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May 25
2009
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Jason - Kemp Youth Club 3-DPosted by Jason Amaro in Untagged   |
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Hey Everybody.... Below are the results of a really cool shoot that is held in southern NM. If you ever have a chance to make the shoot you should try to get out there... This is what archery is all about.. Getting the Kids outdoors... Thanks Paul C. for sending me the story.....
Take Care
J
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Well another Turkey season has come and gone, and that only means one thing, the Kemp Youth hunt Club has had their annual shoot. And like in years past the wind played a role in the scores of the shooters, but the good news was that it only blew on Saturday and not strong until the afternoon As always the course was an easy walk and the targets were set nice with just enough challenge. The adult volunteers of the hunt club do a lot of work at this shoot every year with ground blinds being dug and holes being dug for some targets to get a different shot angle on, they really make it fun and exciting to find out "what is the challenge of the next target". This is how the format of the shoot is layed out, there are 2 courses of 15 targets. One is of African animals and one is of North American animals. The targets are double staked to make it 60 shots for the shoot, and makes it worth the entry fee. There were several stakes that had multiple targets giving a little more realistic feel to it. As anybody that likes shooting 3Ds knows that it is not real fun unless the course has some challenge to it, this course had some, but seemed a little less this year than in previous years. The first target You walked up to in the African course was a little Impala looking animal that was 45 yards, and in my mind I was like "It is going to be a long arrow searching day" But that was one of the farthest shots of the course,(there was a buffalo and an Elk that were 40+ but they are HUGE) unless you want to discuss the bonus, a 85+ yard antelope. The only thing that is missing in this shoot is that they cant get to radical with the ups and down angles, and that is always good practice. And to get the SUPER SPEED shooters to break their 11 streaks the club puts a Beaver at about 8 yards with an eleven ring the size of a dime, (HA take that you 350+ fps shooters).
All in all it was a great shoot with the weather on Sunday being the ultimate get together weather and perfect for the trophy presentation. And there is another place were the Hunt club did an excellent job, In the MSR class there was a three way tie, so they took the three to do their shoot off and Roger Di Camilla entertained the participants until the shoot off was complete. That is when every PeeWee was called up and given a Trophy, now most of those kids are hooked for life. which is very important for the future of the sport.
The trophies that were given away to the "bigger kids" were of the metal art variety that were beautiful and I think were made by Powderhorn Metal Art, (at least I saw their truck at the shoot so if I am wrong they get undo publicity).
I am going to post the results as they are on the web page at kempyouthhuntclub.com where you can go to see more pics of the shoot and the clubs hunts and other activities. Now for those people that like shooting 3Ds or if there are you guys that want to try some 3Ds this shoot will held again next year probably during turkey season, for some unknown reason, come on out and shoot one of the best hosted shoots in the area, just bring a few arrows some might just get wet. This year there were 205 shooters and the crowds were not too bad at any of the targets. So come on out and lets make next years even bigger, all the money raised goes directly to helping kids hunt. Check out the web site and you will see the glee on all the kids faces in the pics. And that is what this is all about putting more smiles on kids faces. As the saying goes :hunt with your kids so you don't have to hunt for them" . I would like to thank Chase Kemp, the Wagners Scott and HB, Roger Di Camilla and any of the hunt clubs full time volunteers and the parents of the kids that help with the shoot every year.
Take Care
J
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Well another Turkey season has come and gone, and that only means one thing, the Kemp Youth hunt Club has had their annual shoot. And like in years past the wind played a role in the scores of the shooters, but the good news was that it only blew on Saturday and not strong until the afternoon As always the course was an easy walk and the targets were set nice with just enough challenge. The adult volunteers of the hunt club do a lot of work at this shoot every year with ground blinds being dug and holes being dug for some targets to get a different shot angle on, they really make it fun and exciting to find out "what is the challenge of the next target". This is how the format of the shoot is layed out, there are 2 courses of 15 targets. One is of African animals and one is of North American animals. The targets are double staked to make it 60 shots for the shoot, and makes it worth the entry fee. There were several stakes that had multiple targets giving a little more realistic feel to it. As anybody that likes shooting 3Ds knows that it is not real fun unless the course has some challenge to it, this course had some, but seemed a little less this year than in previous years. The first target You walked up to in the African course was a little Impala looking animal that was 45 yards, and in my mind I was like "It is going to be a long arrow searching day" But that was one of the farthest shots of the course,(there was a buffalo and an Elk that were 40+ but they are HUGE) unless you want to discuss the bonus, a 85+ yard antelope. The only thing that is missing in this shoot is that they cant get to radical with the ups and down angles, and that is always good practice. And to get the SUPER SPEED shooters to break their 11 streaks the club puts a Beaver at about 8 yards with an eleven ring the size of a dime, (HA take that you 350+ fps shooters).
All in all it was a great shoot with the weather on Sunday being the ultimate get together weather and perfect for the trophy presentation. And there is another place were the Hunt club did an excellent job, In the MSR class there was a three way tie, so they took the three to do their shoot off and Roger Di Camilla entertained the participants until the shoot off was complete. That is when every PeeWee was called up and given a Trophy, now most of those kids are hooked for life. which is very important for the future of the sport.
The trophies that were given away to the "bigger kids" were of the metal art variety that were beautiful and I think were made by Powderhorn Metal Art, (at least I saw their truck at the shoot so if I am wrong they get undo publicity).
I am going to post the results as they are on the web page at kempyouthhuntclub.com where you can go to see more pics of the shoot and the clubs hunts and other activities. Now for those people that like shooting 3Ds or if there are you guys that want to try some 3Ds this shoot will held again next year probably during turkey season, for some unknown reason, come on out and shoot one of the best hosted shoots in the area, just bring a few arrows some might just get wet. This year there were 205 shooters and the crowds were not too bad at any of the targets. So come on out and lets make next years even bigger, all the money raised goes directly to helping kids hunt. Check out the web site and you will see the glee on all the kids faces in the pics. And that is what this is all about putting more smiles on kids faces. As the saying goes :hunt with your kids so you don't have to hunt for them" . I would like to thank Chase Kemp, the Wagners Scott and HB, Roger Di Camilla and any of the hunt clubs full time volunteers and the parents of the kids that help with the shoot every year.
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It looks like they did a great job and the kids (and adults) had a blast!
Carrie