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Hawkeye Bowmen's 13th Annual Spring Thaw (The Primitive Shoot)

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BrianS:
Here is list of events for this years Spring Thaw Shoot:
Schedule of events:
Friday (5:00 pm) Hawkeye Boss Gobbler Shoot. (This Event is open to Hawkeye Members only, All other Events are open to All). Meet at the Tom Quinn building
 Friday (6:30pm) One log fire contest. You will need your (primitive) fire starting kit, a container that will hold a cup of water and a tool to split a log. Contest will take place in the driveway near the Tom Quinn building.  Prize to be awarded.
 Saturday (9:00 to 10:00am) Hawk and Knife throw. Bring your own or there will be some to lend at the practice range (follow blue flags).  Prize to be awarded.
Saturday (10:00am until 11:00am) Woodswalk Qualifier. Bring your bow and selfnock arrows to the range near the Tom Quinn building.
Saturday (1:00pm sharp) Woodswalk Shoot  Prize to be awarded
Saturday (6pm) – Camp Feast and Awards in the Clubhouse. Bring a dish to pass. Prize awarded to the best dish.
Sunday (10am) – Clout Shoot meet near the start of the Blue course

Buffalogobbler:
Looks like it will be a great weekend, forecast is sunny and temps in mid 50's.
I can't wait!

Kevin

osage outlaw:
I wish I was close enough to go to this shoot.  You guys have fun and post some pictures.

BrianS:
Latest forecast from NOAA:
Friday Showers likely, mainly between 10 am and 2 pm. Cloudy, with a high near 63. Southwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday Night A chance of showers, mainly before 7 pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Northwest wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. Northwest wind 9 to 11 mph.
Saturday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 35.
Sunday Partly sunny, with a high near 57.

BrianS:
WOW! What a weekend. The weather turned out better than the forecast. We had 49 Adult shooters, a few kids and some folks who just stopped by to see what was happening. On Friday afternoon we held the first annual Boss Gobbler Shoot. The Boss Gobbler Shoot went several rounds and was finally won by Rob Marcotte with a incredible shot. Rob will now get to keep the Hawkeye Traveling Turkey Call and record his hunts in the log book before returning the call next year for another Hawkeye Member to win and hunt with. At Dusk on Friday, we held the one log primitive fire contest. Eric Schultz had his water boiling before all of the other Competitors and won a real nice knife that was donated by Joe Carbone. Unlike the traveling turkey call, Eric gets to keep the knife forever. A special prize of a take down buck saw made by Kevin was awarded to Colton. All of the leftover fires from each Competitor were added to a Memorial campfire for those who have passed. Later Friday Night, Dino (who is Nuisance Trapper" put on a skinning demo. A large crowd watched as he went over skinning and tanning hides. Early Saturday morning the Hawk and Knife throw was held. Tom and Pam have added some new twists and did a great job once again with it. Tom and Pam took the time to instruct some of the throwers who were new to it and even lent out their own hawk and knife. Brian Weiss won a real fine hawk for placing 1st place in the Hawk and Knife Event. The Hawk was also donated by Joe Carbone.  Next we had the Woodswalk which was run by Dino, Eric and Dino's son Colton. The scenario for this years Woodswalk was "Mountain Man Free Trappers in Bear Country". Those Boys put the Competitors through all sorts of scenarios including getting mauled by a bear and losing the use of your arm and dominate eye, making primitive cordage, throwing rabbit sticks, looking for various plants that were out of place on the course, navigating direction, building fires, identifying various animal skulls and of course shooting a bow! It was a hell of a lot of fun and was won by Kevin Raybould. Kevin won a handmade reed quiver that was made by Dino's Wife. Kevin already has a similar quiver so he gave it to the 2nd place finisher! Very generous Kevin. Thank You! Saturday evening the Camp Pot Luck Dinner was held and it was Fantastic! If you left there hungry it was your fault! Kevin donated a hand carved spoon as a prize to the best dish (which was voted on by all who attended). It turned out a tie between Kevin and Dino and Kevin awarded the spoon to Dino for his Shepards pie. Door prizes were given out and two sets of special Kids arrows were given out. The arrows were made by Gerry Lee.  After Dinner we took a group picture for a Get Well Card for our Friend Ed who is normally at the Spring Thaw Shoot. On Sunday morning the Clout Shoot was held. I do not have the Winners name as I missed that event. Thank you to all who attend. Thank you to all of the Hawkeye Members who helped out and Thank you to all who donated the prizes. Here are a few pictures. More to come as I get them organized. Special thanks goes out to John Wiehe for taking many of the photos.
Take care, Brian

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