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Editorial Report by Arlyne Rhode

Hunting Simulation Organization

Archery News from “Down Under” by Roy Rose

Joseph Bailey named Paralympian of the Year

USA Archery by Mary Beth Vorwerk

2007 ATA Show Reflects Industry Confidence by Denise Parker

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Focus for Life by B. Howard Coffey

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Robert’s Rules ofArchery'

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2007 Las Vegas Championships

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Trfitoriad Report What a way to start out a new year! We were treated to the first Hunting Simulation Organization (HSO) event of the year in Las Vegas February 2-5. This action packed pop-up and Motion Target competition has teamed up with ASA and NFAA to feature indoor and outdoor events. After watching the Vegas event, 1 know it will take a very gifted individual to compete in this arena. Not only must you judge distance quickly but also make the decision whether it is a legal animal to shoot. With this excitement to keep your nerves on edge, cheering your favorite competitor to a victory could bring in crowds of spectators. Congratulations to Sandra Hamar of standing up for the ladies and showing her shooting finesse. There was a real battle in the men’s division before Tom Pruitt came out victorious. See pages 72 & 73 for how you can get involved in HSO. The indoor nationals will be completed in the next couple of weeks and then on to outdoor shooting. This issue features some new places to shoot your bow. The Midwest Archery Championships (MAC) are holding events in Wisconsin and Illinois with hopes of expanding into Minnesota and Iowa next

year. See their schedule on the inside back cover. We, also, have a new event coming up in Walker, Iowa, the first U.S. Archery Triathlon hosted by Hitaga Archery Club. The winner of this event must have skills in target shooting, field shooting and 3-D. Will you be that special person? If you don’t have the JanuaryFebruary issue handy for the tournament information, check out their website www.geocitics.com/hitaga archery or call one of the following numbers (319) 438-1294, (319) 438-1230 or (319) 435-2012. See you there! Welcome to a new contributor to our magazine. See Tom Dorigatti's biography below. If you want to check out the future target archery stars, check out the NASP students at their first stand alone nationals on June 9,h at Louisville, K.Y. I’ll be there taking photos. I'm looking forward to meeting my new e-mail friend, Curtis77. Many of you may know my old friend. Ann Hoyt. She is celebrating her 85lh birthday March 29th. If you want to send her a card she may be reached at 317 Albion Avenue, Glendale, OH 45246. See you on the range friends,

Welcome, Tom Dorigatti! Tom Dorigatti has been shooting a bow since he was 12 years old. He started out with a solid fiberglass recurved bow and hunted cotton-tail rabbits and prairie dogs. It wasn’t long until he started hunting big game with a much better recurved bow. Tom attended his first archery tournament in 1968 and was hooked forever. He started out in the barebow division, but soon graduated to shooting recurve with a site. Tom was the first shooter in the state of Wyoming to shoot over 500 on a field round shooting with fingers and a recurve bow and the first shooter in Wyoming to shoot a perfect 560 animal round with fingers and recurve. Since that early start, Tom has shot in nearly every compound division and has taken many local and state titles over the years. He has competed in 38 of the contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and the Azores. Tom has never won a National Title, but has placed as high as second place in three different NFAA Outdoor Sectional for 22 years, retired and then went back into public school events in the NFAA. Tom can shoot equally well either left or teaching. He taught French, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, right handed with a release and compound bow. He has also General Science, and Human Anatomy & Physiology. Now retired, Tom has taken up writing articles relating undertaken shooting FITA style recurves right handed, which he had never done before. All of Tom’s personal best scores have to bicycling and archery. In addition, he creates archcry been shot while shooting right-handed, in spite of being left-eye and bicycling related puzzles, including Crosswords Word Scrambles, Word Searches, Matching Exercises, and Multiple dominant and totally left-handed. Tom prefers to shoot in the i • miTzIes are known to even cuse foreign choice quizzes. Tom s puzzles r„,,„i Unlimited Freestyle Division, but will dabble into 3-D archery . . r Duccian to Hindu, to French and now and again. Z"hP°^»e “c’dl"‘= Tom is a former United States Air Force Officer, having flown KC-135A jet refueling tankers as an Instructor Navigator puzzles together while learning sometni g for 7 years. After the Air Force, Tom worked in private industry

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Archery News From "Down Under" Sewe equipment, including an enormous cross section of bows from leading USA and Korean manufacturers, such as Bowtech, PSE, Browning, Alpine, Archery Research, Darton, Samick, Win & Win and Cartel. Bowtech really took of in 2006, with huge sales across the range, and 2007 promises those numbers to be surpassed. Canberra is the federal capilal of All the major arrow, sight, stabilizer, the "land down under;’’ a city which fletching, release aid. and other archery has already hosted FITA World Target accessories, such as videos, targets, bow and Field Championships, and home to cases, etc. are stocked in abundance with Australia’s largest retail and wholesale virtually every archery outlet shop and archery venture, “Archery Supplies.” club in the nation dependant on the quick Owner, Steve Hann, started the business and economical service provided. Shop manager Anthony James, a in the 90 s as a small garage-style enterprise, and its present million-dollar State 3D compound champion and an plus status is a reflection of the growth avid hunter, and staffer Owen Van Aker, and popularity of archery in Australia. coordinate with Steve Hann in the ever It continues to build from the feats of its expanding business. One of the nation’s Olympic representatives, the excellence of leading recurvers, Roger Sutherland, the likes of Clint Freeman, and of course, and the workshop whiz, yours truly, who makes certain the daily orders head off the flourishing hunting market. The present "Archery Supplies” retail to not only Australian customers, but shop and wholesale outlet at Holder, in overseas clients, as well. Members of the Canberra, sports a myriad of archery Australian Institute of Sports Archery scholarship group of young archers, also help out on weekends, augmenting an already enthusiastic and archeryknowledgeable team. Two-thousand seven promises even further growth in the sport “down under,” and another big year financially for Archery Supplies. Australia’s Pacific neighbor, New Zealand, conducted its National Target and Field Championships in January with archers from Fiji, Tahiti, New Caledonia, and Austrailia joined New Zealand’s Drawn together by best. Inclement weather hampered some a No-Slip safety winch, high scoring, but the nation’s top shooters density rollers actually SQUEEZE - Stephen Clifton, Eammon Gaffney, the limbs of the bow for compression. Alison Bateman, and Linda Gower in One bow press for all the compound ranks; Peter Ebden and Ann Holmes in the recurve classes - all prevailed. Visitors to score impressively were: Aimee Deaves from Australia, who shot the high ladies FITA target rounds, (Ly

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With high profile coaches such as Ki Sik Lee, and now Oh Kyo Moon, at the helm of the AIS archery facility this past decade, a relatively unsung hero of the program has been hardworking assistant, Matt Lee. Lee, a former archer of quality, has set aside his own representative

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Meet Pat Coghlan - new Aussie Super Star. Number one Down Under By Roy Rose The emergence a decade ago of Australia's Clint Freeman as one of the world's foremost compound exponents, his being the first archer to conquer the 1400 F1TA barrier, and a world target champion and record holder, certainly established the Land Down Under on the supreme upper echelon of the men’s open division. Australia has also produced other international stars and world record holders in the compound classes, including Madeleine Ferris. Loran Singerov. Nicole Bartlett, and Leigh Cornish, to name but a

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A solidly built business commitments, he still practices archer with major aspirations to succeed, a manditory 30 hours weekly. a tremendous work ethic, and a proven His short and long-term goals are competitive spirit. Pat is equally talented focused on Gold at World Target and in target, field, and indoor, as his national indoor championships, establishing “Pat’s titles and records clearly verify. Archery,” and seeing compound bows Pat Coghlan's emergence as a top-draw become a part of both Commonwealth and archery talent provides a fascinating story. Olympic competition, while pursuing his He was introduced to the sport in his home successful archery career, and his family town of Adelaide, South Australia, by his ambitions. His short career has already dad as a four-year old. He progressed produced some sensational scoring, quickly, winning the Tyro Tournament in including 12 arrow perfect scoring in his first year of competition. His coach FITA target, with 120 points, and an was none other than Ross Johns, the equally impressive 178 for 18 arrows. original coach of Olympic Gold Medalist, With regular FITA scores over 1400 in Simon Fairweather. Like many young practice, and near faultless field rounds, Aussies in a land of magnificent weather coupled with perfect 180 and 120 indoor with a great sporting tradition, Pat passes for 18 and 12 arrows, and the abandoned archery in his teens, becoming number one standing in Australia for both a talented footballer, cricketer (Australia’s target and indoor, Pat’s stocks are riding number one summer sport), tennis player, high. At just 32 years of age, and a mere Surf Life Saver, Tae Kwon Do exponent, three years of competition behind him, and keen weight trainer. In 1999, while his is a talent of exceptional proportions, participating in an Army Reserve exercise, obviously capable of improvement in the he had a serious fall, sustaining permanent years ahead. With the strong support of back and spine injuries, which brought his wife, Rachel, and young son. Scout, 2007 sporting ambitions to a sudden halt. His will clearly be another year of top level competitive spirit inspired him to seek achievements culminating in the World a new competition through table tennis, Championships. slot car racing, and pistol shooting - all Already the Aussie Champion has been attempted avenues for his highly motivated the recipient of a number of i mportant and desire to compete. The search continued. much-appreciated sponsorships, including In 2003, he dug out his old hunting Hoyt, Easton, Danage, Carter, Beiter, and bow, headed for the local archery club, the South Australian Institute of Sport. and within weeks he was the club’s high Bow: LH HOYT Pro Elite XT3000 Spiral scorer. Just a few more months of practice Cam 60%let off 30.5” draw length. 59.5 # and he was State Champion, and by String:BCY 452X Halo .019 serving 2005, the new National Target Champion Arrows: (target) Easton 410 XIO’s with annexing the title and the match play over 110 grain points Beiter In out Hunter seasoned international champions, Clint symmetrical nocks Flex Fletch 187 Freeman, Zoran Singerov, and Dennis (field) Easton 400 ACEs with 100 grain Carson - an incredible rise to the very top points Easton Insert and Pin nocks. in just two years, and an unprecedented Flex Fletch 187 accomplishment. His first World Target (indoor) Easton Eclipse 2315 X7s Championship in Madrid in 2005 was a Easton G nocks ACC 60 Unibushing sign of things to come when, on Day 2, in Easton 125 grain points & Easton 4 inch vanes searing heat and gale force winds, against Sights; Sure-Loc Supreme 9 inch 550 the world’s best, he emerged in second Sure-Loc Black Eagle Scope 6X place at 50 meters. 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H_RI_EY Hurley Health & Fitness Member Joseph Bailey Named Paralympian of the Year

Flint--Joseph Bailey has been a member of Hurley Health & Fitness Center for 8 years. Now, his working out has taken him in a whole new direction. The 45-year old Flushing man has been selected as the 2006 Paralympian of the Year, by the U.S. Olympic Committee. Joe began learning Archery as a means of rehabilitating himself, after suffering serious injuries, and losing a leg following a near fatal truck accident in 1988. “This sport brought me back to health, mentally and physically, and 1 am very grateful. I am honored to achieve this honor. 1 just wish I could bottle how I feel today,” says Bailey. Bailey has competed around the world. He is a 4-time national winner, and a world champion in Archery, receiving a team gold medal for the U.S. in the 4,h International Paralympic World Championships, in Madrid, Spain, in 2003. Today, Bailey is a member of the U.S. Paralympic Archery Team. He is now in training for his next goal: to compete in Seoul, South Korea, for the 6lh International Paralympic World Championships, in October, 2007. This is the first time Bailey has received the Paralympian of the Year honor. Olympic style games for athletes with a disability were organized for the first time in Rome, Italy in 1960, now called Paralympics. In Toronto in 1976, other disability groups were added and the idea of merging together different disability groups for international sport competitions was born. In the same year, the first Paralympic Winter Games took place in Sweden. Submitted by Ilene Cantor, Public Relations Specialist at Hurley Medical Center, icantor@hurlcy.com © March-April

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2006 USA Archery Coaches of the Year Announced COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - USA Archery is pleased to announce the selections for the 2006 Coach of the Year Awards. Dee Wilde (Pocatello. ID) was selected as National Coach of the Year. while Linda Beck (Maple Lake. MN) was selected as Developmental Coach of the Year and Tom Barker (Victoria. TX) is the Volunteer Coach of the Year. Each year the USA Archery Coach Development Committee (CDC) accepts nominations for coach of the year awards for individuals who have distinguished themselves as outstanding coaches and have provided dedicated service to the sport and to USA Archery. Dee Wilde has been a highly successful competitive archer for 24 years and at the age of 56 remains very competitive. He also has been very successful at coaching, especially his two sons, Reo and Logan. He has been an active coach for 15 years. Wilde won his first National Championship in 1987 and has won 28 National Championships in al) (team and individual). He is known all over the archery world. His name has appeared on 40 World Records. He has been on 13 World Teams for the United States and has won seven gold and two bronze medals in World Championship competition. He was the first archer to win both the World Indoor and World Outdoor in the same year. He is the only archer to be ranked number one in the world for more than one year consecutively. Wilde was ranked the number one compound archer every year, except for 1993 and 1995, from 1989 to August 2000. As a coach, Wilde has coached eight World Champions. In 2006, his son, Reo. won the FITA World Cup in Mexico and shot a perfect score in the finals. Reo is currently ranked number one in the World in Men’s Compound. His other son Logan won the World Cup Series event in El Salvador in June of 2006. Jahna Davis, another student of Dec’s, won the bronze medal at the 2006 FITA World Cup. Davis, Reo and Logan helped the U.S. Team to rack up more points in the 2006 World Cup than any other country. Wilde has also served the archery community well. He was a regional representative and past Vice President to the NAA Board of Governors. He has presented numerous clinics and seminars around the world and was responsible for setting up the Compound Archery Coaching Programs for Italy and Mexico.

