Whidbey Bowmen Spring Fling 27-28 March 3D

[Matt]

Hope to see a lot of you there.  Gates will be oepn for camping starting at noon on Friday!  Shooting on the flat range will also be open starting in the afternoon,  3D course will be closed due to setting up for the shoot. 

But will they stay open?

[NWWABOWHNTR]

LOL.... yes and I am taking the lock with me! 

[axelfisher]

I will be up tomorrow! It will be my first shoot so I do look forward to it...
Hope to meet a few of you!

[NWWABOWHNTR]

When you register just tell them you read about it on here and have them get Ren,  it'll be nice to meet you.  Off to go start setting up the course here in a bit! 

[NWWABOWHNTR]

Targets are all up,  32 with a very good challenge shot also!   Come on out and have some fun!

[D-Rock425]

How was the shoot this weekend?  I was told the turn out was kinda low on sat.  You guys always put on a good shoot wish i could have made it.

[Aneoakleaf]

Great pictures! That looks like a great shoot. We had our Safari shoot over the weekend too at Lewis and Clark Bowman. We were down about 45% . Don't know if the club will survuve the recession...our rent on the  D&R land is 2600.00 a year. 
You have a beautiful range up there.  Fun to see the kids shooting too!

[Matt]

Yeah both L&C and Whidbey had to compete against the first leg of the IBO in Spokane.

I heard that the safari was very challenging.  You had some of the best safari shooters on the west coast competing there and they had nothing but praise for the shoot.  Oh yeah Cory was there too. 

I think that if we can get more clubs to attend the WSAA convention in October every year and work together attendance will go up for every one.  The problem is that there are 5 or six shoots every weekend.  In these times it's hard for people to travel EVERY weekend to go to 3-D's or any other type of shoot.  And with this every weekend attendance will wither.  Maybe more clubs should host one dayers.  Saturday shoots only.  Attendance is always higher on Saturday, plus that leaves sundays open for them.  We also need to bring some more of those 30,000 bowhunter tags into the sport of tournament archery.  Maybe then they will get proficient with their equipment and have better luck. Just some ideas guys.

[let.it.fly]

ok dumb question but i gota ask. your safari shoots, what exactly are they. i see them on the schedule but am not sure what they are

[NWWABOWHNTR]

70 shooters on Saturday,  just under that on Sunday.  Tough to compete against the IBO shoot in Spokane.  We had a blast and the weather cooperated.     Thanks to everyone who showed up,  and hope the campers enjoyed!

[Matt]

ok dumb question but i gota ask. your safari shoots, what exactly are they. i see them on the schedule but am not sure what they are

A safari is a marked yardage shoot.  It can either be paper targets with animals on them or actual 3-D targets.  There is an orange dot on them.  Size of the dot is determined from the distances.  Two arrows are shot.  Scoring is 11 for the dot, a 10 ring then the rest of the animal is an 8.  Best score per animal is 22.  Distances are anywhere from 4- 101 yards.  A typical 2 day safari will be 42 animals on Saturday and 28 on Sunday.  The Redding Trail shoot the first weekend in May is the biggest Safari tournament around and there are typically 1300-1500 shooters every year.

[let.it.fly]

so are they very structured or can any goof ball go out and shoot. i love 3-d but dont realy like them super structured. i like to goof off and have fun. if i showed up to a safari shoot just wanting to shoot with my girlfriend would it be an issue or is it all shot gun start. anyone know if skookums shoot this weekend is 3-d's or paper?

[Matt]

Generally they are shot gun start.  But don't let that scare you off.  They are a lot of fun.  Just like 3-D but the yardage is marked and there is an aiming dot.  Step up and shoot 2 arrows.  It really is fun.

[D-Rock425]

Safari shoots very fun.  Darrington host the state safari next month Its a great range.

[let.it.fly]

i guess i will go check it out this weekend at skookum.