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By Erie Stanley Gardner

Apparently the thing started with a letter to Dr. Cathey from Bert Wallis, in which Wallis stated that he had been asked to carry on YE SYLVAN ARCHER for John Davis for the duration; that he understood &a^*"S Erie Stanley Gardner had passed away some months ago, and would tivities and endeavors and certainlv 'SNowS1ng SpOuId be commented on.” appreciate an article from Doc Now, Dr. George Cathey is in no Cathey “which would give our read­ ers an insight into the noble char­ position to write anything that will acter and qualities of the man.” The nobM °br readers an insight into the letter then goes on to state, “It is noble character and qualities of the if Wbody can do that regrettable the custom has been to man- . eulogize a person when he is gone. except Old Alan Gardner himself, and It would be much better to honor him, if anybody thinks I’m going to let Doctor George” waste space in any praise him, while living.” amateurish attempts at eulogies', Now, doctors are not like buzzards; wrapped up in lukewarm praise and they’re like eagles. If they can’t make filled with with tongue-in-cheek plat­ the kill themselves, they will have itudes, he’s just crazy as hell. No sir, none of it. So Doc Cathey. feels his if any eulogies are to be written W cautiously. He writes a letter to about Gardner, Gardner is going to jean Bethell, my secretary, stating raat he has heard I have been feel- write Now,them! to get a slant at these “noble a little “under the weather,” and qualities,” let’s get squared away trusts it was nothing serious. * ’ right at the start. In the first place, « the best recommendation I have never done a damn thing for Doctor George’s” medical ability archery; but archery has done a lot w ®ver heard. I had always thought for me. All I have ever done <is shoot teni„ ps, was hearing Noyes Tyrrell a bow and arrow and talk about it.

I: about how the emergency sur- About the biggest game I have ever are a few of the ubiquitious, and L*ere about to cut his leg off bagged laminated by-products of bovine di­ in? n!?ng,bim slim chances of pull- gestive So even I won’t try Geor„ °2gb> at that> when in busts to claim activity. ’ve done anything for arch­ chanf Cathey. pushing the other ery. But Iwhen it comes to what arch­ triud bin- °f the ™y;7ike a whirl- ery has done for me, we encounter a sit! a waste, basket. “No gray horse of an entirely different lee' r i? areu’t going to cut off that , time ,,that, TI Be’. ;T10?y that man. He’s an archer, color.

Take, for instance, the that Im "e fine Physical condition first met George Cathey and we drove tesularf. eST,„° an archer who hunts on a Saturday out into the virgin We’ll „ y' ni take the' responsibility. forest, and as we made camp about “ save that leg!” dusk, I started planning the hunt for B”td by beck he did it. the next day. I will never forget the heen a new one. The guy has sanctimonious look on Georges face ueaa for weeks. Hopeless? Not

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as he turned to me and said in the voice of a man who is very shocked but is trying his best to be broad­ minded and courteous, “Do you hunt on Sunday?” The so-and-so enjoyed a full ten seconds, watching my facial activities, before he began to laugh.

And then there is George Brom­ mers. I could write a book about George Brommers. Some day I’m go­ ing to do it. Probably the best thing he ever pulled in his life was when he found out I was going to meet Paul Klopsteg and Walther Buchen for the first time on a hunting trip, and wrote them a letter, warning them that they must, under no cir­ cumstances, start an argument with me, because if they did they would be licked before they started.

In the depths of my guileless in­ nocence, I welcomed them as fellow knights of the long bow, as comrades, companions at arms. I took them to my bosom—and they stung me!

They waited, watching, crouched, ready to pounce upon the first ver­ bal opening. And then they came down on me like a couple of block busters. Weak, dazed and groggy, I picked myself up, wondering what the heck had happened, and by that time they had gone back to their base of supplies, loaded a few more verbal bombs in their fusilages, and were circling around over the target, wait­ ing for another opportunity to pull the trigger on the releasing mechan­ ism.

It took me seven terrible days to find out what it was all about and another week to learn how to master Klopsteg — which is relatively easy.

Klopsteg is a gentleman. He won’t interrupt you, and he won’t shout.

Therefore, whenever he starts to say anything, simply shout a series of interruptions until he quits. I finally took sympathy on him and told him that when HE didn’t want to inter­ rupt ME, he could extend a rigid in­ dex finger in a perpendicular direc­ tion and that would mean “Nuts!”

At the close of our hunting trip, Paul’s finger had been up so much he couldn’t get it back down until he had three treatments from an osteo­ path.