Linda Beck started coaching eight years ago after more than 20 years as a competitive target and 3D archer. Her early 2006 USA Archery coaching endeavors include work with a Announces Athletes/ Junior Olympic Archery Development (JOAD) club in Ft. Wayne, IN. One of her Teams of the Year students, Austin McIntosh, achieved the ASA & I BO Young Adult Shooter of the Year. Currently. Beck is the Head Coach COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - USA Archery is pleased to announce Vic for the Central Minnesota JOAD club. Beck says that as much as she enjoys Wunderle (Mason City. IL) and Jennifer shooting, her passion is teaching archery Nichols (Cheyenne, WY) as the 2006 to beginners and coaching young, elite Male and Female Athletes of the Year for shooters. She spends much of her spare recurve and Reo Wilde (Pocatello. ID) and time from her job as Manager of Technical Jahna Davis (Helena, MT) as the 2006 Services, for Cargill Foods, coaching Male and Female Athletes of the Year archers. In 2006. Beck was named as a for Compound. Joseph Bailey (Flushing. Regional High Performance Coach for MI) is taking home the honor for 2006 Paralympian of the Year, while the Men’s USA Archery and she is also a National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) Pan American Championship Team is Basic Archery Instructor Trainer II. USA the Team of the Year for Recurve and the Archery National Head Coach, Kisik Lee, Men's World Cup Team was selected as asked Linda to be an assistant coach at the the Team of the Year for Compound. Two-time Olympian Wunderle, 2006 Junior World Championships this past summer in Mexico. Linda was given who won an individual silver and team the responsibility of the Junior and Cadet bronze at the 2000 Olympic Games in Male Compound Teams. Both teams Sydney, started out his successful year in won gold medals in the team event. Two 2006 finishing in first place at the World of Linda’s students, Adam Wruck and Archery Festival in Las Vegas, followed Corey Muellenbach, were members of the by a second place finish at the National Junior World Championships Team where Indoor Championships. He took first place Muellenbach won the bronze. at the Arizona Cup International, Texas Tom Barker started in archery 11 Shootout, Copa Juan E. Barrios World years ago when his son. Kevin, was eight Ranking Competition in Salinas. Puerto years old and was beginning in archery. Rico, National Field Championships. One year later his daughter. Chelsea, said National Target Championships and “I can do that” and it became a long-term finished in second place at the World Field family activity. At first Barker was a Championships, where he also captured a compound shooter, but he began learning team gold medal. the recurve (Olympic style) bow. This is the fifth time Wunderle has Barker’s passion is working with kids been named USA Archery Male Athlete in archery. He believes archery is a great of the Year. He won the award previously metaphor for life and an opportunity for in 1994, 1999, 2000 and 2004. a family to do something fun together. Nichols, a 2004 Olympian, took 1st He has worked hard to learn everything place at the 2006 World Archery Festival he can about the sport in an attempt to in Las Vegas and first place at the 2006 help the kids he works with in his local Texas Shootout. At the Mexican Grand area. Tom and his daughter, Chelsea, are Prix, she tied her personal best score with both NAA Level 3 Certified Coaches and a 1346 FITA, which was the third best USA Archery Regional High Performance U.S. FITA score in history. In August, Coaches. Chelsea is also a USA Archery Nichols placed third at the National Target Junior Dream Team Coach. Kevin is a Championships, then took first place at the junior at Texas A&M and shoots on the U.S. Open. She finished in first place at Aggie Recurve Team. the Pan American Championships, where It is evident that Barker has had great, she also claimed a team bronze medal. positive influence on kids (including his Nichols previously won the Female Athlete own) through archery. Tom attends most of the Year Award in 2003 and 2004. Bailey, a 2005 IPC World national events and he has often traveled to international events such as the 2006 Championship team member was selected Junior World Championships to support as the 2006 Paralympian of the Year for the kids, some of which he helped develop. USA Archery after making his national He has literally mentored hundreds of score for the U.S. Paralympic National youth archers during his involvement with Archery Team and finishing in first place the sport and continues to serve the sport at the National Target Championships. This is the first time Bailey has received year after year in many ways. © 78

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2007 ATA Show Reflects Industry’s Confidence and Strong Momentum Exhibitor and Dealer numbers more than held their own in Atlanta as several new A TA programs enjoyed rocket-like launches. With a great start for 2007, the industry looks for even larger growth when the show returns to Indy in 2008.

By Denise Parker ATA Show Director To hear some of the pre-show discussions in late 2006, one might have thought the 2007 ATA Trade Show would be an event to simply endure while awaiting the show’s return to Indianapolis in 2008. But as ESPN’s Chris Berman often says of off-base NFL predictions, “That’s why they play the games.” The 2007 ATA Show will long be remembered for enthusiastic crowds that helped launch several robust industry initiatives. In fact, neither slick roads to the north and east, nor fog-related flight delays and cancellations at Atlanta’s airport kept archery dealers, exhibitors and media away from the industry's annual trade show at the Georgia World Congress Center. The three-day show opened Thursday, Jan. 18, to strong firstday dealer attendance, with 433 walk-up registrations boosting the pre-registration roster of 1,700 dealers, buyers and distributors. Those unprecedented on-site registrations pushed the first-day buying category past 2,100 people, spreading confidence and optimism across the show floor. “Our overall attendance numbers might not have set records, but if there was one sentiment I heard over and over again,

it was that the 2007 show was all about attitude, excitement and commitment to strengthening the industry’s core members,” said Jay McAninch, ATA’s CEO and president. “The ATA Board of Directors and ATA staff put together a great slate of programs to launch at this year's show, and we couldn’t be happier with the response each of them received. A show’s success isn’t just adding exhibitors to fill floor space and opening the doors to unqualified dealers. It’s all about strengthening the industry’s heart and soul, and encouraging a buying and selling attitude on the floor. Plus, the more benefits we can provide ATA members, the more we do to increase loyalty to the show, our sports and our organization.” But make no mistake, Atlanta’s show numbers more than held their own. We registered 2,582 dealers, buyers and distributors, only 58 fewer than the 2006 Atlanta show. In addition, we registered 3,939 exhibitor staff, down from 4.476 from a year ago, but up 30 overall from 2005. The show also attracted 325 media members to help spread the word about the industry’s hottest products. This year exhibitors rented 145,100 square feet of booth space (316.1 square feet per exhibitor), compared to 155,500 square feet in 2006 (311.6 square feet). In addition, at 145,100 square feet of booth space, this year’s booth rentals rank No. 2 all-time for the ATA Trade Show.

Randy Phillips, center, owner ofArchery Headquarters in Chandler, Arizona, and chairman of the ATA Dealer Council, and his wife, Gladys, left, met with benefits representative C. Danielle Powell during the 2007 ATA Show. Randy and Gladys learned they could save 10 to 12 percent on their healthcare benefits white receiving a higher quality plan. ATA members with one full-time employee are eligible for the plan.

Exciting Programs When the Indianapolis show opens Jan. 10-12, 2008, it will benefit not only from the positive business atmosphere flooding our industry, but also from several exciting programs launched at the Atlanta 2007 Show. Let’s review the new programs that will benefit our industry for years to come: — The Real Deal, an innovative program created by the ATA Board and Dealer Council to add value to the trade show, sent dealers on show-floor missions all three days. Only registered dealers were allowed into the secure showroom, where manufacturers displayed their best show-only deals. Retailers looking to score special discounts flocked into the showroom early the first morning to evaluate and quick-shop the bargains. After that initial surge, the Real Deal showroom continued to attract steady attendance as dealers browsed the aisles, took notes on the attractive offers, and set priorities on which manufacturers to visit each day. Dealers and manufacturers alike judged the Real Deal a huge success. “We offered our Mate Tricks scent and Primos original can combo, and we had fantastic results,” said Dawn Phoenix of the Buck Stop Lure Co. “The first day of the show we sold more of that combo pack than we did all three days last year. Our first-day sales more than doubled our first-day sales in 2006.”

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Great Giveaway winner, Terry Thomas ofAthens, Illinois, won the grand prize at the 2007 ATA Great Giveaway, a 2007 custom camo truck. Over §500,000 in cash, merchandise, guided hunts and other special prizes were handed out to lucky winners during the two-hour event.

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I bare a pretty killer shaft, broadbead & vane combo Primos Hunting Calls reported similar results after slashing the price of its arm guard below half-price. “We're very pleased with the traffic the Real Deal drove into our booth, said Brad Webb, vice president of sales for Primos. “Many came here specifically looking for the Real Deal special.” Dealers also praised the program. “There were definitely deals in there that we checked out on the floor,” said Glenn Ryman of Ted’s Sports Shop in Dexter, Mo. “We went in there first thing to see where to go for the best deals, whether it was a new release, sight, camo suit or whatever.” Kevin Shepherd of the Great Outdoors store in Jasper, Ind., agreed. ”We went there right away because we were trying to take advantage of special pricing to pay for our trip to Atlanta. We also wanted to introduce some items to our store, and maybe even try some new brands.” “This was very helpful,” agreed Toinaz Kirn, director of the Vrecek Specialized! Archery Pro Shop in Slovenia, Europe. “Without that, we would have had to go booth to booth, asking about special deals.” A Vital Show That positive response remained equally strong as manufacturers discussed the show itself. “We have a great crew at PSE, and maybe I don’t have to come here, but the show is important and I think I should be here,” said Pete Shcpley, the company’s founder and president. “It’s important for me to see everybody, talk to our customers, discuss our products, and explain why we have one of the strongest balance sheets in this room.” March - April

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The ATA Show also has proven itself to newer companies. “This was our third ATA show and we know it’s the single-most important event in our company's success,” said Andy Ross, CEO and president of Ross Archery of Grandview, Mo., near Kansas City. “We launched our company in 2005 at Indy and had an excellent show. In three days we exceeded what we thought we’d have for the entire year in sales. When we came here last year we had an unbelievable welcome from dealers. They were lined up around our booth. Our sales in 2006 were probably five times what we 81

planned. This year’s show was also great. The Real Deal helped pack our booth from start to finish. The ATA Show not only helped launch our company, it proved again why we consider it our industry’s Super Bowl.” Matt Futtere. owner of Arrowdynamic Solutions in Liberty Hill, Texas, also credits the ATA Show for his success. "This is our fourth ATA Show, and we’ve grown exponentially every year because of it,” Futtere said. “It’s our catalyst. It allowed us to take our broadhead company from a hobby business to a fulltime operation that is reaching markets

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worldwide. We’ve done other shows in the past, but after the show we had in Atlanta, that will be the only show we do this year. It was that good.” — The ATA Great Giveaway, another creation of the ATA Board of Directors, attracted a near-capacity crowd to the huge Thomas P. Murphy Ballroom at the end of The staff at FlexFletch taking a break before business the second day. From about 6:30 the show. p.m to 8:30 p.m., more than $500,000 in cash, merchandise, guided hunts and other special prizes — 103 prizes in all — were handed out to lucky winners in rapid-fire succession. The evening hit its climax when the event’s emcee, ATA board member Paul Vaicunas, vice-president of sales for Horton Manufacturing, called the winning numbers for a $10,000 cash prize and then the grand prize, a 2007 custom camo truck. John and Gretel Dabovich discussing 2007 Terry Thomas, a manufacturers rep with products with Scott Slates (II) ofToxonics. Hudalla Associates, said he was stunned in disbelief when Vaicunas read his winning number for the truck. “He was reading the numbers a little more slowly than the previous prizes, so I was following right along, 1-1-7-3,” Thomas said. “When he read off the final number, 9, I knew the truck was mine. But 1 was so shocked I really didn’t realize what had happened. I looked up at the stage and saw that big, beautiful truck and couldn’t believe it was mine. I’m just glad I won it BCY staff taking a break before the start of this year. 1 expect a lot more competition

Health Benefits Plan The new “ATA Archery & Bowhunting Industry Benefits" plan, which offers affordable health plans for ATA members, attracted a steady line of industry members looking for a quote or to sign up for this comprehensive package. On hand to meet ATA members and discuss the plans were three sales representatives from Advance Benefit Services LLC of Maryland, which operates the Archery & Bowhunting Industry Benefits plan for the ATA. The plan is available for ATA members only, and participants must have at least one full-time employee in their store or company. Those who checked out this new program during the ATA Show were impressed. “I’ve been in this industry a long time, and I started out in my own archery shop, so 1 know how difficult it has been to not only insure yourself, but to insure a small business,” said ATA board member Bruce Hudalla, president of Hudalla Associates in Perham, Minn. “We’re a small company with less than 25 employees, and we provide insurance, health coverage and

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benefits. It has been very difficult to get a competitive rate for the kind of services our employees deserve. Our business manager. Dale Karjala, has been studying the ATA’s new plan, and we were very pleased to learn we’ll get a savings of well over 10 percent. Plus, the benefits we’ll receive are much improved over our current policy. When I see those numbers, and I know what savings like that mean to the Mom and Pop shops we visit, I’m very proud to be part of the solution to a big, long-time problem for this industry.” Archery University Seminars The 2007 ATA/Archery Business Archery University morning seminar series featured a revamped format that offered more technical training than ever before. In addition to the usual popular slate of shooting tips, business advice and general bow-tuning presentations, this year’s seminars also featured individual bow companies who taught their secrets for wringing top performance from their unique product lines. The new format exceeded expectations, as seminar attendance set an all-time record of 932 people, a 17 percent increase from 2006 and 2.6 percent higher than the previous record of 908 attendees in 2004 at Indianapolis. Eight seminars were held each of the three mornings, with an average of nearly 40 people attending each seminar, another all-time high. As usual, dealers appreciated these opportunities to learn new ways to satisfy customers. “I attend the seminars every year because our shop knows the value of providing fast, reliable, up-to-date service for our customers,” said Gary Nostrant, director

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of sales and repairs at Country Woods Archery in St. Johns, Mich. “We also have a guy attending the shooting seminars so he can better help customers address their shooting concerns. The bottom line is that seminars improve our customer service. Every helpful hint we learn makes us more valuable to our customers.” New Partners The 2007 ATA Trade Show also marked the start of a partnership that pairs the ATA with the Professional Outdoor Media Association (POMA). The two groups held a joint luncheon/press conference Friday, Jan. 19, to announce their creation of the “ATA/POMA Archery and Bowhunting Fred Bear Communicator of the Year Award.” This annual award honors Bear and recognizes active journalists within the archery and bowhunting arena who grasp the ideals, foster the commitment, and display the talent Bear showed during his storied career. The joint press conference drew a capacity crowd, demonstrating the ATA’s and outdoor media’s collaborative efforts to promote the industry and the archery shooting sports. “POMA’s members look at the archery industry as a family where they belong. which is why our organization is an ATA member,” said John E. Phillips, a POMA member and veteran outdoor writer from Birmingham, Ala. “We realize we all

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derive an income from the same sports, and we want to help promote archery and bowhunting wherever possible. Even before there was a POMA, and before the ATA took ownership of this show, I attended this show every year. Unlike some trade shows, the ATA Show is focused on archery and bowhunting; nothing else. That allows writers, editors and producers to work the floor efficiently and spread the word on this industry’s great products.”

Save Our Heritage Book Program The ATA’s “Save Our Heritage” book program also attracted a steady stream of dealers into Booth 1005. That’s where the Save Our Heritage book publishers, Peter and Kate Fiduccia of Woods N’ Water Press, discussed the ATA’s growing list of top-shelf bowhunting titles. Proceeds from the sales of these books help promote and defend bowhunting across North Stanislawski’s staff explaining the benefits America. of their release to potential customers. ATA member retailers are able to buy books at deep discounts, deeper than any big box or discount store. In addition, dealers who agree to become a source for the ATA books will receive floor and counter display racks to more effectively display and sell these archery and bowhunting books. Finally, with a full complement of bowhunting books now available and more on the way, dealers can offer their customers a continuous line of excellent reading material from top Mr. Gibbs demonstrating the Sure-Loc archery and bowhunting authors.

Onward to Indy With the great success of these programs in Atlanta, ATA’s leaders expect even bigger and better results when the 2008 show returns to the industry’s core region: the Midwest and Great Lakes states. “Whether you’re talking about the Great ATA Giveaway, the Real Deal or any of the great programs that debuted this year, this year’s show was just the beginning,” Vaicunas said. “There was a general feeling last year that this would be a challenging show. The fact that we had such a successful show in Atlanta demonstrates this industry’s commitment to the show and the value that it provides for attendees. We showcased our industry’s strength and energy, and built a lot of momentum for the future. “Just as an example, if people thought this year’s Great Giveaway was big, wait until they see what happens at Indy,” Vaicunas continued. “We’ll be within driving distance of most of the industry’s dealers. All those dealers driving in will build even more momentum. I wouldn’t be surprised if in five to 10 years, we'll be giving away a million dollars in prizes at the Great Giveaway. When you package that with everything else the show offers, no one can afford to miss it.” ©

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Ramie Haines' Equipment is as follows: Bow: Hoyt Protec Arrows:Gold Tip 30X Pro Release: Truball Sight: Toxonics sight bar with a Viper sight. When we spoke with Ramie after the win he said, “ I am 46 years old and have been shooting archery for about 5 years and enjoy every aspect of it. My wife and two daughters also participate in archery. I became a shop shooter for Rocky Mountain Sports in Gillette, Wyoming and compete in many tournaments to keep on top of my game. I get the most pleasure in introducing new people to the sport of archery, especially young people to keep our sport going. Mike Holland shoot a Hoyt ProElite XT2000 w/Spiral Cam 1/2, 27 3/4" draw at 601bs, bow physically weighs 7Ibs, Sure Loe Supreme sight, Hoyt NAP QT3000 with Best Launchers The only thing I do special to my rest is that I stack a cut in half heavy blade under a light blade. This gives me sport and a forgiving light tip. 11” Kybar stabilizer. Ramie Haines (right) and Mike Holland shot offfor Men’s At the time of the Iowa shoot I was using Easton 2613 cut 29" Bowhunter Freestyle with Rainie winning with a 300+ point and 4” feathers I use a Carter Just-B-Cuz release set about 3.5 to 3.9 lbs. This gives me a solid feeling See all scores on the website: release and allows me to develop a good amount of back tension www.isaaproam.com during my shot. The following is my shot routine: 1.Position Body /Feet inline with target 2.Nock arrow, cock feather up 3.lock release on loop grip bow 4. 5.Raise bow arm Pre tense bow in hand(adding pressure 6. with release) Draw Bow( exhaling) 7. L 8.Knuckle against jaw 9.1n hale breath For All Your Archery Ailments! lO.Find pin in peep, centering it 11.Pin on target(Start aiming process) Shooter Schools at your range or club 12.Change focus on pulling on the Private lessons at my residence in Illinois release Continue 13. pulling through the shot until arrow hits the target This works well for me. I try to let my subconscious do the aiming and focus on setting my release off. 1 believe too many people try to aim too hard and force shots to go off which lead to all kinds of bad things. I believe that shooting at short range can do wonders. It can builds strong confident shots. Hints for the beginning archer. 1 .Find the best archer in your area and start asking questions. Most of the time Learn: The Shot Doctor's they will be very helpful. -How to handle pressure la. Get rid of any releases that do not Students' Results Are... allow you to build back tension -How to shoot higher scores in 2. Practice, Over 300 National/World Titles 3. Go to a major event and compete practice and in tournaments 4. Practice more -Relaxed, trouble-free form and 5. Find a coach 6. Practice -Mental control to stay calm Over 400 National/World 7. Repeat step 2 and focused 8. Spend money on good solid simple Records equipment the best you can afford. Most -How to judge yardage accurately of all have fun! Currently my only sponsor is Stone Mountain Bow Strings. These guys know how to build strings. Dave Olive at Stone Mt has taken care of me for about 4 years now. Good strings and even better people. I work at Gander Mountain as the firearms manager here in Wichita KS, ©

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by B. Howard Coffey “For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either” (2 Thessalonians 3:10).

1 find that I am prejudiced. Does this shock anyone? However, my prejudices have nothing to do with race, sex or religion. My prejudices stem from my belief that everyone, who is physically able, should work. The ability to work is one of the greatest gifts that the Lord gave mankind. Your job may be the pits, but not having a job is much worse. One of my best friends lost a leg when he was eleven years old. Against all odds, my friend finished high school, and now he works as a tool and dye maker. Other than a slight limp when he walks, one would never know that he has a prosthesis. Although he could go home and draw subsistence from the state, he works everyday. He has helped me build

barns, paint houses, mow yards and fix my vehicles. He will do any work that comes his way, and he will help a neighbor do or fix anything. He is one of the best workers I know. As far as not having a job goes, in March of this year the plant where he works is shutting down. As of this date, my friend doesn’t have a job. However, I know he will work at something. Currently he is gearing up to begin a yard mowing and landscape business. He has a dump truck and two mowers. My buddy will survive because he is willing to work. Perhaps I’m preaching to the choir with this article, but if one is to survive at anything from ministry to bow shooting. he/she must be willing to work. 1 have known ministers and school teachers who barely worked at what they knew. And then too, 1 have known ministers and school teachers who worked harder than all others. Of course those ministers and school teachers were big-time successful. As a school administrator I was asked often by teens, “What do you think of my boyfriend?”

My reply remained the same throughout my 27 years of school experience, "Does he treat you right? Will he work? If not, drop him fast.” Most often the young lady would then ask, “How do I know if he will work or not?” 1 would respond. "Does he make good grades? Does he attend school regularly? Is his car clean?” Affirmative answers to all these questions would show a propensity to work. I would then tell the young lady who answered my questions positively, “Keep him around. He’s worth the effort." Notice that 1 didn’t ask if the young man was from a rich family. I didn’t ask if he had plenty of money, nor did I ask if the young man was good-looking. I wanted the young lady to think about her future with this man. Would he provide for the family’s needs? The desire to work will propel you to success. Good work ethics will help a family meet their daily needs. When you analyze a successful person’s life you will discover that work came before his/her success. The only place I know that you can find where work comes before success is in the dictionary. So for your bow shooting season, work hard, think hard and enjoy the good life set before you. ©

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Second Annual Lake Cumberland Archery Shoot Out Photos and article by Commonwealth Journal Sports Editor, Steve Cornelius

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A record number 355 archers toed the line in Saturday’s second annual Lake Cumberland Shoot Out at The Center for Rural Development.

