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Table of Contents A DAY WITH THE BOW FLIGHT SHOOTING, by Professor C. D. Curtis, Pembina, N. Dak.

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PROGRESS (By GEO. W. ^BLODGETT; (Portland, Ore&on lagging and In a far gone time when the world Weaponless, feeble, was young, behind.

His foot in the race was slow; A cave man wandered alone, But he fettered the ends of a broken With never a pause in his quest for food, branch, And thus he invented the bow.

His only weapon a stone.

Naked, defenseless, and crouching1 in fear, His chances for life seemed small; But he had the germ of a brain that could think And thus he was ruler of all.

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So warmed and sheltered and furnish­ ed with food, His upward journey began; Till he thought of another beside himself And that’s what made him a man. conquered the floods with his hollowed log; He conquered the cold and the snow, He conquered the night by the light of his fire; But he conquered the World with his bow.

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In the long, cold night in his cheer­ less .cave, He trembled and longed for the dawn; But he struck a spark from a broken flint And thus was firelight born.

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CM QDay With £he ^Bow It was the last day free from col­ lege duties before the end of the year, six long weeks ahead, and be­ cause of this was doubly precious.

After long deliberations I had decid­ ed to spend it in the mountains with my dog and bow for company, so ear­ ly in the gray twilight of morning, I had taken my favorite longbow from the wall, slung a light knapsack upon my shoulders, called one of the campus dogs—and here I was, sneak­ ing softly along a great ridge to­ ward the river, six miles away, where I planned to lunch. The sun shone brilliantly upon the hills and valleys, proclaiming by some intangible qual­ ity of its light that spring was upon the mountains. It filled the deep woods with a pleasant warmth where it penetrated the shadows, and in the little openings drew sweet perfumes from myriad wild flowers blossom­ ing there. Birds sang in bush and tree on every hand, and the morning breeze whispered softly through the trees—the whole universe seemed beautiful and happy—and I was in harmony with its mood. After today long hours of grinding work in pre­ paring for the final examinations lay ahead—but what cared I ? Today I A pack rested upon my was free! shoulders, my sixty-five pound longbow felt pleasantly trustworthy in my hand, and a quiver- of broadheads was slung over my shoulder. The shadows of the forest were cool and occasional glimpses of my little, bowlegged, flop-eared hound, quartering the ground ahead, filled me with deep content.

Ostentatiously we—my dog and I —were hunting rabbits and squirrels.

In reality, we were out to enjoy a day in the forest in any way we saw

fit. The two are not always synon­ ymous, for the joy of sylvan archery is to roam through the hills, hunting when so inclined, but often turning aside to explore some interesting nook, to admire the beauty of the woods flower, or to shoot at a chunk or leaf.

Carefully, but rather swiftly—for it was six miles to the river—we passed through the woods, my dog ranging for rabbits, while I kept a

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sharp lookout for squirrels. Our hunt­ ing was careful, but the game seem­ ed to be on vacation, and for perhaps an hour we progressed unrewarded.

At the end of this time we had come to an opening in the forest and rath­ er than go through, I turned to my left and descended the ridge a bit in order to pass the glade without leaving the trees. Just as I neared

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the farther end and was about to re­ turn to the dim trail, my eye picked up the form of a squirrel sitting upon his haunches and looking for all the world like a brown chunk or leaf He had not seen me, and instantly

‘•I raised my bow and started to draw”

stopping, I raised my bow arm and started to draw my arrow. Perhaps some mysterious sixth sense warned him—perhaps he simply happened to be ready to move. I do not know.

At all events, just as I started to draw, the little rascal moved again, slipped into the bushes, and this time I saw him no more. Even my dogfailed to locate him, so finally we proceeded upon our way, not in the least down-hearted over his escape.

As I progressed softly down the ridge, my little hound started seveial rabbits, but some how they seemed always just out of reach of my questing arrows. At last, however, he started one and dashed madly af­ ter it, but returned instantly at my word of command. The rabbit had

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not been greatly frightened, and in a short distance slowed down and stopped beneath a small bush. Now began a swift but silent stalk! The leaves were crisp and insisted upon a certain amount af crackling under foot. However, I managed to travel with a fair degree of quietness, and in the course of a few moments, leached a bush within easy range of the rabbit. It was low, and from be­ hind it, I could easily loose an arrow.

Slowly I rose to my knees, slowly laised my bow arm, smoothly drew and released my arrow. The shot was one of those upon which the archer loves to dwell.

Smoothly, without flutter or deviation, the ar­ row left the string, whirred softly through its flight, and struck the rabbit squarely, pinning his kicking body to the base of a small sappling.

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once more the conquering savage who has killed by the keenness of his own eye and the strength of his own good right arm!

As I approached my game, I stoop­ ed and patted the little hound upon the head, throwing him into ecstasies of joy. Then I withdrew my arrow, and picking up the rabbit by the hind legs resumed my progress down the ridge.”'Glime for some unexplained cause was still scarce. The sky was blue, the forest cool and pleasant, and in every way conditions seemed per­ fect, but woodfolk were seemingly ly­ ing in their dens, safe from the machinations of man.

My progress was necessarily cautious, for noise had to be avoided. Slipping from side to side of the ridge and carefully noting every tree and bush which held forth a possibility of game, I hunted as closely as I knew how. Delight­ ful work, their hunting, even when the bag is meagre. All ones senses are keyed to the highest degree of perception in an effort to locate the wily denizens of the forest; every tree and bunch of grass holds forth the possibility of .game; the whisper­ ing breezes may bring to the atten­ tive ear the sound of soft scratchings or rustlings which indicate the pre­ sence of game. The forest takes on new beauties, and offers new attrac­ tions; the sunlight is brighter and clearer than before; and the very air seems to possess a new tang as one draws it in in health giving draughts.

Hunting in this way, an hour passed without further sight of game. The river was only a couple of miles ahead, and already my mind was be­ ginning to turn to thoughts of lun­ cheon.