Buchen, 1 am forced to admit, was a more difficult oyster. It was four years later, in New Orleans, that I learned how to handle him—and it

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really is simple. You have your sec­ retary surreptitiously take down some of his statements in shorthand, and then carry the transcriptions around in your pocket. Whenever he gets to going good, simply pull out one of the typewritten statements and look at it with a triumphant smile, just waiting for him to finish so you can pounce on him. He feels certain that he has made some con­ tradictory statement only the night before, and thereupon begins to hedge. As long as you keep the tri­ umphant smile, he will box the com­ pass until he has circled back to his own rear.

Some day I am going to get even with George Brommers.

And then there was “Dusty” Rob­ erts.—Dusty and I used to start out years ago in my old four-cylinder, high-pressure-tired Dodge in search of adventures. We had probably the most virulent case of pants ants that has ever been known in archery.

Even if we found a place where there was good hunting, we couldn't stay there. We were too busy chasing mirages across the horizon.

I remember the time Dusty and I encountered the fellow who had de­ cided he was going to run a dude ranch. The bird agreed to take us out into “virgin” territory.

As so frequently happens in con­ nection with the use of that particu­ lar adjective, the term was only rel­ ative. All day, we rode horses over country that was all but impassable.

By night we had only made four miles. But I was satisfied that if ever territory was “virgin,” this was it. Dusty, however, was more of a woodsman. He listened to my rhap­ sodies about the country and then, with a twinkle in his eye, mentioned that there had been a blazed trail just about fifty yards up the hill from us all day.

Our wrangler went back. Dusty and I hunted the territory for a couple of days, decided that we had better go back and have an adjust­ ment. We left our camping equip­ ment and walked in along the welltraveled trail, making the four nines in about an hour and a half. We told the wrangler to go get our stuff, that if he’d keen about fifty yards (Continued on page 6)

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The Detroit City championship field shoot was held on September 12 with a local turn-out of 53 archers.

The City Championship went to Fred Bear with a score of 466. Len Hoff­ man, won Class “B” with a score of 320; and Eric Johnson won the Class “C" with a score of 160. The Women’s Championship went to Bea Anderson, who shot 378; and Class “B” was « "Cl" won by Kay Ratcliffe, with a score of 198.

Uriah ATChe^reA«nS?Ttary of the On the same date the Flint Bow­ 4 *5 Association, says: men shot their city championship, in* kn°o\ving\hltdUtboh bC iJJterested with an attendance of 45 archers. The Promoting archers are new Flint city champion is James ■“Tith thP d’ r°vir|g and hunting Dundas, with a score of 521; and ESer thkand arTr0W stron«"r Class “B” was won by William Smith with a score of 325. Class “C” was Tiritrin V- . year- Last fall Mr won by Bernard Boughton with a Grinding if difSt ?r°te ‘?nd °thers’ score of 210. Lulu Stalker retained aerate Field * J? conduct a sep- her Women’s Championship, with a c'- nsolidat onAnf f Iat'On’ ?sked for a score of 316. These are fine turn-outs «et assoc Xn !'®f,S with the t;>r- for local tournaments. This presages errv A«nHnl- ’ »nd the utah Arch- a fine attendance at the Michigan fiwerovTn ' p Yas the ^sult. A Championship Field Tournament, thhis year ^nd^8® ba? bepn developed which will be held at Howell, Mich., neariy’comnW drc™®T*oIf coul’se cmore cord?^Prni®$ M,ic.h better and on July 26.

E. J. Riordan, of Vancouver, B. C., achieved with elationship has been GGame depart™/?® S?te Fish and says they are looking forward to a 'iions to archTr« and ,niore conces- very good hunting season again, and We feel that I bave been >ranted. hope to have Kore T. Duryee with wrill top off\r>a sa<;cessfu] deer-hunt them again this year. Arnold Wyttenaill ourP effort^ outstand*ng year, and bach, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ward that enrl aAr® ,beln^ Pushed to- states that archery is still increasing rtiore in Uta/;/ deer ki]1 of 50 or in Ontario, and after the war will aarrow would tblSi year> by bow and really go places. reason.” ,d make 1943 a banner First U1CU Lieutenant R. Woodruff, JTlliflr LViluiiv H. ___ The Califwrites writes from Camp Claiborne, La.: La.: was organized r a .*?owmen Hunters “I am about to do a little maneuverwhtaining n r,,, ?-r the scde purpose of ing in the Piney Woods(and swamps) ffornia bow Inp reserve for Cali- of Louisiana, and my greatest worry, HHoff, 2414 r4.iarr»ow hunters. Roy aside from ticks and chiggers, is how Hteles 34 c.r#. venue, Los An- to get a 5'6" bow wrapped up in a ®awson FeafhltOrni-a’ ’-s President. bedding roll. If I can accomplish this sand Vincent /I -S vice President neat trick, the snakes and pigs are rarer. Thev nnt * 1S secretary-treas- in for a scare. Have had lots of archrn,agazine' atJ a, splendid archery ery sport to-date even if I can’t vwhich is uspd*3?1®®!^19 ^e is $2 00, take it with me. May be able to get Bfliotion of +h Ior tbe Purpose of pro- a take-apart to solve the problem, if would only «rlsr«ir»no advance YttV my he sport of bow and ar- Uncle L...L Sam ~

