<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">I would advise nothing closer than 10 yards for safety reasons. </SPAN></div>
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<div><FONT color=#4040ff>Atlantian Archery. Nothing exists within 100 yards without our permission.</FONT></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> John Atkins <cogworks@triad.rr.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> 'Stephen Kiefert' <lanhamlaw@att.net>; archers@atlantia.sca.org <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, July 2, 2013 5:14 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Archers] rat shoot<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=yiv1336007424601250821-02072013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>My two cents for interest and variety:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=yiv1336007424601250821-02072013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>What distance - a variety of distances dependent upon coming at the archers, running away from of running across the shooting line</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=yiv1336007424601250821-02072013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>What size rat - Allen made his out of foam footballs wrapped with tape. Good size as each rat can take more than one hit</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=yiv1336007424601250821-02072013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>How many - how many can you make? The more the more fun!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=yiv1336007424601250821-02072013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>First arrow pin rat - if it does, good on the archer. If not, keep shooting. Archers should be able to continue shooting a pinned rat but maybe only score multiples IF they have hit another rat as well.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=yiv1336007424601250821-02072013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Rats and ropes - one for each would make it so much more interesting. That way you could have some coming at , moving away, and going crosswise to the archers. Of course that means more help to run the shoot, but the archers would love you for it (or hate you depending upon their score :-) )</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=yiv1336007424601250821-02072013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>I like this idea!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr lang=en-us class=yiv1336007424OutlookMessageHeader align=left><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org [mailto:archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Stephen Kiefert<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 02, 2013 5:03 PM<BR><B>To:</B> archers@atlantia.sca.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Archers] rat shoot<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>we are thinking of a moving rat shoot at Assessment</DIV>
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<DIV>questions for those who have done this</DIV>
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<DIV>what distance </DIV>
<DIV>what size rat</DIV>
<DIV>how many</DIV>
<DIV>moving parallel or toward archers</DIV>
<DIV>does<VAR id=yiv1336007424yui-ie-cursor></VAR> the first arrow pin the rat to the ground and stop movement, making easier to hit</DIV>
<DIV>all rats on one rope or one rope for each</DIV>
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