MARCH, 1973 VOLUM£ 45, NUMBER 3 COVER: The only event in which you can win a genuine silver dollar, is the annual Las Vegas Archers Silver Dollar Toiwnament. Shown are members of the club at their Cougar Canyon field range. They are: Gary Nue, Reba Noe, Al lllll!llnlll Rosencrans, and Dian Allen. -Photo by Roy Hoff

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R 0 W S H AFTS ARCHERY, MARCH 1973 / 3 7800 HASKE.LL AVENUE, VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA 91406 • (213) 782-6445 1/U hv DURWOOD NAILS Target face Target face Diameter Diameter Diameter Diameter for hunter round* for field round of target of zero bull of "1" bull of penalty "3" Birds Birds ,,~ ' 8 1 2 3 15-32 yds. 15-30yds. 16 2 4 6 36-53 yd. Walk-up 35-50yds. 24 3 6 9 up to 70 yds. 55-80yds. 32 4 8 12 ~'rj FACTORY· DIRECT•.•.• Anew game from world's leading manufacturer Assembled-ready to present SURELY you will agree that archery will someday evolve into a sport with many very interest­ ing garncs. At present, the games arc primitive and Scoring is Negative Wholesale low, low prices offer only one aspect of competition, that aspect be­ ing the archer's ability to hit what he is aiming at. Study the target face. You will note that the scor­ TARGET SUGGESTED PAR VALUES Artistic color combinations Thus, there is limited interest. ing· is negative; that is, the low score wins (negative men wom men wom menwom One exception is that on a field rang·c the arch­ scoring is simpler with less arithmetic, thus fewer FS FS BB BB BH BH Rush "PDQ" service er's ability to shoot under varied conditions of ter­ errors and less lost time at the target scoring.) You rain and distance for each target i.R tested. will notice that a score of 7.ern would be perfect (but, ~~Distinctive designs The game outlined here offeri; three new aspects I believe, impossible). The "O" bull's eyes are pro­ of competition normally found in more popula1· par· tected by a "3" ring, which makes the penalty for Field birds 3 4 3 4 5 6 Satisfaction guaranteed ticipant and spectator sports: missing costly. The ''l" rings are larger, but are Hunter birds 3 4 3 4 5 6 located on the bottom of the face where they are a (1) The archer would have to make a decision be­ risk to shoot at. Highest Quality Sculptured and fore shooting- each arrow, that is, which bull's eye to 15yd. Field 2 3 2 3 4 5 Enameled Medals For All £vents aim at commensurate with his ability. Four arrows would be shot at each target; and 15-14 yd. Hunter 2 3 2 3 4 5 as at present, an arrow cutting a line would be scored (2) The shooter would be obliged to correctly as­ Beautiful Aword Charms in the most advantageous area for the archer. Scor­ sess his own ability in order to score the potential 20yd. Field 3 4 3 4 5 6 ing would be: "O," "1," "2;" off-the-face: "3;" or pen­ Write for free catcilog that he is capable of; an error in judgment would 19-17 yd. Hunter 3 4 3 4 5 6 alty area: The "O" ring would be exactly the same be costly. "g." size as the present aiming dot on all our field faces lrophyland ~ Inc. (3) The competitor would have a chance to gam­ 25yd. Field 4 5 4 5 6 7 today, with the "1" ring- exactly twice that diameter. 23-20 yd. Hunter DEPT. A, 7001 W. 20th AVE., P.O. BOX 4606, HIALEAH, FLA. 33014 ble and catch up, or fall further behind, as the case 3 4 3 4 5 6 maybe. The hunter face would be opposite in color from the With this system of scoring·, ea.ch and every tar­ field face, but would have the same dimensions. 30yd. Field 5 6 6 7 7 8 get would be a challenge to all ar·chet·s with no "easy" Animal round scoring would be: limit, three ar­ 28 yd. Hunter 4 5 4 5 6 7 targets. It would allow the best archer to prove that rows; first arrow brain shot score "O," heart shot "3," MULTI-FLETCHER he is best, or at least a better judge of his own abil­ hit "4;" second arrow brain shot "4," heart shot 35 yd. Field 3 4 3 4 5 6 FLETCH 6 ARROWS IN ONE JIG ity. The scores of the weaker archers would not be so "5," hit "6;" third arrow brain shot "6," heart shot 32 yd. Hunter 5 6 6 7 7 8 AVAILABLE WITH STRAIGHT, RIGHT OR LEFT HELICAL CLAMPS bad that the archer would feel hopeless and there­ "7," hit "8;" miss would be "9." fore lose interest. In this game, whether shooting field, hunter, or 40 yd. Field 4 5 4 5 6 7 This scoring· sy.Rtem could not be adopted on the animal, the archers must change positions on every 36 yd. Hunter 4 5 4 5 6 7 present field or hunter face; but the new target face target. That is, if you shoot first on target number would adapt itself well to the present field layout, "1," you shoot last on targ·et number "2" - first on 45 yd. Walk-up 4 5 4 5 6 7 or International field round or PAA round. Someday all the odd numbered targ·ets - la.st on all the even 40 yd. Hunter 4 5 4 5 6 7 a system such as this will be used; the sooner the numbered tar-gets. The reason for this is that if the scoring is close the pressure of deciding which bull bettc1·. 45 yd. Field to shoot at (or how much to gamble) is much greater 44 yd. Hunter 5 6 6 7 7 8 on the archer who shoots fir8t. 50 yd. Field 6 7 7 8 8 9 Par Values 48 yd. Hunter

Par values should be established for all different 55 yd. Field 4 5 4 5 6 7 divisions at some time in the future but, to beg-in 53 yd. Walk-up Hunter 6 7 7 8 8 9 BIG SHOOT TOMORROW/ FEAllERS SHOT UP? •• with, a par value is not really necessary, as its only No problem when you own o MULTI-FLETCHER. purposes arc to simplify scoring and to establish a 60 yd. Field S 6 6 7 7 8 Fletch 6 shafts in 2 hours - be ready for that standard of proficiency. For that very reason it 58 yd. Walk-up Hunter 4 5 4 5 6 7 big tournament or hunting trip tomorrow. would be better to wait amt let experience show us Select 3 and 4 feathers or 3-6 ond 4-75°x 105° what the par values really are. If a pa1· value is de­ 65 yd. Field 6 7 7 8 8 9 Reversible Nock Receivers. manded now, my hazardous guess is that they would 64 yd. Walk-up Hunter 5 6 6 7 7 8 x be in the neig·hborhood of the figures on the chart. We also hove the MONO-FLETCHER on economy model that fletches o single arrow, but still uses the fine They are based on shooting four arrows at each tar­ 80 yd. Field 6 7 7 8 8 9 get. 70 yd. Hunter clomp and nock. receiver as our MULTI-FLETCHER. The hunter round face would be exactly like the See your dealer or send for brochures field face except that the colors of the hulls and X's Total Field 60 74 66 80 88 102 J. G. GEBHARDT CO. would be reversed. The dimensions for the field and Total Hunter 60 74 66 80 88 102 hunter faces at specific distances are also shown RT. 1 BOX 90 QUEENSTOWN, MD. 21658 below.

