"Hunger Games" makes archery cool for kids

[Rainier10]

Great to see more kids getting involved.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2018038073_apushungergamesarchery.html?syndication=rss

[BullMagnet76]

Gets them away from the video games, that is good to see.   

[jackelope]

My wife reently started shooting. Can't help but wonder if it's because of this movie.
 She has seen it twice now.
She has -0- interest in hunting or killing anything, but she does love to shoot.
 

Either way, I have  a great time shooting with her.

[carpsniperg2]

Yeah for sure. It is pretty cool. The guy who did the bows for the movie is a member on trag gang. Pretty cool

[Pathfinder101]

Yeah, I have had several students ask me about archery since the movie came out.  I started to rattle on about sight pins and how accurate the new compund bows are and they listened politely for a minute before stopping me and saying "No, no...a REAL bow.  Y'know...like the one in the Hunger Games..."

[popeshawnpaul]

I guess it's also really cool to kill other kids...   

[deerslyr]

I guess it's also really cool to kill other kids...   

 

[Chase 1]

This extra attention that archery has been getting should be viewed as a catalyst to introduce lots of new kids to the sport. I would suggest every archer have a youth bow so that when a kid in your life raises the questions about archery, you can introduce them to the sport. These kids are the future of the sport and they need responsible guidance from people who care about the safety, ethics, and practice.

The last few years I have volunteered as an archery instructor at a coed youth summer camp (8-12 yo). Some of the most fun I have had as an archer. Lots of the campers are inner city kids that have very little exposure to outdoor activities. They flock to the range and beg to skip the other activities so they can keep shooting. Most of them will just have a great memory of shooting at camp and leave with a positive perception of archery, but some may purse the activity for years to come. Several returning campers have sought me out to enthusiastically tell me they got a bow for xmas or b-day, and how much they have been practicing. It has been a very rewarding experience for the kids and for me.

There is another kids movie coming out this summer with archery as a central theme that will keep their intrest in archery. Take the opportunity to be an ambassador for the sport by getting a kid on the range! Take a kid or two with you to the WSB rendezvous July 13-15 in Cle Elum, they will love it.

 

[OSCAR1987]

 

This extra attention that archery has been getting should be viewed as a catalyst to introduce lots of new kids to the sport. I would suggest every archer have a youth bow so that when a kid in your life raises the questions about archery, you can introduce them to the sport. These kids are the future of the sport and they need responsible guidance from people who care about the safety, ethics, and practice.

The last few years I have volunteered as an archery instructor at a coed youth summer camp (8-12 yo). Some of the most fun I have had as an archer. Lots of the campers are inner city kids that have very little exposure to outdoor activities. They flock to the range and beg to skip the other activities so they can keep shooting. Most of them will just have a great memory of shooting at camp and leave with a positive perception of archery, but some may purse the activity for years to come. Several returning campers have sought me out to enthusiastically tell me they got a bow for xmas or b-day, and how much they have been practicing. It has been a very rewarding experience for the kids and for me.

There is another kids movie coming out this summer with archery as a central theme that will keep their intrest in archery. Take the opportunity to be an ambassador for the sport by getting a kid on the range! Take a kid or two with you to the WSB rendezvous July 13-15 in Cle Elum, they will love it.

The responsibility lies on all of us to introduce new folks, children, Men and Women to Archery.
After that movie came out I recently bought 2 bows...1 for my wife and another for my 11 yr old son. Now they are completely addicted!
 All of a sudden Archery is "cool"   

 Go Figure..
Drew

[h2ofowlr]

Both my boys have had bows for several years.  They love shooting them.

[Special T]

I was talking to Jason From Riverside Archery. He said during the tulip festival that he had several people come in and "Rent" bows and a little instruction because of that movie. 

[Snapshot]

Gets them away from the video games, that is good to see.   

[D-Rock425]

Yep pretty cool kids killing kids.  What until the next school shooting we hear about where some kid shoots another kid with a bow.

[deerhunter_98520]

I got a 20yd range setup at my house and got my 9 yr old shooting and my 2 yr old seen us and is shooting himself...with a little help.from me....i have to hide the bows so hes not pestering mom all day long to shoot everytime he.sees it  .....i turned on elk hunting this morning and he grabbed his toy bow and my old bugle tube and called a big bull in on tv and shot it 

[Camp David]

I live outside of the US and I bought a 28# recurve to shoot at our club. I put those permanent finger "rollers" on the string so there is no release tab required. The kids and adults would shoot for hours at my 3D bear after a sporting clay competition. I put Flu-Flus on the arrows to limit the distance and make the arrows easier to find. The low poundage an ease of the recurve really made it fun for all the new archers. They always wanted me to shot other places on the bear with my Compound (eyes, ears, feet). Have'nt been there since the Hunger games movie to see if the intrest in archery has picked up.