Shooting USA's Impossible Shots

[Bill Stryker]

M58,
what archery?  were you sending a picture about archery? I didn't see any archery.
BTW I have in the distant past had archery awards -- I just like things that go bang and shoot farther better.

[Walter45Auto]

The bad thing about archery is, Arrows are more expensive than bullets! Also, I've never been any good with a bow. Never had too many opportunities to try it either though......

[jnevis]

I watched part of it and thought it was OK.  I'm more on th etechie/gear junkie side of things but like seeing how the best can do.  The segment with Bob Mundon shooting the fletching off the arrow was impressive.  Probably won't be a show I run home to watch though.

I am of the opinion, like others, that ANY TV show or report that isn't trying to make us the bad guys is good for the collective group, hunters, shooters, and bowmen.

I'd love to be able to get the local high school to have any shooting pogram, including archery.  The oldest has expressed some interest in action pistol and would be a good way to get her out of the house and participating in something besides texting and MySpace.

[MikeBjerum]

jnevis,

A way we got it into our local school was through Agriculture.  Or Ag instructor and FFA advisor runs the shooting program in the school.  He is also the one that does the Archery in School program.  He has struggles with two school board members that think guns are bad, but it is a part of FFA so it has been able to stay.

If you can't get it in the school look into 4-H and Scouting.  We have shooting kids that drop 4-H because they don't like all the meetings, but we found out that shooting practices and events count as meetings.  So, shooting sports kids need very few general meetings a year up hear, and it has really helped the program.

[MikeBjerum]

Did anyone see American Rifleman last night.  I only caught a couple minutes and thought it was going to be good, but the freezer in the garage took a dump and I spent the next hour figuing out what to squeez in the small freezer and what to eat quick.  So much for Wednesday Night at the Range 

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[pops1911]

Archery? What archery? ......   

[jnevis]

jnevis,

A way we got it into our local school was through Agriculture.  Or Ag instructor and FFA advisor runs the shooting program in the school.  He is also the one that does the Archery in School program.  He has struggles with two school board members that think guns are bad, but it is a part of FFA so it has been able to stay.

If you can't get it in the school look into 4-H and Scouting.  We have shooting kids that drop 4-H because they don't like all the meetings, but we found out that shooting practices and events count as meetings.  So, shooting sports kids need very few general meetings a year up hear, and it has really helped the program.

Our schools don't have 4H or FFA and the Scouters, both Boy and Girl Scouts, are deathly afraid of anything firearms related.  I was Council staff in Japan and San Diego for BSA and the restrictions on what even the Explorers (older, high school age, co-ed) could do was almost not worth trying.  I got around the rules to some extent when I was a Scout and in Japan but could only imagine the differences now, almost 10 years of law suits later.

[MikeBjerum]

Our schools don't have 4H or FFA and the Scouters, both Boy and Girl Scouts, are deathly afraid of anything firearms related.  I was Council staff in Japan and San Diego for BSA and the restrictions on what even the Explorers (older, high school age, co-ed) could do was almost not worth trying.  I got around the rules to some extent when I was a Scout and in Japan but could only imagine the differences now, almost 10 years of law suits later.

Sorry to hear that.  When I was doing my time in California (from my 10th birthday till I graduated) I had an old farmboy history to sustain me while my uncles made sure I kept up on my interest on hunts and at private ranges.

The only other advice I can give it to find a range or club that is willing to include youth in an existing program or start one.

Good Luck !!!

[Pathfinder]

billstryker and alfsauve,

Please focus on the picture while you explain to me what you have against archery ...

Shouldn't she have protectors on her, well, um, at least her forearm?

That's some damn fine shooting too!

 

[alfsauve]

It was a nice piece on NASP.  It is a great program and a good video segment.  I even enjoyed learning about it.    I think I see why they did this piece. 

But in general SUSA, SG and AR should be about guns.


[M58] Is she using constant or variable cams?  Hard to focus in the picture.