ARCHERY, MARCH 1973 / 4 ARCHERY, MARCH 1973 / 5 DIHll '!! Y/JHll /11111/lL~ IJ I by FREDDIE TRONCOSO OLYMPICS '72

Record-breaking WINNER OF 2GOLD Hit and Miss By mounting your sight on the face of the bow, the Also, Ron set the tiller on my bow at 10 in. on the inside portion of handle facing you at full-draw, the top limb and 9 'Vs in. on the bottom. Everybody that Freddie: sight markings will be much closer together minimiz­ I see shooting- a1·ound here uses only 9 1/2 in. or 9 % MEDALS Could you please advise a 47-year-old woman how ing thia phenomena. in. Do you think that's too much of a tiller on a com· to keep from hitting her bow arm. I try to roll my I prefer sighting in and p1•operly locating your pound? shoulder, but can't seem to get the arm out of the peep-sight at mid-ranges of 40-.'50 or 60 yards. Do not Oh yes, do you know where I can get a t·elease way. Any tip you can give would be appreciated. overlook the fact that only one arrow is shotf1·om. each like the one Vic Leach was shooting two years ago Also, do you know where I co.uld get a sight scale when he won the Nationals? It had a little wire or pin - distance of 70 and 80 yards per each 14 target segment ruler to set up sights if one distance is right? in it. Could you get me one? ofa field round. Sweeps 4 out of 5 Lucy Rollins Ted Wiktorek Archery Medals in Lancaster, S.C. West Allis, Wisc. Tackle Technicalities the Olympicsl •The problem you describe has many possible causes. Freddie: •Knowing my good friend Ron Carlson set your com­ I sincerely recommend seeking professional advice I have a 45 to 60 lb. Jenning·s Compound bow pound bow up, I personally guarantee he won't steer by visiting your local pro-shop and having an inst1-uc­ which I bought last year from my good friend Ron you wrong. The set-up you describe sounds good to me. to1· watch you in an effort to correct your particular Carlson in St. Paul. I had a lot of trouble getting good Using a release, I believe you could adeq1.tately problem. arrow flight and grouping so I sent the bow back to get by with the smaller PF-180's since the arrow does You may try raising the fistmele or b1·ace-height Ron a couple of times and he set it up to where I shoot come out of the bow straighte1· with virtually no para­ of your bow. I had to raise the .fistmele on my wife's my regular average, about 295 indoor. dox. The spine matching factor is also red·uced which - 1 bow up to 10 /.i" be.fore we accomplished complete Outdoors I shoot around 530 to 540. I would like would allow yo·u to possibly shoot the 1814's. string-clearance of her arm. This and rolling the el­ to give you in detail exactly what I shoot and maybe By the description of your scores, I'd say you are bow tip outward before drawing and execution of each you could help me for the outdoor season this year. shooting very well and should concentrate solely on shot solved her problem. Here is what Ron has set up for me and what I now yoiir shooting form. ' According to some information obtained from am shooting: The release used by Vic /,each was a "Frank fellow archer John Williamson, ym" may write to Sher­ Rig·ht-hand Jennings Compound, 45 to 60 lb. Ketchum" brass-ledge ?'elease. Vic simply added a wood Schoch for this information. His address is: which is set at 45 lb. and breaks to 35 lb.; two-piece of surgical gum-rubber tubing and slipped 26 N. Wa11hingtonSt., Boye1·town, Pa.19512. I have a 14 strand string with No. 18 mono-serv- it over the triggering end of the release. You may orde1· Sight Unseen ing, nocking point is 12 in. above 90°; one from: Bonnie Bowman Archery, 2007 High St., Freddie: Berger Button and Carlson wire rest; Alameda, Cal~{. 94.'>01 or Frontier Archery, 3440 Da When shooting the field round with a peep­ Jennings stabilizer 28 in. with 3 oz. weight; Grande Blvd., Sacramento, Calij: 95823. Note: Vic sight, it's impossible to shoot from 15 yards to 80 I shoot X7-1814 and X7-1816 at 28 ~in. I use reg­ Leach works at Frontier. yards without moving the peep or your anchor. I've ular points 1i4 in. Bjorn nocks. Compound Query tried the slotted peep & one with two holes, but I shoot with one of Pete Shepley's new plastic Freddie: found them inaccurate! releases with a brass pin in it, and rope, similar to I am planning on buying a compound bow in the Is there a technique or trick that pro's like your­ the one you showed in one of your articles. near future. I would like your opinion on which one is self use? Any help would be greatly appreciated. My I shoot Pete's rubber vanes, the PF-230, indoors the best, "Jennings" or "Olympus"? equipment is as follows: 70 in. HC-300, 35 lbs., 29 in.; on my X7-1816, 28 112 in. arrows. Outdoors I would Harold King X-7's 1816; Berger Button; weighted tips; 3 in. feath­ like to shoot the PF·180, would they work? My bow Staten Island, N.Y. ers; and a rope release. is set up to shoot X7-1814 at 28 1/2 in. long. The arrows •Not having tried the Olympus Compound, I do not Frank Yodice fly beautiful and group real well indoors. believe I could fairly give you an honest an11wer. Bronxville, N.Y. For the outdoor season this year, should I shoot I do know that Jennings has put together quite a 1 •I recommend using a small (01.1,tdoors . .50, indoors the X7-1814 at 28 f2 in. long with regular points and few compounds and has, in my opinion, gained tre­ - .70) single-hole peep-sightfo1· maximum accuracy. PF-180 vanes which are 1 % in. long? Or do you think mendous insight and developed swveral technological 1 The problem you describe can be conquered hy it would be better to stick to X7-1816 at 28 /2 in. and imprnvements of the bow. Jennings iR, for exarnple, establishing a fairly solid under·the-chin anchor while use PF-230 rubber vanes? perfecting an all new metal handle which will be placed sighting in and locating position of peep-sight while I think that the X7-1814 might not fly as well on the market very soon. Join the list of champions - see shooting from a distance of 80 yards to begin with. through the wind as the X7-1816. Could you suggest your authorized Hoyt Dealer, or write for information. You will thus he required to pull-up into your chin what size shaft to shoot outdoors? Last year I was slightly tighter at 15 yards if you choose to take this shooting X7-1816 with PF-230 and they flew and alternative. grouped real well, but everybody that shoots a com­ GOT A PROBLEM? Should you establish your anchor point and lo­ pound around here says to use the 1814 and PF180 cate peep-sight at close yardages, you willfi.nd it nec­ instead of 1816 and PF 230. What do you think? essary to open your mouth sligh,tly in order to view I used to shoot one of Pete's plastic releases, the WRITE FREDDIE front-sight through peep-sight at long yardage11. This Model - S Hook. You pull with two fin11;ers and trigger 1851 Orange Avenue factor is .further augmented by the use of extended with the third one, but I broke five this year already Monterey Park, California 91754 sight ba1·s on long extensions which open up your sight indoors. I talked to Pete and he sent me the one with 11510 NATURAL BRIDGE ROAD, BRIDGETON, MISSOURI 63o4i ma1·kings adding to the existing problem. the brass pin and rope. ARCHERY, MARCH 1973 / 7 ARCHERY, MARCH 1973 / 6 pul'µose of time limits, and while TOP FOUR arche·rs in the nten's imposing then1 can be a delicate u.nlimUed division u:ere Gene Par­ matter, they appeat· to be neces­ n.ell, A'llis Gibson, B lufr Pet.erson sary. There undoubtedly is no way and Mike B·in·ney. If 1\fike is th.e 0" 8 9 f3 to 1.1lease all of t.he shooters all 6 only one who looks rela.zed, it may ,3 I'#: TEl?SON. B of t he ti rne, but if you are att empt­ 7 ,. 7 g , be beca.usie the others wet-e contem­ ing to be democratic, you try to plating the sud~death shoot-off snfo~f'y most of them. ,)~~O*.~ aht!ad of th.em which broke th4!ir No arr.hen; there could have three-u•ny tie at 898. bet~n more satisfied than three pr os ,.,·ho, incident. a lly, fall in tl> that catego ry of new facc8 at Ve­ gas. (ienc Parnell, F;1Jis Gibson and Blair Peterson finished an exciting shoot-off in that ordt~ r to commancl the top of the men's unlimited ranking·s. Thei:1e men ac­ counted l'or four :rnO's, l'our 2!:l9's and a fiing;le 2H8 score to finish the three rounds in a three-way tie at 8!18. Quick addition spows that RlaiI' Peterson had to combine his 2!.i8 with two 11erl'<.'ct :JOO's to reach that total. Abo·v1!: "G~m tl emnn We heard no complaints about .Jfrn" ['1'.ckwring 1)()1ws the amount of their \vinnings from with. an e:1;a.mple (~f these gentlemen. Certainly no his fine .~h oot?'nu THE $21,000 U.S. OPEN one can walk away from any ortuni­ t he 16 in. multi-colored face, ad­ three-inch g-old further divided three ar<; h1~rs in the whose heart is not warmed by t he ties to take cash home, and the mirable shooting considering lin­ into a one-inch cente,., scored 10 'U:Ouwn's unlfrnited sight of new faces in archery. bonus awards of 25 11ilva1·ltlrrn Col The 1973 U.S. Open wal! a heart­ were given for everything from re­ With six arrows per end and six points, 1.hc three-inch ring, good li~r, ;'lfo1w T,ynn Sny­ warming experiem~e, in many cording a Robin ·Hood to being the minutes to shoot them, soine pros for 8 points, and :so on. Predict­ cle1· 111/'ul l!J.1>11, Trmwo­ ways, but particul11.rly because 638 best dressed left-handed archer, felt the pressure of the clock, but ably, only one six-arTow end with so, drnok !WOr«bonrdR 8 archers toed the line, over 200 an honor which fell to Don Kouns, the tournament did move along at 60 points possible was needed to at the end o.f' th.11fino) SON more than attended last year. of San Jose, California, who looked a good pace. That, of course, is the determine the first place winner·, rowul. F- 1 ~ LI), ND What was it that brought this even better posting a 300 score. yet the shoot-off had all the ele­ encouraging tour nout of shooters It was a tournament that gave ment!\ of tension, concentration to Las Vegas? No one could pin­ the guy who pays the freight, the "rnd spectator iinterest as the res­ point a single cause, but t he ad­ average shooter, his due. olution of a four-way tie last year. vanee publicity, aimed more at Did this democratic format l•'tw the clincher, even t he :;hoot ­ attracting the average shooter shortchange the pros? Admitted­ off wai> scol'cd hu;ide-01.1.I.. t han courting the pro, must have ly, first place money totalled less Gene Parnell, the cool cowboy helped boost attendance. Like than half of last year's winner's from Wyoming, put on a display the fellow at the crap table said, purse - $500 rather than $1,250 of increibly t ight group .;;hootin g there were Iota of ways to win. for t he top unlimited and limited i nto the one-inch ten ring. Parnell Wide r distribution of the pri1.0e ment, and $260, down from $600, scored 56 o u t. of 60 for t he end. money down t hrough t he f'lightR, for the women. The proR also felt g;iving: hirn a victory by a tw~ for example, enabled Dave Mallo, the effect of the most obvious new point rn1.1rg-in ovel' Bllis Gibson. f of Grand Junct ion, Colorado, to "face" at the Open, the Las Vegas I Judging from the perforrnances finish 102 }loints behind t he high round target, which, as a ntici- ol' Gil>son and Peterson, we'll be sc.orer with a 1·espectable 796 and S<.