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Moccasins for the Still Hunter By Cassius H. Styles

Any man that stands over a buck that he has cleanly brought down with his hunting arrow, knows a satisfaction that is beyond descrip tion. With his primitive weapon he has heavily handicapped himself, and yet he has beaten one of the cleverest strategists at that strate gist’s own game, Woodcraft. Yes, it is mainly by Woodcraft that an archer succeeds. Of course you should be a good shot, but that is secondary, for how much good is the hunting arrow when a deer is crashing away, full gallop, through

“I pulled Forrest Nagler’s leg until it was out of joint, and then even it was a full two years before I put the soft yellow velvet shoes on.”

brush a hundred and fifty yards off? Or, as is really more often the case, if that deer is cooly sneaking out of your bailiwick without even letting you see or hear him? With the advent of the present day long range military rifle the art of hunting went out of existence, and as quickly as did the horse and buggy before the automobile. Up to 1910 few rifles were found in the woods with which deer could be pro perly, cleanly killed at over a hundred yards. So the deer stalkers up to that date were good woodsmen. They had to be. Three of the best hunters of that period were Theodore Roosevelt. Hoarce Kephart, and Stewart Ed ward White. It should be noted that all three of these wore moccasins in deer stalking, as a matter of course. Here I would like to digress for a moment to mention that much whole dome, beneficial “fireside hunting” may be had evenings between open seasons, by the hunter who owns “Hunting Trips of a Ranchman,” by Roosevelt, and “Camp and Trail” by Mr. White, as well as Kephart’s “Camping and Woodcraft.” He will re-read these many times. Hunting with the bow to be suc cessful must be followed as an art. No one has ever been consistently lucky with our weapon who did not have the shrewd acute sensibilities of an artist. How many, for instance, realize that Arthur Young was a concert violinist? Unless you hunt in the rain, you will not do your best except in moccasins. Then why is it that so few ever do wear these “smoke tanned shoes of silence,” to quote Mr. White’s musical phrase? For one thing, they are today al-

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most impossible to buy. And then the next and most tragic reason is that we have almost no living mas ters of woodcraft to be our teachers and examples. But, notice the photo graph of young Roosevelt in the Black Hills, carrying his Winchester, of the then limited range. His feet, you can observe, were wrapped in the buckskin shoes of the Red Man. Van Dyke, the author of the “Still Hunter” said that no person could have a reasonable chance for suc cess who didn’t wear moccasins. Please stop and realize, my ardent fellow bowmen, that he was thinking of men who hunted with repeating Winchesters, accurate to at least a hundred yards. Then, how much more does this admonition to put kid gloves on the feet apply to the bow hunter who really should not shoot until he has cat-footed to with in 50 yards of the thrilling horns! Obtaining mocccasins is a tough job. I pulled poor Forrest Nagler’s leg until it was way out of joint, and and then even it was a full two years before I put the soft yellow velvet shoes on my feet and let my toes tingle with glee. I now make my own, and I make the buckskin, too. Wearing these I have deliberately walked to within 40 yards of more than one band of deer in our dry noisy California woods. And I didn’t go with painful slowness, either. I have also passed through thickets so quietly that a good many times grey squirrels moved comfortably about, and all oblivious, fed within five steps of me,—then scrambling up the trees to safety burst into vol leys of dismayed chatter when I quietly spoke to them. Within 35 yards of a wise buck, I was thankful that my Indian shod feet enabled me safely to maneuver for a bow shot thru intervening blackoak trunks. To the person who puts on moc casins the origin and significance of the Western word “Tenderfoot” be comes perfectly clear. In three days, though, he will find himself used to them; for if you wear one or two pair of thick wool socks you should have no discomfort. If your arches balk your plans to stalk in perfect silence, I know a leather insert the sellers of which I shall be glad to tell any person who writes to me.

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Jersey City Club to Hold Decoration Day Tourney The thirty sixth annual Decora tion Day tournament of the Jersey City Archery Club will be held on May 30th at Lincoln Park at Jersey City. Plans are being made to start the tournament an hour later than the usual ten o’clock deadline to en able those archers who must travel by bus to reach the shooting field in time for a little practice. The round will be a single Jersey Round of six ends at each distance of 80, 60, 50, and 40 yards for the men and six ends at each of 60, 50, 40, and 30 yards for the women.. This will be a National Six Gold shoot. The Club is again providing some thing different in target awards as well as placement prizes. In addition to the National Six Gold pin those making six golds will receive the J. C. A. C. Six Gold award. Arrange ments and plans for the tournament are in the hands of Bill Pratt, chair man of the Tournament Committee, and committee members Edwin Roberts, Helen Theobald, Edna Huber, Bob Dreksage, and Louis Pollio, Sr. Reports indicate a large turnout of archers will attend. The field is easily reached by bus or trains from most parts of the State and we hope all you New Jersey archers will mark this date as a tournament you “don’t want to miss.”

Oregon A. A. Tourney Mrs. Mabel Tatro, president of the Oregon Archery Association an nounces the state target tournament will be held in Portland on July 4 and 5. All archery enthusiasts are urged to attend, as an interesting program has been arranged. The new secretary for Oregon is W. G. Wil liams, 6635 N. E. Alameda, Portland.

