Pope & Young Shoot

[snag]

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

[Bear Heart]

I heard about the shooting a little too late. I would like to make it next year

[Oregon Okie]

Man, he's getting big. Fun shoot for sure.

[VictoryHunter]

Looks like a lot of fun!

[Hud]

Nice post, happy to see your grandson is enjoying the sport; may the spirit live long.

[snag]

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....  
This year there were more families with kids than I've ever seen. Really encouraging to see this.

[elkken]

       Nothing better than watching a youngster shooting a bow. Thanks for sharing !

[Allen Boice]

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?!?!

[snag]

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.    

[BDann]

It's always a blast shooting with kids!

[Whip]

Originally 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!

[twitchstick]

   

[varmint101]

That's great!

[58WINTERS]

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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[JAG]