~eing more of' these fine competi­ still pocket $100 for his fir st place Biggest. bow case wa11 one n Wanted: Non­ ment director, who might be Will the time limit be sub­ ing to keep those silver dollars. mig·ht not. shoot another per­ Johnston explains that arch­ English-speaking person de­ described as a man in front of ject to change? "We tried to I feel this approach was suc­ fect - in fact, they didn't. So ery does need publicity, how­ sires fm.tr dayR work at U.S. whom the buck often stops. reach a norm to please the ma­ cessful." shooters, a few points out still ever, the key is not to a ttract Open in La11 Vegas. No Johnston seemed generally jol"ity," he points out. "Seven What about the inside-out felt they had a chance. It kept spectators, but to attract par­ knowledge of archery, but pleased with the tournament - minutes may be too quick for scoring, the Vegas Round? "We a lot of people competitive." ticipants. "We are trying· to waling to learn. with attendance up 200 from GO people, but it may slow 600 didnt' have any !lOO's, obvious­ .Johnston thinks it behooves build interest in participating. last year, you'd expect him to be people down. Therefore the six ly." Is that necessarily good? everyone in archery to build a The area set aside by the Las - but he already has Rome minute limit is the logical way "From the standpoint that game for archers. An experi­ Vegas Archers here, whe1·e peo­ W E HAVE a position for changes in mind for Vegas '74. to go - and we did. I feel we were a number of top shooters enced tournament promoter, he ple who had never shot could such a man. He need only learn Example: a main considera­ have to keep the time limit who were, say, five points out has explored archery's possi­ pick up a bow, probably did one phrase in English and we'll tion will be some type of strong­ down to fit the majority." after two days, yet didn't feel bilities as a spectator sport. more for the sport than the ac­ put him to work in the tourna­ er program for the top shooters Concern with the majority of that they were out of the run­ His conclusions: "The only way tual tournament. Several hun­ ment information booth. He apart from t he regular tourna­ archers sh owed up repeatedly ning," says Johnston. " Last to draw spectators to an arch­ dred people were introduced to must be able to answer all ques­ ment. Currently, the ALOA in the fo1·mat, and in the cash year, with the real top shots ery tournamen t is to have a archery t~ere. What we can t ions by saying, "Go see Joe event consists of four-man a.wards. "We did not gear the shooting not hin g but perfects, spectacular tournament. Let's hope is that the publicity gen­ Johnston." teams usually sponsored by tourn ament t o the sophisticat­ shooters who dropped a couple face it - we can't have it. To erated by t his tournament will We h ad a few questions, so various archery houses or man­ ed shooter wh o requil·es more of arrows felt t hey could never sit here and wateh someone attr act people with an interest we did go to see the tourna- ufacturers. Next year's Open attention for the benefits we cateh up because the top shoot- shoot six arrows is great. But in shooting." John Williams shot a.n outstanding remarkable considering that doc­ Schettler, of Escondido, and Phyl­ and Sue Baxter, of Klamath Falls, back to Tempe. Olympian Wil­ Langston, Colombo, Elinbury and 874 total to outdistance his clos­ tors later found a cracked rib, lis Long, of La Puente, took the Oregon, who turned in a 772. liamsjoined with Lambert, Schone Taylor - erlged out the Easton est challenger, Don Rabsca, of pulled muscles between three ribs third and fourth slots with 813 College men Littell, Rab.ska, and Rollf to capture the amateur Aluminum team composed of Ca­ San Bernardino, California, to and a separated shoulder and rec­ and 805. Jackson and Smith rolled up a men team title with a 2217, and as vallin, Miller, Ostling and Quarles, win by a comfortable 10 points. ommended a lay-off from shoot­ Miss Brown also won the .Jun­ 2162 total to bring honors and a titles g·o, the International Has to win the ALOA top money of Gary Riley, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, ing. While John made no commit­ ior Olympic Intermediate Girls $500 donation home to their cam­ Beens and Will Be's, who were $400 by a thrce-po\nt advantage and Kevin Erlandson, of Elk ments, there's a good chance he competition with a 1066, while pus, San Bema1·dino Valley Col­ Cook, Hammer, Wilson and Brown, of 2373 points. Grove, California, took third and may turn p1·0 in the not-too-dis­ Micael Drabek, of Phoenix, Ari­ lege, in the team event. Arizona posted 2006 points to win the ama­ Cavallin, incidentally, made his fourth places, i·espectively. tant future. zona, tied with Gary Riley at 1070 State University women, .Turn, teur women's. first appearance as a pro at a ma­ Williams, who now owns at least The young archer from Fort My­ to win the Intermediate Boys title. Yuschik, Drye and Torrence, com­ As for the OJJen team part of jor tourney since he took the five titles - U.S. Open Amateur ers, Virginia was g-iven an enthu­ For the Junior Boys, another Ari­ piled 2060 points to 'take the cash the tourney, California Groves - Continued on page 46 Champion, National Archery As­ siastic welcome at the Open, par­ zonan, Bill Miller of Glendale, sociation Champion, World FITA ticipating in the awards ceremo­ won with a 1014, and Heidi Alli­ and World Pield Champion, and nies and a press conference held son, of San Gabriel, California, Olympic Champion - came to the by the tournament headquarters topped the Junior Girls with a 992. tournament directly from taping hotel, the Desert Inn, along with Cadet winners were hot-shoot­ the Johnny Carson Show, where Miss Archery and entertainer ing Cristopher Powers, of Cincin­ he displayed poise, shooting abil­ Jan Murray, who was appearing at n ati, Ohio, who scored a high 994, ity and a sense of humor in front the h otel and invited Willia.ms to of the cameras. Carson, inciden t­ be his special guest at the dinne1· Enie·1·tainer Jan Murray, who was ally, displayed pretty good form show. appearing at the D esert Inn hotel, himself while trying to follow One pretty little gal who may watches Olympic gold medalist Williams' ex ample of spearing have the gleam of a future gold John Williar~is. Afte,,. asking John lifesavers with arrows. medal in her eye is Jody Brown, of abm.tt the junction of the "aerials" The Olympic archer, still suffer­ Terrace Park, Ohio, who shot an on hiw bow, the well-known come­ ing some ill effects from a fall at 832 to take the amateur women's dian turned serious for CL lesson the Olympic tryouts in Ohio, had title. Jody, who also took home ti­ from p'retty Joan Shoofey, MiRR resume

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ARCHERY, MARCH 1973 / 14 ..J ARCHERY, MARCH 1973 / l 5 Attention! Bow & Arrow Fishermen At the .US. Open use AL'S FISH-SLICK Successes U.S. PAT. NO. 2806317 All learning is accomplished by remembering· your successes and forgetting your failures. It is this The Power of the Mind knowledge that will enable· us to improve our arch­ I ery. If you have experienced shooting top scores in NO FUSS! NO BOTHER! Observations on the winning attitudes of champions I by Freddie Troncoso practice and at local tournaments, there is no sound Shoot wlth the retractable fishing point with I reason for falling· apart at a major tournament. the moving barb - 5/16" inside diameter. Think back for a moment to the time you were $1.95 each or 3 for $5.60 THE POWER of the human mind is such that cuss the tournament. I asked how he enjoyed it, and learning to shoot a bow, drive a car, or any other AT YOUIR DEALER OR ORDER Dl!RiECT activity requiring· muscle coordination. As you almost any person can set out and accomplish most his reply follows in his own words: learned to perform one of these acts, you remem­ JOSEPH A. BERTE any goal providing- he makes up his mind and con­ "Freddie, the tournament was great but I never 7828 W. Lorraine Pl~e · Milwaukee, Wis. 53222 bered your successful performances and forgot the vinces himself he can do it. recall having spent three more miserable days in my times you failed, did you not? The sole purpose of DEALER INQUIRIES WANTED What is the difference between a champion and entire life. I was so nervous I could hear my own practice is to learn a muscular skill both physically the low scoring- middle-class shooter? The sole dif­ knees knocking· together and my heart pumping so and mentally. ference lies within a six-inch span between the ears hard I thought it was going· to jump out of my chest. We do malce very accurate and high quality Once the mechanics of a particular skill are mas­ and is labeled mental control. Success consists of I went to Vegas to win, or at least shoot my average. tered, one should be able to proceed "automatical­ harnessing the power of the mind coupled with an Instead, I fell totally apart like a cheap watch and BOW LAMINATIONS ly" such as one docs during the process of walking. We have a stock of the best quality hard maple and intent and earnest desire to win! lay there in a heap while people walked over me, un­ If you think of going to the next room to get a dic­ a hard maple assembly called "Superflex Ac1 ion· In January I had the pleasure of attending· the able to get up for love nor money!" wood." "S.A.," for short. Much of the hal'd maple is tionary, you do it without giving any thought to the 1973 U.S. Open Archery Tournament held at the Las The difference in performances of these two a kind of specially kiln dried wood we have found. It mechanics of walking. In other words, you proceed makes excellent bow laminations. The "S.A." maple Vegas Convention Center. aJ·chers can be attributed solely to mental control automatically with solely the goal of picking up the is very dry, stabl

ARCHERY, MARCH 1973 / 18 ARCH ERY, M ARCH 1973 / 19 - approximately 35% of the heads camp to try a stillhunt on my own Across Colorado The first year in Colorado I in the Boone and Crocket record while the others rested before go­ in pursuit of hunted with Bob Morrison and his associate, Jerry Byrum. For two book came from Colorado. ing on our last chance stands. Jer­ the wlley muley The weeks dragged but finally ry dropped me off, agreeing to days I hunted seeing· only does and and Lady Luck we ourselves in Jerry's se­ pick me up in two hours. fawns. Mostly I just walked fo~nd by cluded camp in the Grand Mesa Two hundred yards into the Richard Schreiber around and admired the moun­ National Forest. The first day's tains. quakie (aspen) and pine-blow­ sunrise was great, but the buck My first big· chance for a mule down mixture, I moved out a big browsing f>O yards away distract· deer was the one mentioned above. dee1· that didn't seem too alarmed. ed me immediately. It was feed­ We had been moving along a moun­ Hoping it might pull the not un­ ing and slowly angling away. tainside on an organized still­ usual trick of out-flanking and Thin,g·s were perfect for a stalk. hunt. The drivers were spread out getting above me to look me over, The breeze was in my face and the at fifty to sixty yard intervals, I decided to beat it at its own while standers were positioned deer was oblivious to my presence, game if such were the case. at known crossings. The dr-ivers oblicious until a sudden wind I raced as fast and as quietly as moved slowly, two or three steps shift. I should have noticed the possible uphill to a nearby crest at a time, at each pause looking change and tried a 45 yard shot, of land. Near the top the path was around through the trees as far but the buck ran off with my bow blocked by a blowdown. Plowing Bad Breaks as possible, eyes straining for the undrawn. through it would be too noisy, so motion of an antler tip, a tail The second day we were making a detour was the only answer. Off flicking, an ear twitching, or a a little push before taking eve­ on the Best ol Bowhunls flash of brown. ning stands. The bobbing of ant­ Many times you can spot mule lers- 20 yards below me on the mountain caught my eye. Thick deer several hundred yards away THE MULE deer was about brushed screened the deer's body, when you know what to look fot". 250 yards away but he was loping so I paralleled the deer's move­ The concept of looking past the toward me completely unaware. ment until a clear path through trees was a hard one for this white­ Crouching- down with raised bow the brush appeared. I drew back tail hunter to grasp after being I waited as an eternity seemed to partially and waited. The deer used to seeing deer at 70 yards. pass before the for-ked buck was made the opening and quickly close enough for a shot. My one miss had been the big turned toward me. Close enough, then still closer event of the first year, but by mid-winter the memory of it was he came; in my mind I wanted to No Spot shoot but the fingers wouldn't working on me. When three respond. Thirty yards, twenty-five, friends and I heard that .Jerry The antlers waved over its twenty and still no response from Byrum was outfitting on his own spine and its nose was down over my fingers, they seemed to know we knew he was our man. His its chest. It came on. A perfectly the closer the shot the better. hard work, bowhunting knowl­ centered hit on its tilted head edge, and willingness to go all Suddenly the deer pulled to a would probably glance off. There Bill halt at ten yards. Two aspens out for his hunt

ARCHERY, MARCH l 973 / 22 ARCHERY, MARCH 1973 / 23 Bowhunter Bob Walker bares all the scientific secrets How to shoot instinctively- and win of champions in his humorous explanation .of the gap system.