As I softly slipped forward, a slight sound struck my ear, indicative of something not far ahead. A clump of bushes obstructed my view, so that

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I was unable to see, but the sound was clear. Instinctively dropping to the earth, I crept forward on my hands and knees, seeking a view be­ yond the bushes. The moment was tense with expectation. Gradually the view opened ahead, showing a tiny glade beyond the clump. At last I reached a spot from which a full view was possible. In the midst of the .glade, possibly thirty yards from me stood an old half-rotted stump and close beside it, an immense hom­ ed owl sat upon the ground, intent upon a catch. Even as I looked he stretched his wings, and with a pow­ erful stroke or two, lifted himself to the stump, thus presenting a splen­ did target. Slowly lifting my bow arm, as I rose to one knee, I drew and loosed a shaft. Close upon the left, it parted his feathers and harm­ lessly passed on.

A second shared the same fortune. Seemingly the owl was filled with goggle eyed won­ der- at the whispering messengers. A third arrow I softly drew, nocked and smoothly loosed. With a vicious hiss it left the string and thumped squarely into the great bird’s breast knocking him from the stump as it passed on through to bury itself deeply in a sappling beyond. It was enough, for the owl, after a convul­ sive flutter lay still. To make cer­ tain of him, however, I shot another arrow into him, and approaching, placed him upon the stump, upon which his claws convulsively closed.

Here I took his picture. He was a large specimen of his kind and I de­ sired to take him to a friend at school who often stuffed them, but the body was covered with lice, so after recov­ ering my arrows, I proceeded upon my way.

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highest to cook dinner. Kindling a tiny fire, I soon had the forest filled with the aroma of boiling coffee and the smell of frying rabbit and bacon.

Then, lying upon one elbow upon the fragrant cedar and pine needles, I enjoyed the .rest and refreshment that only the woodlander can know.

From the foot of the cliff the wide expanse of the river wound away and away through the mountains—gradu­ ally becomming a mere thread of shimmering silver until, at last it lost itself entirely behind a great hill.

Across its bosom, the mountains of the farther shore rose higher and higher in dark green and ever loftier bulwarks of dusky pine, while over all hung the soft blue haze so char­ acteristic of the Ozarks. The wind gently whispered in the pines and cedars over my head, and the woods were filled with the aromatic frag­ rance. Peace reigned supreme. Long I lay, half dozing and lazily thinking, until at last, recalled by a sense of duties at home, I rose with a longsigh, stamped out the embers of the tiny fire, and calling my dog, turned my steps once more towards the duties of every day.

HINTS ON TARGET MAKING

(By J. G. Pratt, Silver Spring, Md.) It has always fell to my lot to be the target maker, and after knocking together over a dozen of these I have mastered the art so that a tar­ get will stand up under almost con­ tinual shooting for about three years with no attention except refacing.

Long rye straw right off the field is the stuff to use as it is tough and almost indestruetable. To make the .rolls uniform I use a trough made of boards about four inches wide, shaped like a mitre box. This is

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fastened to a table in the cellar and the long straw is packed in until flush with the top; the straw is then pushed along and wrapped with any kind of string, the operation being continued until the roll is ten or twelve feet long. This is then spir­ aled into the target as usual and the main thing in this operation in us­ ing the roll is using the stoutest twine that an upholstery needle will take, and pulling Ithe twine tight after each insert of the needle. To do this I use a ten cent store cot­ ton glove dampened so that it will grab the needle, and put my knee a.gainst the target at each pull, and instead of making a shallow catch as most targets are made, T sew through the middle of the next inner roll. At the beginning, in the mid­ dle and on the outside I backlash.

The last target I made has, been used almost continually for over two seasons on a 50 yard range which I have along side my house, and al­ though I use up a face in two or three months, the target is as solid and stiff as the day I made it, and will probably will last for several years to come. As targets are ex­ pensive and making them everj' year a lot of hard work, I believe it pays to make them so they will hold up.

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The Toledo Archers, Toledo, Ore­ gon , is a new club of twenty-two members.

E. H. Olmstead is pre­ sident and James Derrick, secretary­ treasurer. During the winter the members have been shooting indoors at 20 yards.

Dr. Geo. Cathey and Prof. B. G. Thompson are planning a panther and bear hunting expedition into the north Umpaqua country early in May.

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Flight Shooting

By PROF. C. D. CURTIS, Pembina, N. Dak.

In writing this article I lay no claim to having .given expert advice.

Rather I shall give the results of some of my experiments in this fasinating phase of archery. In order to do this I feel that a few words re­ lating to me personally will help me in presenting this article.

When a boy at my old home in eastern Iowa there came each fall and winter for many years families of Indians who camped in the woods on the .river near our home. Their pur­ pose was to hunt and trap. I got very well acquainted with these In­ dians and since the whole family came along there were boys of my own age among them. Every boy, and I believe every man for that matter, had a bow and arrows. There were many visitors at the Indian camp and a favorite pastime fo.r the Indian boys was to shoot at pennies which the visitors would place in a split stick stuck in the ground, the penny generally being about three feet above the .ground. In a few min­ utes every youth in the encamp­ ment would be at the spot with his bow and one arrow trying to hit the penny.

A dozen arrows would be flying at the same time and the bom­ bardment would continue until the penny was hit and knocked to the ground. How they ever told who hit the penny was a mystery to me but I never saw any disagreement at that point. The boys generally stood about fifteen yards away when shooting at the pennies.

One Sunday morning when several of us were visiting the camp one spring morning a crow alighted on the top most branch of a dead limb in a tall black oak tree. An old In­ dian stepped into his tent and

brought out his bow and an arrow, a hunting arrow. He was probably twenty or twenty-five yards from the base of the tree. But what he did was a surprise to us all. Instead of standing and shooting in the ordin­ ary way he sat down upon the ground, placing his feet against the middle of the bow and leaning back until he seemed to have his arrow in line with the crow he pulled back to the tip and let drive, And Mr. Crow came tumbling down, It might have been accidental of course that he made such a splendid shot, I merely stated what happened. That was the first time I had ever heard of a bow being shot in that way. Naturally we boys of the neighborhood took much interest in the Indians and soon were making bows of our own and prac­ ticing for all we were worth. These Indians used nothing but hickory for their bows and all their arrows were likewise of hickory. Their bows were strong shooters and we often won­ dered if they had some secret pro­ cess to make them so good. We tried to discover the secret if there was one but were unable to produce bows that would shoot like those the Indians made. We tried the fine bark wood and the course bark. We tried smoking the bows with smoke from burning grease , etc. Finally my chum saved up a little money and bought a bow and two arrows from one of the best bow makers of the camp.

