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September 6th 2015 3D Archery Shoot Report / Results

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We had a pretty good turnout considering that the shoot was over the [Labor] Day weekend. There were 21 shooters that came out to test their skills on our course. Everyone liked shooting the new targets we purchased from Scuhbachs in Jackson in time for this shoot. The next shoot will be on Sept.27th, just in time to get your practice in before opening day of the bow season.
The class winners were:

Men’s  Freestyle:
1) Jamie Powers       241
2) Tom Dembinski    228
3) Nick Aldrich          223

Women’s Freestyle:
1) Megan Dembinski   194

Jr. Freestyle:
1)  Griffin Murphy     206
2)  Parker Murphy    200
3)  April Dembinski  138

Men’s Open:
1) Barry Stapleton   257
2) Craig Ludwik       256
3) Larry Brian          245

– Len Ellsworth

August 2015 3D Archery Report / Results

Archery, Special Events

Here is a short note letting you know about the August Archery Shoot

We had 18 participant s this month. We had 12 shooters in the Hunter Class which seems to be the bigger class for us. We have changed the class as far as sights go. If you hunt with a single pin, HHA, Tru-glo, etc than you can shoot in the Hunter class. In the Hunter class the distances will be from 12 yrds. – 32 yrds with most being somewhere in between. Shooting the 3-D course is a great way to learn how to judge distances. Come on out, judge the distance, shoot the target, and than check it with a rangefinder if you choose. Or you can bring your rangefinder and check distances before you shoot if you wish. If you decide to do that, than please don’t turn your score in for the daily competition but turn it in for the prizes we give out from some of our Sponsors. We are changing the course each shoot and trying to make it fun and challenging at the same time. We had three probationary members show up to help which was great to see. Ron Gaw, Mark Belcher and Corey Faupel came and sure made it easier to run the shoot.

We will be having a Hunting swap meet at the next shoot, Sept. 6th. Anyone wanting to sell/swap something hunting related bring it to the shoot (along with your bow) and have it priced along with your name and phone number on it and we will try and sell it for you. We will not negotiate prices. That is why if you aren’t there they can call you if interested. I don’t think pistols should be there so if you have one either take a picture of it and/or have a description of it and we will have a board we will post it on. That also is for bigger items such as a boat, tent, reloading items, anything that is either to big or to much trouble to bring in the building.

Results from the shoot are;

FREESTYLE (HUNTER)
1) Dave Eddings 269
2) Mike Day 243
3) Rob Hendricks 248

OPEN (PRO)
1) Joey Brian 275
2) Larry Brian 248
3) Barry Stapelton 228

CROSSBOW
1) Tim Eisman 121
(It should be noted that Tim only shot the first 15 targets)

We had three gift certificates donated by Scubachs that we gave out in a drawing from everyone who turned their scores in after the shoot. The winners were;

1) Rob Hendricks
2) Larry Brian
3) Barry Stapleton

They will be able to pick up their certificates at the next shoot.

We had three members shoot in August. Tim Eisman, Art Guzowski, and Breck Stringer. Thanks for the support. Lets see some more of the members out for the shoots.

– Len Ellsworth

June 2015 Archery Shoot Results

Archery

Open
1st) Joey Brian 267
2nd) Larry Brian 258
3rd) Dale Becker 249
Freestyle
1st) Kevin Albight 276
2nd) Carl Connin 268
3rd) Rob Hendricks 257
Recurve
1st) Ron Cyphers 235
2nd) Robert Speiss 207
3rd) Rob Rayer 205

We had a good turnout for the June Shoot. We had 32 shooters. Some were new to the Club shoots, others were regulars. it seems that we are not getting the word out that the shoots are happening again. Several shooters just found out that we are having shoots again. Breck Stringer is going to make up a couple more new rules boards and print a few more flyers for us and hopefully we will get some more advertisements out there. We are going to try and advertise in some of the local papers along with some of the monthly, Outdoor News, Woods and Water, etc. We did not have anyone from the Club participate in the shoot for June. Usually we take turns going out and shooting but we really didn’t have enough help during the shoot to be able to do this. I would like to thank those who helped during the shoot along with everyone who set up the course. Of course Mike Boyer and his right hand man Larry Collins for running the kitchen and making great food available for the participants is a great plus. I think that the shoots will start having more participants as the word spreads. The course will be different again for the July Shoot as we are trying to make it different each month. Everyone complimented that the course was great, some even said that Chelsea has the best course around. Come on out and enjoy this, if you have to come alone than we will find someone for you to shoot with. I had an email asking about the course from a local family from Chelsea asking about the course. He thought that the course would be to hard for his son. I assured him that it is not. We try and make this course set up for everyone from 5 to 80 years old. Competitive for those who want and just fun for those of us who are just honing their skills. Hope to see you at the next shoot on JULY 19th.