WELL, t he proverbial cat is out of the we\1-lrnown bag. Probably a large Not e that angles theta 1 and theta 2 must, by all math rules, be the same. percentage of archers at one time or another have wondered how in the world those Since you already know 9, you also know A2 , and again, trigonometry tells us we of us who shoot instinctively can hit anything. must know one other side. OK, this will be side D, the distance to the target. Questions have been asked: "How do you aim? What is your aiming point? Now don't let judging distance scare you. Anyone can do it with only a. mini­ Where do you hold?" Now I felt very smug and secure in the misbegotten notion that mum of practice. Most stakes arc marked anyway (otherwise no one attends your in­ we knew a secret that freestylers - stringwalkers are also freestyle, whether they vitationals). know it or not - did not know. Not so at all. Was lever wrong! So, let's i:;ay we are 60 yards from the target. We need to know dimension V2 Last summer, on one of our local ranges, I overheard an otherwise well-in­ for our gap, and sihce V2 = D TAN 02, V2 becomes 16 ft., 10 in. (approx). This, of formed young man (with a strange looking tab on his hand) lightly dismiss the phe­ course, place!\ your g·ap point below ground level, but by using your new-found dis­ nomenal accuracy of our NFAA National Bowhunter Champion with a wave of the tance judging ability you can determine how far below simply by subtracting· V 1 hand and the sage comment, "Oh, he just uses a gap system". (cent~r of target to ground) from V2. And judg'ing VI to be 3 ft. 6 in. your gap is You can imagine my di~may - he knew! So, since the seeret is out, I shall ex­ now known to be on the target plane, exactly 13 ft. 4 in. below gr·ound. plain this system, and we can all shoot well. We are, for the moment, assuming no trajectory, 01· anow drop, but we shall The beauty of the gap system is its utter simplicity. A knowledge of high learn to correct for this later. school trig·onometry is all you need to use it. No sophisticated physics or angular As some archer s will find it an occasional nuisance to determine the gap below velocities or anything Jik~ that is required; just plain old horse sense. Ready'? Here ground, the third diagram below and our old friend trigonometry will illustrate a we go. more practical method. JJowhunter Cham­ First step: measure your arrow from nock to tip, and the distance from your pion Cal Vogt: "!IS eye to the nock at full draw. See th e diagram below, with my measurements as an example. that Jww he does fYE it ?" T ARGET

H T 0 3" _J_ A

,, Since the below ground gap is known (18 ft. 4 in.), and we know that included 32 angles of a right triangle must equal 180 dcg·rees, angle B can be found by subtract­ ing your angle (the one you memorized) from 90 degrees (distance D and the target plane Vl are, of course, the other 90 degr~cs). From our example 5.35 deg-rees from 90 leaves us with angle B being- 84.65 degrees. Now we have two known values and Note the lines forming a right triangle and !lide designations. We know two !lince H = (V2-V1) Tan B, we arrive at horizontal distance, or valid gap. Prior to some sides, O and A. Therefore, from elemental'y trig, we can determine angle 0 by 0 = minor correction!\ (for trajectory, horizontal plane disparity, and wind) H = 141 ft. Arctan 0/A. In the example this angle measures 5 degrees and 21 minutes, and by 7 in. (approx) target to point of aim. simple conversion we know that this is about 5.35 degr·ees. Calculate your own angle Ry now !lome questions may have arisen con cerning trajecto1·y allowance (al­ and store this figure in your mental memory ban k as you will use it oft en. ways subtract) and the fact that the center of the target is n ot always on the same We shall now extend t hese line::; to the target as shown below in the second dia­ horizon tal plane a!\ your arrow (correction may be plus or minus). Do not despair. gram which is expanded an d obviougJy not to scale for purposes of illustration. 'fhese miniscule th01-ns in your side will be taken care of by your mental logic system in a very short time. The ability to st art with a known gap is most important (answers E' YE for all conditions are calculable, of cou1·se, but the equations are somewhat beyond TARCET the scope of this article). -P- So there you have it, the g-ap in a nutshell. Simply determine target distance, quickly calculate your horizontal gap, judge that distance from the target, place your arrow tip on that spot (you must watch this point carefully, never mind the target, you can see it when you pull your arrows), make your final minor corrections "Now to allow for and zip into the five ring it goes. Calculations need take no longer than counting horizontal plane servings, and if your shooting partners get impatient, give them this article to read. disparity ..." Champions are just men like everyone else, and if this system seems momenta­ rily tire!lome, notice sometime how quickly, easily and effectively the remarkable Cal Vogt does it. Even in the dark! All we bowhunters do it, don't we? So I'm often told.

ARCHERY, MARCH 1973 / 24 AR CHERY, MARCH 1973 / 25 NATIONAL FIELD BOARD OF DIRECTORS Paul E. Murphy ARCHERY I by ERV KREISCHER 607 W Lake Dr . B~ssemer, AL 35020 C. C. McConnell ASSOCIATION PO Box3717.Kcnai,AK99611 Terry Hardesiy 105 Rile Dr . Apt 1 3. Rog""·AA 7(.'756 Thomas A. Fisher Enthusiasm over recent events 310N CnsmooRd.Mesa.AZ65207 Pat Norri• :>00~ Htgh Street AlornMi\. CA 9450 I Good news for archers from Washington, Las Vegas and Portland Cecll Borrett 251 4 Linda laoo. Colorado SP<1ngs. CO 80909 John E. '"Ed" Little NFAA OFFICERS E VENTS of the first two in other areas of the nation in indeed, ready and willing to stand temational Field Archery Asso­ ~ Vir!J'"'" Cl Uncn•v111e. CT 06.l62 months of 1973 have brou~·ht up and be counted! ci atio n Wodd Championships Edward P. Gotnnet, Jr. Ervin G. Kreischer situations which appear vulner­ 2 403 Annewood O<•V11. W>lrn•nglOn. 0£ 19003 cause for enthusiastic optimism! President able. In the meantime, we've got The 197.~ !_,as Vegas Open was which will be held in England dur­ Dr. Jack L. Barra At the top of this list of events is 9801 Baymeadows Rt! li'2.Jack$Onv•lle. ~l J2216 827 Floretta Dr.. N.W. to keep our powder dry and our one of the finest indoor events I ing July. The selections will be an­ Janis Beverly Albuquerque. New Mex ico 87107 the decision by the Unitt:id States Defense Fund, up! have been privileged to attend. At­ nounced at a later date. 1434 E Lamar St. Americus, GA Jl 709 District Judge, Charles R. Richey, James Archuletta John W. Durham Having pledged the total tendance was up more than 200 3. The Board re-affirmed its 1302-A Ala Moana BM:I. Honolulu. Iii 96814 Vice President to dismiss the suit brought by amount to assist in the Washing­ entries over 1971 and 1972. The stand in regard to shooting equip­ Jack W. Fisher the Humane Society of America RI # 1. S "'"'"''"" Ad . Kunn. 10 A36.~4 2604 So. 19th St. ton hearing left the fund deplet­ $1,000.00 Special Award Fund for ment regulations, i.e., compound Aoland Manlike t 260 ConsI cl lntoon Or. Aur<>m. IL 6rn,rn, Ft. Pierce. Florida 33450 against the Secretary of the In­ ed; but, not for long! To demon­ NF AA members was our first in­ bows are legal in all divisions and terior anra1vme. IA 52240 vation Commissioners. 976 W. Alisa I, Apt. 2 Committee is in this cause, they ment, back in 1962. some areas of our nation the free­ JamHMorgan The suit asked a permanent ?J04 Collcgn. Topeka. KS 66611 Salinas, California 93901 pledged $500.00 to the National This $1,000.00 award was made style division may include both Giitner Meeks Wm. H. Wadsworth order enjoining tho Defendant Bowhunting Defense Fund and possible because several NFAA finger shooters and release shoot­ RT 2. Box 222. Ory Rlelge, KY4 10J5 Secretary from conducting three Harold Barnette Bow Hunting Chairman passed around a collection plate membel's deposited that amount ers, and may be predominantly 8A14 Coyh Lnne. Sl1reveport. LA 71106 Boy Scouts of America public deer herd reduction hunts during the banquet program at to guarantee the award. Confi­ one type or the other. In areas so Carroll Frost New Brunswick. New Jersey 08904 in the Great Swamp National Rro 1. U ncolnvllle. ME 04619 the recent NFAA Board meeting dence in their belief that NFAA desiring, a flexability is provided Paul J . Double Ervin W. Belt Wildlife Refuge of New Jersey, in Portland, which gathered an­ members would support this pro­ which aJlows splitting the divi­ Rt 1 Box 3G·B. Freelo•>tl. MO 21053 the Eastern Neck National Wild­ Robert Tate Executive Secretary other $350.00. motion was substantiated. The sion and creating a separation for 17 K11tredgc SI. Bcvcrty. ~4A 01915 Route 2, Box 514 life Refuge in Maryland, and the But, th is is only the beginning! event showed a profit of more t han finger sh ooters. Jt is likely such David Coller R1 I. Schoolcrolt. Ml 49087 Redlands, California 92373 Chinoteague National Wildlife Th e following day brought a mo­ $100 which was donated to the arrang-ement will be stablished at (714) 794-2133 John O. Larson Refuge in Virginia. t ion tramifer to the Defense NFAA. This promotion by our the national and sectional tourna­ /~Mnli;r.•nUlnf> St P~ul,MN~l>118 to Alton Dunuway The hearing began on February Fund money which is being held members, in behalf of the NFAA, ments this year . S127 MalloxSt Jaekson.MS32909 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 7th. A prepared statement by the James Schul2 in a Headquarters b uilding. fund. is one of t he most 1·efreshing as­ 4. The A mateur Bowhunter Di­ 906 D1versey Or. SI Lov1s. MO 63126 COUNCILMEN defendant refuted the charge It was unanimously approved by surances I have witnessed in mod­ vision was re-instated at the Na­ Doug Newbury New England. that it is improper to allow pub­ tional and Sectional level. 