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YE SYLVAN ARCHER September, 1943 allotment. Anyway, keep up the good gloves to use until one could be work of organization, and we’ll all bought. The new member was pleas­ have fun again, when this war is ed, and the glove was returned in over.” due time. The secretary has mimeo­ Private Ralph Hulbert, Co. F, 86th graphed some lay-outs of typical field Inf., Camp Hale, Colorado, and a courses. If you are having trouble laying out your field course your group of archers in his camp, are anxious to contact field archers near club secretary can obtain a copy which will give you some idea of there and shoot with them. Please contact him and invite them to shoot how the best field courses are laid with you. out.

H. Cook, of Albuquerque, N. M., John S. Cyster, 6 Olds Place, Hart­ ford, Conn., says: “Thoroughly en­ sent in a new membership saying, “The new member is E. J. Schuetz. joyed the handbook, but would like ‘Dutch,’ that is what he goes by to see a good article on small game around here, is one of the best rabbit hunting—tackle, technique, etc.—by hunters I have ever seen. I actually some one like Erie Stanley Gardner or Chester Stevenson. If such has al­ saw him pin a rabbit to a fence post ready been written, I’d like to know while the rabbit was on the dead run, the source.

Gas rationing has us the other day. Right then I decided pretty well tied down here in the he should be a member of NFAA.” east, as you know. However, if and Arthur Slezinski, A.S.U.S.N.T.U. when things loosen up, I would like stationed at Tufts College, Richard­ to get a field club going. Have al­ son House, Room 16, Medford, Mass., ready been promised a 25 acre tract (a Dearborn, Michigan, archer), not too far from Hartford, by a mem­ wants to contact archers in that vi­ ber of the State Forestry department cinity. who is also a member of the Hartford We have received a request for in­ Archers. I know of four interested formation about field archery from archers, but would appreciate your the Bureau of Information and Pub­ sending a complete list of field arch­ licity of the Province of Nova Scotia, ers within a 25-mile radius of Hart­ Canada. They are interested in de­ ford.” Connecticut field archers veloping and promoting this sport, as please contact him and help get or­ well as bow hunting in that province. ganized.

The necessary information has been The Field Archers’ Handbook is furnished. finding new friends and is receiving For the third consecutive year the a warm welcome as Charles H. Grable Washington Archers have obtained Sr., from San Antonio, Texas, says: the Mad Lake Archery Reserve for “An archer friend loaned me his their exclusive use. Al Constans’ Mad copy of “Ye Sylvan Archer” and the River Ranch, in the heart of the area, Handbook with the agreement if I will be headquarters for the archers. lost either one or failed to return The season is from October 25th to them, I was to give him a free shot November 1st, inclusive. Residence with a blunt at myself placed in the archers’ fee is $3.00 plus 50 cents for position to do me the most good. big game seal. Non-resident archers’ After looking over both, I understand fee is $25.00 plus the 50 cents for why he drove such a Shylock bargain. big game seal. Archers desiring to I must have both and am enclosing hunt at that camp should contact check for one dollar. If that isn’t Kore T. Duryee, 4403 White Building, enough to cover cost of both (and I Seattle, Washington, before October don’t see how it can be enough), just 10th. let me know.”

Archers in the Canal Zone are or­ You would be surprised if you knew ganizing. We have a new membership from L. C. Leighton, president of the hundreds of varied services the secretary has to render—Joseph Pa- the Carribbean Archers, Cristobal, liano, of Providence, R. I., could not C. Z., who says others from his club buy a shooting glove, although he will also become NFAA members. We had written several dealers, so he aiso have a new member from Ketchi­ wrote to the secretary of his difficul­ kan, Alaska, Harry M. Creighton. ties. The secretary promptly mailed Louis de Murias, of Havana, Cura, the member one of his own shooting is a new member. He says that they

I 6 YE SYLVAN ARCHER to be able to get all the water you h.iave splendid hunting in the west paart of the island for deer, wild hog, want to drink. A person never real­ izes how much he enjoys the little 'wild dogs, and crocodile.

