Primitive Archer
Information and Resources => Primitive Shoots and Events => Topic started by: NorthHeart on February 09, 2018, 10:51:45 am
-
Hi everyone. In the last 3yrs that ive been building bows i still havent met up with any other bowyers in a group setting. I really want to make an event near me this year. I currently live in Wyoming and will be moving to Montana in a few months. Are there any events or gatherings around these areas, either bow building events or shoots, where i can meet some other primitive archers hang out, discuss and do what we love? )P(
-
240,
You're moving further away! What part of MT are you moving to? We do need some sort of gathering in this part of the country. Maybe we can coerce some of the WYO guys to host a gathering WYBowJam? WestBow? Got JW's Turkey Camp in SD in May and the flight shoot at Bonneville UT Labor Day Weekend, and I think that is about it! There are several guys over in UT, I am in Loveland, CO so any gathering is at least about a day's drive,(500 miles), and I ain't 21 anymore! Stay in touch and maybe we can get something going in a sort of central location.keep us posted!
Hawkdancer
-
Hawk-I too am good with about a days drive. Maybe if we could get a few guys together we could make something happen. Ill be moving to Missoula, MT...plenty of young whipper snappers and outdoorsmen for me to rub off on lol. Once i get established there i dont mind hosting something. But attending an event first will give me some idea as to the flow of things.
What city is that even you mentioned in SD?
-
There was a bow making get together in Montana last year that I heard had quite a good turn out. Maybe they will have another this year?
-
I believe JW is in the vicinity of Rapid City, turkey camp is about 14 - 20 May. Missoula is about a day and a half plus from here, but doable., so is Bonneville.
Hawkdancer
-
Yep , the Ojam folks went up to Montana last year and helped put on the first annual Montana selfbow event , it went well and we should be hearing about this years event soon
-
Buckeye-where would i inquire to find more info about this years Montana event? Is that something on FB or that they post on here. I have a way of thinking im informed then missing things lol.
-
I'm a little further West than you guy, here in Oregon, but I'd try to make it an event somewhere out here in the western states. I used to live in Wyoming and Colorado, and I'd love to go back and visit to do an event like this.
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iTI--H5FdE&t=37s
In the link above the guy talking at the very beginning has a shirt that says mtjam with the state of montana outline. When i google it nothing related to a bow event comes up. Does anyone here have more info?
-
240,
I checked last year's post, it was put up by Carson (CMB). That one was in Logan, way up near the border, I think. He may have some info or another contact.
Hawkdancer
-
I will contact them and report back
-
Sorry folks one of the folks in charge is moving to Idaho so they have decided there will not be an event this year
-
Sorry folks one of the folks in charge is moving to Idaho so they have decided there will not be an event this year
Buckeye is this in regards to the Montana event?
-
240,
That is my conclusion. Maybe we can get the guys in Utah to host something the weekend before or after 4 July. They are sort of centrally located. Would have to be rather simple and informal, maybe like some bow building, arrow making, and knapping sessions, with a place to camp.
Hawkdancer
-
Hawk- i like the sound of that. Sit back, build some stuff, camp and tell some stories (SH) :-D
-
Hey all
New here but live in Bellevue ,Idaho and could definatly do an IdaJAM?!
Opportunities I can offer are packgoat adventures, bear hunting spot and stalk and of course packing and crafting self-bows arrows ???
End of May thru june 15 is ideal for all types of fun
Benji
-
Sorry folks one of the folks in charge is moving to Idaho so they have decided there will not be an event this year
Buckeye is this in regards to the Montana event?
Yep they cancelled for this year but as many folks as there are out that way y'all should be able to put something together
My Facebook group has several in that general area if you want we ca n put a post on it to see if you can get some help
Just need someone to step up and lead it
-
Guy,
Please do post it, there are a number of folks that may be interested. I was hoping the guys in Utah would step forward as they are more or less central to the region. I don't do well on the phone, so I would beg off trying to put on a shindig, rendezvous, or jam, and I am 500 plus miles from center - physically, and a few too many hard landings >:D! I would help out, however. I was thinking western Colorado, eastern Utah, SW Wyoming, may have some suitable sites.
Hawkdancer
-
Hey all
New here but live in Bellevue ,Idaho and could definatly do an IdaJAM?!
Opportunities I can offer are packgoat adventures, bear hunting spot and stalk and of course packing and crafting self-bows arrows ???
End of May thru june 15 is ideal for all types of fun
Benji
Hello and welcome to PA.
Im still very interested with meeting up with members here for a Jam. In April i will be relocating to Missoula, so its gonna be a little bit before i can get a job, apartment, and all settled in. After things calm a bit ill see if theres a good location for a meet nearby. If anyone comes up with something between now and then ill try my best to take a day or 2 off and make it!
-
Missoula is 10 hours from me. You are welcome to come out to 2018 Turkey Camp. We'll be free camping on Black Hills National Forest land with no running water, electricity, or comfort plumbing. Fetch along a bedroll or sleeping bag, a tent (or mooch space with someone if you can stand their snoring), and a set of eating utensils. I bring the camp kitchen and do all the cooking. Nobody has complained much yet, except that one jack hole that whined that I shoulda warned him there was gonna be pie so's he coulda saved room. But he shut up when I put him down to bed with his binky, the crybaby.