23J-2nd SI . NW. Great Fo ll• MT 5940-4 your Board of Directors. Should ern times. I offer my personal ap­ Jack Hurst Bradlee V. Starrett lic hunting· as a recreational ac­ the individual contributors to preciation to those members who 5. A motion to restrict all NF AA S106 N 9'lrd Ave.Omaha. NE68134 460 Massachusetts Ave. tivity within a National Wildlife Marlene Crim this building fund agree, it would donated their time and risked Amateurs to FIT A shooting rules 929 Spruce Cr. Las Veg••. NV 69101\ Lunenburg, Massachusetts 01462 Refuge and asked the julon. Al 02692 ment only briefly on items I con­ get t o a 65 yard walk-up, an d adds Wiiiiam A. Shain Gene Colteaux which represented a portion of t heir travel expense refund. In 101 Shooyla.ne. Clemson, SC 29631 Rt. 4, Box 86 addition, members in attendance at t he annual banquet, contrib­ sider t-0 be h ighlights. a 30 yard walk-up. At prosent A lvln E- MelHlnllelmer l.A NFAA Professional Division there is no provision t o use scores 214-2nd Ave ~. Walertown. SO 57201 Longview, Texas 75601 uted a total of $350.00. Jerry Wise Northwestern. Other contributions received to dat e from individuals, clubs was established. Archers of th is of this round for establishing a 301 Ch1r.kamauoa Rd. ChallanooQa. TN 37421 Joe Butts Jerry L. Brabec an d/or Associations are: di vision will compete for cash handicap to be used on regulation 57?~ Sunsel Rd , For! WOtth. TX 76114 4548 Stone Ave. Illinois Bowhunters $168.00; Virginia Bowhunters Assoc. prizes and will not be in conten­ 14 target courses and vice-versa. R•y Howard 942 S1at1ceAve Sandy. Ul 84070 Billings, Montana 59101 $100.00; Rochester Bowhunters Club, $100.00; Auroraland Arch­ tion for titles or trophies of other In conclusion, it is my observa­ Micha.I Sllvchak Southwestern: ers $25.00; Sioux Whasky Bowhunters $25.00; Ervin G. Kreischer divisions. There is much enthusi­ tion that the actions of your Board RFD. East St . E Claronden. VT 05 759 Wlill•m K. Boll George Ch raft $20.00; Bill Wadsworth $20.00; Robert H. Puhl $10.00; L. Scott Kel­ asm for the division and more than of Directors are positive, creative 934!> L1nlon Hall Rd. 8flslow. VA 2?013 6113 Fai rwood Cr. ler $7.00; Arnold Silva $5.00. 80 members have already joined and enthusiastic. Most important Roland Haggard 7316· 1~1 SI Ave . NE. Reelmond, WA 98052 Las Vegas, Nevada 89107 A sincere thanks from the National Field Archery Association, its ranks. of all is the absence of action to Harmon Eugene Brown Mid-Atlantic 2. A travel fund was included in outlaw or a lienate any segment of At 1, Box 19. Cameron. WV 26033 its officers, and especia lly the Bowhunters, to these contributors. Da vld Hackett William E. Boyle The fund at present, which includes that portion allocated from the budget to provide finances to archery. This has to he a new high RI 4. McOonalo O<. Lake Geneva. WI 5314 7 Ontario St. Extension TomProHer the Bowhunter Membership fee stands at $1,871.00. send our top man.and woman bare­ for our beloved sport. Canadaigua, New York 14424 Box 80. RF 0 . Lovell. W'i A2431 bow archers to compete in the In- Jim D.Carper 36th AMS·CMA Box 1009, APO NY 09132 BlllSadvar 441h Ord (BM) (GS) APO SF 91)331 11t1111101111rt11611t111111r1 by ERV BELT ARTICLE XVI ART YOUNG AW ARDS A. GAME AWARDS OF THE NA­ YouR National Field Archery TIONAL FIELD ARCHERY AS­ Association Officers and Board SOCIATION Directors, as a result of their re­ Your Board of Di rectors Takes Action 1. There shall be two. The "Art cent meeting held in Portland, A summary ofdecisions made in POTtland which Young Big Game Awards" and Oregon on February 2nd, 3rd and will shape the NFAA 's future "Art Young Small Game Awards." 4th, made a number of decisions. 2. PURPOSE: The purpose of the Following is a summary of the ma­ Art Young awards is to promote jority of these decisions. The com­ EXPENSE association. Members who fail to by purchasing a score card for the interest in hunting with the bow plete official minutes of the meet­ Salaries $35,500 8. Professional Division accept­ pay their pro division dues by ed within the NF AA under the fol­ regular registration fee. and arrow, to encourage good ing are still t<> be completed and Adv. and Promotion 5,000 January 31 will automatically be lowing conditions: 9. The following Bowhunting sportsmanship and to give rec­ distributed. Insurance 3,000 dropped from the Pro Division. • CODE OF ETHICS. The NFAA Committee recommendations were ognition by the organized field 1. Voted NOT to accept the pro­ Legal and Auditing 1,000 The following guidelines will be Pro Division member shall con­ approved and accepted: archers to their members who Mailing and Shipping 6,000 used in disbursing membership posal from Park Rapids, M.inne­ duct himself in a manner (inclu­ • NFAA select a Bowhunter obtain game with the bow. sota to relocate the NFAA Head­ Office Supplies 5,000 dues: sive of dress) that will bring re­ Team to represent the NFAA at 3. RULES: Repairs & Maintenance 1,000 National Championship quartel's in that city. spect and honor t<> the National the Douglas, Wyoming National (a) All animals must be taken in Taxes - Payroll 3,000 Prize Fund $15.00 2. Agreed that nominations for Field Archery Association. Bowhunt. This team made up of accordance with the laws Taxes - Property 1,700 Sectional Championship President and Vice President will • MEMBERSHIP. Archers eigh­ three NFAA members in good of the State, Teri;tory, Provi­ Telephone 2,000 Prize Fund 10.00 be accepted by the Board of Di­ teen years of age and over, and a standing. Persons shall be nomi­ dence, or County, whichever Travel - Directors 5,000 Tournament Guarantee rectors Council from any Board NFAA member in good standing, nated by a Director or Councilman is appropriate, and in accord­ Member. Travel - Councilmen 2,200 Fund 10.00 shall be eligible for membership. and shall be selected by the NFAA ance with the l'Ules of fair 3. Approved having the NFAA Travel . Officers 1,500 NFAA administration cost 5.00 • STEERING COMMITTEE. Bowhunting and Conservation chase. Board of Directors Council ap­ Travel - Sectional Council 1,000 Emergency Fund Proposals concerning this divi­ Committee by lottery at the an­ prove all items of equipment Travel - Bowhunter Council 900 Chairman Expense Fund sion will be administered by a com­ nual meeting. As an urgency meas­ prior to their allowance in NFAA Utilities 1,000 Patch 10.00 mittee consisting of eight mem­ ure, the 1973 team shall be made competition with the effective Equipment Purchases 2,000 bers, one elected from each of the $50.00 up of Directors and/or Council­ date and implementation not to Interest 200 eight NFAA Sections. This mem­ • TOURNAMENT SANCTION. men. The following selections exceed one (1) calendar year Game Awards 1,300 ber to be elected by the pro divi­ Tournament sponsors wishing were made for 1973: John Dm·­ from the conclusion of this meet­ Archery Magazine 75,500 sion members of that section at sanction of their tournament by ham, John Larson and Bill Bolt. ing. IFAA 1,000 this division shall furnish the the annual Sectional Tournament. The three alternates selected 4. Approved the following budg­ TOTAL EXPENSE $154,800 The members of the committee chairman of the Pro Division a let­ were: Paul Murphy, first alter­ et for 1973: ter of guarantee verifying an ob­ 5. NFAA Bowhunter Member­ shall serve a two-year term with nate: Terry Hardesty, second al­ INCOME ship shall be included for the pur­ four members to be elected each ligation to make payment of the ternate; and Max Tinkey, third Merchandise $13,500 poses of membership voting as year. The committee will elect a advertised purse. Sanction fee alternate. 20 Pins - Field 2,400 covered in Article V, Section B of chairman from within to chair the would be $15.00; $10.00 of which • BOWHUNTER BONANZA - 20 Pins - Hunter 1,200 our Constitution. meetings of said committee. The will be added to the Pro Division NF AA to sponsor a Bowhunter 15 Pins - International 500 4. Agreed to allow a maximum chairman of the Pro Division tournament guarantee fund and membership campaign with the Councilman George Chra/t reports Annual Tournament 5,500 number of archers in a group to would attend the annual Board of $5.00 to the NFAA treasury. This prize to be a one week hunting the recommendations of his Pro Sectional Tournaments 3,000 be six. Reference Article VII, Sec­ Directors meeting with the status division may furnish a consultant trip, such trip to be under the su­ Indoor Program Division committee, which are re­ 4,000 tion G, Paragraph 1, Page 19 of of Council Member, with any ex­ for advisory assistance for said pervision of a reg·uJar licensed Membership Dues printed on these pages. 