It was a wonder compared to any that we could make. The ar­ rows were feathered and the bow painted with gaudy Indian colors.

I grew into manhood but the love of the bow stayed with me. I always had a bow or two lying around, al­ ways made of hickory for I firmly be-

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lieved that hickory was the “last word” in bow woods. Imagine my surprise many years later- to learn that it was counted about the poor­ est.

There came a day about twentyfive years later when I was riding down a steep hill with one of “ye olden time” high wheeled bicycles.

At the foot of the [hill the tire jumper! off and after the mix-up I found a badly shattered elbow joint was the main result. Two sprained ankles, one sprained knee and two sprained wrists became as sound as ever in a few weeks but the elbow .remained a cripple and is to this day. I could no longer draw the 75 or 80 pound bow with which I had so often speeded arrows away towards the clouds just to watch them in their graceful flight as they swept in beautiful curves to earth. For a long time I had to give up the bow altogether. Finally the arm mended enough to premit me to shoot a 40 lb. bow' pretty well and with much practice I finally reached the point where I could draw a 28 inch arrow to the tip with a 55 lb. bow. My thoughts turned back to the day long ago when the old Indian brought down the crow from the oak tree. Al­ so one day one of my high school boys told me of reading in a book called “The White Company” of an old archer who, in contest with a competitor who was using the cross bow, sat down upon the ground and, bracing his feet against the bow, shot an arrow far away, defeating the man with the cross bow. Here in­ deed was a chance for me to again take up my hobby of flight shooting.

In due course of time I made a 75 lb. osage bow of five feet three inches length and with a birch flight arrow shot 310 yards at the very first at­ tempt. This was a splendid little bow

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and was good for 325 yards most any time. One evening just at sundown without a breath of wind I shot two bamboo flight arrows and made 333 yards with one of them and 341 yards with the other. These distances were always measured with tape and of course did not come exactly’ even in yards since there were several in­ ches to spare in both cases, but for this article it makes no difference.

The year before I had attended my first National tournament at Chicago and won the flight shoot, using the regular style. .When I found out what a better distance I could make using my Indian method I wrote the executive inquiring’ if I would be permitted to use this method in a tournament since there were no rules to the contrary. The committee de­ cided that I could and I traveled to Deerfield, Mass., that summer with my little 75 lb. osage, taking another osage along in case of breakage.

Much to my disappointment the little osage split at the first draw in the flight shoot. I made the 304 yards with the substitute.

I could see that some of the aichers present didn’t look with favor up­ on my fancy method notwithstanding the fact that I was using but a 75 lb. bow which most of the archers there could draw in the usual man­ ner. Some of them argued thus: “if you permit that method there is no­ thing to prevent a strong man from biinging a 300 lb. bow to the tour­ nament and shooting an arrow over into the next county.”

After arriving home I wrote sever­ al of the officers of the National sug­ gesting that the flight contest be di­ vided into two events; one to be known as the regular method and the other to be called the “free style” and if the Association saw fit to do so I would gladly furnish an extra cup to

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be known as the “free style” trophy.

I had quite a bit of correspondence with Mr. Wm. Palmer of Wayne, Pa., concerning the matter, and he favored the idea and kindly offered to furnish the trophy in case the two methods were put in. Since I was the cause of the controversy I thought it no more than right that I furnish the trophy, which I did. Thus originated the “free style” flight event in the Nat­ ional tournaments. And thus began my experiments in long distance shooting.

I purchased a copy of Dr. Elmer’s book entitled “American Archery” and .read with much interest his chapter on “flight shooting”. It help­ ed me a whole lot too. In this chap­

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Nhootinj* 300 yards and L-l inches at Northwest tournament, Seattle, Wash.

ter Dr. Elmer quotes from a letter he received from Mr. Will H. Thomp­ son on flight shooting. In this letter Mr. Thompson fixes the limit of the weight of a flight bow at 60 lbs., bas­ ing his theory upon numerous ex­ periments carried on by himself. He

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claims that what one gains in strength above 60 lbs. he loses in smoothness of loose, Mr. Thompson reached 298 yards in his experiments.

Now if there was no limit to the strength of a bow in proportion to the distance it would cast, a bow of 120 lbs. would shoot twice as far as a bow of 60 lbs. With the purpose in view of finding just where the limit is with our long bows and which kind of wood gives best re­ sults I have done considerable ex­ perimenting but am sorry to tell you that my experiments are still in­ complete. I can say this definitely though at this time: While I do not agree with Mr. Thompson that 60 lbs. is the limit I do know pretty positively that there is a limit, for if one gets too much wood in his bow it is sure to become sluggish in cast which also means slow in re­ coil.

In experimneting there are many lessons to learn, for instance, if you make your bow too short or your ar­ row too long, the bow will surely break. Knowing that the short bow will outshoot the longer one there is a tendancy to make the bow so short that it finally breaks. That is what happened to the osa.ge I mentioned above. Since I lost that one I have given up using any bow shorter than five feet and six inches and five feet eight inches is safer still.

My very farthest shot up to this writing has been 366 yards, 23 inches made with a five foot eight inch osage bow that pulled about 80 lbs. at a 28 or 29 inch draw. At that time I shot three arrows, two of which were bamboo and the other of pine.

The pine arrow made slightly over 340 yards, one of the bamboos 345 yards plus, while the other as stated made 366 yards, 23 inches. In my

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experimenting I have found osage to be ahead of yew for flight shooting but since there is so much difference in the cast of different bows made of the same wood I do not consider my conclusions worth veiy much for a good yew will easily outshoot a poor osage and vice versa.

I have also discovered that each bow has some special arrow that it will shoot farthest. I have a bamboo arrow that a certain bow will shoot several yards farther than the same bow will shoot any other- arrow in my collection.

