<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I have run one of these machines at the Baltimore Bowmen Traditional Classic. I ran them on the ground to simulate a running rabbit. The clays are the extra sturdy ones. There are adjustments to slow them dow a little. I don't care how good you are they are difficult to hit.<div><br></div><div>IMHO.</div><div><br></div><div>Seamus<br><div><br><div><div>On Mar 19, 2012, at 5:06 PM, <a href="mailto:archers-request@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org">archers-request@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Send Archers mailing list submissions to<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org">archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/listinfo.cgi/archers-atlantia.sca.org<br><br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>archers-request@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org<br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>archers-owner@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org<br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of Archers digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Re: : Clay pigeon shooters (Garth Groff)<br> 2. Re: : Clay pigeon shooters (Siegfried)<br> 3. Re: clay pigeon throwers (deedee Mail)<br> 4. Re: clay pigeon throwers (loreleielkins@aol.com)<br> 5. Re: clay pigeon throwers (jaynardone@comcast.net)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:04:16 -0400<br>From: Garth Groff <ggg9y@virginia.edu><br>To: archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org<br>Subject: Re: [Archers] : Clay pigeon shooters<br>Message-ID: <4F678330.2070609@virginia.edu><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed"<br><br>M'Lady Lorelei,<br><br>Very difficult to hit a disk that small without years of practice. The <br>famous trick shooter Byron Ferguson could do it. After all, he shoots <br>aspirins thrown up into the air by his wife Wanda (his 9th wife, by the <br>way).<br><br>Seriously though, Byron runs a shooting school in Tennessee and he uses <br>something like a clay pigeon thrower to toss 12" or so styrofoam disks <br>up into the air. It is sort of a final for his students, and in the film <br>I saw all of them hit at least one by the of the lesson. Similar disks <br>are available from 3Rivers.<br><br>Yours Aye,<br><br><br>Mungo<br><br>On 3/19/2012 1:43 PM, loreleielkins@aol.com wrote: Has anyone ever tried <br>the hand clay pigeon throwers for archery?<br><br>Curious....I think it might be fun.<br><br><br>Lorelei<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/pipermail/archers-atlantia.sca.org/attachments/20120319/99b9294e/attachment-0001.htm><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:29:52 -0400<br>From: Siegfried <siegfried@crossbows.biz><br>To: archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org<br>Subject: Re: [Archers] : Clay pigeon shooters<br>Message-ID: <4F678930.8060607@crossbows.biz><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<br><br>It's not 'THAT' hard. Really depends on how the pigeons are thrown ...<br>if 'out away from the archer', and with a decent 'gentle loft'. It's<br>possible, even if by luck :)<br><br>Reynard used to use a clay pigeon thrower, over a water hazard, at On<br>Target. And people regularly got a pigeon. (like, one of the 3<br>chances you had granted, but they'd get one).<br><br>Now, if you throw it at a visual angle, or with a HARD toss ... you are<br>screwed as an archer ;)<br><br>Siegfried<br><br><br>On 3/19/12 3:04 PM, Garth Groff wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">M'Lady Lorelei,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Very difficult to hit a disk that small without years of practice. The<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">famous trick shooter Byron Ferguson could do it. After all, he shoots<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">aspirins thrown up into the air by his wife Wanda (his 9th wife, by the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">way).<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Seriously though, Byron runs a shooting school in Tennessee and he uses<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">something like a clay pigeon thrower to toss 12" or so styrofoam disks<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">up into the air. It is sort of a final for his students, and in the film<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I saw all of them hit at least one by the of the lesson. Similar disks<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">are available from 3Rivers.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Yours Aye,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Mungo<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">On 3/19/2012 1:43 PM, loreleielkins@aol.com wrote: Has anyone ever tried<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the hand clay pigeon throwers for archery?