L. B. Ribble, Jr., of Norfolk, Va., things in life until he has gone with­ out them for a few months. The stays: French are really a happy bunch of “Here is my two bits, almost for- people here now and we have sort of gzot it. Strange, too, because I use a rappy feeling to know that we were tlihe handbook frequently and wouldn’t able to help them free their land but tlthink of parting with it. Its better I suppose now we will get a little tthan a Sears-Roebuck catalogue. Lets rest then go helo somebody else free hhear some more from Bill Childs. theirs. Oh well, somebody has to fight ERead his article several times. His these wars. It has been so long since eexperiences certainly prove there is we have had any of the comforts of nno substitute for the good old trial- a home that we don’t mind this life aand-error method.

By the way, I so much anymore. After all we have nmust have made a mistake in the been through I still think of my bows weight of my arrow on the Art Young and arrows and a lot of times I won­ A^ward Questionnaire.

My arrow dered if I would ever get back to use weighed 372 grains without the them. Maybe some day we will all be hbroadhead. The broadhead weighed able to go back home and I am sure 2200 grains, and the arrow with head that after this we will enjoy the lit­ weighed 572 grains. Sorry the error tle simple things in life much more ^occurred. I am wondering if a couple than we did before, after seeing how oof the others didn’t make the same much better our country is.” When mistake. If not, they are using mighty we hear direct from our archers the Hight arrows. Another thing I would war somehow seems a little closer Hike to mention.

My shot was the than it does when we just read about lllongest claimed by any of the award it in the papers. The least we can all ^winners. I honestly estimated the dis­ do is “BACK THE ATTACK,” with tance at 50 yards. It may have been all the war bonds we can buy. <45 or even 55 yards. I wish it had ibeen shorter. The point is that a 1 running heart shot at 25 or 30 yards California Bow Hunters 'would be wonderful shooting whereHave Own Publication las at 50 yards the element of luck iis bound to be a big factor. I have i missed several shorter shots where The California Bowman-Hunter, a I game was standing—one at only 15 publication issued each month "for I yards under adverse conditions. How- the sole purpose of obtaining a hunt­ • ever, that is another story.” ing reserve for California bow and Sgt. A. R. Brousseau, writes from arrow hunters” began publication in North Africa: March of this year.

“I finally got the chance to answer The eight page bulletin. 8% x 11% your swell letter I received in Febru­ page size, is replete with field and ary. I wanted to answer it long ago hunting activities of California arch­ but they kept us on the go here chas­ ers as well as reprints and articles by ing these Germans all over North prominent hunting and field enthus­ Africa, but now the hunting season iasts throughout the country. Some is closed on them and I think every­ excellent pictures and color variety one got their bag limit. We have had add interest to readers. it pretty tough for the past few Its editor is Roy Hoff of Los An­ months with not much time to enjoy geles, and associate editors are Ken the beautiful scenery there is here, Wilhelm, Walt Wilhelm, John Yount, but now that its over I think we will Charles Howe, H. C. MacQuarrie, get a little rest. It sure seems good William Jeter, William (Wild Bill) to be where we can eat hot meals in­ Childs and Fred Hartzel. Photog­ stead of cold hash, to be where we is Erwin Conner. can wash every day instead if maybe rapher While in its infancy, the publica­ once a month, to be able to smoke at tion is growing rapidly and promises night and build fires in the daytime, much favorable publicity for the field to be able to walk around and know that nobody is going to shoot at you, archers of California.

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(Continued from page 2) up the hill from where he had taken us in, he could make the trip in and back in a half a day.

He was back by night.

It then turned out that while he hadn’t taken us into virgin territory, he was a virgin dude wrangler. We ■were his first dudes. So we decided to let bygones be bygones and go into an entirely different territory, let the wrangler get an assistant and stay with us with horses.

The assistant was a big, outstand­ ing cowpuncher from an adjoining ranch—never ■will I forget how Dusty got even with them. The first morn­ ing out. the wranglers got up in the gray of dawn to get the horses and build a camp fire. Then they called us to get up and help with break­ fast. I led them off to one side and explained to them that while it was all right with me, I couldn’t be cer­ tain that it was with Dusty: that if they were going to run a dude ranch they had better learn how to run it right; that not only did the dudes never do a bit of work. but. tney al­ ways had their breakfast in ced.