SOMERSET. K.Y. — The second annual Lake Cumberland Archery Shoot Out, sponsored by Xtreme Archers, enjoyed a record turnout as 355 archers converged at The Center for Rural Development this past Saturday. Pulaski County High School 2006 NASP national runner-up Chad Leigh posted the best score of the day with a 289 as he won the boys’ high school division. Somerset junior Tyler Adams was one point behind with a score of 288. Southwestern’s Matthew Durham and Benjamin Hardy placed fourth with identical scores of 284. In the girls division, Meade County junior Courtney Campbell posted a best score of 286. Pulaski County’s Samantha Jo Harris placed third with a 278 and Pulaski freshman Sarah Hansford

From left, Southwestern senior Josh Tucker, Southwestern archery coach Richard Allen and Southwestern senior Benjamin Hardy score their shots during the Lake Cumberland Archery Shoot Out. Hardy placed fifth in the boys’ high school division with a score of 284.

placed fourth with a score of 277. In the middle school division, McCreary eighth-grader Matt Honeycutt posted a best score of 288. Northern Middle School packed in the next six places as Jordan Miller placed second, Dale Alexander placed third, Andrew Leigh placed fourth, Dalton Brumley placed fifth, Hunter Jones placed sixth and Sean Bumgardner placed seventh. In the girls’ middle school division, Northern Middle seventh-grader Hannah Blevins won her second consecutive Lake Cumberland Shoot Out title with a score of 266. Blevins won last year’s girls’ elementary title. The 2006 NASP National Girls’ Elementary champion Kennedy McAlpin won the girls’ elementary division with a best score of 264. McAlpin shot a 265 last March to win her NASP national title. The 2005 NASP national elementary boys’ champion Taylor Cundiff had no problem defending his Lake Cumberland Shoot Out title as he won the boys’ elementary title with a score of 283, which ranked Cundiff among the top eight shooters of the entire 355 archer field. But Cundiff has never let his small stature or youth get in the way of competing with the best high school archers in the nation. In 2005, as a fourth-grader, Cundiff scored a a 286 to place third in the nation among the best high school archers. “I shoot everyday in my backyard,” Cundiff said. “But 1 do it all to compete in competitions like this one.” Cundiff was dethroned from his NASP National elementary title last year, but the Hopkins sixth-grader is determined to get back on top this year. “I don’t know if 1 have any certain goal in mind other than shooting a perfect 300,” Cundiff said with a boyish grin. “ Now, that would be nice.” After only two years of existence, the Lake Cumberland Shot Out has become one of the biggest NASP preparation 90

meets in this part of the state, according to Pulaski archery coach Gail Begley. “This has quickly became a great event,” Begley said of the Lake Cumberland Shoot Out. “ It gives the kids a chance to compete in a large format archery competition like the nationals and I think Xtreme Archers have done a great job of making this a top-notch tournament.” “But my kids love this event because they can compete in this large event and be much more relaxed than they are in the national event,” Begley added. “We want to do well in this meet, but we are far from being in peak condition.” The Lake Cumberland Shoot Out’s overnight success is probably indicative of the rapid growth and interest of the National Archery in Schools Program, as a whole, over the past few years. The national field has grown so large that regional and state qualifying tournaments have been set up prior to this year’s NASP national event in June. “This is such a great sport for all types of kids,” Begley said. “This sport attracts both the nontraditional athletes and the traditional athletes.” “But more importantly, this sport allows a large number kids form each school to compete,” Begley added. “And we are seeing these same kids getting better grades in school and we are seeing them gain more confidence in themselves because they are a part of something big.” “Just on the Pulaski County archery team alone, we have seen kids invited to an Olympic training camp, we have kids being offered professional archery sponsorships and kids have earned college scholarships,” Begley said. The Center for Rural Development will play host to the NASP Region 6 Sate qualifying Tournament on March 9.

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New Hampshire and South Dakota become the 41st and 42nd NASP states! Sparta, Wl- New Hampshire and South Dakota recently became the 41st and 42nd states, respectively, to adopt the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP®). The first stage of introducing NASP into a state is an instructor-training workshop. New Hampshire conducted their teacher training workshop in Goffstown, NH on January 13-15, 2007 thus officially becoming the 41st NASP state. The workshop was hosted by the New Hampshire Fish & Game Department and was attended by 20 teachers and volunteer archcry instructors. Marcia Wyman has taken the position of New Hampshire’s NASP lead coordinator. The workshop included assistance by three volunteer instructor trainees from neighboring Maine’s NASP. South Dakota’s had their NASP launch in Yankton, SD on February 17-19. Curt Robertson, NASP Coordinator for the South Dakota Game, Fish, & Parks Department, hosted the teacher training workshop for 29 teachers and volunteers representing 13 pilot schools. Bruce Cull, president of the National Field Archery Association (NFAA), co-hosted the

South Dakota workshop. The NFAA is an original and on-going supporter and sponsor of NASP. One workshop attendee reported that, after the 2nd day of the 3-day training program, and thanks to what he learned in the training, he shot a personal best, a perfect 300 indoor score with 50 “x’s”. At these workshops, teachers from each participating school underwent mandatory NASP training which covers safety, archery form, positive teaching techniques, and equipment operation and maintenance. Contrary to popular belief, archery’s safety record is impeccable, second only to table tennis in every school in North America. “Each workshop gets us closer to where we want to be,” said NASP Director Roy Grimes, who led each of the training workshops. NASP has gone international, too. Canada will be the third country, following the U.S. and Australia, to adopt the program when they conduct training later this summer. Also, at least three more states, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Connecticut, are scheduled to come on board during 2007.

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1. Shooting error whereby the shooter's chin moves downward at release. 5. A hit into the 8-ring on the multicolor face. 6. Term used when the release fires too soon, or the clicker hasn't yet triggered, but you release the shot. 7. A complete miss of the target butt. 8. Term used for the shortest distance target on a field or hunter round. 9. Shooting error where the bowarm and release hand break down at the same time. 10. Any hit in the blue scoring rings on the Vegas or FITA face. 12. Hit where the shaft is all within the higher value, but is touching inside the line. 14. Hit where most of the arrow is outside of the line, but still scores higher value. 15. Scoring the FITA face is also known as the "Prince's________ " 17. Shooting error whereby the release hand moves straight out away from the shooter's face/anchor. 18. Any hit in the white area on the FITA target face. No score. 20. Shooting error whereby the shooter has too much hand into the bow and the bow twists, causing bad grouping and inconsistency. 21. Federation Internationale de______ (French for FITA).

2. A hit into the 7-ring on the multi-color face. 3. Occurs when the shooter is holding way too long and runs out of air, along with the on-lookers. 4. Current Men's Compound FITA World Record holder with a score of 1414. Roger________ . 5. Hit anywhere between two scoring rings, but not touching any lines. 8. Name given to smallest inner scoring ring on the Vegas or FITA style target face. 10. Any hit in the black ring on the FITA face. 11. Getting hit really hard on the arm by the bowstring. 13. Scores as a zero, but still on the target face. 16. Alternate term used for a "Robin Hood"..whereby one shaft is embedded in the end of a shaft already in the target. 18. Shooting error where the bowarm quits first, quickly followed by the release hand. 19. Dead center hits, or a common restaurant chain in the United States.

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Scott Archery unveiled several new releases in their hand held release aid line at the 2007 ATA show held in Atlanta, GA January 18-20, 2007. The Longhorn series got some new additions along with the much anticipated Ibex thumb trigger release aid. Ibex The Ibex is a brand new thumb trigger release that comes with either a stainless steel or aluminum handle. The stainless is hand polished and the aluminum is available either in camo or black. For 2007 the release is only being offered as a three finger model with a possible four finger model coming in the future. The leading technology of the Ibex is the adjustability of the trigger. “We didn’t want to just emulate somebody,” Brian Jones Plant Manager of Scott said. “We wanted to try to take the thumb trigger to a new level. The first thing we wanted to be able to do was to have it easily adjustable for a guy to

of taking an alien wrench and unscrewing the plunger that is in the release and going to a heavier tension plunger or lighter tension plunger. He can do that in a couple seconds.” The tension plunger system is a self contained system with a stainless steel nipple that goes in against the steel seer on the inside of the release. “You have got steel on steel instead of a spring," Jones said. “You can buy different tension plungers. The release will come with two tension plungers. With the four different plungers that we have available right now you can go from 2/10ths of a pound up to three pounds just by changing the plunger.” Once the trigger speed is set by the tension plunger there is a second screw for trigger travel. The Ibex also has a trigger that is adjustable in a variety of ways. First is the size of the knurled trigger knob. Second is the use of a stem that the trigger fits on. The knurled trigger can be moved in toward the release handle or out away from the handle. The knurled trigger can also be spun 360 degrees on the stem to position the trigger where ever it fits best in the shooters hand. There is also another axis that allows the trigger to pivot in the same plane as the actual shape of the handle. “So there is actually four different ways to adjust that trigger,” Jones said. “It also comes with different diameter triggers itself. It will have two in the pack with the release itself.” The Ibex is a high end release aid with a suggested retail of S249.00. “We don’t anticipate a large volume of sales,” Jones said. “We are trying to make this release for the guys who are willing to pay and get the absolute cream of the crop. We cut no corners with that release aid.” Longhorn The Pro Advantage from 2006 is still available but Scott has added a three and four finger stainless steel version of the Longhorn. The most noticeable difference

change the tension of the trigger. What we came up with was a Scott idea that is exclusive to us right now. It’s called a tension plunger system. A guy in the field can change it to any different tension by changing the plungers. That just consists

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As you can see above, even though the limbs are the same, the limb movement is totally different when the riser is changed. Limb movement with the INNOCARBON riser is reduced by over 40% at the moment of the shot, due to the carbon’s superior tolerance against shock. INNOCARBON absorbs the shock effectively at the moment of the shot and makes the release clean. Finally, it gives you the confidence of feeling the shot smoothly and accurately. Carbon IS excellent at absorbing Vibration. As vibration is reduced quicker, shooting is clean and stable, which makes shooting INNOCARBON comfortable and accurate.

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Aluminum risers need to be heavy because shooters feel less shock and vibration with a heavier riser. At one time a 1600g aluminum riser appeared on the market in order to combat less shock and vibration. Most archers just attached too many weights on the stabilizers to combat this shock and vibration which caused poor shooting technique. The new INNOCARBON riser is very stable during the shot. So it doesn't need to be heavy like an aluminum riser. However, we designed the riser to be 1220g in weight since most archers have already adjusted to a heavy riser. The lighter in weight the riser is, the easier the shooter keeps the proper technique. Our goal at Win & Win is to widen the range of archers’ weight usage and to satisfy their needs. The string doesn't touch the arm.

As shown in the pictures, the small tip movement is directly related to string movement so it reduces frequency in touching or slapping the arm or armguard as the string/limb stabilizes very quickly. Less string slap, less subconscious bow arm movement before or during the shot. Also, less wear on the string serving. The INNOCARBON riser Is totally different from other devices (limb saver, dampeners. etc.) used to reduce vihratlon.

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of the twisted riser immediately at full draw. This causes the bow alignment to be substantially off. Thus, the archer ends up shooting a twisted and inconsistent bow. Material such as aluminum disperses unidirectional power in every direction. Even though it is processed by CNC, it is difficult to get an exact accuracy. On the contrary. with carbon it is possible to send unidirectional power where you want. WIN&WIN researched carbon structure and developed a riser which is maximized for straightness and minimized for twisting. The INNOCARBON riser has less than 0.1mm twisting which rarely has an effect on center shot. This accuracy allows for easy preliminary tuning and gives better arrow grouping. ONE TOUCH CENTER-SHOT ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM

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Develop a Consistant Form A few years ago, I was talking with one of my top-level target archers who just finished the outdoor national championship. He had a middle-of-the pack performance. “Do you need me to work with you on the practice range?” I inquired. “No, I didn’t put much preparation into this tournament and 1 didn’t get much out of it,” he replied. Practice is the main foundation that an athlete has to build upon in order to be successful. Quality practice gives you stamina, muscle memory, confidence, and enhanced concentration level. I prefer to separate practice into two categories, form practice and performance practice. In order to be a successful archer, you must be able to shoot the shot with the same exact form every time. This means with the same rhythm, the same amount of back tension, and the same explosive force. The bow arm and the release hand should end up in the identical spot at the conclusion of each shot. The best way to achieve this is to start with blank bale shooting. Feel the muscles used in the execution of the shot. Then concentrate on using the same degree of muscle tension to execute each practice shot. If you are starting a new season and haven’t practiced for an extended period of time, you should spend a week or longer perfecting your form and developing muscle memory. Once you feel positive about your form, take it to the next level. Put up a five-spot target at ten yards and shoot at it. Aiming is part of the shot process and needs to be phased into the program. Shooting the target at ten yards requires you to aim, but does not put too much emphasis on the process. This will allow you to focus more on the perfect shot execution. After about a week of shooting in this manner, try shooting the target at twenty yards. If you find that you are not shooting the same shot at the twenty-yard target, then shoot every other arrow with blank bale form and do not be concerned where it hits. Try to get the blank bale form to identically match the tafget shot. Once the two shots match, March-April

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By Terry Wunderle you will have a form that should put you on the road to success. I cannot stress enough that being able to shoot the same exact shot is one of the most important factors in order to be a good archer. Once you have refined your form, you should have built up stamina and developed muscle memory. Now work on your confidence and concentration. It makes no difference whether you are a 3-D, field, FITA, or target archer, because all of these require the same main foundation in order to be successful. You must execute the shot the same way every time. Put up a five-spot target at twenty yards and shoot for score. Score is part of the game and you must learn to deal with it. This is the way you develop your concentration level.

You must focus and shoot every shot the same and not let your mind float off into Lala Land. As your groups tighten and your scores rise, so will your confidence. You are proving to yourself that you are capable of shooting every shot the same. There are many parts to a successful archery program, but one of the most important parts is a strong foundation to start building upon. Start this season by spending several weeks with the goal of developing consistent form. The perfect shot is a feeling. You will know it is a perfect shot when it is released. Concentrate and try to duplicate this feeling.

