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M'lady Lorelei and Noble Friends of the Bow,<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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This month we will massacre cutsy bunnies and chicks, but they are
NOT made of felt.<br>
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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.<br>
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Kind regards,<br>
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Lord Mungo Napier, Shire of Isenfir TA Marshal<br>
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On 5/2/2011 9:49 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:loreleielkins@aol.com">loreleielkins@aol.com</a> wrote:
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<div>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. :-)</div>
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