holding a basketball above a basket is not hard. Especially when you can make the attempt many times and only show the one time you succeeded. Any reasonably good archer with a compound bow should be able to perform that within the first 10 attempts.

#5. Even their archery form is bad. It isn't horribly bad, but they make lots of mistakes that cause inaccuracy. This tells me they probably spent 30 minutes or more trying to perfect a single shot due to bad form.

#6. Timing a hit on a giant ball isn't hard - I would be impressed if the target was the size of a bottle cap. Plus the distance he was shooting was very short - and he did it with a compound bow. Make the target smaller, make the distance further, and get rid of the compound bow. (At that distance a beginner who has never done archery before could successfully do that shot with a compound bow, that is how idiot-proof that "trick shot" is.)

#7. Apple off the Dummy's head? Pff. Look how short that distance is. It is less than 15 yards. That is point blank distance - and again with the idiot-proof compound bow.

#8. The basketball-arrow... lame. Not even a trick shot. That is simply a matter of aiming and multiple attempts.

#9. Candle flame at 10 yards? Point blank again, and the idiot-proof compound bow.

#10. Bag of coins dangling from a tree - again, point blank.

#11. The throwing disc flying target? Short range, two people making the attempt - doubles the odds at least one of them hits. They don't show all the times both idiots missed completely, but we can assume that they missed many times.

#12. Arrow bending? Extremely short range, just a matter of aim. Not even a trick shot. It would be much more impressive if it was longer distance and the target on the far side was moving - which meant the archer's aim had to be much better and they had to time it properly.

#13. Underwater bowling pin? It isn't even moving. Shooting a moving fish would be harder - you know, bowfishing.

#14. Slow moving toy plane in the air? Slow... and short range.

#15. Idiot in a bear costume hitting a basketball at short range with a blunt arrow. Little kids could do that shot.


#16. Moving Egg - finally a tiny moving target! But look at how short the range is. It is less than 5 yards away and he is using a compound bow. To make this harder it should be - two moving targets that have to both be timed, longer distance, and a more difficult bow (eg. a horsebow would be interesting).

#17. 2 foot wide ring, thrown in front of the target - All you do is aim at the target (which is very short range) and then time the release. (Note that he points on the target was horrible, would have been more impressive if it was also a bullseye.

#18. Clay shooting - finally something difficult. No complaints there. It was actually a decent height.

#19. Do we really need to listen to them singing on helium?

#20. Remember the balloons shot I complained about at the top? They did it short range with a compound bow. A complete beginner could do that shot.

#21. Shooting from the sunroof of a moving truck - at a non-moving target, short distance, with an idiot proof compound bow. Not even that hard to do.

#22. 500 yards with a compound bow at a balloon? I have seen this shot done before - at longer distances. While it would have taken him multiple attempts, it is not really an impressive shot. Even someone with just a little experience shooting a compound bow could do that shot within the first half hour of attempting it.

#23. The music is horribly macho nonsense. Very annoying and meant to distract the viewer from the fact that these "trick shots" are not even that hard.

Conclusions? DudePerfect archery videos are nothing special. They are just repackaging "trick shots" that are actually so easy a relative beginner could do them.