The boys listened incredulously, but they wanted to run a successful dude ranch. So I crawled rack ir..o my sleeping bag. and Dusty and I dozed until breakfast was reac>.

Then we had it served to us in redkeeping the boys trotting -ack and forth, filling up our plates with pan­ cakes, our cups with het coffee.

After about the third day. the big cowpuncher wanted to pick 3 fig iHe suddenly threw down tr.e disnes and came to stand towering o«r us.

He said belligerently, “I ™ake a damn poor flunky 1 . . ..

I looked at him appraisingly, ~aia sympathetically, "loudo, ior a 1 but ’ I think you’re learning. a walked casually away, .;nd of distance between us while the wind was still out if his sails. .j I’m afraid I’ll have to ^cter” stuff about the ‘‘noble characte^ later on. but at least I haven't one erroneous impression except done anything for g*;hen a A„d shoot a bow and arrow a.-d ‘ j.__ believe me. Brothers, archen has r.-

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Editorial CORRESPONDEN TS, PLEASE NOTE All communications to Ye Sylvan Archer should be addressed to YE SYLVAN ARCHER, 214 Summit Ave. North, Seattle 2, Washington.

Members of the NFAA wishing to renew subscriptions are reminded their NFAA membership expires at the same time as their subscription to Ye Sylvan Archer. Please send your renewal to John L. Yount. Sec­ retary, NFAA. P. O. Box 3S3, Red­ lands, California.

We are pleased to present in this issue an article by Erie Stanley Gard­ ner. Dr. George Cathey of Portland, Oregon, promised us an article on his hunting experience with Mr. Gardner and the article came, not from Dr. Cathey but from Mr. Gardner him­ self. The reason is explained by Mr. Gardner in his introduction.

Mark Twain once said: “Reports of my demise have been greately ex­ aggerated.” YSA editor’s face, we’ll admit, is extremely red, but we add that, for once in our life, we are sin­ cerely gratified that such is the case.

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(Printed by courtesy of Fred Bear, Detroit, Michigan) The archer who would hunt big ggarne should first thoroughly undersstand the manner in which the broadHhead kills. In the great majority of ceases it is by internal hemorrhage, nhe flooding of the bodv cavity with Iblood.

This is most readily accomplished Iby an arrowhead which gives deep I penetration and while so doing ssmoothly severs every vein and arttery it touches, for the clean cuts are ithe ones which spill the most blood.

These facts at once make it appar«ent that a heavy bow casting an ar:row whose head is of faulty design and whose edge is dull will often be 'less effective than a much lighter bow casting an arrow of good head • design and whose edge is razor sharp.

In consequence, good arrowhead de. sign and super-keenness of blades are of the utmost importance to the big game archer regardless of the weight of his bow. A heavy bow will of course be capable of the greatest damage, but even a very light one can be deadly, and regardless of the weight any bow will exert its full effectiveness only when casting a razor-sharp arrow.

Shots at big game do not come oft­ en and if the archer is to meet them with ultra-sharp broadheads he must expend time and care upon that de­ tail of his weapons. That fact is unescapable.

As to design of the arrowblade there would be little point here in discussing the numerous and varied patterns. Let us simply select one which has proven itself as excellent, and upon which it is very difficult to improve for general hunting. Such a blade is shown in Figure 1. The cutting edges are slightly curved to provide a sturdy point, and the base °f the blade is slightly rounded to jnake for easy withdrawal. This last is also a humane feature for a blade of this type which only wounds will ?ften work out, while a barbed blade is an unnecessarily cruel instrument.

The blade here shown is amply large for any big game animal and in fact

is a bit too large for use with any but heavy bows.

Figure II. shows the separate parts of a broadhead and their assembly.

The ferrule, or socket into which the . f'ts 's °ften a bullet jacket which has been slotted. This type ferrule has much to recommend it.

Its beautifully curved point offers a minimum of resistance in passing through tissue. The blade itself is often slotted also, which gives extra strong construction when the two are joined with a few drops of solder.

This double slotting however brings the point of the ferrule ven' close to the point of the blade. This' is a dis­ tinct disadvantage so far as penetra­ tion is concerned for the reason that the ferrule follows the point too closely and crowds against the tissue on each side much more tightly and with greater friction than if it were passing through a channel of greater width.