1943 Michigan Field Schedule May 23 .................................. Flint June 27 ............................. Trenton July 25 ............................... Detroit August 22 ............ Grand Rapids September 26 ........ East Lansing All field archery tournaments are eligible for NFAA mail tournament competition.

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NJAA Field Shoot Opens Season The archery season in New Jersey was officially opened by the New Jersey Archery Association’s Spring Field Shoot on Sunday, April 18. The ■shoot w a, s conducted b y the WO-PE-NA archers of Clifton, N. J., and was again held in Weasel Brook Park. Ed Weizmiller of Newark turned in the top score of the day, covering the 56 target Official NFAA round with a score of 513. Tom Coultas of Madison was runner-up with a 455 score, and Bill Jackson of Newark turned in a 435 to place third. Ann Weber of Bloomfield, 1942 New Jersey Women’s Field Cham pion as well as New Jersey Target a score of 321 to Champion, sshot ’ capture top) honors in the women’s Dot ---------Jackson of Newark division. 1— trailed Miss Weber by 16 points and placed second with a score of 305. Yen Kramer of Clifton placed third with a score of 139. The girl’s division was w'on by Marion Tacq with a score of 41, and Dolores Laizure took second place with a score of 32. Royal Reynolds topped the boys with a 248, and War ren Foth placed second with a score of 161. Third place was taken by Herb Deacon with 127 points. Target prizes went to the follow ing: Al King, G. Lalzom, Ray Mar tin, Larry Morrison, Larry Bennett, Ray Laizure, Herb Goekel, Mrs. R. Ing, Ernie Williams, Dick Dornfield, Oscar Garmendia, Ruth Kreedel, Ann Johnson, and Bobby Griffin. Some 60 archers registered for the shoot, most of them starting over the course before 10:30. The day was clear and a fairly strong wind blew some of the arrows noted floating on the water hazards back to their watjchful owners. The long shots over these water hazards proved a source of interest. Along the shore just short of the target could be seen a number of arrows with just the brightly colored crests showing above the water. These may have been decoys but judging from ex perience some archers will probably agree that they were not placed there purposely. Noted one brave young

lady wading in well above her shoe tops in an effort to capture enough arrows to finish the shoot while three husky fellows stood by just in case the water should prove too deep. Many of the archers in attendance were target archers, some shooting in a field shoot for the first time. To many, the targets, set at so many different distances, proved a chal lenge that was almost more than a match. The targets were very well laid out and gave a real variety of shots as well as plenty of exercise. Noted only one target missing from this shoot—the turtle which proved no match for T. C. Davidson’s well placed shot in the 1942 Fall Field Shoot. However, you can’t expect turtles to be “sticking their necks out” with Davidson prowling along the bank just itching for a really small target. There was a decided increase in the number of spectators lining the bridge rails and at other vantage points along the course. They were especially interested in targets number 18 and 28 (water hazards) which were set in such a manner as to allow them to easily see both the shooting and the results. This spectator interest might well be used to advantage in boosting membership in local clubs and general interest in the sport of archery. The shoot was decidedly a success and enjoyed equally by both target and field archers. The WO-PE-NA archers, under the leadership of Ray Laizure, and the Park Commission are to be congratulated on this out standing shoot. It is hoped that they will be able to hold another shoot of this type later in the year. Archery in New Jersey has definitely been sent off to a good start. LET US KNOW— If you have archery friends in the service please let us know their names and branches in which they are serving. Ye Sylvan Archer is compiling a list of archers who are in the armed forces of United States and its Allies.

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Blunts from the Old Stump By the President John Davis, Editor of Ye Sylvan Archer, has answered the call of duty and has entered the armed services of the United States as an instructor. We will miss his valued services to field archery, temporarily suspended, needed more by our government. We will carry on in his absence. For tunately, we were able to obtain a capable substitute in the person of A. T. (Bert) Wallis, of Seattle, Washington, a member of the Ex ecutive Committee of the NFAA from the Western Division. He has a wide exeprience in newspaper work and will make a splendid editor for Ye Sylvan Archer and will do every thing possible to further the inter est of field archery and improve the magazine. Information submitted by Art Young Big Game winners is re quested and compiled for two reasons: First, for the benefit of our bow and arrow hunters so they may benefit from the experience of successful bow hunters; Second, for its statis tical value in counter acting the op position of uninformed critics who claim that the bow is not a humane and effective weapon for big game 'hunting. These sixteen big game winners killed with the bow 14 deer, 1 javelina, 1 wild boar, and 1 male lion. Mrs. J. C. Trittin, of Salt Lake City, Utah, is the first woman to win the Art Young Award. The largest buck was shot by Jack Yaeger of East Lansing, Michigan, the buck weighing 325 pounds. AIMING METHOD: It is a sur prise to learn that big game winners shoot instinctively, without any sights or aiming device of any kind. Jack Yaeger usually uses one fixed mark as an aiming device, but ad mits that when he shot his prize buck he shot instinctively. For ar chers who shoot field exclusively, there can no longer be any question but that it is highly desirable to de velop the instinctive type of shooting. There is no mystery about this type of shooting. Instinctive judgment on proper bow elevation comes much easier than the development of good

shooting form. But you can’t shoot target with point of aim and sights for eleven months of a year and then expect to do accurate, instinctive shooting during the hunting season. For target archers who shoot field only occasionally, or use heavy tackle only for hunting, the one fixed sight method advocated by Forrest Nagler in the Field Archery Hand book is probably preferable. DISTANCE OF SHOT: How far did these winners have to shoot bo get their game? These distances will sur prise you if you are expecting Robin hood shots of 100 yards or more. None of these shots was over 50 yards. The distances of the killing shots were as follows: One at 50 yards; one ot 43 yards; 4 at 40 yards; 37 yards; 2 at 35 yards; 30 yards; 2 at 25 yards; 3 at 20 yards and 1 at 10 yards. The average length of the winning shot was 32 yards. If you can shoot with reasonable accuracy up to 40 yards, you have a mighty good chance of getting your game when you get that shot. If you look over the NFAA field ground, you will understand how well the ex perienced field archers planned this interesting field game to give you practice under as near hunting con ditions and distances as possible. The field round has enough shots over 50 yards to give you practice at long distances for a more or less lucky shot, but emphasizes distances under 50 yards because these are the actual practical distances you are apt to get your shot and your game. Some years ago in Michigan, accurate rec ords were kept of all deer hunting shots obtained by the archers; this included many impossible shots. These statistics show that half of the shots obtained at deer were under 50 yards, and one-third of the shots were under 30 yards.

WHERE GAME HIT and distance game traveled after hit: The statis tics we compile each year are a com plete refutation of the claims that arrows are not a humane and effec tive weapon on big game. In most

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cases the shots were well placed; 10 were back of the shoulder and through the chest cavity, with com plete penetration through the animal. In these chest shots the game travel ed 50 yards or less after being hit. Outside of the spine shot, there is no more deadly shot than a chest shot, especially where it is well for ward in the lungs. The hemorrhage from this shot quickly fills the lungs, causing dizziness and a quick col lapse. There were two spine shots causing almost instant death. Two were heart shots. One would expect almost instant death with a heart shot, but in both cases the deer traveled 200 yards. This is similar to rifle experience, where the game goes on as a result of reflex action, although the heart may be completely shattered. Hits in the less vital spots caused the game to travel much fur ther. One shot in the neck resulted in the game traveling four miles before collapse. Another animal hit in the rump went a quarter of a mile before it was dispatched with another shot through the lungs. From the stand point of humaneness and killing power, we doubt whether a rifle bullet in these 17 cases would have been more effective than the arrow. WOUNDED GAME : Our questionaire inquired whether other members of the hunting party had reported hits on game not recovered. Out of 10 replies, 5 answered “yes”. Every hit with an arrow does not mean that the game is in the pot. We must recognize that in bow hunting, as well as in gun hunting, some wounded animals will not be recovered. This may be due to a hit in a non-vital spot, or inadequate weapons, or loss of game due to difficulties of track ing. If the wound is superficial, the game will recover with no crippling effects. Some lost animals will die. But to the credit of the archers, our experience is that archers do a much more thorough job of tracking wounded game in an effort to recover it than does the average gun hunter. Accuracy developed in shooting the field round will enable you to place your arrow in a vital spot when you get that shot you may have been waiting for for many years. BOWS: Of the 16 big game win-

ners. 8 used Osage bows, 6 Yew bows, 1 used Bamboo, and 1 Lemonwood. Of the 16 bows, 13 were backed with silk, rawhide sinew, bamboo or hickory. Silk was the preferred back ing. Some used both silk and raw hide for backing. As to weights of bows, 2 used bows under 60 pounds, 8 were between 60 and 70 pounds, with an average of 65 pounds, six were over 70 pounds. The heaviest bow was 90 pounds. 5 bows were more than 5Vs feet in length, and 10 were under 5% feet in length. Of the shorter bows the average bow was 5 feet 3 inches in length. The ten dency seems to be toward shorter and wider bows for brush hunting, and kneeling or crouched shots. 6 of the 16 bows had curved tips. 10 had straight limbs, some slightly set back in the handle. ARROWS: Of the arrows used, 8 of the Big Game Winners preferred cedar, Port Orford being favored. 4 used birch arrows, 3 used Douglas Fir, and 1 used pine. 3 used arrows . weighing under 400 grains; 4 used arrows between 400 and 500 grains in weight; 4 between 500 and 600 grains and 4 over 600 grains. The weight of the arrow in each case depended upon the weight of the bow used. In every case however, except one, the arrows did not exceed the Weight recommended by the Bear Formula which is that the arrow weight in grains should not exceed 10 times the bow weight in pounds. In most cases they were under the recommended arrow weight. HEADS: The lightest head used was 100 grains in weight and the heaviest 210 grains. 6 heads used were under 125 grains in weight, 5 weighed between 125 and 150 grains, and 5 weighed over 150 grains. The width ran from 1 inch to 114 inches and the length from 2% to 2% inches with one head being 3 inches long. All the hunters emphasized the necessity bf the broadheads being kept sharp at all times. In next month’s Ye Sylvan Archer we will publish a complete chart of these Big Game Winners, showing the type of equipment used, the distance of each shot, distance game traveled, location of the shot, and other information which will give you a more detailed story.

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We are in receipt of a valuable Art Young memento from George Brommers. It is the U. S. pass port issued to Art Young when he left for his African bow hunting ex pedition in 1925 with Dr. Saxton Pope. The passport bears his photo graph with his signature. It was issued on January 12, 1925. His full name is given as “Arthur Howard Young” born at Kelseyville, Calif., August 18, 1882. His age at the time of the African trip was 42. He was 6 feet tall, with blue eyes and brov/n hair. His ^occupation was given as “Motion picture producer.” The passport was issued “to all countries for motion picture business and travel.” His address at the time was 1520 Masonic Ave., San Fran cisco, California, and his foreign ad dress as Kilindine, Africa. The pass port bears the validation of the British and French consuls at San Francisco, January 23r 1925, and that of the Italian consul at Nariobi, . Africa, August 24, 1925. Also the consular validation at the port of Genoa, Italy, on September 14 and 22, 1925. The passport bears a $10.00 French consular stamp and a 2 pound British stamp, and a 50 Lire Italian stamp. It also shows disembarkment at Cherebourg as of March 15. George also enclosed a photograph of Art Young, with a large male lion he had shot with the arrow, and an Art Young Apprecia tion and Tribute written by Dr. Paul E. Klopstag at the time of his death. These Art Young mementos and many others belong to all the field archers of America, and we shall keep them in trust until such time as a suitable and permanent place for them and many other hundreds of famous mementos and relics of the past history of archery can be permanently stored, and where they can be viewed by the field archers not only of our day but in the gen erations to come.

PLEASE! When you change your, address please give us the old address as well as the new one. You see we keep our files by states and it is some job to change an address if we don’t know what state the member came from.

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DONALD M. COLE Redfield, South Dak.

By Kore T. Duryee Don passed away March 11th, last. Met him first about 15 years ago on a visit to his mother living in Seattle. Had corresponded with him for a couple of years prior to his visit so felt that I knew him. Quiet, slow in his speech but with a very quick and retentive memory. A very keen sense of humour and ready wit that made him a wonderful hunt ing companion. We tried for years to go on a hunt ing trip but it never materialized until September of ’41 when he, Jack Pratt, myself and four others spent a most enjoyable three weeks on a pack trip up the Elk River in East ern British Columbia. What an en joyable three weeks that was! Don was not well then, though none of us knew it till later. That was his last hunting trip. The last couple of years he has been doing a good deal of experiment ing on hunting arrows along a line that most of us have been neglecting, the edge of the blade. Don never seemed to be satisfied with the edge

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on his knife yet I believe there are few men in the country that could beat him in shapening any kind of a knife. The following is an extract from a letter I received just a few weeks before he passed away. “Now we come to that all im portant factor— the cutting power of the head itself. It definitely is not a weapon to drive through heavy bone. We cannot hope to kill with a shot in the shoulder or the ham al though sometimes this may happen, but we can expect a killing blow if delivered anywhere in the body pro viding the blade is RAZOR SHARP. And now I have some news for you. I have learned at last how to sharpen a head easily and quickly and surely, making it so sharp it will cut a swath of hair from your forearm at a single stroke, or clip single hairs off, one at a time just as you can do with a razor. There is no degree of keenness beyond this point and this edge combined with proper arrow head design is the secret of penetration and killing power. There is a vast difference in how a vein or artery is cut. If it is severed by force or pressure as in the case of a dull blade, the bleeding is far less than if it be cut cleanly and easily. Ask your surgeon on this point. These heads, Kore, which I have been sharpening and testing, slide through various materials so easily and with so little poundage that I can hardly believe my eves as I read the scales. ONE POUND of pressure will press a head that is I1/! inches wide through the heaviest tanned buck skin. After sharpening the blade as well as I could with the file I give it a few strokes on the finest butch er’s steele. Any old steele won’t do but get the finest you can. “Another thing, the average arch er’s mind is pretty largely closed to the possibilities of the stalk. Seeing game at 75 yards, he feels he must shoot, that he can come no closer, and thus trades the reasonable chance for a good shot for the more im mediate privilege of almost certain miss at long range. He relies upon luck and hope and never improves as a hunter because the bow is not a 75-yard weapon and he refuses to avail himself of the only known (Continued on page 8)

ITc #glpan Archer Official Publication of the National Field Archery Association Published the twentieth of each month at 505 North 11th Street, Corvallis, Oregon. J. E. Davis........ Editor and Publisher A. T. Wallis For the Duration

Subscription Price ...... $1.00 per year Foreign Subscription .... $1.25 per yr. Single Copies ............................ 10 cents Advertising Rates on Application Entered as second - class matter June 25, 1942, at the post office at Corvallis, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879.

Editorial As I have been called into army service, Mr. A. T. “Bert” Wallis, of Seattle, Washington, has been draft ed to assume the duties of editor of Ye Sylvan Archer for the duration or until my services are no longer needed by the Government. I am writing this from Roney Plaza Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida, where I am quartered for a six-weeks’ • training period. My orders read “thence to Santa Ana, California.” Bert is superintendent and fore man of the West Seattle Herald, commercial printers, and is qualified by education and profession to carry on the work. I regret the necessity for step ping out at this time but I am sure that all our readers will agree that any contribution, however small, that we may be able to make toward winning the war should be given freely without considering personal pleasures or desires. Let us not only hope and pray for a speedy prosecution of the war, but work for it with all our might. Till we meet again in the columns of Ye Sylvan Archer. JOHN E. DAVIS, Publisher. As has been the custom in the past. Ye Sylvan Archer will continue as

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the official organ of the National Field Archery Association. The pur pose of this publication has been and will continue to be the promotion of field archery, in all its phases, wherever Ye Sylvan Archer is cir culated. The Association has been working side by side with this pub lication for the benefit of field arch ery and the enlightenment and en tertainment of all archers since its instigation. A constant increase in interest, in fellowship and improve ment in technique and skill are the things most to be desired by the in dividual or group as well as the Association and Ye Sylvan Archer. We can and will all benefit by this mutual interest. The sponsoring of national mail tournaments, the awarding of merit badges for improvement and achieve ment, the “20 Pin,” the Art Young Big Game Award, and the yearly publication of an official Handbook for field archers are part of the functions of the Association. Collecting and compiling data on various phases of archery together with the tabulation of national matches and annual hunting records to be presented to those interested in field activities are all gratuitous jobs and are performed by executives of the Association as their contribu tion to the promotion of a grand sport. Others interested in field ac tivities have offered articles of in struction and experiences which are enjoyed by many through the Hand book and YSA. So, that others may share with you in your interesting experiences and toxophilic lore, wherever you are, • whatever it may be, write it down and send it in. John Davis has been called into the service as an instructor in the Army. A letter from Davis came by air mail to this writer on May fourth telling of his departure for Miami Beach on May seventh. We have been asked to carry on for Davis for the duration. In ac cepting this responsibility we will attempt to do justice to the favor he has bestowed upon us. We believe John has derived more enjoyment

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from the publication of Ye Sylvan Archer than from any one source during the years he has been pub lisher. That is why we feel he is doing us a real favor. One doesn’t just say, “Here it is for the duration” unless a feeling of confidence exists. We are highly flattered and sin cerely grateful for that confidence. Our only hope is that we may come somewhere near the standard which he has established for us. We are so averse to moving into John’s position as editor in the mast head of the publication, which is at the head of this column, that we have decided to leave his name there and list our’s underneath as A. T. Wallis .... For the Duration. In doing this we have no intention of “passing the buck” to John for those things which we may do or say which are not to our credit. We merely wish to say, in our mind, John is yet the editor. In other times than these our duties would be listed as pro tern. So, for the duration, or until the name Wallis disappears completely from the masthead, if there are any kicks they must be addressed to this name,—unless the protest is so violent John is asked to “Get another ‘for the duration’ for Ye Sylvan Archer.” We wish John the best of luck and a speedy return.

DON COLE (Continued from page 7) method of cutting down distance. As the stalk is really the phase which I get the kick out of, I will always attempt the closest approach. “Another point, a varnished shaft while it appears sniooth as glass will drag against tissue considerably more than a shaft that has been lacquered, given a rub of fine steel wool and then a heavy coat of wax. Still less resistance is encountered if the first third or so of the shaft be greased. Now don’t laugh, these little details mean penetration. “This is a damn fine sermon and I could continue much farther but will close.” I am sure going to miss the letters from Don and you are going to miss some very fine articles on archery.

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Around the. Course In the April issue of Westways is an article by Erwin S. Hein on field archery which does Mr. Hein much credit. The article is highlighted by several excellent photographs. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦

New Jersey Field Archery of ficials note the increase in spectators at their spring roving meet. This interest can be developed by locations for field courses being chosen which afford a view of the archers as well as the targets. Wooded areas, parks, streams and lakes all add atmosphere and interest. Let’s have other sug gestions on how to increase spectator interest. Hurbert Zimbeaux, a director of the Utah Archery Association, has been inducted into the Army, report ing; to Fort Douglas on April 10th.— From U. A. Shafts and Broadheads. Recently elected officers of Wash ington Field Archery Association for this year are: S. L. Michael, presi dent; J. W. MacFarlane, vice-presi dent; Kore T. Duryee, secretary!. Michael, who hails from Tacoma, has held the secretaryship for several years. “Mac” MacFarlane, of Pasco, an enthusiastic hunter and a good sport, is a credit to any office. Duryee’s many long years of activity and service speak for him. We con gratulate the State Association in making such a wise choice of it’s 1943 officials.

A standard NFAA Field Round Roving course has been laid out near Hogle’s Zoo, at the mouth of Emi gration Canyon in Utah and was initiated by Utah Field Archers May 2. As the shoot was held on the opening day of the Zoo, it was a gala occasion for all concerned.— U. A. Shafts and Broadheads.

Letters from many archers in the service urge local and state groups throughout the country to “keep things going” so there may be an active organization in their locality

when they return. In archery, this is the least we can do for them. And we will benefit much from it during that time by the recreation and diver sion it affords. A bulletin from the Michigan A. A. secretary, states, in part: “I have received checks from many soldiers for their 1943 membership and there is usually a note inclosed that says something like this, ‘I shall not be with you this year because I am in the Army, but here is my member ship to keep things going so there will be an active organization when I may shoot again.’ They want archery, friends to shoot with, a sound association that can go ahead. Shall we see to it that their wish comes true?” Increased interest in archery ac tivities throughout the nation leads one to believe the answer is “Yes!”

For the duration all communica tions to Ye Sylvan Archer should be addressed to A. T. “Bert” Wallis, 214 Summit Ave., Seattle, Wash. ♦ « * *

John and Vera Yount have taken on a mammoth job—that of getting the Official Handbook into the mails alone. Last year two persons were hired full time during the mailing but this year no one is available. We have received one Handbook of the dozen ordered and congratulate the Executive Committee on their efforts. Although we believed last year’s book was as good as was possible, this year’s excells it in every respect. It is a book the archer cannot afford to be without. Get yours from John L. Yount, P. 0. Box 383, Redlands, California. That great ponderable, whence came the hole in the doughnut, has inspired countless theories. But there’s something highly original and appealing in the one tracking it back to an Indian’s arrow which missed a Pilgrim cook and pierced instead the flat cake she was mak ing. The stoic and thrifty qualities which would cause her to proceed /unperturbed, using the damaged dough, give the donut its most heroic birth.—Coronet Magazine.

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First 1943 Mail Tournaments By Karl E. Palmatier 28 Target Score

28 Target Score

56 Target Score

Han- Han di dicap cap Score

76-298 64-244

64- 244 73-266 52-196 65- 268 63-245 56- 188 85-343 81-319 62-226 76-308 51-205 57- 205

68- 313 70-268 70-268 57-331 61-221 67-253 69- 251 55-195 72-269 61-237 52-196 83-337 59-226 57-209

144-611 134-512 134-512 130-487 113- 417 132-521 132-496 111-383 157-612 142-556 114- 422 159-645 110-431 114-414

350 360 310 290 360 250 270 380 150 180 270

961 872 822 777 776 771 766 763 762 736 692

BOWMAN CLASS— I. M. Stamps, Seattle, Wash Fred Brockhoff, Seattle. Wash Harvey Hicks, Malibu Mt. Club Kore T. Duryee, Seattle, Wash G. T. Hendricks, Malibu Mt. Club .... Max Stemple, Malibu Mt. Club Dwight Sherrill, Malibu Mt. Club .... Jim Hicks, Malibu Mt. Club Roland Rexroad, Malibu Mt. Club .... Earl Grubbs, Malibu Mt. Club Dick Hendershot, Malibu Mt. Club ... Tracy Stalker, Flint, Mich Jim Knittie, Malibu Mt. Club T. Thorsen, Malibu Mt. Club Paul Ludwig, Malibu Mt. Club Art Schampel, Malibu Mt. Club Paul Bledose, Malibu Mt. Club T. A. Ritchey, Malibu Mt. Club Barney Granger, Bremerton, Wash. W. Walton, Hopkinton, Mass Charles Howe, Malibu Mt. Club .... Glen Smith, Los Angeles, Calif James Dundas, Flint, Mich C. N. MacGillivray, Flint, Mich Glenn St. Charles, Seattle, Wash W. A. Gillam, Seattle, Wash R. J. Modrell, Seattle, Wash Rex Aldrich, Seattle, Wash G. S. Wagner, Flint, Mich Archie Powell, Seattle, Wash Bert Wallis, Seattle, Wash

60-238 42-158 47- 177 57-211 48- 176 51- 181 52- 182 34- 116 45-177 44-166 41- 149 42- 160 35- 137 40- 145 31-119 47-184 37-139 39-143 26-134 30-110 39-135 41- 145 42- 160 30-116 52-192 49- 177 42-152 42-158 36-134 39-149 35-137

62-252 40-154 38- 144 55-207 52- 186 45-161 61-211 35-125 43-171 51-199 39-131 43-149 31-113 24- 84 42- 160 43- 154 53- 207 38- 138 28-106 31-111 40- 138 51-189 33-117 26-100 45- 175 46- 184 43-165 33-131 39- 153 38-138 37-139

122-490 82 -312 85-321 112- 418 100-362 96- 342 113- 393 69-241 88-348 95-365 80-280 85-309 66-250 64-229 73-279 90-338 90-346 77-281 54-240 61-221 79-273 92-334 75-277 56-216 97- 367 95-361 85-317 75-289 75-287 77-287 72-276

20 160 150 50 100 110 50 190 70 50 120 80 130 150 90 30 20 80 120 120 50 20 30 70

510 472 471 468 462 452 443 431 418 415 400 389 380 379 369 368 366 361 360 341 323 314 307 286

NOVICE CLASS— Robert Blackmore, Marysville, Wash. Orville Lee, Seattle, Wash Jack Colburn, Malibu Mt. Club

32-120 28- 98 37-133

41-157 43-137 22- 84

73-277 71-235 59-217

EXPERT BOWMAN CLASS— Carl Seastrom, Malibu Mt. Club, Cal. William Dukenfield. Malibu Mt. Club. Tiny Munson, Malibu Mt. Club C. W. Seastrom Malibu Mt. Club S. Foster, Pasedena, Calif J<eo Sipe, Malibu Mt. Club, Calif Roy Hoff, Malibu Mt. Club E. L. Kallander, Framingham, Mass. Ken Moore, Malibu Mt. Club Emery Watts, Malibu Mt. Club Howard Noble, Malibu Mt. Club R. Quayle, Malibu Mt. Club Kenneth Bingham, Malibu Mt. Club. Victor Jensen, Malibu Mt. Club

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28 28 Target Target Score Score 26- 90 29-107 24- 98 24- 92 20- 76 25- 105 18- 68 29- 99 26-100 17-. 61 7- 27 23- 81 6- 22 14- 50

56 Target Score 55-197 48-190 45-179 47-167 43-161 30-108 20- 72

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EXPERT BOWMAN CLASS— Lulu Stalker, Flint, Mish. .... Babe Bitzenberger, Malibu Mt. Club

44-161 31-113

44-164 46-164

85-325 77-277

120 40

445 317

BOWMAN CLASS— Marie Seastrom, Malibu Mt. Club .... Minerva Gandy, Malibu Mt. Club ....

33-121 31-101

26-108 29-105

59- 229 60- 206

190 150

419 356

NOVICE CLASS— Dorothy Dukenfield, Malibu Mt. Club Blanche Wallis, Seattle, Wash Mary Bledose, Malibu Mt. Club Silvia Noble, Malibu Mt. Club Betty Hendershot, Malibu Mt. Club. Patricia Ryan, Seattle, Wash Mrs. W. A. Gillam, Seattle, Wash Harriet Kellogg, Seattle, Wash Amanda Sherrell, Malibu Mt. Club.

27- 95 23- 85 24- 88 13- 43 22- 80 17- 63 17- 63 9- 39 19- 67

20- 72 22- 82 18- 64 28-106 15- 63 18- 70 19- 69 18- 70 10- 30

47-167 45-167 42-152 51-149 37-143 35- 133 36- 132 27-109 29- 97

Art Partee, Seattle, Wash Eddie LaFreriere, Bremerton, Wash. Robert MacManus, Bremerton, Wash. Wellington, Lewis, Hopkinton, Mass. W. B. Blackmore, Marysville, Wash. Ben Bredimus, Seattle, Wash David Kellogg, Naches, Wash LADIES

Fifty-one archers took part in the first mail tournament of 1942. There are sixty-eight in this one. This is a 35.3 per cent increase. The weather conditions in Michigan have been very bad. But that section will be in the next report. The ribbons for the indoor tourna ments have been ordered but to date have not been received. They will be mailed just as soon as possible. The following persons will be in the Expert Bowman Class for the next report: I. M. Stamps. Kore T. Duryee. The actual score to be in this class is 400. Robert Blackmore will be in the Bowman Class for his next tournament. The Michigan Archer’s Associa tion has voted to ask the NFAA to Wold its first national tournament in Michigan just as soon as conditions permit. The Michigan Archers Association had charge of the 1936 National Archery tournament at Battle Creek, Michigan. Lewis Smith said of that meet at the banquet, “Never in the history of the National Archery As-

sociation has there been a tourna ment at which so many records have been broken by so many competitors and by such large margins as at the 1936 meet.” It was the first NAA in twenty years to pay for itself. Karl Palmatier, Tournament Sec’y.

Utah Field Opening, 1943 Utah’s 1943 Archery season opened in a blaze of good field shooting at the U. of U. on April 4th, nearly 40 shooters taking part in the in augural events. Senior honors were pretty well scattered, but Mrs. Verne Trittin paced the. ladies in all events, and a new junior star was unveiled in the person of Don Hicks, youth ful newsboy. Shooting in his first formal tournament, young Don led his group in the 120-yard Clout and the 60-vard Wand, and tied Ray Saville for first in Archery-Golf. The many new faces in all divisions presages a prosperous and busy year for archery in Utah.— U. A. Shafts and Broadheads.

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OFFICERS President—A. J. Michelson 610 F. P. Flint Bldg., Flint. Mich. Vice-President—Jean C. Trittin. 22 W. 2d So. St. Salt Lake City. Lit. Secretary-Treasurer—John L. Yount. Box 3S3, Redlands. California. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Eastern—R. C. Laizure, 328 Rollins Ave., Clifton. N. J. Mid-Western—Fred Bear, 2611 W. Philadelphia, Detroit, Mich. Western—A. T. (Ben) Wallis, 214 Summit Ave. North, Seatth Wn. Southern—Carl Wheeler. 2300 N. Broadway, Albuquerque, New Mexico

By John L. Yount A war does strange things. Here we have an editor well past draft age, even past military age, and yet see what happens. He turns out to be the kind of professor that the army wants. This leaves “Ye Sylvan Archer” without an editor. This was a real blow to the field archers for if it hadn’t been for Mr. Davis I am afraid to think of what might have happened to the NF A A. He with his magazine came to our aid even before we were fully organized and gave us the publicity and support that has made it possible to organize the field archers of the country. This whole hearted support of field archery undoubtedly cost him a large number of subscriptions for it was not so long ago that the majority of archers were target archers and the field archer was a sort of outcast. While we are planning a welcome for Mr. Davis when he once again takes “Ye Sylvan Archer” we can count ourselves very lucky in having a man of the calibre of Bert Wallis to carry on in his absence. Wallis as you probably all know is our Western Representative. Before we get away from this publishing business I would like to apologize for not getting the hand book out before and at the same time pass the buck for the delay to the publisher. He in his turn will pass it right along to our old friend Hiro

hito, who as you remember started something of a row at a place called Pearl Harbor. If you have tried to get anything done in the past six months you will know what I am talking about.

We had two pleasant things hap pen to us recently. First we received a “genuine” from none other than our old friend “Osage” Jim Murphy of Bakersfield, California. Jim might have a bit of trouble in tracing his family tree to the first Americans, but his Indian arrow is perfect in every detail. The outstanding event in our re cent life was when we received an NF A A ring from our champion, Ken Moore. This certainly reversed the usual procedure where the Secretary gives the trophy to the Champion. This ring is a real work of art and I don’t think I am predjudiced either because the ring belongs to me or be cause it is an archery ring. I think you are going to hear a lot more about this ring in the near future; not the one I have, but others like it, for there is certainly a place in the NFA A foi* such a trophy. Please print your name and ad dress on membership applications and change of address notices. We have found that a lot of fellows don’t write any better than we do.

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Cascade Archers Hold First Official Shoot The Cascade Archers of West Seattle, Washington, finished their first official Outdoor Mail Tourna ment on May 2. Part of the meet was shot April 11, some of the archers completing their official score then. Among them were Harold Aebig, member of the Cascade Archers, since then having been inducted into the Army, and Lt. Orville Lee, now in Alaska. The Seattle Archers were guests of the Cascade club which held the meet on a newly constructed course in West Seattle. Glenn St. Charles, president of the Cascade Archers, says of the recent meet: “Irl Stamps was high man and proved himself a master of our long shots. He highlighted the day on our 65 yard target. It is very deceptive, being uphill and on a slope lined with trees. A shallow ravine breaks the ground in front of the butt, making the 24-inch target look like an 18inch target at about 45 yards. Stamps wasn’t fooled like the others have been and dropped his first arrow in the spot; and, as if to show it wasn’t an accident, he put the next one right beside the first. “We’ve followed the first Handbook closely in building our course, taking care not to build our trails directly to the targets, etc. A spring fed creek runs through the course, af fording much coolness in the shade of trees beside it. Bob Modrell’s bridge building with the help of Tink Johnson and Rex Aldrich has made it almost park-like. We’re all en thusiastic over it and get a big kick out of improving it each week in be tween shoots which are on Wednesday evenings and Sundays. “Members of our club to date are, Archie Powell, Jr., Secretary; Bob Modrell, Tink Johnson, Harold Aebig, Cal Fanders, Gene Reed, Rex Aldrich, Leon Morel Jr., Dave Hamlin, Howard Sugden and myself (Glenn St. Charles, President.)” In addition Glenn says of Ye Sylvan Archer: “You’re certainly doing great work with the magazine, Mr. Davis, and it’s hard to imagine archery without it.”

Toronto Archers Organize Mr. Bob Johnson, 228 Kingsway Crescent, and Mr. George Stiff, 1253 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, announce a mixed shoot which was held May 16, at the en trance of Locust Lawn Tennis Club near Royal York Road. Arrangements were made for the use of an excellent archery field with sufficient distance for all Rounds, including Clout and Flight. A Roving Course was available for those who have participated in field shooting previously and others de siring to join them. Attending archers had all the facilities of the Lawn Tennis club at their disposal. All those interested in the for mation of a club were invited to attend.

Where the flight of one or more arrows in a set is higher than that of the rest of the set. a correction can be made by changing, the balance point. Remove the piles from the defective arrows and drill a 3/64 inch hole directly up the center of the shaft for about one-half inch. Cut a narrow strip of sheet lead and round, if necessary, to fit the hole. Lightly tap the lead protruding from the hole to set securely and trim off excess to fit the tapered end of the shaft. Replace pile, and set with small pointed punch. Difference in correction can be made by a variation in the length of hole and amount of lead used. The same method can be applied to the nock end of the arrow for ones which fly low. For 1 ft or right variation of individual arrows, respinning to conform to the other arrows of the set may be necessary. —Contributed.

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