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Hawkeye Bowmen Selfbow Shoot

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MWirwicki:
I can't pull it off this year.  Gonna plan for next year.  Maybe we can talk Pappy into next year as well...  >:D

BrianS:
I had some requests to hold the "one log" primitive fire contest again this year so if anyone is interested in trying your hand at winning the Contest, make sure you pack your flint and steel kits, small hatchets or big knives and a cooking vessel that will hold at least a cup of water. I will fill Everyone in on the exact details at the Shoot. Dino went as far as to say he would pass on using his flint and steel this time and start his fire with a bow drill. There sure was some interesting thoughts on what methods to try last year and now that some of the guys know the drill I bet they do it even better this year.  Rob donated one of his handmade fire pistons as a prize for the contest this year.

Buffalogobbler:
Matt, it was a pleasure meeting you and your family at Twin Oaks last May!
If you can ever get up to Hawkeye for our primitive shoot in April, we would love to have you.

Kevin

Buffalogobbler:
Good thing the shoot is'nt today, we just got another 5" of snow! :o
It should be gone by the time the shoot rolls around, hopefully ???

Kevin

BrianS:
We have had everything from warm and sunny to cold and snowy for the annual Hawkeye Spring Thaw Selfbow Shoot and the one thing in common every year was that Everyone had a good time by making the most of whatever Mother Nature threw our way. I can remember one year sleeping out in a open faced diamond shelter with 3 wool blankets in front of a big campfire with Night time temps down to 18 degrees. I also remember running the Woodswalk Qualifier one Year when the cross wind was blowing over 50 mph! We had a flint and steel station on the Woodswalk one time in the pouring rain and guys got their fires started. Of course we have had some years that the weather was Sunny and in the 70s. Regardless of whatever the Weather was, I always have a great time every year and I would not change a thing. If it gets too cold, we have a clubhouse with a gas furnace and a big woodstove for anyone who might want to warm up.

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