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Curious....I think it might be fun.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Lorelei<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Archers mailing list<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/listinfo.cgi/archers-atlantia.sca.org<br></blockquote><br>-- <br>Barun Siegfried Sebastian Faust - Barony of Highland Foorde - Atlantia<br>http://hf.atlantia.sca.org/ - http://crossbows.biz/ - http://eliw.com/<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 3<br>Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:36:42 -0400<br>From: deedee Mail <deallac@juno.com><br>To: "jaynardone@comcast.net" <jaynardone@comcast.net><br>Cc: "archers@atlantia.sca.org" <archers@atlantia.sca.org><br>Subject: Re: [Archers] clay pigeon throwers<br>Message-ID: <8E558FB2-9626-4943-B89A-FEA5F63362EC@juno.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br><br>We often have set up one of the mechanical ones at On Target. They do<br>make for interesting challenges, but are a bear to clean up after.<br><br>Dealla<br><br>Sent from my iPad<br><br>On Mar 19, 2012, at 2:00 PM, jaynardone@comcast.net wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Yeah, they work quite well...Im building a target now that uses clay pigeons but they will be stationary....<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Janyn<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">From: loreleielkins@aol.com<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">To: archers@atlantia.sca.org<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 1:43:51 PM<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Subject: [Archers] clay pigeon throwers<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Has anyone ever tried the hand clay pigeon throwers for archery?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Curious....I think it might be fun.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Lorelei<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Archers mailing list<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/listinfo.cgi/archers-atlantia.sca.org<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Archers mailing list<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/listinfo.cgi/archers-atlantia.sca.org<br></blockquote>____________________________________________________________<br>60-Year-Old Mom Looks 27<br>Mom Reveals Free Wrinkle Trick That Has Angered Doctors!<br>http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4f678a892d6dd22eadedst04vuc<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/pipermail/archers-atlantia.sca.org/attachments/20120319/778cbc6f/attachment-0001.htm><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 4<br>Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:38:05 -0400 (EDT)<br>From: loreleielkins@aol.com<br>To: conrad.engelhart@yahoo.com, archers@atlantia.sca.org<br>Subject: Re: [Archers] clay pigeon throwers<br>Message-ID: <8CED42752411A85-964-133EB@webmail-m091.sysops.aol.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br><br>Ya know....we have Siege Engine Engineers who can make stuff like this. (below) Hummm.......(stroking my invisible beard) Looks like a blast.<br><br><br>I can see the advantage of doing the clay over the water, with the clean up. They do biodegrade, but until they do...ouch, wouldn't want to step on one. <br><br><br>I just might pick one of the hand throwers up for fun...see how well (or not well) we can do. Perhaps just for the fun of it at WoW or SAAD.<br><br><br>L<br><br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Conrad Engelhart <conrad.engelhart@yahoo.com><br>To: loreleielkins <loreleielkins@aol.com><br>Sent: Mon, Mar 19, 2012 3:38 pm<br>Subject: Re: [Archers] clay pigeon throwers<br><br><br><br>HitchHiker Target Launcher<br><br>http://www.blueridgeoctober.com/hhiker.htm<br>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYNadAkd7pM<br><br><br>Expensive, but cool.<br><br>-Conrad<br><br><br><br><br>From: "loreleielkins@aol.com" <loreleielkins@aol.com><br>To: archers@atlantia.sca.org <br>Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 1:43 PM<br>Subject: [Archers] clay pigeon throwers<br><br><br><br>Has anyone ever tried the hand clay pigeon throwers for archery? <br><br><br>Curious....I think it might be fun.