Figure III. shows an assembly where the ferrule only has been slot­ ted, and of course joined to the blade with a bit of solder. This construc­ tion is not so strong as the one just described, but it has proven of ample and sufficient sturdiness throughout many, many field tests.

It will be seen that in penetrating tissue the blade now cuts a path of practically its full width before entry of the ferrule, with a consequent lessening of friction or binding, and permitting a maximum if the driv­ ing force of the arrow to be expended in in pressing pressing the cutting edges of the blades against the tissue. It may be well to state here that this is not simply theory but has been definitely proven in a long series of shop and field tests. We may accept this de­ sign of broadhead therefore as one of great excellence.

Many archers show concern for a head which will drive through heavy bone such as is found in the shoulder of a bull elk or moose, and also ac­ complish deep penetration and retain cutting qualities. This is to vastly over rate the bow and arrow The head shown here will neatly clip off the rib of a buck deer as well as

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heeavier ribs and drive on to consid- and happily for the archer these may errable depth, but the powerful be had in small as well as the larger shnoulder. bones of big animals form sizes. A few light strokes, if properly am armor plate which the archer executed will remove the wire edges shhould avoid. His arrows should be and produce the desired shaving edge. pl laced elsewhere.

That the technique of filing and fin­ To produce a razor-like edge re­ ishing requires some practice there quires first that the blade be of prop- is no question, yet any careful per­ son may quickly develop it. enr quality of steel for a truly keen Now of course it is impractical for eddge cannot be fashioned without the bowman to carry afield a small goood materials or without good sharpvise, file, and steel with which to eming tools. Most arrowblades now on thhe market are of good quality, but sharpen broadheads. The sharpening foot those who would make their own, should be done before he leaves home seelect steel of the quality of band or while in camp and these tools are a proper part of his camp equipment. ssaws or carpenters’ hand saws.

For use during actual hunting he The degree of keenness attained may carry a 6-inch flat file in a shhould be perfection itself, and this pocket of his quiver which will serve nmay be measured by the ability of to restore in part a damaged edge. thhe blade to shave, for there is no Razor-sharp edges are also delicate kceenness beyond this point. The fore- edges and must be protected if they aurm is a handy testing spot and if are to be at full efficiency when the am arrowblade will smoothly cut a shot comes. To bundle broadheads S’iwath of hair at a single stroke, or into a quiver indescriminately where nneatly clip off a single hair at a these edges rasp against each other tiime, the archer will know that per­ is to destroy to a considerable degree fection of edge has been reached. the superb cutting quality which has To produce such an edge easily and been so carefully produced. The solu­ qquickly, grip one side of the blade in tion of this is a hood for each head. aa vise which holds the blade in the Figure IV. shows such a hood ssame plane as the bench top. With a which may be fashioned from any rrather large, flat file, and it should light cardboard or extra heavy paper. hbe of the best, strike a wide bevel Note that it fits snugly and extends aalong the blade edges, turning the well beyond the point. When a broadhhead to facilitate this work and using head has been sharpened slip on such flfull, light, sWiooth cutting strokes una hood and place the shaft in the titil all four edges have been equally quiver. This assures the archer that hbeveled, and a thin wire edge appears his arrows will remain super-keen for salong the cutting edges. Next grasp the time when keenness is needed. To tithe arrow shaft a few inches back remove such a guard takes but an inoof the head and in the same manner Stant. „ .XL■ X Many will say all of this is too eemployed in holding a knife, and finiish the edge on a butcher’s steel, just much trouble, too fussy, and quite sas the butcher whets his steak knife. unnecessary. Let each archer decide For this work any old steel will not this point for himself. do. It must be of the finest quality,

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Sasha Siemel of Matto Grosso, Brazil, and the alligator victim of his arrow

that these reptiles are pretty From the Secretary there small potatoes.

By John L. Yount The NFAA Big Game committee was rather careful in drawing up the rules governing the Big Game award.

Among other things they made what they considered a fairly complete list of the types of big game an archer might be expected to take, but they didn’t take into consideration the pos­ sibility that our National Asociation might soon become International.

A few days ago I received a letter, including application for a big game award, that had been in the mails for three and a half months. This letter was from Sasha Siemel, whose address is Matto Grosso. Brazil. No street or number, just Matto Grosso, Brazil, something like addressing a letter to Bill Jones, Texas, U. S. A. The game covered in the aplication was a full grown Caiman (’gator to you), and Sasha was quite apologetic over applying on anything less than a 350-pound South American cat.

You see, a few years ago he killed several of these cats with his bow and arrow, so the crocodile is really something of an anticlimax, in fact, there’s so much really big game down

Even so, I am still glad the appli­ cation covers a crocodile and that pictures came with it.

