AMBASSADOR’S CORNER AUTHOR
Jason Bourgeois
AMBASSADOR’S Corner AUSTIN ARCHERY CLUB n Check out this month’s Ambassador’s Corner with AFM Ambassador Jason Bourgeois at Austin Archery Club.
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ello AFM! We have another local gem to share in our quest to showcase Austin’s mecca of fitness. This month’s tour brought us to Austin Archery Club (AAC), where beginners to accomplished archer enthusiasts can get their fix. This haven encourages safety first, community and outdoor engagement! Ambassador’s Corner is continuing efforts to support the Central Texas Food Bank. We sincerely thank you for your continued participation in the work to keep Austin fed as every donation counts as we work to increase food access to families in need. Austin Archery Club is a nonprofit organization, originally formed in 1982. Although a more informal club began shooting at other local locations, the Austin Archery Club moved to Emma Long Metropolitan Park around that same time to use parkland with a national wildlife refuge that is now a part of the Balcones Canyonland Preserve. The Club is funded through membership fees, shoots and tournaments, and in-kind donations from visitors
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and local businesses. Donations from local archery shops come in the form of instructional equipment and tournament prizes, as well as their volunteered time and effort. Without their support and communication to their customers about the Club, it could not have grown and maintained itself over its last 40 years of existence! Over the past few decades, the Club maintains static ranges and courses for its members year-long, including bag targets, field archery targets and 3D targets. The static ranges have bag targets placed at known distances from 10 to 60 yards. This is a great area to fine-tune your skills while working on the precision and accuracy of your shot. If you’re shooting a traditional recurve bow, the Field Archery Course has 14 targets set up in a style established by the National Field Archery Association (NFAA). If you choose to shoot a compound bow, the Bowhunter Course has 30 lifelike 3D animal targets set up to match guidelines utilized by the Archery Shooters Association (ASA). The Austin Archery Club holds memberships in
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