38,000 our By-Jaws. penses incurred to be paid from sanction fee if requested. Any guide, etc. It is open to NFAA Course Approvals 2,600 7. Modified Article VII, Section funds in the Pro Division. sanctioned tournament means members and to be included in * (b)ln order to be eligible for Club Insurance 3,000 D, Paragraph 1 (e), page 18 of the • DUES AND FEES. The annu­ the purse is guaranteed. the drawing, your name and ad­ awards, all animals must be State Affiliation Dues 1,000 By-laws to read: "No mechanical al dues for this division will be • EQUIPMENT RULES, Parti­ dress should be placed on the back reported within 90 days of Rent 1,260 device will be permitted other $50.00, payable January 1 of each cipants in tournaments sanc­ of each new Bowhunter Member­ the date taken. A handling Archery Magazine than one non-adjustable draw year to NFAA Headquarters, tioned by this division will abide ship application that you may fee of 50 cents must accom­ Subscriptions 51,000 check and level mounted on the which is in addition of the appli­ by the equipment rules of the Na­ have sponsored. Drawings will be pany each application. Advertising 28,000 bow, neither of which may extend cable NFAA membership dues tional Field Archery Association. made each year at the annual (c) The hunter must have taken TOTAL INCOME $154,960 above the arrow." paid through the members' state • TOURNAMENT COMPETI­ meeting. For 1973 the drawing possession of the animal to TION. Members of this division will be made on July 1, rn73. receive credit for the award. will not compete for awards other • BOWHUNTING FOR DEER (d) It shall be the responsibility than money and/or merchandise BOOK to be made available (de­ of the hunter himself to know in tournaments below the state tails forthcoming in the next issue the legal status of the spe­ Councilman Bill Boyle's commit­ level. At the NFAA National and of Archery) cies hunted. National Head­ tee works out the budget printed Sectional Tournaments the Pro • NATIONAL BOWHUNTING quarters is responsible only abo'Ue. This committee sees to it Division Member will be required RENDEZVOUS to be back in Geor­ to the extent of verifying that all necessary services are pro­ to compete in the Pro Division. At gia again. whether a species is, or is vided for NFAA members. the State Championship he will be • ART YOUNG A WARDS re­ not protected, since this is required to compete in the Pro Di­ vised according to Article XVI of the basis of acceptance. vision, if one is available. How­ NF AA By-laws, which follows. (e) Animals specified as big game ever, members are encouraged to An * in the left hand margin indi­ by the NFAA are not eligible support all types of tom·naments cates where a change occurred. for credit in the Art Young ARCHERY, MARCH 1973 / 28 ARCHERY, MARCH l973 / 29 DIRECTORS' ACTIONS Continued Director.

ARCHERY, MARCH 1973 / 30 ARCHERY, MARCH 1973 / 31 camping area and a good well. Folks from far and near are in­ vited to come and shoot - only $3.00 for adults and $7.00 maxi­ mum family. We appreciate those who come faithfully year after year and the new ones who have joined in more recently. Without ture preserves. The park belongs GREAT LAKES you, there would be no sh oot. to and is maintained by the City by ROLAND MANTZKE Des Moines archer, Linda Mar­ of Indianapolis Department of ten, was the women's profession­ Parks and Recreation. Illinois al winne1· at the Phoenix Open. The range is located in the south­ Her scores were 29% and 292. west corner of the park, where Capital City hunters scored well An unofficial count showed there are two courses of 28 dou­ that 2,746 Illinois whitetail wGre with 40 per cent success. Sixty ble-butted targets located mostly Des Moines Archers accounted taken du rin g the second half of in woods with a few in the open. the shotgun deer season. This for 21 deer and three elk. About t-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-1 The area is hilly and rough in 50 youth are taking part in the brings the unofficial hunting· bag· spots, but thanks to bridges and .TOAD program on Friday nights, total taken to 10,284 deer in 1072, steps in these areas, the going is sponsor~~ by the Waltonian 97 fewer than during 1971's rec­ easy. The range is a challenging· Eleanor Mocsadlo, of Cleveland, _of the sport. With her is Howard Archers. NorScope 560 ord harvest. one and should be enjoyed by all. Ohio, recefoed the N/.'AA Medal of Myers, who fa also wearing his Me­ The largest buck taken during A large barn, on the grounds, Kansas Merit award for her 25 years of dul ofMerit pin. PRECISION SIGHT t he second gun season was 246 lb. serves as the club house, shelter dedication to archery in au pha,ses field dressed; the largest doe came Muriel Elchuk becomes the new and also houses the food conces­ dency of the Salina Bowmen. - Missouri Bowhunters are from Adams county, and we might state socretary. Her address is Their club held the State Indoor, rallying tu the problem of what is make note of this for next year. sion. Camping at the range is ade­ 1606 Marland, Hutchinson, Kan­ quate and is strictly primitive with Feb~uary 25; results as soon as beinK said against hunting. Let The largest amount of deer were sas 67501. Muriel is an accom­ portable toilets and water at the received. readers in all parts of the country o O harvested in Ogle County; second plished archer and will make a barn or a water tanker if avail­ The Central Division will shoot join to protect our sport and pre­ Joe Daviess; third Cass. Chuck very welcome addition to the exec­ able. a field and animal on May 6, serve what has always been a na- Maloney scored again with a Pope utive board. 0 - while on .Tune 10, the Western Di- tural way of life. · + The Emporia club starts the + and Yount mountain lion taken in MID-WEST vision will have an International The winning team of the last year with Bob Mundy us presi­ Utah. by DORIS McGOWAN and hunter. Division shooting is a league from Ashland consisted of dent. Thomas Cormack has been Congratulations to Gary Kup­ good way for area archers to gath- Rusty Phillips, Jim Lewis, Bill czyk for shooting- a perfect 864 working with the .Jr. Olympic * SPECIALLY ground gloss OPHTHALMIC LENS Some complaints have reached er and strengthen the state pro- Cunningham, Rex Ttl'ggert and insures better olming and crystol cleor sight­ Chicag·o Round on December 14 at Archery program which serves me on the news of this area. My gram. Robert Hagans. Dean Pridgen ing image. (Any type or style of peep sight Golden Arrow club lanes. I think main sources of news are state five to six hundred youths in the should be used.) Missouri shot the high of 448 at Joplin's Gary should be complimented on publications and individual clubs state. This year they experienced *MACHINED of highest QUALITY oluminum, According to Paul Jeffries' Indoor. Dennis McC"..ommack had the NorScope 560 sight serews opart to this.feat. Although we can't class who report. It was said not so their first field tournaments. hunting report, Frank Tolivar has 439 by the old finger method. clean lens or change sight reticle. Anodized it as an official state record, it def­ much club news is needed, but More volunteers are needed. This for NO GLARE with a tapered front lens cover a string of deer kills to be proud It was interesting to read that initely is a score that will ba hard news of hig·her level. What is this is an excellont promotional pro­ - like o fine rifle 'scope of, having just taken his 16th the Bowmen of Springfield were to beat. I might add Gary was area made up of-clubs? I thought gram for Kansas archers. * B/32 Windage screw is parallel to MACHINED deer in 15 years. reorganized after World War II SLOT for BUBBLE LE.VEL, and fits almost o il shooting a finger tab. Good shoot­ so. When they take the time to Chuck Gray assumes the presi- sights. Our vnique design completely elim­ ing for a 20-year-old. send news, I feel it should be inates the sight body from rotating on the windage screw. Result: GREATER ACCURACY. used. THE FINEST FLETCHING EQUIPMENT FOR PERFECT ARROW MAKING No other fletching equipment gives you all these features: 1. Dial your clamp for spacing feathers or vanes accurately from nock. 6. 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BITZENBURGER, ROUTE 2, BOX M-1, SHERWOOD, OREGON 97140 There is lots of g·ood food, lots of ARCHERY, MARCH 1973 / 33 ARCHERY, MARCH 1973 / 32 and were known as the Ozark Tar­ of prime beef was consumed by the Shafner for carp and Mr. Walter g·et Association. It was then that happy crowd. Krom for woodchuck. Norman, Jack and Bob Wilson P. 0. CEDAR ARROW SHAFTS joined the club and did so much Maryland West Virginia :/ through the years. A tribute to Another Exclusive • Norman Wilson and sympathy to He1·e are the results of the state The association held its annual his family was printed in the state elections: MAA president, Whitey meeting in Charleston and awards Release. The Wilson Bros. manu­ Metheney; vice president, Pete were presented to the cunent DIAMOND facture one of the country's lead­ Thompson; secretary, Margaret state champions. Recognition was ing bows - the Black Widow. Mazzeo. Target division officers given to clubs for their work in Polished Arrow Shafts Don't forg·et the state conven­ include Mark McCloy, director; 1!)72 and Claude Davis was named tion, March 25. H. A. Brown Dunning, deputy di­ bowhunter of the year for 1972. P. 0. CEDAR • SLOW CURED BILLETS MID-ATLANTIC rector; Gil Frey, national repre­ Host for Open Championship is by JERRY EBERT sentative. Greenbrier Field Archers, Rain­ DEPENDABLE QUALITY • DEPENDABLE SER.VICE Indoor division officers are Jean elle, on May 27-28; contact Mrs. With this issue the spring· shoot­ McGeeney, director, and Jerry Nott, Sandy Hgts. Addition, Pt. 1; YEARS OP KNOW-HOW ing season is upon us, and the re­ Ebert, national representative. Pleasant, W .Va. 25550. Host for "Jim Bibb (Calif.) took this beautiful sults of last year's bowhunting ac­ Heading the field division are Lar­ Target Championship is Prince­ four point buck the last afternoon complishments are in. Before go­ ry Rice, director; Charles Baker, ton Archers Club, of Pipestem, of his 1972 deer hunt in Colorado's ing into the activities that lie deputy director; and Paul Double, on .June 16-17; contact Dan Far­ Y/orwa'I Arcker'I scenic high country. Many other ahead, let's