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CONTENTS

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By Sha-Nic-Co-Um Bow ft tlie Proper Cross Section for a ft (WhatByis Paul 6 E. Klopsteg ftft .10 A New Champion Crowned. il'

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For twenty-five years I have been proud to be able to account for my a gun crank. A list of the rifles, shot­ full share of rabbits, ducks, birds and guns and revolvers I have owned and even deer and bear with these weap­ cherished would make a fair sized ap­ ons of Jesse James and Wild Bill. I pendix to Bannerman’s well known held no peace with the gentry who catalog. But many years ago it must carry an unwieldly cannon to dawned on me that the shotgun is not bag their game.

Shortly after buying two new pis­ a man’s weapon, so I discarded the scattergun a n d tols and two sets used only a rifle of expensive re­ loading tools for for all forms of ' ;■ - : V. hunting, and that ! the same, I began !?■' &U1’ j to have qualms means duck, quail, again, as to the partridge, and J, ' ■! -i '■ j ....... " sportsmanship of other legitimate 1 ...7■ my methods. shotgun game.

When I d r e w Then the time my Smith & Wes­ came when I saw son .38 or my that the game, Colt .44, as the once sighted, had case might be, no chance, which something died, idea did not fit in and no doubt with my concep­ about it, either. tion of sport. So Not only this, but I adopted the pis­ many times I tol, with which I turned do w n could boast a fair shots at game degree of skill, as because I didn’t my standard like to wreck the sporting weapon, silence.

I like •®i, „ -'2 to be used exclusilence. s i v e 1 y, on all S o inevitably, game. Soon the the same as our pistol became a “Wa-wash-kish” hair gets gray habit, and it would leap out and destroy small with the years, I came at last to the game or large with a facility fully bow and arrow. There’s a savage lurk­ equal to that of the rifle. What it ing inside me, the same as in all of us, lacked in range, power and accuracy perhaps, and he hates noise and dis­ was more than offset by the speed of turbance. He likes to prowl, in dead getting into action, and the instinctive silence thru the woods, and live by his aiming that stands a man in hand in cunning and prowess and strength. He moments of excitement or emergency. despises all things artificial. He would But withall considered myself a even like to spring on his game, like sportsman extraordinary, and was the wild cats, from ambush, kill it

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with his hands and teeth, and eat it dealers in archer’s supnlie, . 1 raw. The bow is the first weapon I exacting requirements 3 fM| ever used that gratified my natural changes of temperature. ButT^‘ instincts, and makes me feel as what I wanted and the dealt, 3 though I were actually ; ' " hunting. And some money, and no lives lost one must indeed hunt if he takes any venture. ™ •* game by this primitive means.

So, at five o’clock on an ideal S» I passed quickly thru the Indian- day morning, in bow stage, the assisted pinch-draw which, just to be an ideal country humorous, 111 oj stage, the birch dowel stage, and fixed the Saskatoon country, I set forth myself with some good Osage bows with the Lady Friend and sot two two and some good arrows. Thus equipped companions—mighty archen botkI set forth after meat and glory. at my heels—and yes, there was oat So it came to pass that one day I ancient and celebrated yellow diipwent quietly along an old trail and munk hound at my heels too-niy< spied the eyes and ears of a deer re­ much so. That’s where he hunts. 1 garding me over the top of a stump, let him go with us because he ratal in the thick brush. I quickly moved to, and his eyes are human, and be to a position for a shot at his ribs likes his outings. He helps with the and my seventy pound bow seemed to good cheer of an expedition, too. te almost pull itself as I let go at him, can get a good laugh any time bj like the proverbial ton of brick. But simply looking at him. But be it® the arrow went three inches deep into derstood that we did NOT take Mn the stump, and the deer vanished like for the sake of any aid he might 0* a wraith in the brush. I scrutinized us in the chase.

We cached our intended dinner #8 the brush till I found the limb that turned my arrow, and my aim was fared forth, with high hopes aid j vindicated. fingers. We circled brush potl The next thrill was a little buck sneaked thru big virgin tim^Band and that jumped at the side of my trail squirmed thru dark swamps,I prowled around generally 11 and after a short circle, crossed the trail behind me, one inch ahead of my ten o’clock, when we brought. “P ’ old beaver dam, where we s opPMj arrow.

