New York Area

[3Feathers]

Just wondering if anybody is from the mohawk valley area in upstate NY.

[No-sage]

I live in Niskayuna, near Albany, right up the hill from the river.

There are a bunch of us in this area.

[ishiwannabe]

Im south of Albany about a half hour. You should check out the JLMBH thread.

[Izzy]

This is a Mecca for traditional archery.Now I know I may be biased but some of the greatest trad archers in the world live in the Mohawk and Hudson River valleys.Ken Thornhill,Keith Deters,Al Pennick , Gary Ragnear the list goes on and on.Also a very mysterious and incredibly talented archer known as Ray Melendez comes to hunt and stump around here even though he doesnt live here.For $20.00 you too can join their pestigious ranks in the Mohawk Hudson Traditional Archers.Check the link in Trad Events and welcome to the area.  

[Izzy]

Oh, I forgot to mention Ron Waldron.He owns most of the bows manufactured in the last half century.Quite a comprehensive collection minus the Kim-Sha he's gonna be selling me soon.

[Zmonster]

Izzy,

Sounds interesting. Could you point me to the link? I'm having trouble finding reference to Mohawk Hudson Traditional Archers.

[ishiwannabe]

Check the trad events thread. Keith lists the gatherings there, and I believe he has included a link to their homepage.

[ron w]

I live in Tribes Hill N.Y., about 4 miles west of Amsterdam, 4 miles east of Fonda, right on the Mohawk River. Check out what Izzy said about the Mohawk - Hudson Trad Archer's, good bunch to shoot with and have some fun .......Izzy That Kim-Sha longbow ain't ready to leave the fold just yet, even if you shoot it well!!!!!

[horatio1226]

I'm 10 minutes from ishiwannabe

[horatio1226]

Where are you 3 feathers?

[3Feathers]

You can find me in Dolgeville just about a hour west of Albany.

[Izzy]

I hunt just over the hill in Herkimer.BIG deer, not many though.

[Vintage45]

Tim. I live in Stratford. Thats almost a suburb of Dolgeville. Marty

[ronp]

Hey Marty,
I drive through Stratford every week end in the fall that I can get up to my friends camp over in Benson.  Nice area!

[ron w]

How ya doing Marty?

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Timothy,

Well Ron is practically in your back yard.  I live in Scotia, Your more than welcome to come out anytime. There are a few Trad archers along the I90 Corridor.  

Tolgate archery shoot is coming this weekend you can find a lot of people there which is real close to you.

MHTA is a great cheap club.  very informal and a lot of top notch people.

The Herkimer region is awesome. I used to drive that way every other day.  

I also think you should check out the JLMBH, also MHTA has a shoot coming Feb 21.  You couldn't have picked a better area to shoot trad in.

Hope to see you at a shoot, good luck,
Charlie

[mcgroundstalker]

Hey Tim... You gotta check out the 2010 JLMBH thread! Bet you can make a lot of new friends at this hunt.

... mike ...

[No-sage]

Here is the link to the Mowhawk Hudson Traditional Archers:    MHTA Website  

E-mail Jeff Vadney for more info, his email is listed on top of the blog page.

[IndianaBowman]

I'm just South of Albany on the East side of the Hudson. Hope to meet you at the JLMBH or other local event.