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About the Author: Bernie Pellerite is a Professional Level IV Master Coach and has ten animals in the top ten of the S.C.I. Bowhunting World Record Book. He is a leading technical writer and archery analyst, published in many foreign countries as well as several U.S. archery magazines and he recently re-published a second edition of his book, 'Idiot Proof Archery' (see ad on page 114). Bernie is president of Robinhood Video Productions, which has 37 titles to offer, and he is the inventor of three back tension release aids: Bernie's Missing Link, Bernie's Knuckle Under and The Bernie's Can't Punch™ which eliminates punching and target panic. Also, he manufacturers "Bernie's PanicMaster and Bow Simulator', 'Bernie's Laz-Air' which is similar to the once popular air-bow and a line of custom stabilizers called 'Bernie's Control Freak.' As a professional coach, he created the world-famous NFAA Shooter's School and now runs his own school, called 'The School of Advanced Archery*, which also certifies advanced level instructors as an option. Bernie and his wife, Jan, will be conducting these exciting shooter's schools, which are also available on six video tapes. For more information, call Bernie or Jan at Robinhood Video Productions (614) 322-1038, fax (614) 322-1039 or visit their website:

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Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from Bernie's book, "Idiot ProofArchery" (see page 114) Many people spend years and years trying to figure out how to squeeze the trigger of their release, instead of jerking or punching it. Squeezing the trigger (for 99% of us) is not the answer either. This method is merely an attempt to “control punch” the trigger and keep the “motor” in the hand, instead of the back muscles. Therefore, the release will still be anticipated. The most common problem of my students is that the majority of them “control punch” or just plain “hammer the trigger” (or pluck the string) or have another form of release malady, which can be directly related to consciously releasing the string. Although there are no overnight cures, there are some easier ways to develop a subconscious release that can’t be anticipated. First, it helps if you understand the psychology behind it.

The Problem with a Conscious Release When your conscious mind knows or can reasonably predict the instant of release, because of feedback from the “tactile sensory receptors” in the finger(s), then the rest of your body reacts in anticipation of the shot, as does your mind, which causes you to stop aiming . . . and start thinking about the impending release. The secret of avoiding this is to keep the mind immersed in aiming . .. which is the only <thing that keeps the sight in f the middle while “let-go” A 1...2. happens automatically. That sounds hard, and it is, if you try to learn this technique by continuing to practice on a target. Building a Subconscious Release As long as there is a target on the bale and the eyes are open, the eyes will focus on what they see ... which is the target. And, as long as you are looking at, and therefore thinking about, a target, you cannot practice, learn, or absorb any other change you want to make, including a subconscious release. Remove the target. Stand 104

about three feet from an empty bale, which is at shoulder height. By the way, if you have more than one problem in your form or release method to work on, practice only one at a time. Once it becomes subconscious, then work on another problem you have. (If you had to eat an elephant, how would you do it? All at once, or one bite at a time?) A subconscious release is like having two people shoot the bow. The guy in front (the conscious) does nothing but aim and point the bow at the target, and never turns around to check on the other guy. The guy in the back (the subconscious) doesn’t care about anything that’s happening up front. He’s just gonna pull and pull and finally ... let go in four seconds. Therefore, if the guy in front really trusts the guy in back to do his job . . . what do you think the guy in the front will be doing for the next four seconds?? . . . Aiming his butt off! The correct release technique for you will vary some, depending on which type of release you choose, but all of them have the same thing in common. The conscious mind directs the draw side back muscles to start to contract (then trusts them to continue) . . . and then the conscious mind immediately starts aiming! As the contraction increases it slowly moves the elbow back, forcing more pressure on the

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trigger (or for finger shooters, stretching out the fingers on the string, causing them to start losing their hold). This should cause release in about four seconds with enough stored tension to reach your conclusion. The only thoughts allowed are of focusing harder and harder on the exact middle of the target! If your conscious mind leaves aiming (even for an instant) and goes to check on “the guy in back,” you should let down and start over. This technique must be practiced daily on an empty bale or bow simulator, by drawing to anchor, centering the pin or scope in the peep sight (pre-load the trigger on thumb or index finger releases) and then close your eyes. Contract your back muscles (on the draw side) so you can internalize what that feels like without being aware of anything else, except that feeling . . . which builds muscle memory. It is important to practice this first, to familiarize yourself with, and later ingrain things like . . . how much pressure you can put on the trigger without setting it off, or how much elbow rotation or elbow drive (not wrist rotation) and back tension it takes to accomplish a slow, steady, dependable technique that will activate the release (or pull your fingers off the string), in approximately four seconds. Some push/pull shooters also push with the bow arm side at the same time that they are rotating or pulling with their string arm elbow. This push/pull might make it easier for some people to get the release to go off (if they can keep both the push and pull even). Whether you choose the hold/pull (preferred) or the push/pull method, this should be done 50 to 100 times a day (in 30 to 50 arrow sessions), over a period of three to four weeks . . . until it becomes totally automatic Note: At first (for three or four days) close your eyes half the time, then when you are sure of the “feeling” you are trying to absorb, keep your eyes open all the time. But, if you can’t resist picking a hole or something on the bale to aim at . . . take the sight off! You may want to use Bernie’s PanicMaster/Bow Simulator or Bernie’s Laz-air Shot Trainer, if you can’t handle the boredom of the bale . . . most people can’t. Nearly all shooters think because they did it right five times in a row . . . that they’ve got it! So, they can’t wait to put up a target to see if this works! It won’t! I’ll guarantee you . .. you don’t have it yet . . . you just, “bumped into it” five times in a row. When you “bump into it” five hundred times in a row, perfectly . . . then you’ve got it! For most, it takes 2,000 to 3,000 shots for back tension to become automatic, and a minimum of 21 days! These methods are illustrated in more detail in Volumes 2 and 3 of the NFAA Shooter’s School Videos and in the video 44 Form Flaws of the Shooter’s School Master Series. If you don’t ingrain the release to the subconscious level, most personalities March-April

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1 was walking through the super market a few months ago and saw an article title on a magazine that caught my eye. The name of the article was Foul Plav. At first glance 1 figured this article was obviously about something that was being ethically done wrong. However, upon reading the article 1 realized it was actually about common form flaws that the average person is doing that is affecting their competitive performance. After thinking on this I thought I could apply this same concept to an archery article. I would like to talk about four things that you could be doing wrong or not paying attention to that may be costing you points in archery and making your scorecards look foul. First off let's talk about draw length. The first thing I normally have to focus on with students that I am working with is their draw length. Improper draw will definitely influence your scores in the wrong direction. You need to check to make sure yours is correct. The best way for you to take a check of your draw length is to simply look at a photo of yourself. At full draw you should look for a few things. 1. Is your string drawn well past the corner of your mouth and along the side of your face? 2. Is your torso perfectly erect, or is it leaning one way or another? 3. Is your head position straight, or is it leaning forward or back? These are the three things will give you a pretty good idea of how your draw length is set up. 1 would recommend making the adjustments needed to make sure you get these three elements in line. It is very common for archers to fall into a draw

length that either a buddy at the range told them “fit them perfectly” or a draw that may just feel comfortable. However, what "feels” good may not be your best bet for reaching your potential. If your string is coming to a rest more than a half inch beyond the corner of your mouth then something is not correct. Take a look at photo A. This is a student of mine that was well over drawn. Because of this she was shooting much worse then she was capable of. The over drawing of the bow lead to other bad habits and after adjusting the draw length she immediately saw results (photos B & C). Just as often though 1 see people needing to lengthen the draw length as well so make sure you take a good assessment that you aren’t leaning forward to get to the bowstring or shooting with an exaggerated elbow bend. The front half of the body should look like the front half of a “T”. If you are leaning forwards or backwards at the waist then you need to make sure you correct this as well. Likewise, your head position should be erect as well. It should look as if you are simply turning your head to the side to look towards something. If your head is leaning back or tilted way forward then you need to also make a correction on this as well. Keep in mind that being set up correctly for the first time may feel awkward since it is something new. But, history has shown that the basic form that I am discussing is much more proven as a winning model. Now that your draw length is in check lets talk about something very serious and could definitely be discussed as “foul”.

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STOP PUNCHING YOUR RELEASE! No kidding around, if you want to progress and you want to move to the next level, then get disciplined enough to properly activate a release aid by pulling NOT PUNCHING. The amount of people that punch triggers and have been able to perform at high levels of scores and consistently stay there is less than a handful. The chances of you adapting into one of those people is less than nil. Do yourself a big favor, just like I did about 10 years ago and make the choice to learn how to perform un-anticipated surprise shots. I wrote an article several months back about the Carter Evolution Release aid and how I felt it was the best training aid ever made for teaching this surprise shot. It is a release only activated by pulling. Well, I still believe this to be true and need to expand on that a little bit. What 1 refer to as a “training aid” is anything that allows you to make that perfect shot. I didn’t mean it is only a good “Practice Aid”. People that have learned how to perform perfect shots with this release should not shy away from it in a tournament situation if the release they choose doesn't give them the exact same feeling. Pulling through the shot at home and then punching shots at a tournament won’t get you anywhere. You need to learn how to be patient with yourself and properly execute a shot sequence regardless of the situation. I have just released a new Training DVD with Carter Enterprises on this Evolution release. It goes over how to properly set the release and also how to properly set you for using it. I go through several key things including draw length and what to look for, like what I discussed earlier, on this DVD. I personally didn’t have the luxury of the Evolution when I was a puncher and had to cure mine using a hinge style release. It will take months of practice but the long term rewards are well worth. No different then the draw length checks using photos; don’t be afraid of recording

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yourself via video to assess your punching habits. Just remember, if you want to be better your punching must stop! The next line of business is to establish a shot routine and stick with it. Several editions ago 1 wrote about how to build a shot routine. If you didn’t get a chance to read it then look back through your U.S. and International Archer Mag NovemberDecember edition and find that article. It lays it all out there for how to build a shot routine and has the check list that I use when setting up my shots. If you don’t have access to that magazine then you can download a PDF file from my website www.dudlevarcherv.com and take a look. If you don’t believe that having a shot routine is important then just pay attention to the other people at your home range or Club. Most people do things different nearly every other time they begin to shoot and you can take a mental note of the fact that they did something different for that shot. Then look downrange and see where the arrow had landed. You will become a believer in learning to be repetitive. Now if you don’t like the routine that I had talked about, that is fine. I’m not bothered about what the shot routine is. What I am worried about is that you are using one. Baseball players do it, golfers do it, quarterbacks do it and they do it for a reason. The next thing to start paying attention too is your strings and cables and how they are affecting your equipment and your performance. There are two things I pay attention to with my strings and cables. First is going to be how they keep my cams in position once I have them set to the desired rotation. Whether you are shooting a hybrid cam, two cams or a single cam you must pay attention to this. I know there is a lot of advertising about what cam systems offer the user and how synchronization doesn't matter. But believe me; it does matter regardless of the system. Every cam system has pros and cons and every system is affected when strings and cables stretch. Make sure that you mark your cams or cam with a pencil or felt marker so that you can reference how your strings and cables are holding up. The next thing to look for is what your peep sight is doing. If your peep is spinning around while drawing the bow then most likely you are paying the price by loosing points due to left and right arrows. String materials have come a long way in the past decade and there is no need to shoot a string anymore that doesn’t allow the peep to be in the same position at full draw as it is at rest. A properly built string will be balanced enough to maintain peep position or should I say eliminate peep rotation. If you make your own strings or order custom strings then I would strongly encourage you to request materials that are much more up to date with the demand of today’s bows. I personally shoot BCY 452X material with 26 Strands in the cables and strings. March-April

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I have a saying in archery. “Anytime you change anything, you have changed everything.” Without change though, you will change nothing. Draw length, eliminating a punching habit, building a shot routine and having high performance strings and cables are all changes that need to be done to assure you are reaching your potential. The target season is still young and changes you make now will be beneficial later in the season and especially towards the World Champs in the summer. Good Shooting! Dudley

Robert’s Rules of Archery HOW DOES MY COMPOUND KNOW WHERE I WANT THE ARROW TO IMPACT?

Bob Ragsdale

HOW DOES A COMPOUND BOW FUNCTION? There are people who lay awake nights dreaming up excuses as to why they are not shooting perfect scores. Some people don’t think "what am I overlooking " but more like "what is someone or something doing to me?" Surely you must realize that it is always something that is necessary and being overlooked or not being done at all. To me, it is simply NEVER the equipment itself except when something is broken and you cannot use the bow at all. It seems to me that there is only one legitimate excuse that could even remotely be listed as the fault of the equipment and that’s when you discovered that your arrow #8 that you have been shooting for months has cost you hundreds of points lost since it ALWAYS impacts LOWLEFT of where it was aimed. Yes, no fault of your setup and which you should have found much earlier.

LOOKING FOR EXCUSES, NOT INFORMATION. As I state so often, many people are not looking for information, they are looking for cop-out excuses. Some to the point where they even believe there are organized conspiracies that only give secrets to the factory sponsored pros serving to prevent the rest of us from shooting well and keeps us buying every new item that comes on the market. If you can believe it, I even know of people who will work with a new bow for a brief time and then decide the limbs are “not as good as they could be” and go and sort through stacks of new limbs looking for some sort of "limb magic." My heart goes out to them, because a limb is a limb in my book. I believe such suspicions are brought on by the fact that virtually everything archers hear about compound bows is generally nothing more than some personal opinion based on amateurish or inconclusive tests with incorrect conclusions. Myths about compound bow limbs are just one area that is plagued by confusing information. IT’S HARD ENOUGH TO BE REALLY ACCURATE. In an effort to help you avoid making the sport any more difficult than it needs to be, I’ll try not to confuse you any more as I pass along some history, personal opinions and experiences of my own. Think about it, there are plenty of top shooters out there that take their new

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bows at face value and just immediately set then up and use them “as is.” They find a suitably spined arrow and align it well within the bow and tend to all of the other details needed to achieve accuracy. No advertisement or sales claim should be taken to even remotely insinuate that the manufacturer is being unfair, when in fact they are doing all they can for us by holding bow prices as low as they can by continually improving manufacturing procedures for every bow component and accessory. Notice that I never use the term “bowtuning” since I feel you do not “tune” bows you “set them up” and you either do it right or you do it wrong. In any area, if there were just one specific design that was truly superior to all others, you would already know which one it was, IT WOULD BE THE ONLY ONE BEING USED BY EVERYBODY! We can’t fault a manufacturer if their ad becomes misinterpreted. Manufacturers must remain creative and evolve with new claims and ideas on a regular basis if they want to stay in business. Each must make a profit or go out of business and they know that if they are dishonest they will not remain in business long. Also, understand that the greatest thing they can do for us is to continually improve and lower their manufacturing costs to stay price competitive also holds the sales prices down for all of us. COMPOUND OR RECURVE. Simply put, the ONLY reason compound bows have become so popular since their inception in 1969 is because they allow us to deliver a faster arrow and more energy to the target while holding only about one third of the peak weight felt, unlike our recurve or longbows where you must try to aim while holding ALL of the peak weight. Since the only reason we shoot at all is to “hit what we are aiming at” it’s extremely easy to envision that the guy comfortably holding only 20 pounds while aiming has a much better chance of making a good hit than the guy attempting to hold steady with 60 pounds. HOW DOES A COMPOUND WORK? Few people have the words ready to explain how a lower “let-off” holding weight is developed. It’s not totally the “block and tackle” principle as many presume, it’s due to the same effect we receive when we cut an arrow longer to weaken its spine stiffness. When we want to make a shafts spine stiffer for use on a heavier bow we cut it shorter which makes it stronger from end to end. The rule of thumb is that for every inch you

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shorten an arrow shaft, it becomes enough stronger that it can be used to handle another 4 or 5 pounds of peak weight. When you cut a new shaft longer than you did before, you make the spine weaker from end to end. The latest fad bow models with a single double-duty eccentric and a round idler wheel pulley functions no different than the original matched pair mirror image eccentric models that have been in use since 1969. If we as the archer were connected directly to the end of both compound limbs as we are with a recurve or longbow, not only would these shorter, stiffer limbs feel like “hundreds of pounds” to pull, but even if we could bend them there would be no significant draw length increase from where you started since they never move more that a couple of inches and there is no extra bowstring length available to be dispersed to create a longer draw stroke. Which is why longer bowstrings arc wrapped around the larger outside radius of all eccentric pulleys and dispersed out during the draw. The greater the amount of bowstring distributed from this storage the longer the draw length becomes. The center-located axle in the round idler wheel used in conjunction with the single dual-purpose eccentric accounts for it being accurately termed as a “wheel.” Any other type pulley with the axle located extremely off-center is correctly termed as an “eccentric” regardless of their outside shape, including the drilled off-center so-called round “wheels” contained on all the earlier model compounds. Despite its shape, round or odd, any eccentric with an off-center axle location to generate additional leverage technically becomes a “cam.” While waiting to be drawn, the eccentric is located so as to start with the bowstring held very near the actual end of the limb tip. While being drawn by the archer, the off-center rotation moves the bowstring farther and farther away from the limb tip to actually make the limb longer and longer. Simultaneously the buss cable on the smaller side in the smaller track is being wrapped onto the eccentric to draw the 2 limb tips toward each other and flex the limbs. After reaching and passing the heaviest peak weight the considerably larger bowstring track leverage section comes into play to easily hold the flexed limbs in place while feeling only the considerably reduced weight of the temporarily longer and therefore weaker limbs. To provide thrust to the attached arrow, when the bowstring is released the limbs straighten to recover at their original full strength to draw all of the loose strings and cables back tight to its normal static-rest position. So, my summary of how a compound works is that “the eccentrics make the March - April

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limbs temporarily longer to feel weaker while at full draw." The limbs can do

nothing beyond simply recovering to their rest position provided some flaw in the shooters standard shooting form does not cause the bowstring to react slightly differently and misdirect the arrow from its normal recovery path. MATCHING LIMB PAIRS. To me, “matched limbs” is another misleading "buzz word.” One of your limbs could even be a year or two older than the other one since it is not necessary and virtually impossible to make 2 at a time and try to forever keep them together as a pair. Fact is, when you set the tiller “even” the limbs are then equal

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in strength regardless of what they may be individually marked. That is, when you weakening or strengthen one as you set the tiller difference to “even” it proves that one limb is no longer overpowering the other since it is no longer causing one to bend more and pivot the string further away from the riser. So technically your limbs are mis-matched anytime the tiller is not set equally. As I’ve proven and taught for so many years, using whatever tiller difference you choose, when you experiment up and down the bowstring to find the nocking point location that allows the arrow to exit perfectly level that is the final “limb match.” If your arrow ends up with your

Figure 1. This arrow is not actually pointing “uphill'' the handle riser is just set at an angle that makes it look that way. It still shot right on the money at some 3D events and was a great topic of conversation to prove my point. You can see that as the lower limb is strengthened the arrowrest pivots UPWARD as the bottom end of the riser is drawn toward the bowstring. Plenty of bows are used set this way and if the overdraw safety shelf was not there as a reference to point it out it would not even be noticed. It still shoots perfectly, but if it bothers you, by reducing the tiller difference the arrowrest will be lowered and adjusting to use about the same nocking point reading will make it look “normal.” Later, I also set it up and shot other 3D events with a half-inch reverse tiller that caused the arrow to appear to be pointing down-hill, so much so that had I been using broadheads the blades would have touched the front edge of the arrow shelf.

perfectly flying arrow looking strange before being drawn it is only and indication that the handle riser needs to be changed to make it “look" more to your liking. In reality, the tiller difference reading you use does no more than “determine your handle’s shelf angle” and has no effect on how well your arrows will perform. I’ve built bows with one limb from a 30 pound heavier

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pair on one end and still set it up to shoot perfectly. To prove iny point and be sure of my findings I’ve set up and used bows with a glass limb on one ehd and a laminated one on the other, with a flat limb on one end and a recurve on the other and knew I could even do it with a forked limb on one end and a metal bracketed eccentric on the other. Many such odd configurations will leave the arrow sitting at a weird looking uphill or downhill angle when loaded on the arrowrest as in Figure I, but as I’m emphasizing, all you really need to accomplish is an acceptable shaft spine and align the arrow to exit straight and level to have the bow ready for duty. It’s not a beauty contest, you still get to keep the animal you harvested or the score you shot even when the arrow looks “weird” waiting there to be shot. There is simply so such thing as a production bow model that cannot be set up to shoot perfectly and those who believe there are specific settings that cannot be varied from often think they have found such a bow. Remember, there are people out there who can take a new bow out of the box and put it together and beat you with it in a couple of hours, because they know how to find what the bow needs. The fact that many factory-sponsored shooters have performed equally well with several different brands is a testimonial to that. Bow setup? In my view, the biggest secret of all is “arrow spine.” With an equitable arrow spine to keep the arrow under control while accepting the energy from the bow all that is left for you to do is to align it to exit straight ahead since we can always depend on our bow to repeat identically on every shot as long as you let it do it’s job without varying degrees of interference. Sorry, but incorrect sight settings and inconsistent shooting form and faulty arrow are not the fault of your bow setup. SMART BOMBS, DUMB BOWS. As for this article title: HOW DOES MY BOW KNOW WHERE 1 WANT MY ARROW TO IMPACT, you already knew the answer which is that IT CAN’T POSSIBLY. You are still on your own. Enjoy. Bob Ragsdale

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David Hughes champion in the barebow division (center with check) thanking the sponsors of the Las Vegas extravaganza!

When I caught up with Chance after I had arrived in Tucson, I found him on the lake taking a day off to go fishing with his father. Nice life! This is what he had to say when I asked about his equipment and the win in Las Vegas.

I shoot Americas Best Bowstrings with BCY material on all of my bows and have had great success with them in the past few months that 1 have been using them. The way that 1 practice is that try to travel to as many different indoor ranges that I can so that I don’t get comfortable in one particular range. I shoot at least 5 to as man as 7 days a week I shoot a really relaxed shot the front arm is static not pushing. I load most of the weight into my back when 1 draw so that I'm not really pulling during the shot either. I use a lot of bone to bone and try to get as many small muscles out of the shot as possible- The way that I shoot now I think helps me when 1 get under a lot of pressure. I don’t really have to worry about getting too aggressive with the shot because I am more relaxed than most. I have been shooting for about 11 years now and have been shooting indoors for about as long so for me to win Vegas is the ultimate goal. I put forth so much effort getting ready and practicing for that one tournament that to win it is the best feeling in the world. I feel, like all of the practice and the sacrifice has paid off. I have so much support

I shoot a PSE MOJO set at 60#, with mini Hybrids.After playing with a number of different setups, I found this one fits my shot better than anything that I have had in a long time. The bow weighs about 8.6 pounds. The arrows that I was using were Easton 2613’s cut to 30.5 inches with 4 inch Feathers and 200 grain points. I am using Doinker Stabilizers with 30 inch front and 8 inch Vbars off of a Easton Vbar bracket. I use a PSE Phantom Drop away set with a blade. I have it set to where it doesn’t drop away. I shoot a SCOTT Longhorn 4 and have it set fairly heavy without the Click. I have had most of my success with this release. I shoot a Sure-Loc sight with a Shrewd Scope with 2x lens and a .29 green fiber.

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David Hughes wins Las Vegas barebow division shooting the Barnsdale Classic X Bow

The first day of Vegas I put myself at a disadvantage when 1 blanked my 14th arrow. This let know I had to get with it. On the first and second day I was shooting next to Rhonda Wall and she would stay on the line for my last shot just to say “good shot” for 1 O's and “it’s still in the yellow” if it looked close. The third day I was shooting next to Tom Daily, a shooter and friend I have known since 1968. He is always a good competitor. Half way through the day 1 looked at the score cards and knew I had a chance to win. I bowed my head and ask the good Lord not for at win; but to let me use the talent He had given me to the best ofmy ability. At that time I believe He took over with 8’s, 4-10’s, & 3-9’s for a 147 winning half.

The sportsmanship that is in the bare bow division has improved through the years and we are truly a fraternity. Bare bow and Bowhunters, with the Bowhunters like Chuck and Ted. The funny part was after 1 won, I was no longer the old man. People came up and said, “Congratulations young man.” Arlington Bowhunting World is my Pro Shop, where I get all my practice & coaching with Ken Witt and the guys, that push me and support me in my shooting.

