Bowhunter Happening

[bowhuntinmaniac]

lance, remember the shoot is on Saturday, Sunday and Monday..........I'll see ya there.

[jamaro]

Just made it back... It was a great shoot... We had a blast... Thanks ABA for hosting the shoot...

 

J-

[GRONG]

For those of you who don't know, there is a shoot at Mormon Lake June 8th-10th. I know it's not the BHH but it should be fun and I plan on going. Anything's better than roasting and swatting at cedar gnats here in Camp Verde. Maybe I'll see some of you up there............

[AZ402]

For those of you who don't know, there is a shoot at Mormon Lake June 8th-10th. I know it's not the BHH but it should be fun and I plan on going. Anything's better than roasting and swatting at cedar gnats here in Camp Verde. Maybe I'll see some of you up there............

 

You'll see me there wrecking a nice jon after a breakfast burrito..........

[azcouesandelk]

I actually have the 9uth and 10th off of work so I will be up there to shoot that weekend. Josh and Stan if you want to shoot together just let me know.

 

Also my boss's brother Frank Ortiz placed first in the bow hunter happening and won the triple crown for the senior age division for the bowhunter class so I thought I would congratulate him.

[GRONG]

You'll see me there wrecking a nice jon after a breakfast burrito..........

 

Heck man I wish you had a chance to do just that but I didn't find out there was even a shoot happening till this past Sat which is pretty much to late to get a chance at thier business. Maybe next time.

 

I should be able to shoot from around 8ish till 4:30 on that Saturday so if that works..... LETS DO IT!!!!!!!

[azcouesandelk]

I should be able to shoot from around 8ish till 4:30 on that Saturday so if that works..... LETS DO IT!!!!!!!

 

I plan on being there around 7:30 on the 9th and shooting all day so we should at least get 1 round to shoot together. I will also have to bring up some of those sheds I was telling you about!

[bowhuntinmaniac]

Who is putting the shoot on, and whats the name of it?

[jamaro]

Where is Morman Lake?

jason

[bowhuntinmaniac]

30 miles south of Flagstaff, off of Lake Mary Rd.

[Red Rabbit]

Flagstaff Archers, Rim Country Bowhunters and Granite Mountain Archers will be having their 3-club scene shoot at Willard Springs 14 miles on I-17 south of Flagstaff on the weekend of June 23.

 

Doug~RR

[Dick]

Being on the ABA board it might be hard to be impartial but I want to add some input any way.

 

First, I want to be clear that no one intentionally set the date for the BHH to be on top of the Clint’s Well shoot to hurt them, we as a board had to make some decisions some time ago and did not have many options for dates and or location. We understand that the shoot at Clint’s Well was a great success as far as attendance. We expected that would happen this year and honestly hope that everyone there had a great shoot. It was in no way the intention of any of us to divide shooters, but, as I said before, we had to make a decision and did not have many options, regardless of what rumors might be floating around. Believe me they are unfounded.

 

The BHH had about 320 registered shooters. That is counting a family as one shooter because it was only one registration form. Of those, 109 were comp shooters and the remainder non-comp. If a family shooter averaged three members, we probably had 420 to 450 shooters. Down from other years but about what we expected because of the move and the fact that there was another major shoot the same weekend.

 

These are just a few comments by shooters who have shot the BHH for many years.

 

1. “The comp courses were the best I have shot in ten years and the non-comp courses were the best I have ever shot.” This was a statement made by a person who won their division at the BHH and the Triple Crown also. 2. Another shooter said, “This was the best 3-D shoot that I have ever shot in Arizona, don’t change a thing” He was also the winner of his division and a Triple Crown winner. 3. One of the vendors who drove from Las Vegas said he would come back next year even if he didn’t sell a thing. He said it was one of the most beautiful settings for an archery event that he had ever seen. He made a drive one morning before opening his booth and saw over a hundred elk. 4. Bowtech brought their semi-trailer that has a 3-D shoot setup inside with glass sides so spectators may watch from the outside. The operator of the rig was absolutely ecstatic about the location and the response they received. They also had two media persons in attendance and there comments were, “not only do they want to attend again next year but they want to try to become a major sponsor!”

 

Although it was a huge move, the response we got from 95% of those at the shoot was very positive and favorable. They loved the courses, the settings, the lift rides, the BBQ, the awards being inside and the treatment from the Sunrise personnel was outstanding, not only on the Mountain but at dinner at the hotel too. They went above and beyond to make an enjoyable weekend and event for everyone there.

 

As a board, we are very grateful for the hospitality we received from everyone there.

 

I want to thank everyone for their support and patience, as I have said many times, “the ABA is the membership”, not the board members. Unfortunately, we sometimes have to make decisions that are not popular for everyone and that is not an easy thing to do. For those that are upset and frustrated with the ABA, we hope that changes over time. For those that attended the shoot, we hope that is was everything that you hoped it would be and more. Next year will be bigger and better and more planning will be done well in advance.

 

We did the following survey via a questionaire that we asked all shooters to fill out and the response was overwhelmingly positive.

 

Please help us to improve the Bowhunter Happening Shoot! Your comments are important to us. Please fill out this questionnaire and become eligible for a free drawing!

 

On a score of 1 thru 10 with 10 being the highest, how would you rate the following.

 

How do you feel that you were treated by the ABA Board? Circle One` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

 

Did they do everything they could to see that you had a good time? Circle One 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

 

Overall, how would you rate the courses? Circle One. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

 

For location and quality of shoot, compare this location to Williams/Flagstaff? Circle One. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

 

If the shoot were located at Sunrise next year, would you plan to attend? Circle One. Yes No

 

Would you encourage your friends to attend? Circle One. Yes No

 

Do you miss the Hay Wagon rides? Circle One. Yes No

 

We have been very active at the Game and Fish Commission meeting in the last couple years. We feel that our input and effort had a great deal to do with decisions that the Commission made in 2005 when they did not make the proposed changes with the Bull Elk tags where they were going to move a large portion of those tags to August and Sept. This past year we were instrumental in getting the Commission to direct the Game and Fish Dept to move opening of Archery Deer to August 24th from August 31st. In doing so it moved the opening weekend away from Labor Day weekend and also prevented the overlap of Archery Deer and Archery Elk hunts. Do you feel that you are well represented at Commission Meeting by the ABA? Circle One Yes No

 

How would you rate the work that the ABA does with Game and Fish and the Commission in importance. Circle One. Not at all important Somewhat important Very important

 

If we could distribute an on-line electronic Newsletter to our members would you prefer that or the traditional hard copy received in the mail? Circle one. On-line Hard Copy

 

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