– Len Ellsworth

May 2015 Archery Shoot results

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The winners for the May 3rd shoot are:

Men’s Open:
1st – Dale Becket – 223

Men’s freestyle:
1st – Brad Mahalak – 268
2nd – Nick Benidict – 246
3rd – Kyle Tillotson – 234

Cub:
1st – Mikayla Becker – 86
 

Total shooters: 15

l would like to thank all that helped out with the 1st shoot of the year. Mike Boyer and Ron Mast were there all day. Breck Stringer, Bruce Sullins, Ron, and probie Nathan Sova all put in a lot of time helping set up the course. Dave Tihonen, Mike Woods, Mike Hakale, Breck, Ron, and Nathan all helped Mike Boyer out in the kitchen to make it a success.

Next month the targets will mostly stay the same, we will just adjust the yardage and angle of the shot. We have six volunteers to help set-up the course. They are Bruce Sullins and Tom Nienhaus for targets 1-10, Larry Collins and Mike Hakale for 11-20, and Breck Stringer and Nathan Sova for 21-30. Thank you for volunteering.

We were lucky to have the Flintknappers Weekend at the Club during this shoot. I have been at the shoots before when this was going on but I would just kind of walk around to see what was going on, not staying very long and really didn’t see much of it. I was there all day and was amazed at the families that came to see this. There were kids involved watching and learning how to weave baskets, make broadheads, strings for bows, bows and a lot of other primitive things. It was very educational for me just to see all of this going on. I heard a couple of kids telling their dad that they wanted to get a bow and learn how to shoot. Not too many places I know of that you can go and see this part of history being shown. They, the Flintknappers, would like to come back next year in April so if there is an opening on the 1st Sunday in April, we might just be starting up the bow shoots a month earlier next year.

Thanks again for all of the help and participation,
Len Ellsworth

3D Archery Schedule for 2015

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Here is the 3D Archery Schedule for 2015:

May 3rd
June 7th
July 19th
August 2nd
September 6th
September 27th

Registration time for all shoots is 8am to 3pm.

We Hope you come out and enjoy our 3D course that winds through our club grounds, 74 acres of beautiful scenery and challenging shots!

For More Information – Contact Len Ellsworth: [email protected]

Archery Shoot Results – September 28th, 2014

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We had our best turn out of the year last Sunday with 34 shooters. Everyone who has shot the course this year really likes it. Chelsea has the best sight for the 3-D course in the area. Not too many places where you have up and down hills along with some wetlands. We try to change the course for every shoot but it is hard to do with just two helpers from the Club participating. We only had two shooters participate from the Club again this shoot. I know if we could have just got some of the members to come out they would see that it has changed and I think they would really enjoy the course. I brought some hamburger, hot dogs, kielbasa, soft drinks, and chips along with my grill from home and Breck Stringer, a member, cooked them up. I think that goes along way towards making the shoots better.
– Len Ellsworth

Results from 9/28

Freestyle Mens

1)      Mark Truhn           282
2)      Breck Stringer      258
3)      Clifford Horvath    257

 

Recurve Mens

1)      John Barkley        249
2)      Brad Schroeder   163

 

Recurve Cub

1)      Jeremy Schroeder    170 

– Len Ellsworth

Saturday Trap Fun Shoot – August 9th

Trap Shoots
Just a quick reminder that the Aug. “Fun” shoot is this coming Saturday morning.  Same fun time 9am-12pm.  I will start setting up around 8 ish. if any one wants to give a hand.  I was thinking we would set up our improvised “Redneck Fivestand”.
– Chris Putnam