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Title: Pope & Young Shoot
Post by: snag on July 29, 2013, 11:49:00 AM
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Our traditional archery club hosted the Pope & Young Shoot here in Brownsville, Oregon this past weekend. It was the first time my 5 yr old grandson had attended. If you could have harnessed the enthusiasm and energy this boy had during the 3 days you could have lite up a city for a week! Sitting in our camp as the sun faded that first evening he tells me "Grandpa, I love our camp and I love this place".....good stuff. It has been such a blessing to see him grow as a young child and embrace our tradition in archery.
We do the Clout and Wand shoot in the Pope & Young. The Clout is a 180 yds to see how close you can get to a stake. The Wand being 100 yds to try and hit a post with a 2" wide stripe up it.  My grandson tried the Clout and told me he needed a bigger bow! haha
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Post by: Bear Heart on July 29, 2013, 11:56:00 AM
I heard about the shooting a little too late. I would like to make it next year
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Post by: Oregon Okie on July 29, 2013, 12:39:00 PM
Man, he's getting big. Fun shoot for sure.
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Post by: VictoryHunter on July 29, 2013, 01:06:00 PM
Looks like a lot of fun!
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Post by: Hud on July 29, 2013, 01:08:00 PM
Nice post, happy to see your grandson is enjoying the sport; may the spirit live long.
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Post by: snag on July 29, 2013, 03:12:00 PM
He was telling everyone that asked that his grandpa makes the best arrows! Good boy! haha  
His form is really good when shooting. Kind of surprising from this age I think. Yeah, he is exceptional....   :biglaugh:
This year there were more families with kids than I've ever seen. Really encouraging to see this.
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Post by: elkken on July 29, 2013, 03:35:00 PM
:thumbsup:    :thumbsup:    Nothing better than watching a youngster shooting a bow. Thanks for sharing !
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Post by: Allen Boice on July 29, 2013, 10:25:00 PM
First time out and he's already needing a bigger bow, well there's boy after my own heart.  I wonder where he can get some quality arrows to go with that bigger bow?!?!
Title: Re: Pope & Young Shoot
Post by: snag on July 30, 2013, 12:11:00 AM
Missed seeing you there Allen.

After "working" the Surewood Shaft booth he found a douglas fir stick on one of the paths and told me he was going to make an arrow out of it.    :thumbsup:
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Post by: BDann on July 30, 2013, 07:07:00 AM
It's always a blast shooting with kids!
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Post by: Whip on July 30, 2013, 07:19:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by snag:
 "Grandpa, I love our camp and I love this place".....
You had to be beaming from the inside after that comment!!
Great stuff!
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Post by: twitchstick on July 30, 2013, 09:13:00 AM
:thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
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Post by: varmint101 on July 30, 2013, 10:14:00 AM
That's great!
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Post by: 58WINTERS on August 01, 2013, 07:50:00 PM
I was having a little trouble with my blueberry pancake project till he showed up and set me straight. The second batch was good.
Good times David.
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Post by: JAG on August 01, 2013, 08:53:00 PM
:bigsmyl:    :campfire:    :clapper:    :archer2: