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Hawkeye Bowmen Spring Thaw Selfbow Rendezvous

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BrianS:
I never measured it out but I believe the distance Gerry set up was over 80 yards. Gerry had said the original distances for Clout Shoots were greater but it is the longest we can set up with our heavily wooded property. Sure is fun watching those arrows fly! Hope to see a few more holes in the target this year.

BrianS:
For those who have collected the Spring Thaw Shoot Medallions, this year's Medallion is cut from a Osage Stave with this year's date handpainted on with a primitive pigment paint. My hand still hurts for painting all of them!

Agincourtwarb0w:
Hi there Buffalogobbler! Looking forward in meetin' you too mate!  ;D
I will search that now, think I may have seen it, Gerry was showing me all his videos of Hawkeye, looks great gents!
For military practice one would have to hit a target the size of a man 8 out of 10 times at 220 yards. One was needed to achieve this to be in the kings army. Clout however can refer to roving as well where distances can vary with the lay of the land (such as this). Much practice was of course needed from every man from age 7 to 65, it was the law to practice after church every sunday, that is why sports such as football and bandyball was made illegal. As it distracted youth from their archery  ;D :laugh:
Cheers,
-Jake

Ifrit617:
Hey Kevin I was watching your clout shoot video... looks real fun... I have a question though.... Are you the guy that said he was going to shoot first so that he could take video? If so I got a follow up... ;D


Jon

Buffalogobbler:
Jon,
Yea, I'm the guy that was going to demonstrate my ability to miss the target.
I accomplished that task, but just barely, because I hit the bale, about a foot from the paper.
Kevin

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