[Archers] this looks FUN!!!

[John Atkins]

Interesting Mungo.  I have had the same lack of sticking success with
burlap bags (peanut bags from the local steak house) stuffed with
plastic bags.  Wierd 'cuz they work pretty well for a while but then
begin to reject arrow penetration.  At first I thought it might be
because I had also slipped a piece of cardboard down the front face to
provide a flat surface for the target face.  But even with that removed
I still, on occasion, get the bounce back problem.  
 
BTW burlap bags stuffed with plastic shopping bags are great targets
that will last for a couple of years.
 
cog 



M'lady Lorelei and Noble Friends of the Bow,

At our last practice on 24 April we had a 10-yard prize shoot. Our
target was a leprechaun left over from St. Patrick's Day (our March
shoot was called because of snow). The idea was to separate him from his
gold by hitting the coins in his pot (1 point each), or the single coin
in his hand (5 points). His pot itself was worth nothing, and any hit
even breaking a line on the leprechaun himself was a minus 2 points. You
can't kill a leprechaun with arrows (they're immortals you know), but
you can make them really mad.

So how did the shoot go? It was a miserable failure. The leprechaun was
made of felt in multiple layers, and even with a 40 pound bow, some of
my arrows bounced off the target. Other archers had nothing but bounces.
So here's the lesson: FELT TARGETS DON'T WORK! I called the shoot closed
and we switched to a Royal Round.

This month we will massacre cutsy bunnies and chicks, but they are NOT
made of felt.

To those of you who are curious, we usually open our practice with a
10-yard prize shoot at some sort of novelty target; usually two rounds
of six arrows. The highest scoring adult and youth each win a prize
provided by Lady Sarah Sinclair and myself (we shoot, but our scores
don't count--we're trying to get rid of the stuff in the prize bag). The
previous month's winners are also disqualified, so more people have a
chance to win. This is especially important for the kids, since one
pre-teen would win all the time. I announce the time for the shoot on
our email tree the week before practice, and nobody is allowed to join
in once the competition starts. This was a positive way of getting all
the archers to show up on time, and it works much better than nagging.

Kind regards,


Lord Mungo Napier, Shire of Isenfir TA Marshal

On 5/2/2011 9:49 PM, loreleielkins at aol.com wrote: 

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What else are people doing this spring and summer?  Post it here, let us
know.  What are people doing on their home ranges?  Anything new and
exciting archery related stuff going on in your are?  Please share.  Or,
is it still snowing in the northern part of the Kingdom. :-)

Lorelei



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