review the bowhunt­ national representative. ley, 501 Hale Ave., Princeton, 97460 bucks were taken during this same ing record of one club, Lincoln The MAA meetings are now W.Va. 24740 or WVAA secretary, NORWAY, OREGON season. Some larger, some smaller. Park Archers of Towaco, N.J., held with the semi-annual in May Nancy Nott. PRICE UST FREE ON REQUEST TELEPHONE (S03} S72-29H> For information on the upcoming whose members took one barren and the annual in November. The 1973 season write or phone: Just r·eceived the sad news on ground ·caribou, two black bear 1973 Broadhead Championship the death of one of Archery's and 17 whitetail deer - more on was awarded to Eutaw Forest staunchest supporte1·s for 17 J~~SJUl.fnl this in the New Jersey column. A1·chers for September 9, and the years, Mr. Bob Kolb of Kolb's Ar­ SWEETLAND ARCHERY PRODUCTS During· the 1972 New Jersey bow Target Championship was award­ row Shop. Bob ncvel' forgot a FROM TIP TO TRACER GUIVI. and OUTFITTER and arrow season, 1,459 deer ed to Oriole Archers for Septem­ tournament or state shoot and FORGEWOODS - were reported taken, with 371 har­ POST OFFICE BOX 1503-A ber 23. The Targ·et Division has will be missed by us all. lrin9 down the big ones wit.h the sfender one! GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81501 vested in Hunterdon County established a non-conformist cate­ The Compressed Cedar shaft with ame11in9 penetration! TELEPHONE (303) 242-2479 alone. gory for amateur and non-ama­ SOUTHWEST THREE GRADES TO CHOOSE FROM: Will the secretaries of each state teur shooters. The MAA council by MARLENE CRIM Finished Arrows ~ association please send me your has changed the Indoor Division Bare Shafts Less Points 1973 shooting schedules. Here are SUPREME $13.95 $21.95 shooting ru !es to NF AA rnles. BATTLESHAFT a few shoots coming up: The West 9.95 17.95 AUen Becker has been elected California HUNTER over 29" 7.$0 12.95 Virginia Indoor Championships president of Mayberry Archers. HUNTER 29" Ion 6.50 12.95 will be held at New Haven on Three cheers to out-going presi­ Black Mountain Bowmen held FUR TRACERS - March 17 and 18, while that state's dent Mike Weaver. Mayberry their "Morning After the Night Simply cut off a small piece of our Fur F letch Open will be on May 27 and 28 at should have 14 targets lig·hted by Before" shoot on January 7, with on an angle so the ends overlap, strip off the EVERY SHOT COUNT Rainelle. On May 27 also is the now so look for some night shoots. the following· winners: Bill Dahl paper backing and wrap t he self adhesive on Stable arrow right out of your hunting arrow, close to the fletch. They're the bow. Shoot silently big Maryland Carling-Kernan Neal Blizzard will ramrod the took first place in men's FS, AA wonderful in all" ki.nds of shooting! Lower ar:· through the narrowest Charity Shoot at the Carling Brew- Cumberland Bowhunters for '73. class, followed by Rich McClin­ row shows how fur is used In target shooting. opening. Means better ery in Baltimore. The Eutaw $2.50 for 1 Doz. 4·1/2" strips, $18.00 per 100. penetration. BERGER Don't forget Pikesville will host tock and Carl Kelley, while Pegg·y Specify White, Red, Yellow, Blue or Orange. BUTTON. Now in mini Fo1·est Archers of Accokeek have the Mid-Atlantic this year. Auser won the women's FS/A length too. scheduled their big Gold Cup competition. Ba1·cbow winners Vic Berger, 1019 Garfiel~ Al Shoot for June 2 and 3. At their SWEETLAND ARCHERY PRODUCTS New Jersey were Jim Davis and Jeanne Moly­ 1010 Arrowsmith Str•et, Eugene, Oregon 97402 (503) 345-0928 Ave., Springfield, Ohio 4550~ free bull roast last year, 250 lb. neaux, and Marge Kelley took top Isadore Donateillo and Walter Krom of Lincoln Park Archers FREE DISCOUNT ARCHERY CATALOG scored on black bear in Maine. BOW HUNTERS Walt's bear will make the Pope We can't promise all our gue.sts they wUI bag record·class muleys Uke these. From The Nation's leading Archery Distributor and Y ot.ing records. Mr. M. 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ARCHERY, MARCH 1973 / 34 ARCHERY, MA~<;:f-!.1973 / 35 ren and Louie Snyder. High game the program. archer Jim English, who was only underway, but it may be some time and high series winners were The Norwich Archery Club con­ two points off perfect at the half before a final decision is reached. Indiana archers mourn the passing Mary Lynn Snyder and Bob Hutto. ducts an indoor league program at but dropped a few more arrows on The MFAA membership also of Don Seal, Mr. Archery in their Congratulations to all our lo­ Ed and Nan's Archery Lanes on his wa·'1 to the finish and didn't would like to extend their sym­ state, who worked for over 2.''i years cal archers who won money at the Tuesday nights. The members end up in the money. pathy and their encouragement to promote the sport. He was the recent U.S. Open - especially to shoot the NFAA Indoor Round, for a speedy recovery to Chuck first representative to the NFAA , Maine Mary Lynn and Louie Snyder and the following are the indi­ Schultz of Norwell, who is hos­ and also served as state field gov­ who placed 2nd and 4th in the vidual averages as of December 1, Maine reporter Richard Dun­ pitalized in Salem, Mass. as the ernor, state field president and women's division. for those archers with a minimum ham sends word that indoor pro­ result of a heart att ack. Chuck, Hoosie-r State Target Assn . P'f't?Si­ of three scores: Ed Brown, 292; grams are becoming active who is one of the state's foremost dent. The only Hoosier ever to re­ Utah Chick Pierce, 289; Dan Watson, throughout the state. The big Barebow archers, and his wife ceive the NFAA Medal of Merit, he 288; Dave Goddard, 282; Mac Snel­ event on tap is the Indoor State Nancy, a former National Bare­ was also a bowhunter and woods­ The Timpanogos Archers an­ grove, 278; Ed Little, 275; Frank Championship, to be held in Brew­ bow Champion, are both members man par excellence, taking New­ nounce the following newly-elect­ Janus, 246; andJean Goddard, 227. er on April 15. Awards will be giv­ of the Old Colony Sportsmen's ! oundland moose and caribou, wild ed officers: Alvin Harward - pres­ On January 7, Art Hall of Hall's en in each competitive division Club. Our best wishes to you, board, and over 20 deer in the Great ident; Davain Johnson - vice presi­ Arrow Indoor Archery Lanes in and thereafter all archers collec­ Chuck, and we hope you're back on [,akes states. His friend Guy Gus­ dent and Larry Hartley - secre­ Manchester held a warmup shoot tively will be placed in classes or your feet soon. tin recalls h'iS 'Unselfish n.ttitt1,de tary. Erma Nelson will be their for the annual New England Open flights according to the averages Billy Hurd of the Danvers 1'"ish and his philosophy, which remains reporter. money tournament. Fifty dollars of their previous scores, and Game Club recorded a perfect a tribute to the man: "May I al­ The Timp Archers got their 1973 cash was guaranteed tu the first There will be 10 such classes,_ 300 score on the NFAA Indoor ways enjoy the chase more than season off to a good start with a place finisher in the warmup ranging from 0-150 to 285-300. Round in a shoot held at that club the kill, the shooting mo're t,han the successful indoor shoot held re­ event, and Norm O'Kane of Man­ This system was used in last year's on January 28. Billy was shooting winning, and above either, the cently at the Armory at American chester, the t 972 New England event with much success and so for the Danvers team in an indoor friendship ofrny fellow man." Fork. Among the winners were Open winner, won it with the high­ will be repeated this year. The of­ league match against a team of Bob Jacobson, of Springvielle, est score shot thus far this season ficial round will be the PAA In­ archers from Hudson, Mass. The who shot a perfect 300 to highlight in Connecticut-a 299. Norm's fan­ door Round. The tournament also indoor league was org·anized by honors in the women's BH A class. San Jose Archers range over Me­ the shoot. Placing secon.d was tastic 299 score was a real heart­ offers a Guest Division, and o.ut-of­ Bill Gag·non of Northboro Fish Vern Roberts won the money morial Day weekend. Duane .Johnson. First place for breaker, as he dropped that one state archers and non-MSAA and Game and Paul Hunt, a mem­ shoot. the ladies was Joyce Johnson in arrow on the next-to-last arrow of members are encouraged to join ber of the Broken Anow Archery The Black Mount ain Howmen Nevada the AA class with Erma Nelson the final end. in the good times and good com­ Club, and the membROBIN HOOD ARCHERY INC. on t he cake. areas by being able to easily locate doer concentra­ by 1967 the bloom was g·one and in 1968 I saw nary a 215 Glenridge Avenue Actually, I consider we've had good luck bow­ tions by frequent trips, particularly at night by car. deer in two days of hard hunting. Clearly, the food · Montclair, N. J. 07042 hunting in the Adirondacks. Over the past ten years Those deer will not be far away the next morning. supply had simply grown to a height where it was not Please reserve a FREE copy of your Catalog I've spent 37 days bowhunting on seven trips and as soon as available. Such activities are next to impossible in a wilder­ as available to the deer and they had shifted to oth­ taken two deer. In New Jersey I've taken 16 deer in ness area and as a result it takes a long while to er feeding areas. Name ...... about eighty days of hunting over twenty years. learn how to hunt any given location. Now this doesn't mean there are no deer for Address •...... •...... Mathematically, one can show that hunting success At least for an initial period the bowhunter is there are. We see tracks and occasionally see one during our trips in to fish for trout in the Hudson. City ...... in New Jersey is 3.7 times greater than in the Adiron­ required to hunt by stalking until the whereabouts dacks. and habits of the local herd a1·e reasonably estab­ But the numbers have so decreased as to make bow­ State ...... Zip ...... But, correcting to the last ten years to insure lished. Food concentratiops such as orchards and hunting very non-productive. In spite of this I still Please print clearly AM more comparable hunting and shooting abilities, the winter wheat fields usually don't exist when you're try tq hunt in there for a day or so each fall - deer