But I have another fairly good flight bow that will shoot a pine arrow I have many yards far­ ther than it wilt shoot the same bam­ boo arrow mentioned above. So I be­ lieve that to get the best possible distance with a given bow one must have an arrow specially adapted to that bow and selected from quite a collection in case the archer is for­ tunate enough to have a collection.

There is always danger of break­ ing ones flight bow and in case one shoots 29 inch arrows be prepared for a break any time. And if you use 30 inch arrows be sure of a broken bow sooner or later for the bow won’t stand that punishment long unless it is an extra good one and six feet long.

Bamboo is generally given credit for being the best for flight arrows.

I have several bamboos in my col­ lection and alsol of course have other kinds, such as pine, cedar, birch, fir, spruce, etc. At present my best flyer is a pine arrow, but the osage bow, much to my disappointment, with which I made my best record as well as the bamboo arrow with which I made it have both gone the ultimate way of all tackle.

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disadvantage of being more liable to break the bow. My very best arrow at present is just a little short of 29 inches.

A thirty inch one of exact­ ly same material and feathering will not shoot so far. I am still experi­ menting with equipment and expect to find out a good deal more this sum­ mer and if I should find out anything worth while will be glad to pass it on to the readers of “Ye Sylvan Archer.”

Just a few words concerning the “free style” method. I use it only be­ cause owing to a weak arm I can­ not draw a bow beyond 55 lbs. in the ordinary way. Could I draw an 85 or 90 lb. bow in the ordinary may I would not attempt the “free style”.

For one thing when down upon the ground it is difficult to tell the pro­ per angle which is all important in flight shooting.

Of course we all know that this angle is 45 degrees.

Also with six fingers upon the string it is more difficult to release all six at once which is also essential. I hope to exceed my record of 366 yards this summer but I may never be able to shoot so far again. We all know that there comes a time in our lives when we are going to do a certain thing better than we ever did it be­ fore and better than we shall ever do it again. Perhaps that time came to me when I shot the three arrows on the athletic field of our State Uni­ versity at Grand Forks as related above but I hope to make still great­ er distances. Once in a great w.hile there comes a time when we get the exact angle, the exact loose and the exact slashing draw all at the same time. The arrow slips out and away like a streak of lightning with never a quiver or the slightest hint of side motion. The arrow is going to travel the extreme distance that your bow (Continued on page 15)

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Hunting the Jack Rahhit wit?i CBoiv and CArrow

By E. L. PHILLIPS, Santa Rosa, California

lazy man’s tactics, driving along the Early in 1925 we became interested in Archery through our work with road until we saw a jack. The first the Boy Scouts. Since that time there rabbit we saw was sitting about 25 have become associated with us sev­ yards from us down hill from the road on a little flat or bench. We had eral men, hunters, professional men, agreed beforehand that we would mechanics, newspaper men and of­ fice men. We have manufactured all take turns in shooting and friend Pardee was to get the first rabbit. kinds of tackle and felt rather proud Fine! Mike carefully unloaded from of ourselves on the target range.

One Sat­ the old urday afHenry, got t e r noon set, d r e w Of -i .i last sum­ an a r r o w mer as we from his were prac­ q u iver, ticing on nocked , ?

J■ our target drew, aim­ .range, one ed, fired of the men and missed. s u g g ested Some sarthat we get recastic ■going the mark was folio wing passed and S u n day Mike laugh morning be ed. And say fore day­ did you evlight and "Ue enougji er try to see what we could do toward having shoot your bow when you wanted to some sport in the hills after jack laugh ? Mike had twelve arrows in rabbits. Accordingly we met very his quiver and 'shot them all with­ early Sunday morning and, taking out doing more than “tickle his the old Ford, set out. On this hunt whiskers”. I wanted Mike to get we took with us only our target bows his rabbit so started handing him my When all of my fourteen and a lot of 5-16 dowel arrows equip­ arrows. ed with bullet points over which we were gone, Groves tried his shooting slipped the Archers’ Company Yeo­ ability and fired four shots without man Broadheads. We hadn’t at this registering a hit. time made up our regular hunting About this time Mr. Rabbit decid­ tackle. ed he hail best go somewhere, so After driving about forty miles in­ across the creek and away he went. to the country and arriving where we It was my turn next. After driv­ expected to hunt,, daylight overtook ing about 300 yards farther there us and we were ready for Mr. Jack was another jack sitting by the road­ Rabbit. We used on this hunt the side about 15 feet from the car-. Mr.

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Jack was all huddled down in the grass as though to hide from us.

“Now get him Phillips,” was the ad­ vice from all, so up I stands in the back seat, being very careful to get the correct form and all, nocked my arrow, got careful aim, and let fly.

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jack and away he went to beat the cars.

We drove along a few hundred yards further and another jack showed himself. We all got out this time and tried a new stunt. Our jack hid himself in some brush and as we tried to surround him, out he jumpcontinued on page 23)

CArchers Would a Hunting Go. Last fall, Rev. Andrew A. Burk­ hardt of College Point, New York, found that he could not legally hunt with the long bow in New York State. He promptly induced his lo­ cal state representative to introduce a bill in the state legislature mak­ ing the bow a legal weapon for hunt­ ing in that state. Archers through­ out the state gave their hearty sup­ port to the bill and it was passed by both houses of the legislature only to be vetoed by Governor Smith who, it is said, considered the mattei- too unimportant for legislative enact­ ment. Rev. Burkhardt, however, has not .given up and expects to get the bow legalized, governor or no governor. Probably if Governor Smith realized how many thousands of archers there are throughout the country he would not consider the sport of archery so trifling and unimportant.

The New York Herald Tribune presents the case of the archers in the following editorial, using as a title that at the head of this article: “The last of the Mohicans having perished, the framers of the state conservation law probably had no idea that anybody in New York would desire to take game with bow and arrow. So they specified the gun alone as the hunter’s weapon.

But archery has now become a pop­ ular sport, and some of the followers

naturally, would like to test their skill in the field as well as on the target ranges. This is real Sher­ wood Forest stuff. If Mayor Thomp­ son were out of earshot one might also say something about the glor­ ious yeoman of Crecy and Argin­ court. The long bow, at all events, now that it is revived, should have a fair chance in competition with the shotgun and the repeating rifle.

