Primitive Archer
Information and Resources => Primitive Shoots and Events => Topic started by: Buffalogobbler on February 16, 2016, 11:10:24 am
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The dates are set April 22nd-24th.
This Saturday we have our planning meeting where we will snow shoe into the woods build a nice fire with flint and steel, have a big venison and eggs breakfast and plan out the events to be held at The Primitive Shoot this year.
If you want to see some of what we have done in the past go to my you tube channel(buffalogobbler1) and check out the "woods Walk" and "Clout Shoot" videos.
Or if I did it right you can click on the clout shoot link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIsBg9keH38
More info. to come.
If you have any questions you can PM me or Brians.
Kevin
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Funny thing is we have a real nice heated Clubhouse but it just doesn't seem right to have our Primitive Shoot planning meeting inside so We trek back into our woods in the middle of Winter to have our meeting. I guess by some folks standards (Us Hawkeye Boys) ain't all there but I think maybe it might be the other way around.
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We had our planing meeting back in the Hawkeye woods this morning to discuss the Spring Thaw Shoot. Items discussed were continuing the Friday "One Log Primitive Fire Contest", Saturday's Hawk and Knife Throw, The Archery Woodswalk and of course the Evening Camp Feast (making a small change to include the old Cooking Contest with the Camp Feast. The Clout Shoot will be held on Sunday. Dino and Eric have been working on some challenges for this year's Woodswalk that should be fun. We already have some prizes being donated. Here are a few pictures from our "Breakfast Meeting" in the Woods including one of "Buffalo Gobbler" aka Kevin receiving a surprise gift of a handcrafted barktan haversak (Dino did the tanning and Rob made the bag), "Raisin" aka Colton (Dino's Son) eating a breakfast sandwich bigger than he is!.
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Breakfast was sausage, french toast, eggs, bacon, cheese rolls and raisin bread toast. All cooked over a campfire that was started with flint and steel. Here are a few more pictures of our morning. If you are looking for a small very laid back Primitive Shoot, this may be of interest.
In previous years, we have had between 40 and 60 Shooters attend. We are not looking to grow this Event into a big Shoot but there is room for new folks to attend.
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Hawkeye Member Joe Carbone donated this knife to be awarded as a prize at this year's Spring Thaw Shoot.
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Joe donated another real nice knife to be awarded as a prize this year. The picture does not do it justice. Somebody is going to be very happy when they win it.
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The One Log Primitive Fire Contest will be held again this year at the Spring Thaw Shoot. Here is how it works for those who have not competed in it. Each Competitor chooses his/hers one log from our firewood shed. That one piece of firewood is your only source of kindling and fuel for your fire. You must then process the one piece into kindling and firewood using your hawk, axe or knife, start your fire using a primitive method (flint and steel, fire piston, friction fire, the choice is yours) and then bring one cup of water to a rolling boil using whatever container you have. The Winner is the one who accomplishes all of this in the fastest time. Note: One cup of water on a natural gas stove takes around two minutes to bring to a boil. "The Devil is in the Details" on how to win. Correct choice of log (btu's from which type of tree, big piece has more fuel but is harder to process, little piece easier to process but contains less fuel), Use of a large axe or small axe or knife, which method is used to create a flame, what container is used to hold the water, the wind direction, the weather conditions). In the past this event has been a lot of fun and the Woodsman competing raise the level every year.
Here are a couple of pictures from last year (Karl using a bow drill to get his fire started and last year's Winner Rob who used a fire piston he had made)
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That looks like a GREAT time. Wish I was closer, I'd be right there with Ya ! Bob
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Hawkeye is blessed with some exceptional Members. Joe Carbone in addition to the knives has donated this Hawk as a prize to be awarded this year. God Bless you Joe!
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Nice ! Bob
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My partner and I have this years Woods Walk all planned out...unfortunately I was not able to run it last year as a result of a ruptured Achilles but will be making up for it this time around (and thanks to Brian S. for stepping in at the last minute to help out!).
We are planning to enter 5 competitors at the entry shoot with a special Wild Card event at our camp for a total of 6. We had a very hard time picking which challenges to use in an effort to keep the event down to a reasonable time length and not send anybody to the hospital (sorry Ed).
In addition to several shooting challenges, we also plan to put the competitors up against each other to test their orientation skills, fire making, knot tying, first aid, observation and identification skills, axe skills, and more...with many special twists of course! Each of the challenges are tied together with an underlying Mountain Man (Free Trapper) story plot in the background.
And how can I forget...the winner will go home with an incredible prize...maybe a knife, a hawk, a basket quiver made by my wife, or something else...we shall see!!!
Cannot wait and really hope to see some new faces!! This event will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2016.