Now I got down to business on some rest and consider ways and ® real target practice. I stuffed a big We all had a drink, the ma ejg| sack tight with sawdust, and stalked gent had a smoke, and the and shot this theoretical deer from all nap. Then I rose to my ** ang’les, all ranges, uphill, downhill, dressed my faithful follow thru brush and after dark. And by ed gender and species to th( the way, it’s rather slick, the way a notwithstanding, so”16 .er|H “Men, Romans, Fellow « broadhead arrow slips thru a gunny­ the north lies safety, eonrfo^ sack full of sawdust, lengthwise.

Mother and GRUB . T I made arrows, culled out arrows Ifl and selected a few pets. I put a real Ah! To the south I see tion, adventure, much e,Ie8J barley-beard edge on them, and, de­ grub at all. Which w'll clared myself ready for deer, lions, As one man they ans have tigers, grizzly bears, or what what have it is.” Now the dog, wn w English when it’s w1 {eet fl you ?

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tearing over the hill to the south like a thing possessed. The manner of his going was enough to stampede every living thing from the path of his flight, for a half mile around. But his whims and errors are accepted by us as the hand of providence, and there’s no complaint. He has his rights, and they may be as sacred to him as ours are to us. So we cheer­ fully took our way to the promised land, just as cheerfully as if nothing untoward had happened.

In about ten minutes we all noticed a strange noise, like the faraway howl of a timber wolf, only not deep enough—like the scream of an owl, but too deep. It was a weird and a fearsome sound, that caused the Lady Friend to draw nearer and make big black eyes. That sound was a new one on me, and I’ve heard all the woods noises to be heard in Uncle Sam’s domain. At last we decided it was a pack of hounds on a hot trail, and started to investigate. As we advanced the' sound became more distinct. There was no longer any doubt about it. It was a large pack of hounds on a hot trail.

On we charged—my companions going straight for the sound—while I took advantage of a trail I knew to one side of our line of march. So it happened that we reached the scene of action from two directions. In a little dry marsh, there in the midst of a tangle of brush and down timber, was a sight long to be remembered. A big pack of ferocious yellow dogs (which developed, upon very close scrutiny, into the phenomenon of our old dog appearing at several places at the same time) had a deer sur­ rounded, and a battle to the death was on. The dog was trying to kill the deer with his barks, and the deer must be very strongly constituted that could ong withstand the verbal abuse being heaped upon that one. The deer, in his

5 turn, was using feet, horns and bris­ tles—principally bristles—to dispel this Will-o’-the-Wisp invader that thundered at him from the four points of the compass at the same time.

It was a deadlock that seemed to have no solution till we put in an ap­ pearance. I came up to where I could see the contestants and stopped to gaze and wonder. But my entertain­ ment was cut short by the rest of the party suddenly appearing on another corner of the arena, at which the deer decided to stampede. I saw it was now or never, and despite an uncom­ fortable screen of brush in front of me, I loosed an arrow. It slipped be­ tween the bushes like a streak, with­ out so much as touching a leaf, and I heard a gentle “psst!” and. a split second after it, a sharp crack. As the deer leaped for the brush I saw a small red spot suddenly appear on his beam ends—in other words, in the middle of his broadside. He ran about fifty feet and fell dead, with the dog close upon him. And let me say, after he was safely down, he received one terrific bite on the hind leg. I walked over- and cut his throat, but it was needless. He was all done bleeding.

After the first flush of excitement over our success we went to look for the arrow and found it so firmly im­ bedded in a dry elm log that it took two of us about five minutes to chisel it out with our hunting knives.

This arrow, that passed completely thru the middle of a deer and had to be chopped out of a log, is a Port Or­ ford cedar shaft, 11/32" in diameter and footed with Osage. The arrow­ head is a light broadhead, with blade of band-saw steel about an inch wide and an inch and three quarters long.

The bow I used is a sixty pound Osage, about five and a half feet long, with rawhide back and self nocks.