The arrow entered high on the side, passed through the heart and came out through the heavv breast plates, as shown in the cut. This should be a pretty definite answer to those who question the ability of an archer to make anything other than a pin cush­ ion of such thin skinned game as deer. Furthermore, a crocodile is the kind of reptile that has no one’s sympathy, so you need have no fear that the sight of an arrow sticking through one is going to make some gentle soul faint, or worse, start a campaign to stop such brutality.

Personally, I think the old saying “what you don’t know won’t hurt you” should be changed to “what you don’t see won’t hurt you,” for no one seems to have any particular horror at seeing a picture of a deer that has been killed by a rifle, no matter how many bullets have been through it or are in it, but just show the pub­ lic a picture of a deer with one ar­ row in it and you will hear plenty.

I admit that there certainly is some­ thing about the arrow in the wound (Continued on page IS)

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I: Fifth 1943 Mail Tournament

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EXPERT BOWMAN CLASS— Jsames Dundas, Flint Bowmen T'iny Munson, Malibu Mt. Club I.-.eo Sipe, Malibu Mt. Club ..................

Loewis Richardson, Flint Bowmen GJlenn St. Charles, Cascade Club HHoward Noble, Malibu Mt. Club SStew Foster, Pasadena .........................

Ken Moore, Pasadena Carl Seastrom, Malibu Mt. Club .....

EC. L. Kallander, Framingham, Mass.

CL W. Seastrom, Malibu Mt. Club .....

I.. M. Stamps, Seattle .............................

Eugene Lecoq, San Diego —F?rank Eicholtz, San Diego .............. ....

P?aul Bledose, Malibu Mt. Club Kenneth Bingham, Pasadena ..............

GHenn Smith, Los Angeles ....................

Wictor Jensen, Pasadena Emery Watts, Malibu Mt. Club EDwight Sherrill, Malibu Mt. Club ....

Kore Duryee, Seattle .......................... — William Patrick, Northrup Ar. Club

28 Target Score

28 Target Score

56 Target Score

Han- Handi- dieap cap Score

60-222 72-286 71- 279 46-170 57-213 65-255 57-217 78-300 72- 280 55- 207 56- 218 56-212 48-188 52-200 42- 160 52-188 44-164 46-172 63-239 43- 163 37-141 73- 289

59- 225 60- 238 68-262 55- 223 50-196 63- 249 56-210 80-322 66-238 56- 200 61- 239 48-194 48-176 64- 242 47-175 55-205 45-161 44-170 57- 215 37-139 43-159 65-253

119- 447 132-524 139-541 101-393 107-409 128-504 113-427 158-622 138-518 111-407 117-457 104-406 96-364 116-442 89-335 107-393 89-325 92-342 120- 454 80-302 80-290 138-542

400 280 260 400 380 280 350 150 250 360 300 350 380 270 370 310 360 340 220 370 340

847 804 801 793 789 784 777 772 768 767 757 756 744 712 705 703 685 682 674 672 630

54-214 59-229 51- 185 45-157 42- 166 52- 196 52-194 50-188 50- 186 51- 181 43- 155 39- 143 52- 188 36-134 52-184 48-182 47-169 31- 115 40- 148 45-173 36-134 43-153 27- 103 28- 104 32- 120

53-205 107-419 110 44-162 103-391 110 90 54-208 105-393 82-300 170 37-143 95-367 100 53-201 52-188 104-384 80 52-184 104-378 80 48- 176 98- 364 90 49-181 99- 367 80 37-135 88- 316 130 37-139 80- 294 150 54-208 93-351 90 49-181 101-369 70 40-150 76-284 150 37-139 89- 323 110 49-169 97-351 70 39-137 86-306 110 39-139 70-254 160 36-136 76-284 110 36-120 81- 293 100 33-121 69-255 130 36-126 79-279 80 30-102 57-205 140 24- 86 52-190 140 22- 80 54-200 130

529 501 483 470 467 464 458 454 447 446 444 441 439 434 433 421 416 414 394 393 285 359 345 330 330

EBOWMAN CLASS—

BKilburne Anderson, Detroit JJim Knittie, Malibu Mt. Club Walter Knoblock, Flint Bowmen ILucien Decock, Pasadena ....................

■Derry Balcom, Flint Bowmen OGhamma Buck, Flint Bowmen IPauI Ludwig, Malibu Mt. Club "Tracy Stalker, Flint ...............................