Thanks,
Dino
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The cost for all of this fun is $10.00 per day or only $20.00 for the whole weekend, and that includes camping!!!
Kevin
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Just received more donations for prizes. Both were crafted and donated by Hawkeye Member Kevin Raybould aka "Buffalo Gobbler". The Turkee Caller sounds as good as it Looks! The take down buck saw is made to use and is crafted very well. Kevin donates every year and is hell of a good guy!
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Only about a month away, I can't wait!
Our snow is gone already hopefully we'll have great weather.
Kevin
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Over the years, We have had every type of weather (snow, rain, winds and Sunshine) at the Spring Thaw Shoot. The Folks who attend are a tough bunch of Backwoodsmen and women who know how to handle just about anything. After being out in the weather all day, going back to a well setup Camp and getting a fire going sure is a good feeling.
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Hawkeye Bowmen is located in Marilla NY on rte:354 (13300 Clinton Street). Look for the Hawkeye Sign at the road as you can not see the Club from the road. The Shoot starts on Friday Aprill 22 at noon and runs through Sunday April 24 at noon. There is plenty of room to pitch a tent. We will not have Camper hookups for this Shoot. There is city water in our heated clubhouse along with flush toilets. We will have some firewood cut up for Shooters to use. If you are just going for one day, Saturday would be your best bet as there is more going on that day. This Shoot is a small event (about 20 targets) and normally attracts 40 to 60 shooters. The Shoot is for Selfbows only (no laminated bows for this one except for kids who may shoot any kind of bow). We hold some events during the weekend if you are interested You must shoot selfnock arrows at the Events. If you just want to shoot the courses you can shoot any type of arrow. We do not have a kitchen for this Shoot. If you are looking for a big event with all the bells and whistles this one is probably not for you. However if you are looking for a small laid back Shoot where you can shoot / meet other like minded Primitive Archers/ and share knowledge of Primitive Archery and related skills, the Hawkeye Spring Thaw may be of interest.
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Here are a few pictures from this morning to give You a idea of what our property looks like. The last picture is a sign of spring (leeks poking up through the snow)
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Hawkeye President Phil Fleck donated one of his candle lanterns and Hawkeye Kitchen Chair Rob Marcotte donated one of his fire pistons for this year's prize table for our Guests. We have the courses all set up and a big pile of firewood cut. Also We are making plans to hold a unique little event for Hawkeye Members attending the Spring Thaw Shoot. Even if you are not a Hawkeye Member it should be fun to watch and cheer on your favorite Hawkeye Member. Details of the Members event to be announced. Hope to see some of the folks from this Primitive Archer board at the Shoot.
Take care,
Brian
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Cool Prizes ! Bob
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Beautiful pictures, should be some cold fun for sure, some day hope to make this one. Cool prizes also, someone will be very happy with them. :)
Pappy
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Here is list of events for this years Spring Thaw Shoot:
Schedule of events:
Friday (5:00 pm) Hawkeye Boss Gobbler Shoot. (This Event is open to Hawkeye Members only, All other Events are open to All). Meet at the Tom Quinn building
Friday (6:30pm) One log fire contest. You will need your (primitive) fire starting kit, a container that will hold a cup of water and a tool to split a log. Contest will take place in the driveway near the Tom Quinn building. Prize to be awarded.
Saturday (9:00 to 10:00am) Hawk and Knife throw. Bring your own or there will be some to lend at the practice range (follow blue flags). Prize to be awarded.
Saturday (10:00am until 11:00am) Woodswalk Qualifier. Bring your bow and selfnock arrows to the range near the Tom Quinn building.
Saturday (1:00pm sharp) Woodswalk Shoot Prize to be awarded
Saturday (6pm) – Camp Feast and Awards in the Clubhouse. Bring a dish to pass. Prize awarded to the best dish.
Sunday (10am) – Clout Shoot meet near the start of the Blue course
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Looks like it will be a great weekend, forecast is sunny and temps in mid 50's.
I can't wait!
Kevin
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I wish I was close enough to go to this shoot. You guys have fun and post some pictures.
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Latest forecast from NOAA:
Friday Showers likely, mainly between 10 am and 2 pm. Cloudy, with a high near 63. Southwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday Night A chance of showers, mainly before 7 pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Northwest wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. Northwest wind 9 to 11 mph.
Saturday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 35.
Sunday Partly sunny, with a high near 57.