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MFSL Champion RANDY BRABEC By Margaret Brabec

Just four days before the Las Vegas Open, Randy Brabec injured his ankle at the construction site he was working at. Two days before that, he shot his first 300 ever in practice on the Vegas target and followed it with a second 300 the day after. Then came his injury. Going to a doctor was out of the question and determined this was not going to stop him from shooting the Vegas tournament, Randy bandaged his ankle and hobbled off to Las Vegas. The first day of competition in the FSL Men’s Pro Championship division, Randy shot a 292; five points down from first. We all thought “Oh Boy! The ankle is taking it’s toll!” This placed him about 7"’ for the first day. “Five points isn’t too bad,” he said, “I just have to stay focused.” We watched him shoot one tournament before with a cast on his arm, so we knew it wasn’t in his character to give up. Determined to do better on Saturday, Randy shot a 298, which became a three-way tie between himself, Charlie Owens and Jeff Fabry. “The guys I compete with know that I can come back to win as I did when I was 13 points down the first day in Pittsburgh last year.” Now with a three-way tie on the board, it became a bit harder - more nerves, more pressure going into the third day. “When Charlie dropped two-points early in the first half, the pressure eased somewhat. However, Jeff and I were still clean through the 6lh end”, related Randy. “When the 7,h end came up, Jeff shot an 8 and I dropped one point and this is where I allowed myself to relax some, but then shot another point down in the eighth.” Again, Charlie and Randy were tied for first! “The final end was coming up.... I knew it would be the hardest,” continued Randy, “so I put myself into a method of concentration that I use when I practice at home. Basically, 1 knew I could win regardless if there was a shoot-off. The last end I put all three of my arrows into the 10-ring giving me the edge I needed to win.” A messed-up ankle plus a gnawing toothache didn’t stop Randy from making this his second win at Las Vegas. “This was a long time coming, 14 years in fact,” he stated, “but I never gave up hope and 1 continued to practice hard to win this tournament once again.” © Randy shoots a Martin Razor X bow outfitted with a Sure-

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from my wife, mother and father that it is a great feeling to enjoy it with them. Vegas is by far the best tournament that I have ever won. Every tournament that I have won means a lot to me but Vegas has been one at the top of my list for a long time. I guess that there is so much build up before this tournament that makes it so special. It might be that you aren’t allowed any mistakes during the 3 days of shooting, I’m not really sure what it is but it is the tournament that I look forward to the most every year.

The thing that I find most interesting about archery competition is that there is something for everyone. I shoot 3-D archery and the indoor tournaments, but I would like to shoot more of the field and some of the International tournaments. The thing that I like the most is that ever since I have been shooting from the first trophy that I was shooting for to the money that 1 shoot for now is that the rush and the excitement hasn’t changed. I get just a nervous now shooting for all the money as I did shooting for trophies when I was 14.

What I would change about Vegas. I really don’t think that I would change a thing, I think what makes Vegas one of the most prestigious tournaments to win is that you can’t miss and win. Vegas and the Indoor Nationals are the only two tournaments of the year that if you rinks you cant win. Vegas is one of if not the biggest tournament of the year and I think that it is for that reason. It takes so much preparation to get ready for this tournament and be able handle the pressure once you get here and then to know that you can’t miss adds just enough to make it hard to keep your train of thought while shooting.

I think that is what makes Vegas, its a game of Perfection. My sponsors are PSE Archery, Scott Archery, Shrewd Scopes, SureLoc, Doinker, BCY, Americas Best Bowstrings, Easton Arrows, and Brunton Optics. I’d like to thank all of them for their generous support. Sincerely, Chance

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The McKenzie Archery Shooters Association kicked off its 2007 season at the Delta Pro/Am in Gainesville. FL on February 2-4, 2007. This was the first shoot of the newly implemented rules that the ASA introduced in the offseason. The rules changes included adding known

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A group offive friends from Australia recently made a trek to the United States for a month long archery tour. Three of those Aussie shooters made their way to the Delta Targets Pro/Am, Grant Elsley, Jason Hanson and Andrew Sherman all of the Sydney, Australia area participated at the shoot in Gainesville, Florida. After a thirteen hour flight into Los Angeles the group from Australia visited the ATA show in Atlanta then were off to Lancaster, Pennsylvania for the Lancaster Classic Archery Shoot. After the ASA shoot the group was off to its final stop before heading home The World Archery Festival in Las Vegas. Elsley competed in and won the Limited division while Hanson and Sherman each shot Open C.

distance to some classes and making the 14 ring part of the entire tournament not just in the Pro Pressure Point Shootdown. The stair step known yardage program has beginning archers in classes with maximum shot distances of thirty yards shooting all forty targets at known yardage. The next step up is the forty and forty five yard classes which shoot half unknown distance on Saturday and then finish with known distance on Sunday. The fifty yard maximum classes shoot all unknown distance. The known distance create some exciting Sunday action in the amateur classes. Open B a forty five yard class was won by Travis Lunsford of Blairsville, GA who shot a 196 on the unknown distance range on Saturday before shooting a 230 on Sunday. Novice was won by Brad Bonner of Earicton, FL who shot known distance both days but still shot a conservative 197 on Saturday before getting aggressive on the 14 ring on Sunday and shooting a 228 for a total of 425 and the win. Of the four pro divisions the most affected by the addition of the 14 ring was the Men’s Open Pro. Word quickly spread through the range on Saturday that Tim Gillingham of Provo, Utah was shooting for and hitting tons of 14s. Gillingham got to forty up on Saturday before finishing with a 233 for the round. 116

“(Saturday) 1 am guessing we had thirteen or fourteen under thirty six yards and 1 went for every one of them and I hit ten of them,” Gillingham said of his 14 ring strategy. “I got to 40 up or 42 up before 1 got a little damage at the end there.”. A lot of the pros had to have a little strategy session to determine if they were going to join the aggressive game or see if Gillingham’s aggressive strategy would back fire. “I was a lot more nervous today (Sunday) shooting,” Gillingham said. “A lot more anxious and made two or three bad shots and put the guys back in the hunt. I’m not going to give 14s up in Florida because that could determine shooter of the year. You’ve got to get those thirty yard 14s while you can. I was more worried about judging. My longer targets were a little rusty.” When the Shootdown came after Sunday’s round Gillingham was still leading with a 428 and twenty one out of forty 12s and 14s. Second place was held by Chance Beaubouef of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. Darrin Christenberry of Spencer, Indiana with a 441 and 21, Colin Boothe of Harrisonburg, Louisiana with a 441 and 17 and Jeff Hopkins of Clayton, Delaware with a 438 and 18 rounded out the top 5. On the first shot Hopkins nailed a

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14 to move from fifth to second in one shot. Gillingham also hit a 14 on the first shot increasing his lead to ten points when Beaubouef hit an 8 followed by 10s from Christenbcrry and Boothe. Hopkins again hit a 14 on his second target and pulled within four points of Gillingham when he hit an 8. Christenberry hit 12s on the second and third shots to stay only one point behind Hopkins for third and Gillingham extended his lead to sic points with a 12 on the third shot. Boothe shot a 14 on his third shot and a 14 on his fourth, Beaubouef hit the 14 on the fourth and fifth shots and Christenbcrry shot 10s on his final two to tighten the scoring. When Gillingham shot 8s on the fourth and fifth shots Hopkins was in the lead after shooting three 14s in five shots going into the sixth and final shot. Boothe lead off on the final shot and nailed a 14. Christenberry missed the 14 just high for an 8 and Beaubouef missed getting his third straight 14 high for a 5. Gillingham then hit the 14 for a final score of 512. Hopkins sitting at 500 also shot for the 14 for the win. When Hopkins missed just left of the 14 Gillingham had his second straight Gainesville, FL win. Boothe finished in second followed by Hopkins, Christenberry and Beaubouef. “I’ve been shooting professionally for 25 years and after seeing Lanny Basham last year he really brings to light the fact that you have got to shoot every shot individually and not think about the outcome,” Gillingham said about his ability to refocus after losing the lead in the shootdown. “I felt really confident on the yardage and after those guys started shooting out high I thought my number was pretty good because I was tossing between 33 or 34. I felt like all I need to do was make a good shot and I could get it.”

“I think some of the ladies once they got a little behind they tried to shoot at them try to catch themselves up,” Kelly Ward of Greensboro, North Carolina said of the 14 rings affect on the Women’s Pro range. “But to me that is kind of bad medicine cause if you are not shooting good you’re not going to hit them.” Ward was hitting on all cylinders as she entered the shootdown in second place with a 404 behind Susan Davis of Hopewell, Virginia and her 408. Alicia McHenry of Orangeville, Pennsylvania 393, Connie Calloway of Knoxville, Tennessee with a 385 and Kaitlyn Price of Martinsburg, WV with a 384 rounded out the top five. Davis and Ward each hit 10s on the first shot in the Shootdown. When Davis hit a 5 on the second shot Ward’s 8 pulled her within one point. Davis regrouped on the third shot with a 10 to Ward’s 8 and extended the lead back to three points. Ward took the lead by five points after shooting 12s on the fourth and fifth shots while Davis hit 8s on those same shots. Davis tried to put some pressure on Ward by shooting for the 14 on the sixth and final arrow but when her arrow went just high for a five all Ward had to do was hit the target for the win. Ward nailed the 10 and the victory. “I judged almost dead on this weekend,” Ward said. “I made good shots. I’ve been practicing a lot for Vegas so my shot’s there. I have been switching up on some releases just getting some activity in my shoulder. My shots good and my numbers were good. It just all came together and the weather was great.”

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Gillingham's equipment: Mathews Apex 69 lbs, 32” draw Gold Tip 30X arrows, 120 gr nibb Vane Tec Fletching- Four 2,5” fletch. Extreme 3 bar stabilizer. Toxonics nail driver. Classic 4X scope Pro light deluxe light kit. .019. drilled lens. Carter The Hammer release The ladies seemed to have a different strategy when it came to the shootdown.

Ward shot the following equipment: Mathews Prestige, 55 pounds, 24 ’/i”, 284 ACE 620 arrows Tru Ball Axcel sight Classic scope 4X TRU Ball Ultra 3 “The people that made the shootdown none of them shot at any 14s," said Joseph Goza of Henagar, Alabama of the 14 rings lack of effect on the Limited Pro class. Joseph didn’t need any 14s in the shootdown either after he built a seven point lead on the ranges with his 395. Rodney Huffman of Benton, Missouri shot a 388 followed by Gary Rigney of Springfield, Illinois with a 383, Larry Goza of Crossville, Alabama with a 380 and

Jesse Lane of Chatham, Virginia with a 379. Huffman and Rigney each hit 12s on the first shot to Joseph’s 10 but that was as close as the challengers could get as they each ht 5s on the second shot. Joseph shot one 8 and four 10s in the shootdown. After five arrows only Huffman was within ten points of Joseph’s lead. When Huffman hit a five on the sixth shot trying to add some pressure Joseph still led and never shot his sixth arrow. “Just shoot 10s don’t give anything back,” Joseph said of his strategy. “On the first two or three targets just seeing how the other guys do, if they shoot some 12s or something. We’re not like the Open Pros. We shoot 8s and stuff and don’t

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Opening ceremony on Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 8:00am, shotgun start at 8:30am, shooting 28-Field and 28-Animal targets. Sunday announcements at 7:30am, shotgun start at 8:00am, shooting 28-Hunter targets. Awards immediately following the

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of Martins Ferry, Ohio was in second at 414. Carl Adkins with a 406 and Charles Blakenship of Cleveland, Tennessee with a 406 rounded out the top five. On the first shot of the Shootdown Crowe shot an 8, Reeb a 10 and Perhealth a 12, moving Perhealth to second only two points behind Crowe with Reeb only one more point back. Crowe’s 10 on the second shot coupled with Perhealth’s 8 and Reeb’s 5 gave Crowe a four point cushion. However, Perhealth shot 12, 14, 12 on his third, fourth and fifth shot to Crowe’s three 10s to move Perhealth into the lead by four. Only Crowe was within ten points of Perhealth and in a position to take a sixth and final shot. Crowe opted for the 14. When his shot was high and overshot the entire target Perhealth had won. “I was glad because I won,” Perhealth said. “I hated that he missed the target. 1 knew I was going to try for the 14 if he hit the 14 to try to win. That was my goal to win one of these things. I won one in Open B years ago. 1 came down here with the intentions of wanting to win and between me and the good Lord it turned out just right.”

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Joseph Goza’s equipment: Conquest 4, 28.5” 60 lbs, ACE 470, 120 nibbs Duravane fletching Bodoodle rest Sure-loc sight with aSure-loc Scope AEP stabilizers Johnny Perhealth of Vass, North Carolina is forty nine years old and will turn fifty in May. The ASA rules say that as long as a shooter is fifty prior to the ASA Classic in August they can shoot the senior class. Perhealth who has shot Open A recently had a decision to make, shoot Senior or Senior Pro? “I figured I compete with them,” Perheatlth said about the Senior Pro shooters. “I shot A and 1 won second at the world championship (2006). 1 figured I had a chance at it so I figured I would just go to Senior Pro.” However, with daylight savings time and a steady job Perhealth was not able to spend a lot of time preparing for Florida. “I never shot a target this year until 1 came down here and shot Friday,” Perhealth said. “The first 3D targets I’ve shot this year. I’ve got a bag target. I get off work at five o’clock and I’ve got fifteen to twenty minutes to drive home. I get about thirty shots off.” The practice routine must be working for Perhealth as he made the Pro Pressure Point Shootdown in third place with a 413. Tom Crowe of Umpqua, Oregon led after forty targets with a 419. Sonny Reeb March-April

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Casey Worsham Women’s Hunter 2nd place

shoot 12s and 14s a lot. Shooting half way decent and judging really well. I’ve shot a lot the last couple weeks. I went over to my brother Brian’s house and we’ve judged targets for a couple weeks.”