We skipped last year (sore spot with me and I don't wanna talk about that whole flustercluck), but we'll be back at the spot we were two years ago. It's west of the Crazy Horse Monument if you wanna scan some aerial maps for the lay of the land. Rolling hills with mixed stands of pine and open meadows. There were three turkey roosts within half a mile of camp, we had elk and deer tracks in the trail 20 yards from the kitchen one morning, and one afternoon after a huge lunch and persons were half asleep and loafing, we had a flock of turkey (all hens) come within a bowshot of camp.
If you want to hunt, out of state tags are $100. Camp cost is just your share of the groceries. I buy in bulk, watch for sales, and cook from scratch, so per person for the 5 days it is typically $35-40. You are required to buy your own beverages, however, this year I will be brewing a batch of Caribou Slobber, an American brown ale. Expect to show proper I.D.
Based on the signed affadavits of Primitive Tim (former attendee of turkey camp) and Ryan Gill (hopefully future attendee of camp), GoatPro is invited, too! Feel free to bring your goats, too. Except the sleeve eating reprobate (Elvis?), there have to be SOME standards, after all.
-
Whoohoo
Thanks for the invite JW!
Im headn to OJAM then up to NE for turks end of March
Whens Turkey camp in SD?!
Id love to join if I can and leave Elvis for sheds and bears back home:)
-
JW,
Are those tags for 1 bird(Tom)? Got to mount some broad heads anyway and practice a heck of a lot! Got makings for a "fast" ale that might go well. Is it mainly " tent camping" or is there room for self contained tin tipis? And generator? I'm good either way. Got more tents than sense! >:D. Just have to remember to not pitch the tent where the moose want to walk through! I have been known to grill a mean piece of meat! Would like to see a jam of some sort in our region.
Hawkdancer
-
Whoohoo
Thanks for the invite JW!
Im headn to OJAM then up to NE for turks end of March
Whens Turkey camp in SD?!
Id love to join if I can and leave Elvis for sheds and bears back home:)
The season runs April 14 - May 20. Official dates for Turkey Camp will be the last week of season, May 16-20, but I should have the bare bones set up the weekend before.
JW,
Are those tags for 1 bird(Tom)? Got to mount some broad heads anyway and practice a heck of a lot! Got makings for a "fast" ale that might go well. Is it mainly " tent camping" or is there room for self contained tin tipis? And generator? I'm good either way. Got more tents than sense! >:D. Just have to remember to not pitch the tent where the moose want to walk through! I have been known to grill a mean piece of meat! Would like to see a jam of some sort in our region.
Hawkdancer
Yeah, that tag gets you one bearded bird. So long as your tin teepee isn't too big, we got a spot to park it that is even fairly level! And I know what you mean about a jam, but we are so bloody far from any real population center that getting anyone to attend would be tough. We have a statewide traditional archery group and the few times they have had the event in the Black Hills it was poorly attended even by the people from the state!
-
This sounds awesome JW, thanks for the invite to the event. Just got hired at a new job in Missoula. I told them i would need time off for hunting season. If i can get off for these dates in May ill be there at Turkey Camp to meet you guys!
-
Forgot to ask, is this a "stag" camp? Don't want to invite the lady into a bunch of old reprobates, or young ones, either for that matter!!! >:D. Also bows, only, or can I claim an old guy privilege and use a shotgun? Haven't gotten a turkey either way so it doesn't matter much(but I won't bring a wheelie >:D)!
Hawkdancer
-
This sounds awesome JW, thanks for the invite to the event. Just got hired at a new job in Missoula. I told them i would need time off for hunting season. If i can get off for these dates in May ill be there at Turkey Camp to meet you guys!
Excellent!
Forgot to ask, is this a "stag" camp? Don't want to invite the lady into a bunch of old reprobates, or young ones, either for that matter!!! >:D. Also bows, only, or can I claim an old guy privilege and use a shotgun? Haven't gotten a turkey either way so it doesn't matter much(but I won't bring a wheelie >:D)!
Hawkdancer
Camp is open to anyone regardless of how their plumbing works. I also do not limit people to primitive archery only. It is more about the passion for ETHICAL hunting than anything else. The only thing I ban in camp is pushing your politics or religion and drunkenness. In all three cases it is a safety issue...lots of edged weapons, guns, bows, etc and those three things do not mix well with them!
-
Camp is open to anyone regardless of how their plumbing works. I also do not limit people to primitive archery only. It is more about the passion for ETHICAL hunting than anything else. The only thing I ban in camp is pushing your politics or religion and drunkenness. In all three cases it is a safety issue...lots of edged weapons, guns, bows, etc and those three things do not mix well with them!
HAHA! (lol) I dont know if i can make it now that i am both an activities guide and housing manager at the new ranch im working at. I do hope yall post pictures/stories, i can already tell yall are gonna have an amazing group of folks.