<br><br><br><br><br>Lorelei<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Archers mailing list<br>Archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org<br>http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/listinfo.cgi/archers-atlantia.sca.org<br><br><br><br><br><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/pipermail/archers-atlantia.sca.org/attachments/20120319/d0486c29/attachment-0001.htm><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 5<br>Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:06:08 +0000 (UTC)<br>From: jaynardone@comcast.net<br>To: loreleielkins@aol.com<br>Cc: archers@atlantia.sca.org<br>Subject: Re: [Archers] clay pigeon throwers<br>Message-ID:<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><854933535.244788.1332191168735.JavaMail.root@sz0081a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br><br><br>They are bio-degradable, the paint and everything else is simply clay. They just look bad in a pile. We typically put down a big tarp to catch all small pieces to be thrown away when done. <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br><br><br>From: loreleielkins@aol.com <br>To: "conrad engelhart" <conrad.engelhart@yahoo.com>, archers@atlantia.sca.org <br>Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 4:38:05 PM <br>Subject: Re: [Archers] clay pigeon throwers <br><br>Ya know....we have Siege Engine Engineers who can make stuff like this. (below) ?Hummm.......(stroking my invisible beard) ?Looks like a blast. <br><br><br>I can see the advantage of doing the clay over the water, with the clean up. ?They do biodegrade, but until they do...ouch, wouldn't want to step on one. ? <br><br><br>I just might pick one of the hand throwers up for fun...see how well (or not well) we can do. ?Perhaps just for the fun of it at WoW or SAAD. <br><br><br>L <br><br><br>-----Original Message----- <br>From: Conrad Engelhart <conrad.engelhart@yahoo.com> <br>To: loreleielkins <loreleielkins@aol.com> <br>Sent: Mon, Mar 19, 2012 3:38 pm <br>Subject: Re: [Archers] clay pigeon throwers <br><br><br><br><br>HitchHiker Target Launcher <br>? <br>http://www.blueridgeoctober.com/hhiker.htm <br>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYNadAkd7pM <br><br>? <br>Expensive, but cool. <br>? <br>-Conrad <br>? <br>? <br><br><br><br>From: " loreleielkins@aol.com " < loreleielkins@aol.com > <br>To: archers@atlantia.sca.org <br>Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 1:43 PM <br>Subject: [Archers] clay pigeon throwers <br><br><br>Has anyone ever tried the hand clay pigeon throwers for archery? <br><br><br>Curious....I think it might be fun. <br><br><br><br><br>Lorelei <br>_______________________________________________ <br>Archers mailing list <br>Archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org <br>http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/listinfo.cgi/archers-atlantia.sca.org <br><br><br><br><br><br>I can see the advantage of doing the clay over the water, with the clean up. ?They do biodegrade, but until they do...ouch, wouldn't want to step on one. ? <br><br><br>I just might pick one of the hand throwers up for fun...see how well (or not well) we can do. ?Perhaps just for the fun of it at WoW or SAAD. <br><br><br>L <br><br><br>-----Original Message----- <br>From: Conrad Engelhart <conrad.engelhart@yahoo.com> <br>To: loreleielkins <loreleielkins@aol.com> <br>Sent: Mon, Mar 19, 2012 3:38 pm <br>Subject: Re: [Archers] clay pigeon throwers <br><br><br><br><br>HitchHiker Target Launcher <br>? <br>http://www.blueridgeoctober.com/hhiker.htm <br>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYNadAkd7pM <br><br>? <br>Expensive, but cool. <br>? <br>-Conrad <br>? <br>? <br><br><br><br>From: " loreleielkins@aol.com " < loreleielkins@aol.com > <br>To: archers@atlantia.sca.org <br>Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 1:43 PM <br>Subject: [Archers] clay pigeon throwers <br><br><br>Has anyone ever tried the hand clay pigeon throwers for archery? <br><br><br>Curious....I think it might be fun. <br><br><br><br><br>Lorelei <br>_______________________________________________ <br>Archers mailing list <br>Archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org <br>http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/listinfo.cgi/archers-atlantia.sca.org <br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________ <br>Archers mailing list <br>Archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org <br>http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/listinfo.cgi/archers-atlantia.sca.org <br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/pipermail/archers-atlantia.sca.org/attachments/20120319/49349285/attachment.htm><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Archers mailing list<br>Archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org<br>http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/listinfo.cgi/archers-atlantia.sca.org<br><br><br>End of Archers Digest, Vol 102, Issue 32<br>****************************************<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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