Texins Archery Club Indoor "Bowhunter" League Starts Sept. 7
Texins Archery Club will have a 5-week "Bowhunter" League at the TXAA indoor range in Plano (600B Accent Dr, Plano, 75025) starting on Wednesday, September 7. The shoots will be from 7pm - 9pm each Wednesday, from September 7 thru October 5. Since hunting season is almost upon us, the emphasis in this League will be shooting scenarios and targets that simulate hunting conditions - think of it as a tune-up for hunting. Here are some of the details and groundrules:
* Entry fee is $75 ( $15 per week), payable at the first shoot. To be eligible for the Grand Prizes, you must participate in all 5 weeks. In addition, each week there will be an optional money pot - shooters can contribute $5 to the pot, and the pot will be paid-out to the top shooters that night.
* There will be separate classes for Compound shooters and Traditional shooters. Compound shooters may not use "target bows" - that is, no scopes, and no stabilizers longer than 12 inches. The idea is to use a bow rigged for hunting.
* Grand Prize for each class will be a Hog Hunt hosted by Clint Montgomery at the property he leases from North Star Outfitters (near Tyler, TX). Prizes will be based on your cumulative scores from all five weeks.
* The format will vary each week, with at least 20 shots at both 2-D and 3-D animal targets. Rangefinders and binoculars may be used. The shot setups/scenarios will become progressively more challenging each week, and will include shooting from an elevated platform, from inside a pop-up blind, and from a hang-on style tree stand secured to a column of the building (the tree stand will just be a couple feet off the floor though). We may vary the lighting conditions too. The point of all this is to create fun ways to simulate shots taken under hunting conditions.
* At the final shoot on Oct. 5, we will up the ante a bit - some of the shots will require you to shoot broadheads! You hunters know that the ultimate test of how well your hunting bow is set-up and tuned is how it performs shooting broadhead-tipped arrows. So, continuing the theme of simulating hunting scenarios, we will have some shots where you will be scored according to how close you come to hitting designated spots on a 3-D target with broadhead-tipped arrows. You will be able to potentially gain (or lose) a lot of points based on these shots - yes, just like in real hunting, there will be a penalty for making bad shots in this scenario.
Hopefully this will be a challenging and fun format that will have the secondary benefit of helping you get tuned up for hunting season. Plus it will be a great way to get to know other club members and even recruit new folks. If you want to participate, please email Bob Barnette (info@dallasarchery.com) so that we can have an advance idea of how many shooters to expect. Then the formal signup and entry fee payment can be done at our first shoot on the 7th. Come out and join us!
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