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I_!. or no deer. It's fun just to be in that location. most enjoyable week that I spent with two compan­ How does one hunt these areas with any hope ions at Round Pond, almost in the shadow of the of success? Probably the most critical factor is proper Adirondack's High Peaks region. The spark for this mental attitude. The bowhunter must reconcile trip came from my son, who had worked summers at himself to two facts. the Huntington Wildlife Forest just to the south. First, he must persevere in his hunting even Particularly, it came from the extensive bear sign though he sights few, if any, deer in the fh:st few he had observed and we hoped for a crack at a bruin days. This is critical because otherwise, careless­ as well as at a whitetail. ness will creep in and deer that might have been seen There are only two ways to get in there, an eight will be prematut·ely spooked before the hunter is mile hike from Long Lake or by plane. We chose the in sight range. latter because Adirondack weather can be miserable Second, he must be able to roam safely for con­ and our "minimum" camp _would have required at Author Sage checks a bear bait at siderable distances searching for deer signs which least two round trips in both directions. Shining Tree Lake, Ontario, in will clue him to the deer movement patterns. This Our camp was adequate but not fancy. We had 1963. roaming can be the key but it also can produce a two Baker tents, one for gear and a larger one for lost hunter destined to spend one or even more nights sleeping. We had a protective fly for the sleeping alone in the woods. This last factor ties many bow­ · tent which proved a godsend when six inches of wet hunters to the immediate vicinity of their camps and snow doused us on the fourth night. greatly reduces their chances of success. Each morning we departed camp, lunches in our It takes guts and ability to stay on stand at a rump packs, with plans to assemble at some point good deer crossing until dusk knowing that camp is for lunch and a comparison of notes. Although we a mile or more away on the other side of a very dark hunted separately, we tried to coordinate our routes and events are more erratic. can silent drive to move deer in your direction; they cedar swamp. The usual result is that when the to avoid interference while still taking advantage It seems safe to say there is no easy sure way to can keep you from getting lost, help you drag out deer does arrive at the crossing, the hunter is well of the others' presence as "silent drivers." At times hunt a wilderness area for the first time. The key is your kill, and generally be an assistant; but the real on his way back to camp. This may be wise but it is we were three to four miles from our c.amp. Although experience and that comes only from hours, days, tough part of bowhunting - getting close and mak­ not very productive. we occasionally got misplaced, we always managed even weeks afield in a particular location. ing the shot - is up to the hunter himself. The wilderness bowhunter must also be much to meet when planned and return to camp before The more you know about the animal, the quicker I'm particularly leery of. the value of guides in more careful not to overly alarm the deer in the area dark. you can become effective. But even the pro needs a areas where the law requires you hire one. In many he hunts. You can literally spook a whitetail out of This was a fortunate trip because we got a pret­ day or two before he can begin to hunt a new area instances it's a "make-work" project and while the his usual haunts by the activities of maintaining· a ty good feel for the deer locations the very first day. effectively. It is even hard to pre-scout many wilder­ motives are nobile and the costs reasonable, the camp in an area where peace and quiet have previ­ Still, it was four days before we managed to put any ness areas because seasonal factors can radically guides are often neither of these thing·s. ously prevailed. At best the local deer will become venison on the meatpole. We saw deer and had area­ disrupt movement patterns of late summer and early I once hooked up with an outfit for a spring bear more nocturnal than would otherwise be the case. sonable number of shots and we also saw a bear and fall. A good crop of beechnuts, or acorns, will cause hunt that provided a father-son team that didn't The reason, of course, is that such animals are simp­ got a crack at that too. In my own case, I had several the deer to completely revise their feeding sched­ know the area, nor did they know the first thing ly not accustomed to strange noises and people and g9od opportunities. ules and locations. about spring hunting for bears. We actually got lost they react accordingly. In contrast, deer of the farm Mainly, however, we'll recall the trip foi· in­ . I place a fair amount of stress on detailed study one day within a hundred yards of the logging road fringe experience frequent, even daily, encounters stances others than our bowhunting success. The of a good topographical map of the area, preferably we walked coming in. Only by brute force did I con­ with man and his many activities. They are not un­ camp was secluded and quiet and the geese going the 7V2 minute series with a scale of about two inch­ vince the guide to go in the direction I knew to be duly scared although they. remain alert at a respect­ south frequented the lake each night. We went to es to the mile. If you have a general knowledge of the right and he even continued arguing when we ful distance until the disturbance is at an end. sleep hearing them talk to each other. We spent forest cover, you can usually make some pretty fair reached the road. hours each evening in front of our fireplace, warm guesses as to where deer may be bedding and feed­ In spite of these things there are places where Deer Less Alert in spite of the cold and often wet weather. We ate ing. At least it g·ives you a clue to work and in the g·uides are needed and there are guides that can good, slept good and generally had a ball. That we bargain, you develop a keen awareness of the topo­ really help. Our Colorado bowhunt for mule deer It is my opinion, however, that the wilderness got a deer, and had a shot at a black bear, was sim­ graphy that allows you to hunt more freely vvith less was one of these situations and without doubt we deer is less alert than his 'country cousin who lives ply the frosting on the cake. concern about becoming lost. greatly profited. But these guides used bows them­ in the local farm woodlot. This may seem to contra­ selves and they knew what to do. We didn't tag each dict the previous parag·:raph but there is a fine line Response to Weather Learning a New Area other all over the landscape. They took us to each of distinction. While less alert the wilderness deer area, explained the terrain and th.e expected deer is nevertheless more disturbed once he is alerted Weather is a primary variable in hunting wilder­ ness areas for it is the thing to which animals do Obviously one of the best ways to hunt a wilder­ locations and the probable behavior of the animals. and takes more drastic evasive actions. ness at·ea is to do so with a partner or guide who The rest was up to us and they were available to Such deet· can be stalked more successfully if respond, usually in predictable ways once they are figured out. Each type of weather brings its own re­ really know what he's about. This is seldom done by help bring out the game if we succeeded. seen before they are alerted. While they do not seem spending a couple of days hanging onto the coattails Yet even with all this I find something is sub­ to recognize the human form as readily, particularly sponse, imposed on top of the usual seasonal, diurnal and other "regular" events in a deer's life. This prob­ of another hunter. Rather it requires time pouring tracted from a hunt where guides are used. The real if it is not moving, they do set!m more alarmed by satisfaction comes in solving the problems yourself, lem of weather greatly complicates hunting strate­ over a topo map with each potentially promising area noise. For these reasons I opt in favor of drab wool­ marked. It involves listening while the knowledg­ and in particular, going into a totally new and un­ en clothing that is quieter in contrast to the less gy and can totally wipe out a hunt. On the other hand, weather can be an invalu­ able person explains his hunting techniques and re­ familiar area and finding the key. visible but noisier camouflage clothing which is counts some of his local experiences. Then you go The problem is that this learning process takes my choice for farm fringe hunting-. able aid once the reaction pattern is established. On the Round Pond hunt referred to earlier, the one out alone and work these areas for yourself, for while time, often if not usually more time than the hunt­ When I think of wilderness hunting I think of a

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