“Experts in the hunting-archery game claim for their historic weapon that the arrow kills as quickly and more cleanly than the bullet; that it puts a premium upon woodcraft; that it is altogether more sportsman­ like than firearms. As one of its de­ votees says, the bow is to the hunt­ ing game what the dry fly is to the sport of fishing. When Stewart Ed­ ward White tired of the gun he pur­ sued the fauna of the African jungle with bow and arrow. Not a few big game hunters, cloyed with gun pump­ ing, have learned with zest the re­ finement of the primitive art.

“These enthusiasts, including women—most proficient archers, to whom Diana would give no odds— have a name of Greek derivation suitable for the deftest cross-word puzzle. They are called toxophilites.

Their appeal to legalized long-bow hunting1 is worthy of the distinguish­ ed consideration of the state Legis­ lature.

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ROBINETTE ARCHERS

The lady archers of Seattle have their own club, The Robinette Arch­ ers, limited to fifteen members. Mrs. Ralph E. West is president; Miss Mildred Rowan, vice president; Miss Ruth Lushington, secretary-treasurer and Mrs Lionel /W. Potter, assistant secretary-treasurer. The club colors are the ones worn by Robin Hood and the emblem is the Indian flint arrow head.

A Robinette team consisting of Mrs. Ralph E. West, Miss Jane Cheetham and Miss Patsy Duryee contested for a silver cup with the team from the West Vancouver Archers at Vancouver, B. C., on

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Feb. 11th. The Robinettes were suc­ cessful. The West Vancouver team was composed of Miss J. Tristram, Mrs. R. H . Vass and Mrs. R. C. Procter.

The Robinettes are planning a number of team shoots, telegraphic and otherwise, to be held during the summer.

The Groto Ladies of Yakima, Washington, have organized an arch­ ery club and expect to have 75 to 80 members taking an active part. S. S. Wardell has been chosen instruct­ or. Land has been purchased by the Walton League Chapter and a park will be developed with archery as one of the principal attractions.

Archery is proving quite populai at Oregon State College.

Archery for credit was initiated by the physical education department for men this year.

A permanent archery range is being- built according to the Oregon State Daily Barometer.

Archery is the most popular sport among the coeds, more than 300 having registered for this course.

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^Tournament The Pacific Northwest Archery Association held an indoor archery tournament at Seattle, Washington, on March 17th. Probably this was the first time the Metropolitan round was ever shot indoors. The meet was held in the new athletic pavilion of the University of Washington. There were forty-one men and eleven la­ dies on the line and ten targets were used. There was room for this num­ ber with six feet between targets and about twenty-five to thirty feet to the galleries on either side.

A seventeen year- old boy, Hans Grage, won first and a sixteen year old boy, Sumner Osborne, second. A fifteen year old girl, Miss Patsy Duryee, won first in the ladies’ shoot.

Mrs. Gertrude West of Seattle was second.

The “Weldon Cup”, presented by the Georgia hotel of Vancouver, B.C., for the best team score at forty yards, was won by the Locksley Archers of Seattle. The Seattle Arch­ ery Club was second; Snohomish, Washington, club third; Portland, Oregon, club fourth; and Seattle, No. 65, Boy Scouts, fifth.

The dinner held in the banquet room of the Wilsonian hotel contrib­ uted in no small part to the success of the tournament.

A number of the cities of the Northwest are planning informal tournaments to be held during the summer. The annual tournament of the association is to be held in July.

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Twelve prizes were offered in the men’s competition and were won as follows:

1st—Hans Grage, Seattle 2nd—Sumner Osborne, Seattle 3rd—Joseph Kerchen, Seattle 4th—Kore T. Duryee, Seattle 5th—J. H. Adams, Seattle 6th—Dr. J. W. Doughty, Sedro Woolley, Wash...........................

7th—0. B. Patty, Snohomish, Wash.

8th—C. E. Schurman, Seattle 9th—Dr. R. R. Bradley, Snohomish..

10th—Dr.H.E.Wright, Everett, ;Wash 11th—J. Stavos, Seattle 12th-—H. Prouty, Portland, Oregon....

Hits 119 114 103 109 95

Score 599 594 525 517 491

Total 718 708 628 626 586

101 94 104 93 98 85 92

479 482 452 435 424 413 390

580 576 556 528 522 498 482

Four prizes were awarded the ladies in the Columbia round and were won by the following: 1st—Patsy Duryee, Seattle 2nd—Mrs. Gertrude West, Seattle ....

3rd—Frances Turner, .Seattle 4th—Jane Cheetham, Seattle

FLIGHT SHOOTING

(Continued from page 10) can send it. In shooting “free style” one must loose all six fingers at the same instant or there will surely be a side motion to the arrow that will shorten its distance by many yards.

In the ordinary method also the re­ lease must be smooth, the draw fast and the angle 45 degrees.

The feathers must be much nar­ rower than target arrow feathers or the wind resistance will slow the ar­ rows up. The feathers on my flight arrows are not more than a quarter inch wide at the widest point. I generally trim them down to the ex­ treme point where the arrow will travel without flirting. Sometimes I pass this point and then must re­ feather.

Hits 46 50 44 39

Score 210 198 198 191

Total 256 248 242 230

In conclusion will say that if you are hemmed in by hills or city build­ ings so that you do not have .room in which to flight shoot you have a standing invitation from the writer of this article to come up here to Pembina and shoot with him. From here you can look in any direction to an unbroken horizon. To the west 45 miles, to the east 25 miles, while you can travel north and south far 200 miles and not see a single ele­ vation that would be mistaken for even a small hill.

Such is the Red River Valley where the flight shooter can shoot and shoot and shoot again always in the same direction with 'no fear of his arrows ever leaving his sight for a single moment. Our broad prairies and ozone-ladened air will make you thrill with joy.