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IBO Southern Triple Crown The Rumbling Water Challenge February 16-18,2007

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The first leg of the IBO Southern Triple Crown, The Rumbling Water Challenge was held February 16 through the 18Ih at the YMCA Camp Chandler property near Wetumpka, AL. As is usual for this shoot the weather man had some surprises but this year was much more conducive to archery than the 2006 rain fest. While there were some cold temperatures and wind, overall the sun shone and the rain stayed away. Another surprise awaited the shooters. For the first time in the Southern Triple Crown the target selection included both an elk and a caribou on each range which seemed to be a favorite of the shooters. Mike Bennett of Bennett Archery, the host club for the event said that the local club got to put in a little more input on target selection this year which resulted in the new targets. “IBO and McKenzie send what they want to,” Bennett said. “We had a little input because last year we had the same 10 targets on four ranges. This year we talked to them and they gave us a larger variety which made for more work because of

the bigger animals but everybody seemed to like it and you could do a lot more with it. Everybody has had a good time and they like the new targets, bigger targets.” “Everybody has really enjoyed it, nothing but praise so far, unless they shot bad,” Bennett said with a grin. The Pro Senior class had an act of sportsmanship to determine the winner, or winners. Both Burley Hall of Kendallville, Indiana and George Pharis of Orange, Texas shot 402 scores with identical fourteen 11-ring count. However, Hall had to leave to get back home to see a friend with severe health issues. Since an immediate shoot off was not a possibility Hall went ahead and left. Generally if an archer is not available for the shoot off the archer that is present wins. However, Pharis had other ideas. “If I leave they have to declare it a tie,” Pharis said. “So I am going to leave and we’ll split everything, first and second monies.”

Hershel Holly (left) champion of Pro Male Fingers, talking with Larry Goza (right).

Senior Pros (L-R) George Pharis, Larry Odell & Dan Renner

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an 11 so it made for a tough shot because it really wasn’t. But being the last one everybody knew what they needed.” Holley shot the following equipment: Mathews Conquest 4, 60 lbs, 287 fps Sure loc sight and scope, 4X lens Easton ACE Stabilizer Carbon Express Nano XR 450 arrows, 352 total grs G5 nocks Bodoodle Rest Nikon Binoculars Dan McCarthy of Wauzeka, Wisconsin repeated as champion of Pro Male Release with his score 412.

he was just behind Allen Conner. Also, in 2006 he finished third behind McCarthy and Mike Cogar. McCarthy used the following equipment: Hoyt Pro Elite, XT 2000 Limbs, C2 cams 67 lbs, 26 Vi draw, 280 fps Easton Eclipse 2212 arrows, 70 gr points, 317 total grs. TRU Ball ST 360 3 finger release Classic scope 3X lens CBE Quad Light sight Trophy Taker blade, spring steel one, .010 blade Doinker stabilizers @

Cub Cole Ellis from Montgomery, AL

Pharis felt he had a great shooting bow coming in but it took some on course changes to settle in and shoot a winning score. “I woke up on the last 20 targets,” Pharis said. “I only shot one 8. I finally started adding the yardage putting the yardage on there that I needed to. I had equipment that was putting it right where I was looking.” When asked about the larger targets Pharis said “I love hunting them and 1 1 I'd all four of them this weekend. Me and turkeys don’t work well together. I 8'd both of them.” Pharis shot the following equipment: Mathews LX, 62 pounds, 30 3/8” draw Carbon Express Maxima Select arrows, 310 grains Carter Solution 3 release Rip Cord fall-away rest Custom Bow Equipment sight and scope, 3X lens Pro Fingers came down to the last shot and that last shot was a roller coaster for Hershel Holley of Boonville, IN. Leading Larry Goza by one point, Holley stepped to the stake and shot an 8 just above the 10 on the 30 yard warthog. “We were back and forth all weekend long,” Holley said. “I knew it was coming down to the very last target and there was a one point difference. When I hit an eight 1 thought it was over, I thought Larry had won it. Then he hit an 8 beside mine and that was that.” “It was one of the targets that was so close that you felt like you had to hit March-April

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Coming into Sunday’s final ten targets McCarthy led Paul Thompson of Lucedale, Mississippi by three points. However, by shooting a 104 on the last ten targets with six H’s McCarthy was able to hold off Thompson. “I shot in a good group with good shooters,” McCarthy said. “Every target

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BOWHUNTERS HALL OF IVMI INDUCTS TWO NEW MEMBERS hat a great evening honoring the latest two inductees into the Bowhunters Hall of Fame — Chuck Jordan and Wayne Carlton — two of our sports’ finest that truly represent our Industry.

This Bowhunters Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the “Top of the Riv" was the biggest so far in the longtime tradition of this prestigious organization. The excitement was high with the anticipation of Chuck and Wayne, our two new bowhunting legends, being officially inducted at this special gathering. This special evening was made possible by sponsors Dave Gordon of Gordon Glass; and Ray Browne of BCY Fibers Inc. There was a beautiful spread of fine food and two full beverage bars for everyone to enjoy. The crisp view of the famous Las Vegas Strip from the “Top of the Riv” for all to see. A big thanks also to Bruce Cull, President of NFAA, for providing

Dave Gordon (R) with Hall of Footers Chuck Jordan (L) and Wayne Carlton

the space well known as the “Top of the Riv,” the penthouse at the top of the Riviera Hotel and Casino, for this wonderful event. It is truly appreciated by all who attended this prestigious induction ceremony. The first inducted on this special night was Chuck Jordan. His long involvement with archery

Wayne Carlton proudly displays his Hal! of Fame plaque and medalion

Tom Nelson spoke to audience of his friend and new Hall of Famcr Chuck Jordan

Chuck Jordan receiving congratulations front Doug Walker for his becoming a Hall of Fattier

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the companies of Darton Archery. In 1991, Chuck helped form Midwest Marketing, a manufacturers’ rep group. As a part of this group, they also manufactured and sold arrows throughout the United States. In 1994, Fletch-co (now TenPoint) was started as the arrow manufacturing division which became one of the top 5 arrow producers in the country making more than '/< of a million arrows a year. In 1998 with the sale of Fletch-co, Chuck made his way to Bohning Archcry as the National

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Sales Manager while still maintaining his ownership interest in TenPoint. The second inductee of the evening was Wayne Carlton of CamoWest and Wayne Carlton Calls. His long career of helping bowhunters with his unique turkey and elk calls, along with his other bowhunting aids and hunting videos, have truly benefitted the sport of bowhunting. After receiving his award plaque and medallion, he graced the audience with a narration of a video of some of this personal close up experiences with using his calls. The presentation was greatly appreciated and received a round of applause at its conclusion. For more information about the nationally recognized Bowhunters Hall of Fame®, see our website showing all of the Hall of Famers, including all of our Benefactors, and information on how to nominate someone for consideration and also to make donations. Make sure that your speakers of your computer are on and turned up so you can hear the sounds and Fred Bear’s opening remarks and the video clips of Howard Hill, Pope and Young, and much more. There will be a future for bowhunting with Legends such as these. March - April

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02 - 06 July 2007. Wildhaus (Toggenburg), Switzerland. For more information visit www.wbhc.ch EUROPEAN FIELD ARCHERY CHAMPIONSHIPS

30th July - 3rd August 2007. Tjoloholm Castle. Sweden.

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•2ND LEG - JUNE 15-17, 2007. Great Lake Shootout XII. McKean. PA. * ^Contact: Gene Bihler 814-734-7484 (Vendors also contact Gene Bihler] 9 or Craig Matteson 814-456-2999 (evening for both)

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3-D Archery in the Pines 2nd weekend in June Success Summit Park (and Boy Scout Camp) 45 Minutes from Ely, Nevada For Assistance: White Pine Chamber of Commerce 775-289-8877 hw.elynevada.net or Bristlecone Convention Center 800-496-9350 or Delaine 775-235-7557

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Central City, IA

3RD LEG - JULY 6-8, 2007. Nelsonville, OH. Contact: Deb 740-753-3591 , *ext. 7134 (for booth space also] Dorm Rooms: 740-753-3591 ext. 6175 • ••••••••••••••••••••

2007 U.S. Archery Triathlon April 28-29 at Hitaga Archery Club 5551 Hitaga Road, Walker, Iowa For more infoinnation: Bob (319) 438-1294 or Kirk (319) 438-1230 www.geocities.com/hitaga_archery or Rob(319) 435-2012

ASA

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• HFAAJndoor national Championships . 03/31 - 04/01 . Louisville, Kentucky

27 -29 . Easton Georgia Pro/Am . Augusta, GA I April lune 1 - 3 . LimbSaver Kentucky Pro/Am . London, KY June 29 - July 1. Mathews Solo-Cam Pro/Am . Metropolis, IL .

August 10 - f2 . Team Realtree ASA Classic . Columbus, GA

• StanislawskLQpen . 04/21 - 04/22 . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more I information call 909-794-2153 1 • Great Lakes 3-D Sectional . 04/28 - 04/29 . Rockton, Illinois I- Southeast 5-D Sectional . 04/281 ■ - 04/29 . Fort Gordon, Georgia ■

2007 NASP Tournament Schedule

Kentucky April 2nd Kentucky DFWR Jennie Richardson 606.549.9918 rich4641 @accesshsd.net • Pi FA A Marked 3-D Oklahoma April Championship . 05/04 - 05/06 Oklahoma DWC . Redding, California LMeek@odwc.state.ok.us I • Big Sky Open . 06/08 - 06/10 ! Lance Meeks 405.521.3851 Alabama April 26 . Grand Junction, Colorado Alabama DCNR - Marisa Lee-Sasser 334.242.3867 ’ Southern Outdoor Sectional . ■ 06/09 - 06/10 . Longview, Texas I marisa.leesasser@dcnr.alabama.gov April 28 • Great Lakes Outdoor Sectional... Washington ddmack@adelphia.net 06/09 - 06/10 . Chatham, Illinois. Dave Mack 360.577.6301 • Mid Atlantic Outdoor Nebraska April 28

I 1 Sectional.. 06/16 - 06/17 . Nebraska GPC Jacobstown, Hew Jersey . • Southeast_Outdoor_Sectional I Jeff Rawlinson 402.471.6133 I West Virginia . 06/16 - 06/17 . Durham County, north Carolina I ■ Northwest Outdoor Sectional . | TJ6/16 - 06/17 . Grangeville, Idaho1 • MidwestJD_utdoor_Sectional_ . 06/23 - 06/24 . Coon Rapids, Minnesota • Southwest. Outdoor Sectional | . 06/23 - 06/24 . Provo, Utah

jeff.rawlinson@ngpc.ne.gov May 19th

West Virginia DNR Scott Warner 304.558.2771 swarner@dnr state.wv.us National Championship Louisville, KY June 9th 2007 - Jon

Gauthier 608-269-0832 jgauthier@genesisbow.com

• NEAA Outdoor national Championship . 07/23 - 07/27 . I tarrington, Washington. For morel information, call 909-794-2133 • Everglades Open . 12/08 12/09 . Homestead, Florida

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1-6 April_______ Archery World Cup Stage 1 in Ulsan (KOR) 30 Apr • 5 May Archery World Cup Stage 2 in Varese (ITA) 28 May - 2 June Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Antalya (TUR) 6-10 June 3rd World 3D Archery Championships in Sopron (HUN) 26-30 June__________XI European Outdoor Junior Archery Championship in Algarve (POR) 5-6 July ________________ F1TA Congress in Leipzig (GER) 7-15 July____________ 44th World Outdoor Target Archery Championships in Leipzig (GER) 30 July - 4 Aueust______Archery World Cup Stage 4, EMAU G.P. in Dover (GBR) 6-11 August_______ European Reid Archery Championship in Bjelovar (CRO) 20-26 August__________ Olympic Test Event in Beijing (CHN) 25 August - 8 September______________South Pacific Games (Archery: 27-31 August) in Apia (SAM) October_____________ (TBC) Archery World Cup Rnal TBC

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