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By Paul E. Klopsteg, Evanston, 111. i in the usual conversational tourna­ ments that accompany every archery My success in this work I attrib*- ■ tournament that I have visited, there several factors, first among whjaj s B has been an enormous amount of dis­ a highly-prized friendship with SB able physicist who fortunately Is ■ cussion of the "proper” cross-section made archery his avocation. lri3B of bows. In every instance there were -. were to Dr. C. N. Hickman. Hisstii&« strong contenders for the Boman arch, the mechanics of the bow msK for with high stack, for the fjndingS of great value to pKtiiK n” the •.« bow «... ....<1. trapezoidal bow. There were some archcry. The Sylvan Archer has is K who favored leaving the the sapwood sapwood our favorite sport a great seniceiK thick, others were equally sure that presenting the results of these sti& Kt it ought to be thin. The assurance I wish to testify that I hare « K with which the participants in the dis- spent time to better advantage fc hours I have spent ri ML cussion loosed their convictions was the,n pleasant in discussing our hohby-tliB testimony to their experience; they science of archery. It happens ta K had had good results with the shapes during the past year it has beenpe.- K which they advocated. Few archers sible for me to put to practical tS had made accurate uiscuss co/npax au ve tests on various some of the things which Pc. f&i-K$ fshapes, erent shapes; yet were the in position to ,Ilan has developed analytically. 1te K hence few the verbal contests beginnings of putting to practical us B discuss comparative virtues of difsome of Hickman’s theoretical har e always proved highly- interesting tugs have already served to wri# Bl ana probably will continue interesting me that science may accomplishb1 Ki so long as archers foregather to match short time what has taken ceot®'s ■ b by cut-and-try methods, anil skill. science properly applied nay During the first year of my brief pccted to accomplish some thinp B h career in archery, particularly after might never be attained bye^ ® I had shot the York round the first cut-and-try methds. If “'’I8® .■* time—and that was in a tournament tittles the scientific method, te Be­ —I had the ambition to own a bow ly proves by that action tto11 g which would put my point of aim on no understanding of it.

B or below the target at five-score In this discussion I shall W . K yards. My imaginings conjured up a sent some of the things I ’ K, beautiful weapon of yew, drawing from theory and practice a . K perhaps sixty pounds, and I wondered whether I should ever be able to draw past summer, not as fine give, but as an approaches such a bow if I had one. This year in Ppc1^ and I emphasize that this is onlyr my complishments through improvement in ~ archer—I have IJ second year as an t----- perhaps a arrow. The first ’ the pi< f made four bows, among 40 and 45 shall attempt the jjjs Bi dozen, that draw between me points haps incomplete, is a pounds, all of which SO7® ,nd at 100, some as or best, cross-section of aim on the growfrom the target. much as 40 yards

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the bow. The discussion will first proceed on the simplest possible as­ sumption, namely, that the tensile strength and compressive strength of the wood are equal, and that the elas­ ticities of tension and compression are the same. Our conclusions can then be easily modified for such other con­ ditions as we may wish to assume.

In attempting an answer in lan­ guage as free from technicalities as possible, I have in mind certain re­ quirements in a bow upon which we must first agree. Different archers may have in mind different specificatons as approaching their ideal. In my own case, I desire a bow which has the weight and action that are suited to my strength, endurance, and man­ ner of shooting. It should have cast as high as possible for its weight. By cast I mean nothing more or less than its ability to give velocity to an ar­ row. Maximum cast requires high ef­ ficiency—the greatest possible conver­ sion of the work done in drawing the bow into energy of velocity, or kinetic energy, of the arrow. Finally, the bow should feel reasonably light in the hand. Lightness of weight of the ma­ terial in the bow contributes to good shooting because a light bow is pleas­ ant to hold. To secure lightness we must do away with every bit of wood not actually needed in the bow. It has an important bearing- on the question of proper cross-section, because two bows made of staves from the same tree, may draw the same number of pounds, yet one will weigh more (con­ tain more wood) than the other.

Thus, what we are after is maxi­ mum cast for given weight (pull in pounds) and, at the same time, mini­ mum weight in the hand (quantity of wood). In fact, we may exercise our optimism to the point where we might wish for a bow light enough to enable us to shoot a double American -without wearing us down excessively, yet ca­

7 pable of doing the York without put­ ting the point of aim above the tar­ get. This would have the additional value of not requiring one to adjust himself to a different bow in the course of the round. Such a bow I used to think incapable of being real­ ized—merely a pleasant dream. As . stated before, I now have made sev­ eral bows that easily fullfil that ulti­ mate desire of an archer.

Let us examine in detail this ques­ tion of efficiency. Its definition is: work done in drawing the bow divided by energy of the arrow at the instant it has left the string. This may be expressed.

— j4xMass of arrow in pounds Enero-y— x fve'oc^.v in feet) 2x 1/32.2 Length of draw in feet x av­ erage pull in pounds The numerator of the fraction is the work delivered by the bow, and the denominator the work put into the bow. It is easy to see that high “muz­ zle” velocity of the arrow means high efficiency of the bow, because, with any particular bow the efficiency is in direct ratio to the square of the veloc­ ity which it can give to an arrow. A numerical example is helpful to fix this idea in mind. .Suppose a bow draws 41 lbs. at 27 inches, and that the drawing force be­ gins at 5 pounds and increases uni­ formly throughout this distance. Then the average pull is (5 -L 41)/2 lbs. and the distance 2.25 feet. The work done in making the draw is then 46/2 x 2.25 or 51.8 foot-pounds. If the ar­ row weighs 400 grains or .0572 pound, and its “muzzle” velocity is 180 feet per second, the kinetic energy is 1/2 X .0572 x (200)= X 1/32.2 equals 28.8

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Proach closely to 100% efficiency in large and heavy, and it h ob/l U ^‘“bwatron of bow and arrow that they return from the drawn J3' wouw be practicable on the target m a sluggish manner. Tha(’*| range'! Tne answer is no, but I am snap to it. The other Sp?*™ >ow,ontk!*f > unable to say what the upper practi­ i-avinl I. trary is light, the material fa £ cable limit would be. Why isn’t 100% elasticity, and much less wood iiaj emciency possible'.' To answer this, in the limbs. ,We can see at a gW we must examine what happens when that it has the “zip" that neiat* uie arrow is loosed. The only part of We are thus led to rsuppose ttali J f the bow and arrow combination that order to make a bow of high dfi® can acquire useful kinetic energy is cy, we must first have material dW « the arrow. During the 20 or 25 thou- density (weight per cubic inch) si ' sandth oi a second from the instant high elasticity; material of high d»■ oi loose until the arrow leaves the sity will also serve if the elistiaji string, the bow limbs and string both correspondingly high. Its compis® acquire motion, some iparts moving and tensile strength propertia-i^ be such that the desired pull in p«rff with higher velocity than others. The can be obtained without using pJ motion of these parts represents kine­ Quantities of wood. If we hare nil tic energy, the value of which at the such properties, it only ia»l instant the arrow leaves the string is with to determine the design of the Mgf tne difference (practically) between so that their velocity of travel to 4#* 100% and the kinetic energy of the position of rest is as high ssj»sik> . We now understand that high df F arrow. The problem thus seems to become quite clear: We aim to divide ciency in the bow means as I the total energy so that as much as energy as possible per cubic possible goes into the arrow and as the drawn bow, which means tie&f. little as possible into the bow. The amount of wood possible for latter is of course completely lost in draw. If this wood is so distri^’F' in the limbs that quickest POS1'!*^K. the form of sound and heat. turr’. to the rest position results*/ Because the energy varies as the square of the velocity, it is essential shall come close to securing. are after. We note especw^B to obtain as high an arrow velocity as possible. But this means that the quick return goes hand in velocities of bow limbs and string small ouantity of wood must also be as high as possible, be­ elasticity.

Now we must (letermine-y^g cause arrow velocity is directly deter­ going into mathematical mined by the other velocities men­ tioned. The bow should therefore what must be done to get “snap” from its drawn condition as amount of energy in each cubic inch of the and to secure maximunl^^^B this energy to the arm^^^H

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working near its point of breakdown, while some is far from that point.

Some of the wood, in other words, is not doing its share of the work. This means that we have more wood in the bow than is needed; we could get along with less, provided it were dis­ tributed in such a manner that the requirement of uniform energy dis­ tribution is met. If it were so dis­ tributed, we could have all the wood working at a safe point, far from the breakdown point; and every cubic inch, or cubic centimeter, would be subject­ ed to the same amount of stress when the bow is drawn.

The necessary—but not sufficient— condition for uniform energy density it that the limbs shall bend in true circular arcs. It is quite possible to dress down the limbs of a bow with any shape of cross-section so that they bend in circular arcs, yet the energy density, or energy per unit volume, will vary greatly from handle to tip. But if we assume, as stated at the outset, that the tensile and com­ pressive strength limits are equal, we find that the neutral axis should be midway between belly and back. Since the neutral axis is located in the cen­ ter of gravity of the bow-section, the shape of the required section will be symmetrical about the neutral axis.

The rectangle is the simplest practica­ ble figure for which the neutral axis is so located, hence rectangular shape is to be considered as to its meeting the requirement. We might further surmise that the thickness should be uniform along the entire limb, for then the distances of application of the tensile and compressive forces from the neutral plane will remain the same throughout, which means uni­ form stress upon the wood through­ out. Now, in order to obtain bending in a circular arc when the thickness is uniform, it is only necessary, as Dr. Hickman has found mathematically, to

9 have the limbs taper uniformly from the end of the dip to the nock. It is interesting that, regardless of width of limb at the dip, if the thickness is the same along the entire limb and the taper is uniform as mentioned, the limb will bend in a circular- arc. For a given number of pounds pull, the bow that is wider at the dip will be thinner and the wood will be under­ lower stresses, than in a thicker bow of the same length which is narrower at the dip.

The question, “jWhat is the proper cross-section for a bow?” may now be answered, provided we bear in mind the original specification that what we want is a bow of maximum cast for a given weight. The answer will be correct for wood which has equal tensile and compressive strength, and similar elastic constants for tension and compression. Under these con­ ditions the proper shape is a rectangle, the length of which is the width across the limb, and the width of which is the thickness of the limb. At the dip, the length of the rectangle may be anything within reasonable limits— 1 1/4 to 1 3/4 inches; both length and width depend upon the kind of bow de­ sired. The thickness of the limb re­ mains unchanged as we .go towards the tip o.f the limb, but the width de­ creases uniformly, i. e., each side tapers along a straight line from dip to nock. In practice, we must, as we approach the nock, depart from this uniform taper which would reduce the width of the limb to zero at the nock, in order to have material left to hold the string. For this reason, I have usually tapered the last 8 or 10 inches less, so as to keep a width at the nock of 3/8 to 1 /2 inches. To compensate for this width in excess over that called for in theory, wood is removed from the belly side of the less taper­ ing portion until its bend is in the same circular arc as that of the sec-

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The above considerations are given weight by the experience of modern bowycrs as well as by the fact that the “flat” bow was arrived at by many Indian tribes as apparently sat­ isfactory. Of course, the “Hickman shape” has in the past been only ap­ proximated; but practical bowyers have told me that they have gradually been treading towards the “flat” shape. The bows of Roy Case and FI. S. Rogers are examples of this trend.

The Forest Products Laboratory has mentioned in correspondence that in most woods the tensile strength is irom 2 to 4 times as great as the com­ pressive strength, although methods oi testing tensile properties of wood are very difficult. This will introduce some modification in cross-section, and experiments in this direction give promise of producing some striking results. In the meantime, experiments with the bow of rectangular limb sec­ tion have already proved its superior. over a section with “stacked” belly. ^ ™atter of fact, the “stacked” sec-

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fact that there are some verv eross-section of the Ro°"’S having the similar shape. The arCh’. or a Sarne stave, if rerX^l"’Orked *to a bow with ‘uuLangular sectinr. section, su‘ted in a bow of hi'h°UW '---ve hav< re_ of higher same draw. sher cast for the The Pei mnsylvania archers have been Poking forward to December 1st as date the, open season for huntdeer with bow and arrow began.

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Samuel L. Coffin, Webster Gita I Mo., was the winner in Mound & | District Archery Federation’s fifth» nual tournament held in East St Louis, Illinois, October 4, 1931, j, Coffin’s score for the double Yorks Single American rounds was IS Dr. E. L. Hodgson was second 1052. Third was J. L. Messing,Ki seer Groves, 985; fourth, R. i Jit-

Quitty, Maplewood, Mo., 984; fifi Nat B. Lay, Maplewood, Mo., 8® ■ Frances Crosby of Webster Gru® won the women’s championship by i score of 707 in the double NsW and single Columbia rounds, fc Nat B. Lay was second with 624; durt Mrs. R. M. McQuitty, Maplewood,® Intermediate championship Here ford and American rounds, was ra

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By A. E. Andrews At the next meeting of our archery doesn’t feel natural if it’s moved club here in Huntington I m going to about so the visor points northwest otter a resolution providing lor the and kinda to the left hand. I noticed , awarding of a dandelion bouquet in Dr. Pope’s book he solved this by next June to the Sylvan Archer ad­ turning the cap around and letting vertiser who invents a shooting the rain run down his back—only, of ■ glove; and a box of toothpicks to the course, that was in California where leiiow inventing and offering for sale they don’t have any rain and the sun an archer’s hunting hat or cap; and shines twenty-five hours a day. a mounted Indiana mosquito to the Dr. Pope also solved it by turning inventive genius turning out ait ar- up the northeast brim of a hat and cher’s hunting coat.

I know ihe fixing the thing in position with one resolution will pass; so it’s as good of those implements my mother used ■ as done right now. on me before I was big enough to Take this agony of aching fingers wear pants. I suppose you could for example. You fellows out on the sew the thing in position too, if you Pacific coast don’t know anything wished. i about it. That man Thurlow—what A. A. Richards of Roanoke, India­ a does he know? He’s never hunted in na, came to a tournament at Roanoke ; Indiana after a mid-winter blizzard, one coolish day in November, 1931, J when the snow is so deep that the wearing one of those things the girls : rabbits live four feet beneath the call a “tarn.” According to my own surface and have regular runways notions of the history of headgear, down beneath the white and beauti­ these tarns were first worn by men ful. The nearest thing I ever saw to in the highlands of a place north of protection for the Hoosier’s delicate Glasgow and I suppose that even a S> drawing fingers was something the he-Hoosier has a right to reverse the 0 Rev. K. R. Thompson either devised tables on femininity and take back for S' or got from his friend, Nat B. Lay heroic man what was originally his. of St. Louey. It was a sheepskin Anyhow, there’s a lot worse things p bag, wool inside, and a was worn over than a tarn. I know because I came IS’ his appendix, and he a shooting home from that Roanoke shoot and p tab on his naked handwore andstuck then ------got out a couple that my daughter IT? his purple fingers in to this bag to had and found they would be great keep, ’>,ent warm, — —That’s too incon- stuff for winter wear in the hunting venient—entirely too much agony field. You can pull ’em back so they and lack of freedom, What we want are out of the way, and you can rig it; is a glove with the seams — on the them close hauled so they cover your back of the fingers, by jinger, , and ears and even the nape of your neck. we Hoosiers are going to have Isome But the toothpicks are still offered thing like that or .. . get gosh-awful for any one with a more brilliant about it. Have the thing lined idea, either Scotch or otherwise. if cross with rabbit i fur, so it will be warm, G* This hunting coat subject is equal­ That rt cap business is just as bad. ly thrilling. Dr. Pope said to sew a There’s a sort of duck mandible chunk of leather on your shooting sticking out in front to get in the jersey. Fine stuff for sunny Cali­ way of the bow cord, and a cap fornia. But what are you going to

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do in Indiana following a he-man blizzard, when they start the snow plows, and, instead of throwing- the snow off the highways, merely dig a tunnel through it, twenty-one feet wide and eleven feet, four and a half inches high; when the warmth of a slain rabbit’s body melts the snow until it sinks sometimes forty feet beneath the surface, and we he-archers of Indiana have to let each other down, in a sort of human chain, each link holding onto the ankles of the preceding diver, until the rabbit can be rescued, and have to work fast at that or the rabbit will sink down in the snow beyond reach—I say what are you going to do about that ?

(You can’t verify this last by George Jones, the Indiana archer, because he is in Y. M. C. A. work and declines to discuss such subjects on account of the effect it might have on the com­ ing generation, but all other tall Hoosiers will agree to the literal troth of all inferences herein, they be­ ing fully as reliable as I am.) oAhnh°J’ the benumbinE question die hour in Indiana is- Hunting eXthrouUnfinl-hatS blow not. S1 WhlCh the Zero zeI>hyrs

