The Quiver 

    The Newsletter of the Lee County Archers

                    September, 2011 

President’s Notes

      We will change the combination on the lock at the inner gate after the Sept. 3-D this 

weekend. If you have renewed the combination it is on this newsletter. If you have not renewed the combination it is not listed and this will be your last newsletter. If you have renewed and the combination is not on your newsletter contact Ben 239-369-6212.

     The next few months are the busiest time of the year for the state shoots: the State FITA at Newberry (Gainesville) on Sept. 24-25; the State Target at Ft Lauderdale on Oct. 8-9; the State FITA Field at Central Fl. Bowhunters on Nov. 5-6; the State Senior Games at Polk Co. on Dec. 3; the North American Field Championships at Everglades on Dec. 9-11; and of course, the State Unmarked 3-D at our range on Jan. 14-15.

     September is often the wettest month at the range. Be careful on the tree stands and it

 is a good idea to have a pair of low boots in the car. Please do not drive on the grass areas that are under water or soft. You might not get stuck but you will make a mess.

     John Lackey sent me an email with a lot of information about archery on the internet:

 “I would like to encourage anyone with Internet access to use this resource to broaden your archery horizons.  Some of my favorite sites include the following. floridaarchery.org   archery.org  archerytalk.com   and  youtube.com   You tube has hundreds of hours of archery competition available to watch as streaming video.  FITA runs world competition matches four times a year starting in May with a match some where in the world about every month until September, with a final championship match at the end of September.  All the metal matches are posted on you tube a week or so after the match.  Unlike the Olympics, these matches also include compound bows.  Go to youtube.com and search on "archery world cup 2011" for this years matches.  For those of you that don't know, archery competition was dropped from the  Olympics in the 20's, but through efforts by the FITA organization, was returned to competition in 1972.  There's video of the '72 Olympics on youtube, check it out.  You think you got problems shooting distance, these guys really put the arch in archery, shooting 35 pound recurves with heavy aluminum arrows at 90 meters.  Stage 4 of the World Cup is going on this week in Shanghai.  The USA has strong shooters in both recurve and compound.  Florida's own, Diane Watson will be competing as one of four women on the compound team.  Check it out.”  The streaming videos are great and you can learn a lot!

     Lee Schiferl has informed me that he has recently become the area official Pope and Young measurer. The Pope and Young Club (www.pope-young.org) is recognized as the official repository for records on bow-harvested North American big game animals and fosters bowhunting excellence, fair chase hunting and sound conservation. If you have antlers, either recently taken or from a past hunt and would like to have them measured contact Lee at bowhunterlee@yahoo.com or 205-335-4150.

     The club has food and drinks available anytime a board member is at the range to open the kitchen. The prices are posted on the refrigerator door and we depend on the honor system. Please pay for whatever you take so we don’t have to close the kitchen when not supervised.

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