Sunday, September 19, 2010

2010 PA Bow Hunter’s Festival

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Just got back from the Bow Fest. We had a great time!

It’s so much fun spending time with the family flinging

arrows at animal targets, running up and down the

mountain side on trails, laughing at the misses and

slaps on the back for great shots! My DIL #2 (Archery Chick)

is a really good shot. She uses a compound bow and just

has that edge to hold tight and shoot well. I shoot a Traditional

50# Recurve Bow with no sights, so if I miss … I have no one to

blame but myself! I was a little concerned about pulling back

the bow this year since an injury to my shoulder but my fears

were unfounded, she pulled real nice for me. My two sons

and husband are great shots with both compound and

traditional bows. So now we are ready for the

Pennsylvania woods come Oct. 2nd.

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This Church always has a Bow Festival Breakfast.  All you can

eat sausage, pancakes and good hot coffee

hit the spot on a chilly 7am morning.

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This is the infamous “Running Deer” target. That deer form

travels back and forth 2 times on a short track at various

speeds. After the 2nd trip it stops mid-track for the archers

to retrieve their arrows. Sometimes it looks like a porcupine

with so many arrows sticking out it’s sides.

It’s around a 45 yard shot and loads of fun.

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It was beautiful there in the morning with the mist

rising along with the Sun.

September smells of wood fires, damp leaves,

outdoor cooking … it’s all good.

Psalm  19 … it’s all good …