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Ginger Hopwood recently offered to intercede for archery coaches into the continuing roll out of new processes, procedures, and expectations of coaches. This is a response to that kind and warm hearted offer by a respected high level, senior, archery coach. As I see the issue (and no I’m not a coach but a parent) [...]

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Another great day with the kids at JOAD. Bulls eye bombers JOAD is in an interesting position with so many kids and not enough equipment. I can’t remember the last time they had more recurve shooters than they have compound shooters. Unfortunately there are a lot of lefties and that means kids are sharing bows. [...]

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After a long hiatus on writing about archery something for people to think about. I love archery. I believe it is a sport that I will be able to do long into my aged years and more importantly something I can share with my children. I recently completed my membership applications for the National Archery [...]

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The Bengal Tiger is a ten foot long 500 pound silent killing machine. The Martin Bengal Compound Bow is a 32 inch ATA 4 pound silent killing machine. Either Bengal is a sinewy silent slick like oil on water shining in lethality machine. I usually shoot a monster machine known as the Martin Slayr (a [...]

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Two days in a truck and when you finally get there the heat hits like a sledge hammer. Burning, tearing, soul searing, which makes the skin crinkle kind of heat. It’s a humid lung choking heat that makes the mind wobble in the mist of mindlessness. Looking at the cabin, dragging the gear out, and [...]

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The punishing sound of the alarm clock punches through the dreams of warm beaches and sunshine. Those soft jabs in the ribs my spouse loves to bestow on an early Saturday morning have my feet hitting the floor. Some time in the shower I finally wake up enough to realize I’m moving like a zombie [...]

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I have truly grown to love and enjoy Archery. The surprising feeling of the arrow driving a perfect circle into the X is glorious. I never imagined 8 months ago that I would even consider shooting spots as anything more than a desire to get better for hunting. Then I got hooked. The feeling of [...]

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So, I’m a father of 3 sons. Twin six year olds, and a fourteen year old honest to goodness moppy read headed gangling fourteen year old. You would think that having three boys would never be an issue, but then you most likely would be a parent of girls only. Having boys is like standing [...]

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I’m not a political scientist but I do have a hypothesis. I think that there is a cultural war brewing between the rural populations and the urbanized populations. This is especially important to understand if you hunt or use open space for recreation.

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