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Again, we have found it adns geous also to serve the loop fe finishing it. There is considsnl strain and wear on the loop and® ing the cord at this point either n silk or heavy cotton thread, tap ing it a coat of Duco HouseWi* ment makes the cord last muchly Another point:—We do not aril the "timoer hitch” for the second if and much prefer to make a rtpr loop on each end of the cord, iei the timber hitch gathers up dirts trash, wears fast and is generally-1 as neat nor as satisfactory as a1$ lar loop. We determine tkej*| length we want the string, rad* j the cord where the second !«»• come, lay the cord, then serve proper section, the part that w this second loop, cut off the 4 and about 5 inches beyond ing, scrape the ends to tape' , untwist the main cord below ing and incorporate the ends main cord just as Caldwell w for the first loop. This sho ( carefully and care should e> (. make a nice, smooth job, t ® is retwisted, waxed and ru and if the work is proper y fully done, when complete^a bow string with a s.erTewj||

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cold weather—not that we have any real winter weather down .here, for •t the thermometer rarely gets down to ■i <■; the freezing point here, but when it gets down to 35 degrees we figure til: that winter is upon us—so we add -> beeswax j. ---more beeswax and decrease the Ik amount of rosin, using two parts of to one of rosin. However, <s beeswax one day while making some wax I did «p: some experimenting and tried adding shellac. I melted together two parts of beeswax and two parts of rosin and om when these two ingredients were its thoroughly mixed, 1 added one part of Kt: white shellac, and I got a very peculsc iar reaction, I sifted the shellac in, si: a little at a time. It softened up, bei I gan to swell, gathered into a ball and ap; 1 presently had, floating around in the ■sei molten beeswax and rosin, something »• that closely resembled a sponge rub­ * ber bath sponge.

I continued to cook it and after 15 | Is or 20 minutes the shellac began to gf. dissolve or melt and presently the ;Si sponge rubber disappeared. I intended to pour the mass into water and then jji form it into a ball or two balls as it cooled, but before I could get the maj terial from the fire to the water the s'd shellac reassemled itself into a rubber sponge again. I was thoroughly dis­ gusted but as I did not want to throw U* "j away the beeswax and ____ _rosin, _ _____ J I — put the — ! , mess mess back BnnL- on „„ the +1.. fire j?:... and ... , cooked , ■ it for another 20 minutes and the shellac again melted and united with the other two ingredients. This accom­ plished, I hustled and dumped the mixture into water in no time at all. t®. As it cooled I worked it into balls and later tried it on a Luw stri a bow string—to find — - ■to.u me xinest bow string wax , 9. that I had ever used. It does not beIt does not beji, come sticky nor does it become brittle ‘'(J1 and it has more adhesive property than any wax wax we have ever used. By we have the rosin r ' and —- increasing the , reducing tue ■jlif eeswaxt it makes fine cold weather

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wax. My friend Zollars tried it out and was highly pleased, so he made himself some. He tried orange shel­ lac and it refused to melt so he had to throw that batch away, but when he used white shellac he got the same re-action that I did, finally getting the same wax. Try this wax and you will never use any other.

We always carry a lump of para­ fine wax with us and occasionally rub the string' with this and we find that parafine keeps the string in better shape than beeswax or any other kind of wax, while we are on hunting trips or target shooting.

Wishing you much success with “Ye Sylvan Archer” I am Yours fraternally, H. W. Brown

We are informed by Paul H. Wilcox that the Scranton Archery Association will have the use of the Col. Watres armory one night each week and will shoot distances up to 80 yards. The club is planning a winter tournament.

A new steel arrow has now been perfected by the sporting goods or­ ganization of The American Fork and Hoe Company. The manufacturers claim that their new arrow flies true, has correct weight, is perfectly bal­ anced, makes no noise, and has plenty of spine.

According to C. P. Schurtz of the .South Gate Archery Club, 11105 So. Main St., Los Angeles, California, that club is open to mail matches with any team or individual in the country and anxious to get in touch with any club wishing to shoot in a mail match.

Write them.

You will find the date of the ex­ piration of your subscription just above your name on the envelope in which this is mailed. Just check it up, please.

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On Sunday, October 18, the San Leandro Archers club entertained members of the Ahwanee Archers (San Francisco), the San Jose Archery club and the Modesto Archery club at an invitational tournament.

Luncheon was served on the grounds by the ladies of the San Leandro club.

The visitors were entertained with an American round for men and a Columbia round for women in the morning and in the afternoon with a number of novelty shoots. These in­ cluded a wild animal hunt, with sil­ houette figures of a deer, a bear and a cougar, an elimination shoot, and a battle. In the battle the archers were divided into four squads and advanced on the “enemy” marching to the at­ tack m an adjacent field. The enemy consisted of 50 cardboard figures used “ ‘ rmld0W diSplay advertising a in a noM^’ T’h figUI'e a “genedal”

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911 G. E. Burks Women & Mrs. H. S. Eberhard 405 Mrs. George Lewis 3.9 Mrs. M. F. Frandy More than 65 men and wonap ticipated in the affair.

LINCOLN PARK ARCHIE CLUB INVITM They laughed when I ofi'erd

shoot a turkey. But their esp1*-^ — changed when I loosed myan' shot Schultz's wife! . ■ • You *oU W* , be a leader in your CommW^ too, can shoot tilings! . • • j, back the enclosed card and « gin delivering things on ■ porch. Or you can come os Comee’s (Mr. Coniee, to !“ (j located one mile north an WP«f. frnm the CurtiSS AaP west from Curtiss AirP a two-gallon ride by m°t. nish furious transport^10 and information upon ca in can at Sunnyside 7305, as° J) I English-speaking Suides.T'oiy.| '' I NOTHING! (That is, ' thi.* send in the li’l card. WeL|I* ....Shoot things! Eattl5s<

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Stop counting sheep! Stop count­ ing cups! Drink buckets of our de­ hydrated coffee, then go to sleep un­ der the table while the 1931 trophies are being awarded by the Kingfish and Roy Case cinemizes the National Tournament and our Club Tourna­ ment. Make the Night Test while hours of gargling are being wasted, and you’ll never have a Pink tooth­ brush. This final orgy of the 1931 season will take place in the Comee Recreation Room immediately after the slaughtering of the Turkey. Don’t forget the return card and the red flannels. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the Fall Dinner, and don’t forget that “It’s smart to be thrifty.”

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STONEMAN LEADS GREENWOOD ARCHERS W. C. Stoneman proved his superi­ ority among the Greenwood Archers of Oakland, California, by winning their eighth annual tournament with a total score of 1085 in the double American round. Capt. Styles was close behind with 1068 and C. B. Hutchinson only lagged a little with 1043. B. W. Wood and V. S. Brown tallied 947 and 946, respectively.

Miss O’Conner was high in the American and Columbian rounds with 8o8 points. Second was Miss Higgins, 823; third, Miss Suydam, 793; fourth, Mrs. Perrine, 759; fifth, Mrs. Eccles, 705.

Twenty-eight participated in the shoot.

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SATISFYING THE PRIMITIVE URGE (Continued from page o) tlie deer’s blood for ink, I wrote on the back of this good bow—“Wa-washkish,” which, in a certain tribal tongue means deer. Needless to say, when I got home this writing received a good coat of varnish, as did the bloody arrow.

This experience, my first big-game success with the bow and arrow, has fixed me in a mighty determination never to use any other weapon for hunting, so long as I can pull a bow.

Put the moral effect on the dog is something to give one pause. He heard no gun, and the deer ran and fell down and he bit it and it lay still and the men came and cut it up. Of course he killed it—the great fierce bloody beast that he is.

Ever since that day he has carried himself with more dignity and assur­ ance. He still walks calmly at my heels when I hunt, but there is a con­ sciousness of power in his manner.

He often looks at me and says “I can easily kill any beast, no matter how big or how fierce, any time I feel like it.”

It is solemnly agreed that he is never to be told what caused the death of the Saskatoon deer.

Vanguards of the Salt Lake council are rejoicing on the opening of a new archery range in the Deseret gymna­ sium. From time to time, groups of boys training there will meet in com­ petition, and in June, 1932, a grand tournament for all Vanguards will be held.

Harold Plowe reports that the Kickapoo Archers of Peoria, Illnois, had an ideal day for their “Harvest Shoot.” Thirty-three archers faced the targets and they had thirty-five prizes, starting with a 16 lb. turkey

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Vanguard troops of the Cache val­ ley Scout council will enter the arch­ ery tournament being sponsored by the Salt Lake council, in Salt Lake, Dec. 29, according to Preston Pond, Scout executive. The challenge for the tournament was issued by the Salt Lake council to the Cache Valley, Gateway and Timpanogos councils.

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