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WOW! What a weekend. The weather turned out better than the forecast. We had 49 Adult shooters, a few kids and some folks who just stopped by to see what was happening. On Friday afternoon we held the first annual Boss Gobbler Shoot. The Boss Gobbler Shoot went several rounds and was finally won by Rob Marcotte with a incredible shot. Rob will now get to keep the Hawkeye Traveling Turkey Call and record his hunts in the log book before returning the call next year for another Hawkeye Member to win and hunt with. At Dusk on Friday, we held the one log primitive fire contest. Eric Schultz had his water boiling before all of the other Competitors and won a real nice knife that was donated by Joe Carbone. Unlike the traveling turkey call, Eric gets to keep the knife forever. A special prize of a take down buck saw made by Kevin was awarded to Colton. All of the leftover fires from each Competitor were added to a Memorial campfire for those who have passed. Later Friday Night, Dino (who is Nuisance Trapper" put on a skinning demo. A large crowd watched as he went over skinning and tanning hides. Early Saturday morning the Hawk and Knife throw was held. Tom and Pam have added some new twists and did a great job once again with it. Tom and Pam took the time to instruct some of the throwers who were new to it and even lent out their own hawk and knife. Brian Weiss won a real fine hawk for placing 1st place in the Hawk and Knife Event. The Hawk was also donated by Joe Carbone. Next we had the Woodswalk which was run by Dino, Eric and Dino's son Colton. The scenario for this years Woodswalk was "Mountain Man Free Trappers in Bear Country". Those Boys put the Competitors through all sorts of scenarios including getting mauled by a bear and losing the use of your arm and dominate eye, making primitive cordage, throwing rabbit sticks, looking for various plants that were out of place on the course, navigating direction, building fires, identifying various animal skulls and of course shooting a bow! It was a hell of a lot of fun and was won by Kevin Raybould. Kevin won a handmade reed quiver that was made by Dino's Wife. Kevin already has a similar quiver so he gave it to the 2nd place finisher! Very generous Kevin. Thank You! Saturday evening the Camp Pot Luck Dinner was held and it was Fantastic! If you left there hungry it was your fault! Kevin donated a hand carved spoon as a prize to the best dish (which was voted on by all who attended). It turned out a tie between Kevin and Dino and Kevin awarded the spoon to Dino for his Shepards pie. Door prizes were given out and two sets of special Kids arrows were given out. The arrows were made by Gerry Lee. After Dinner we took a group picture for a Get Well Card for our Friend Ed who is normally at the Spring Thaw Shoot. On Sunday morning the Clout Shoot was held. I do not have the Winners name as I missed that event. Thank you to all who attend. Thank you to all of the Hawkeye Members who helped out and Thank you to all who donated the prizes. Here are a few pictures. More to come as I get them organized. Special thanks goes out to John Wiehe for taking many of the photos.
Take care, Brian
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Pam playing the dulcimer
Tom making a hawk handle
Hole in the bow Chuck hanging out
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a few pictures of the camps.
a picture from one of stations on the woodswalk
group picture for Ed's card
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stacking rocks to mark where your gear was stashed. Only catch was you could only use one arm due to a injury. Highest stack won that station. Yours truely wounding another Bear. Vital shots counted for one point, outside the vitals was a minus one point and a miss was counted as a zero.
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a couple more photos from the Woodswalk.
Cutting rabbit sticks
Throwing rabbit sticks
Hanging a cache up in a tree to keep it away from bears
Making cordage and then testing it's strength
Note: slings around necks were from a previous challenge in which you could only use one arm due to a injury from a bear attack
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Man - That sure looks like a FUN event ! Way cool - Bob.
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I just wanted to say thanks to Brian for running this shoot.
He and two Hawkeye members dreamed up this event 13 years ago , the others drifted away but Brian has been there every year. Whatever it takes, donating prizes,setting the courses, running the competitions or just sweeping up the club house after dinner Brian has done it all, and even with all of this on his plate he still keeps dreaming up new contests like the "Hawkeye Boss Gobbler Shoot".
I don't think there is another shoot like this in the country, it's a Hawkeye original and we owe it all to Brian,
Thanks Brian!!!
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Kevin, I have to disagree with you on owing it all to one person. We (Hawkeye Bowmen) are blessed with great members who take great pride in what we do. This Shoot just like our other Shoots takes a group effort to make it happen. The secret I believe is to make putting together a Shoot fun and not make it a chore. With the right group of like minded enthusiastic folks it can be a lot of Fun! Another tip is to keep things simple and manageable or else you run the risk of it becoming a chore. Thanks again to all of the Folks who helped out with the Spring Thaw Shoot.
Brian
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Your right Brian This shoot is blessed with dedicated and talented members who work hard and love what they do, without then it would surely be a lesser event.
But I think they would agree that without your dedication and leadership we might not have the "Spring Thaw" today.
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Kevin I agree we all owe Brian a huge Thank You for his dedication. I would also like to say that we have a great group of archers who I am proud to be a part of.
Rob