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^Dare and Double QDare correspondence The following speaks for itself and will give our readers an idea of the jolly times enjoyed by the stout archers of Se­ attle when the Seattle club and the Locksley club get together “in a joust of ye longe bowe and clothe yard shafts”; and those who know Adams, the “stout knave”; Duryee, the “conspiring archer”; Kerchen, the “champion”;Denison, the “scribe” and Rev. Pfleuger, the alleged “hedge priest”, will especially enjoy these dares to combat.

Sherwood Forest, 2-23-28 Mr. J. H. Dennison, Railway Exchange Bldg., Seattle, Wn. Deal- Sir: Sundry and divers reports have penetrated to our sylvan retreat in Sherwood Forest anent a certaine foray of the Seattle Archers to the forests of that puissant sovereign King George of England and Dom­ inions beyond the seas to-wit Van­ couver, B. C. Certain rumors hath it that owinge to the hospitality of ye archers of said King George and the potency and frequency of stoups of ale and butts of Malmsey ye archers eyes perceived two targets where in fact only one existed whereat said arch­ ers discharged their shafts at ye wrong target resulting in a great reversal of form whereat ye best shooters got the lowest scores and vice versa. Ye poor shooter shoot­ ing at ye wrong target doth hit ye right one, so ye last came first.

Ye Locksley Archers deeming this ye very opportunity to challenge ye valiant shooters of ye most puissant club while ye bow arm of ye shooters doth yet tremble and shake from ye

effects of ye wassail—do hereby in­ vite ye Seattle Archers to meet ye Locksley Archers at ye Locksley range on Thursday, March 1st, 1928 at 7:45 p. m. in a joust of ye longe bowe and cloth yard shafts. Single, Double or Quadruple for honors or Mortal Combat.

Friar Tuck, ye jovial clerk of Cop­ lmanhurst, will see to it that suitable draughts of Java are spread on ye board for the refreshment of our honored guests, also superheated canines in ye sandwich form for all.

Respectfully written for ye valiant Robert Locksley, yclept Robin Hood, of Locksley Archers, (Signed)

By N. A. Pearson President

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Master N. A. Pearson, Ye Locksley Archers, Sherwood Forest.

Worthy Sir, I would humbly apprise thee that at an assembly of our archers Fri­ day evening last, the unhappy cir­ cumstance of our recent downfall in your stronghold was much discussed.

Our doughty champion, Master John H. Adams, hobbled into the en­ campment and made known the grievous ills that befell him..as tho had encompassed some evil spirit :x him while he tried to overcome thy valorous yeomen. To prove his con­ tention, he therewith took in hand his great yew bow and proceeded to shoot a 248.

I thereupon was commanded to forthwith take my pen in hand and make known unto thee that our band of bowmen are desirous of again try­ ing conclusions with thy trusty yeo­ men; to which end a meeting is pro­

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posed to be held in our domains on Thursday evening, March 8th, at 7:30 o’clock, and all are welcome.

Thou art not to suppose that (with the exception of the doughty Adams) this contest shall be a-1’ outrance, but I would advise thee to see to it that thy varlets look well to their weapons.

With which, I crave permission to subscribe myself thine humble and obedient servant.

(Signed) James H. Denison, Secretary.

Sherwood Forest, 3-5-28, Seattle Archery Club, Ashby-de-La Zouche, c/o J. H. Denison.

Gentle Sirs: Your messenger under safe con­ duct reached our stronghold with thy missive. It was immediately turned over to ye holy clerk of Copman­ hurst Friar Tuck for translation, but ye reverend friar after turning ye missive end for end several times doth proclaim that said paper was only a royal tax statement or such trivial mater.

Ye Worthy Master Robert Locksley1 knowing well ye friar and not be­ ing satisfied with ye friars transla­ tion doth send a detachment of worthy yeomen to ye Priory of Jorvaulx and shortly returned with ye Prior himself, who read your chal­ lenge to ye Assembly.

Friar Tuck thereupon proclaimed it to be a mere trap to entice our best archers away to be delivered to ye King. “Marked ye not,” quoth he, “Ye evil glances that stout knave Adams turned in our direction when our lusty yeomen hit the bulls eye ?

Saw ye not the black looks of ye conspiring archer Duryee when the score was counted and ye Seattle archers won not ? Where were ye eyes when their champion Kirchen

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and scribe Denison held a whispering conference albeit glancing in our direction ? By the rood, and what of this Pfleuger? I tell you upon my cloth, he will bear watching.

Me­ thinks he be a mere hedge priest for ye saw did ye not that his collar and vest were not on backwards as I wear mine and all holy clerks wear theirs?”

At this point ye worthy Locksley sternly interrupted. “I will have no traducing of our honorable guests.

I know why ye like not to go. Thou thinkest' more of thy stomach than ye honor of ye company.

We will go and take sufficient archers that all the King’s men were not enough to take us. Methinks when we get into the stronghold of ye Seattle Archers we will find that civil engineers have surveyed the points of aim upon ye floors and ye had better put in your time waxing ye bowstrings and straightening ye ar­ rows else we come out second best.”

Whereupon ye Master Locksley bid me inform you that we will at­ tend in a body at ye place of shoot­ ing at ye time designated and up­ hold the honor of Locksley Archers, win, lose or draw.

Locksley Archers

By N. A. Pearson ( Signed) President.

At the February meeting of the Sioux Valley Archery Club the fol­ lowing officers were elected: E. 0.

Davies, president; Dr. D. L. Aitken, vice president; Adolph Olson, sec­ retary-treasurer. The city of .Sioux City has given and takes care of a municipal archery range along the banks of the Big Sioux river at Riverside Park, a very picturesque place. The club has been using an indoor range during the winter but expects to hold its next shoot on the outdoor range.

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Twenty boys were entered in the junior events at the tournament held on the Oregon State College campus April 28th. The older boys shot the Junior American round,; consisting of thirty shots each of the three dist­ ances—50, 40 and 30 yards, and the younger boys shot the Junior Met­ ropolitan round, consisting of thirty shots each of the three distances—40, 30 and 20 yards. In the Junior Met­ ropolitan round Harrison Greenough, Coquille, Oregon, was first with a score of 513; Oliver Batcheller, Cor-

vallis, Oregon, second, score 472; Sterling Chamberlain, third, Corval­ lis, Oregon, score 375.

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In the Junior American round Winfield Kennedy, Albany, Oregon, was first with a score of 472; Donald Weber, Waterloo, Oregon, second, score 430; Frank jWood, Corvallis, Oregon, third, score 375; Practically all the bows shot by the boys in this tournament were made by them­ selves.

Hershel Rycraft, of Alsea, Oregon, eight years old, was the youngest shooter in the tournament and was awarded a special prize. His score was 126.

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Recently three Corvallis boys, Ker­ mit Maass, Carl Merryman and a larger boy who preferred that his name not be mentioned, had a lot of

sport as may be seen by the pictuie on this page. However, the boys were not very welcome at home oi several days after the hunt.

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anize and Maintain an CArchery Club^D

(From a National Archery Association Booklet) The first prerequisite to the form­ ation of an archery club is naturally to get together a group of persons who are sufficiently interested to support the club actively. The group need not be a large one. A club of four or five energetic members may be much more successful than a larg­ er club, the members of which are only indifferently interested. Some­ times a person who is the only arch­ er in his vicinity becomes tired of shooting alone and wishes to organ­ ize a club. The question then, arises as to how to get hold of three or four neophytes to form a nucleus for a club.

There is no better way than to in­ vite the prospective members to see target shooting, which is always fas­ cinating to a novice, and then to loan them some tackle and let them try their hand at it. Some will be sure to find such fascination and exhil­ aration in the experiment that they will -wish to continue and thus will become candidates for membership in the proposed club.

Another way to arouse interest in the sport is through the reading of some of the recently published books on archery.

The actual organization of the club is a simple affair. Those interested meet and adopt a Constitution and elect officers and the club is organ­ ized. .

A simple Constitution may serve the purpose of a small club better than a more elaborate one. The only officers absolutely necessary are a

President and a Secretary-Treasurer, although it is probobly better to have in addition an Executive Committee of three or five of which the Presi­ dent and Secretary-Treasurer may be members. The Constitution should provide for the payment of annual dues, the amount of which must be determined by the expense of win­ ning a club. New targets will prob­ ably be required about once a year and there may be some other expense for keeping the range in order, pur­ chasing score cards, etc.

The range may be on any conven­ ient piece of relatively level ground.

Sometimes an archery club will be able to have the use of a range on the grounds of some country club or seme member of the club may have a lawn large enough for this purpose or perhaps a level stretch of land may be rented in some convenient field. The range should be free from stones and for the convenience of the archers should be kept lawnmowed as the presence of long grass on the range makes it difficult to find arrows which have missed the targets. A range of 120 yards in length is preferable as this permits the shooting of the 100 yard distance of the York Round, but if it is not possible to secure a range of this size then one 80 yards in length will answer as this will meet the require­ ments for shooting the American Round and the National Round.

The staging of frequent compet­ itive matches by the club is a fine way to keep interest up to a high pitch. When the club members are pretty evenly matched in skill these events will furnish the zest of keen

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competition.

It not infrequently happens, however, that there will be one or two club members whose skill greatly exceeds that of the other members, and in such case it will add materially to the interest of these contests if each archer be given a handicap according to his or her ability. If the handicaps are prop­ erly arranged the club members will theoretically all be on a par and one of the poorer shots is as liable to win the match as the best archer, The handicap should be adjusted from time to time as the individual arch­ ers grow more proficient.

The club should adopt some form of score card and the scores of each archer competing in the matches should be kept. Many archers keep their own scores in individual score books of their own and when, this is done it is always interesting for an archer to look back over his scores of the last few months and thus note his progress.

The shooting should follow the rules laid down in the Constitution of the National Archery Association except that in small club matches it is customary for all the archers to toe the firing line simultaneously and for each archer to shoot his or hei' six arrows of each end without in­ terruption in order to save time.

Some clubs have acquired a tro­ phy or cup which is accorded the winner of each contest to be held un­ til the next contest. Some other clubs arrange for prizes to be given the winner of each contest. A small target fee collected from each of the participants of any contest will fur­ nish the necessary money for such prizes.

The holding of novelty shoots, such as shooting at toy balloons and at animal silhouttes pasted on the tar­ get gives variety to the shooting

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CLASSIFIED ADS It is our intention to make this col­ umn available to those who have some article of archery tackle to sell or exchange the value of which would not justify a display advertisement.

We have therefore cut our price for this column to 5c per word; minimum charge 50 cents.

A GOOD YEW BOW for $15.00.

Any weight desired.

Satisfaction guaranteed. William Doughty, Aums­ ville, Oregon.

BARNES Special Belgium style bow strings.

In order to make it widely known to the public, that good Bow Strings are essential, we are offering them for $1.75 each for the month of May only. Barnes Archery Shop, 601 North 4th Street, Sturgis, Michigan.

Tru-Flight Metal Arrows Mr. Archer: Have you ever considered how hard it has been to get 6 straight arrows, uniform in weight and balance, that will not change due to moisture ab­ sorb ti on or warping ?

The TRUE-FLIGHT Target Arrow, made from aeroplane tobing, well-known for its strength and lightness, fitted with hardened steel point and fibre nock, meets the re­ quirements of the most fastidious.

Agents wanted.

Single Arrows $1.75 6 Arrows $9.00 Tru-Flight Metal Arrow Co. Fox Chase, Pa. CANE SHAFTS—Best for flight arrows; fine for hunting. 50c per dozen, Pope’s “Yorkshire” hunting points, “keenest made”, $3.50 per Finest Osage Orange, Muldozen. _____ __ „ berry, Ironwood, Elm, Sasafrass and hickory staves. Free catalogue. E. F. Pope, Woodville, Texas.

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and always furnishes much amusement.

As with other organizations the success of any archery club depends in large measure on the enthusiasm and energy which the : officers put into their work of planning for and carrying out the activities of the club.

Any regularly organized Archery club may become affiliated with the National Archery Association by the payment of a membership fee of $10.00. The provision that the payj.nent of this fee by any club auto­ matically pays the initiation fee in The National Archery Association of all members of the club. Hence any member of an affiliated club may become a member of The National Archeiy Association by merely pay­ ing the annual dues of $2.00, and without paying the $3.00 initiation fee which is required of all new members who do not belong to an affiliated club.

A little mathematical calculation will show that if four or more mem­ bers of a non-affiliated archery club wish to join The N. A. A. there will be less expense involved if the club first affiliates, and then the ine'mbers join as members of an affiliated club.

YEW AND LEMONWOOD BOWS Arrows plain and footed. Write for prices. R. W. Denton, Oregon City, Oregon.

FLETCHING—Clamp insures pro­ fessional feathering. Complete $1.00.

Best handmade bow strings that won’t break, $1.00. J. G. Pratt, N. Woodside, Silver Spring, Md.

CASE “Feathering Fixture”, (Pat­ ent pending), in use eight years, easy and accurate, $1.00 (three for $2.00) with full instruction book on arrow making.

Case “Whirlwind Whipper” for making and serving bowstrings (patent pending) double loop string with loop served, made in 45 minutes with our new method. $1.00 each with full instructions.

(Patent “Kishka Broadheads,” pending) 5/16" or 3/8", lightest keenest, cheapest, four for §1.00, $2.75 per dozen.

Roy Case & Son, 1755 Main street, Racine, /Wisconsin.

Lemon wood and Yew Hunting and Target

BOWS Spruce Hunting and Target

The Sherwood Foresters of Corval­ lis, a newly formed archery club, have adopted uniforms similar to the dress of Robin Hood and his compan­ ions. The uniforms will be worn for all tournaments and meetings of the club. New members are initiated into the club at outdoor ceremonies.

The initiation is built around the legends of Robin Hood and is secret.

The alter of the club consists of a section of a huge yew tree several hundred years old.

The club mem­ bers and their frieuds will hold a shoot and barbecue on May 30.

ARROWS Write for price list

P. W. LYNDON, Waldport, Or.

Barnes Archery Shop Manufacturer of

Highest Quality Archery Equip­ ment and Supplies Send for catalogue

W. H. BARNES Sturgis, Mich.

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It is reported that Stewart Edward White and a party of archers are planning a bow and arrow hunting­ expedition into Alaska after grizzly bear and other big game.

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TOURNAMENT

The municipal department of re­ creation of the city of Detroit has recently organized a senior archery club for men and women in ad­ dition to the junior organization which has been progressing for some time. T. H. Needle won the January contest of the junior organization.

The Oregon State Archery Associ­ ation was organized at Salem, Ore­ gon, on April 1st.

Dr. George A. Cathey, Portland, was elected presi­ dent; Lyle B. Dunsmore, Salem, 1st vice president; B. G. Thompson, Cor­ vallis, 2nd vice president; N. E. Ty­ rell, Bonneville, 3rd vice president; and J. E. Davis, Corvallis, secretary­ treasurer.

It is planned to hold shoots about every month and a state tournament during the summer.

A shoot was held on the campus of the Oregon State College at Corvallis on April 28th. Details of this shoot will be given in the next issue.

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Twenty-five prizes offered place winners in Target, Clout and Flight Shooting

Separate events for novices

= For further details write or — phone = GUY RICHARDS = E Principal Central School, Albany — ■■Mi

SITKA SPRUCE SELF ARROWS. From selected, straight-grained Stock

Stiff, Light, and Tough Triple feathered, painted between the feathers, and varnished water spar varnish. Bullet points.

$4.50 a Dozen $2.50 for Six R. W. PRENTISS 149 Kings Road Corvallis, Oregon

YE CASCADE YEW ARCHERY COMPANY Makers and distributors of all kinds of archery tackle. Yew, rawhide backed bows a specialty. Send for price list.

Ye Cascade Archery Co. Box 141, Stevenson, Wash.

Osage Orange Wood for Bows Part of the Orlando, Florida, Club.

The man with the pipe and the high forehead is E. 1J. McLean. Me was crippled in the World War so that he had to shoot from a chair. At present his score for the American round Is about 320 and is steadily improving.

Seasoned Staves for making bows that do not break

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HUNTING THE JACK RABBIT (Continued from page 12)

ed near Groves who let fly an arrow which cut through the skin of the neck. Down went the jack and up and away a.gain with the arrow flop­ ping as he ran . Both Groves and Pardee started after him through a level flat, but to see those* birds af­ ter the rabbit and only a few steps behind was too much for Dixon and me. The spasms that had threaten­ ed when Pardee and Groves fired 30 arrows without .registering a hit at this time overcame us altogether.

Do not believe that a laugh ever did so much good.

Groves finally got his rabbit. Just a short way along we spotted a couple more jacks in the river bed. We all piled out and started down the steep sloping bank which was about 60 feet to the bot­ tom. Of course I had to get my feet tangled up in the excitement, but luckily sat down on my quiver full of arrows, which had in some way got between my legs and in the slide acted as a sled. Away I went scoot­ ing to the bottom. I wanted very much to shout as in the boyhood days when we would go coasting down the steep hillsides.

The noise of sliding and tumbling down the bank put the jacks to flight, but after hunting around awhile one of them jumped out of a bush near Dixon. This time “old eagle eye” was on the job and Mr. Jack had an an-ow through his shoulder quicker than it takes to tell. While hunting around through the willows for the other jack a beautiful deer came dashing out within a few feet of where I was, I, for once, being quiet, Too bad she didn’t have horns.

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At the very close distances we were just out of luck.

We have learned a lot about hunt­ ing rabbits with the bow and arrow since that hunt. Groves and Dixon were the only ones to bring in a rab­ bit that time. After a few hunts we made some regular equipment, using

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If one needs the meat, .get a shotgun. If a man hunts for sport, use the silent weapon and enjoy your day in the hills.

Some few months ago we noticed a cartoon in one of the national magazines that would give one food for thought. The cartoon was show­ ing an Indian with his bow and ar­ rows coming up from the river with two ducks, no doubt food for himself and family, and a man with a mod­ em shot gun and all the other up to the minute equipment, unloading himself from his motor boat with strings of ducks over his back. The load was apparently so heavy that he could hardly carry it. Under the picture were these words, “Who is the savage.”

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