•iArchie Powell, Cascade Club, Seattle -A. B. Coe, Ft. Wayne Ar. Club ........

'T. Thorsen, Malibu Mt. Club ..............

IFranklin Jones, Everett, Wash ■ Max Stemple, Malibu Mt. Club 'T. L. Johnson, Cascade Club ..............

■ R. J. Modrell, Cascade Club Earl Grubbs, Malibu Mt. Club J Bert Wallis, Seattle ...............................

E. L. Holston, San Diego Tom Shulze, Malibu Mt. Club Bob Green, San Diego ........................

Karl Palmatier, Kalamazoo Ar. Club Charles Howe, Malibu Mt. Club ........

Walter Walton, Hopkinton, Mass Jack Colburn, Malibu Mt. Club Robert Blackmore, Marysville, Wash.

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September, 1943

28 Target Score 33-117

Han- Han56 Target di- dicap cap Score Score 325 59-215 110

47-169 40-168 40-154 30-110 35-127 40-148 28-102

93-343 87-335 72-278 72-268 71-267 71-259 59-217

28-108 34-122 36-126 38-150 33-119 28-106 26-100 24- 90 30-102 26- 96 18- 72 26- 86 20- 72 13- 49 13- 45 12- 40 17- 51

69-267 72- 266 73- 261 67-251 60-216 59-215 54-200 54-198 56-184 47-165 42-158 42-142 37-129 31-113 29-101 29- 95 25- 79

C. N. MacGillivray, Flint Bowmen ..

William Gilliam, Seattle Eugene Meyers, Owosso, Mich Robert Morley, Malibu Mt. Club Louie Krutak, Malibu Mt. Club Pat McCormick, Los Angeles Noel DeCock, Malibu Mt. Club LeRoy Stephenson, Flint Bowmen ....

D. S. Ellis, Malibu Mt. Club Ted Carpenter, Malibu Mt. Club Louie Baldi, Cascade Club Claude Neely, Los Angeles A. J. Michelson, Flint Bowmen W. I. Harmon, Langley, Wash Wellington Lewis, Hopkinton, Mass.

Al Gerarden, Cascade Club Rene de Gallier, Seattle ......................

Rollie Pontine, Los Angeles C. D. Cole, Seattle Bill Benham, Marysville, Wash Vern Boyn, Ft. Wayne Archery Club S. R. Anderson, Marysville, Wash. ..

Henry Thompson, Pasadena Cal Fanders, Cascade Club K. Furry, Ft. Wayne Archery Club ..

Ben Bredimus, Seattle Bob Lathorp, Marysville, Wash

26- 98 39-143 46- 174 47- 167 32-124 42-158 36- 140 31-111 31-115 39-133 41-159 38-144 37- 135 29- 101 27- 97 31-109 28- 100 30- 108 26- 82 21- 69 24- 86 16- 56 17- 57 18- 64 16- 56 17- 55 8- 28

JUNIOR BOYS— Bruce Meyers, Owosso, Mich. ...

Wally Knoblock, Flint Bowmen Bob Bailey, Marysville, Wash.

37-137 34-122 31-125

35-131 41-145 34-126

72-268 75-267 65-251

EXPERT BOWMAN CLASS— Bea Anderson, Detroit Archers Mabel Meade, Flint Bowmen ....

Lulu Stalker, Flint Bowmen ....

51-191 30- 106 31- 119

38-136 43-165 42-160

89-327 73-271 73-279

120 170 110

447 441 389

BOWMAN CLASS— Betty Richardson, Flint Bowmen Sylvia Noble, Malibu Mt. Club Marie Seastrom, Malibu Mt. Club Dorothy Dukenfield, Malibu Mt. Club Marie Jensen, Pasadena Mary Bledose, Malibu Mt. Club Donna Diehl, Flint Bowmen Marjorie Egeler, Flint Bowmen Minerva Gandy, Malibu Mt. Club

33-117 30-106 35-127 29- 99 22- 76 25- 85 28- 96 32-108 29- 105

36-124 21- 77 26- 94 23- 87 22- 82 29-101 22- 74 27- 107

69-241 51- 183 61-221 52- 186 44-158 54-186 50-170

200 230 180 200 220 190 180

441 413 401 386 378 376 350

NOVICE CLASS— Helen Lecoq, San Diego Amanda Sherrill, Malibu Mt. Club ....

Besselee Jones, Everett, Wash

31-115 23- 79 16- 60

32-120 21- 77 21- 81

63-235 44-156 37-141

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FROM THE SECRETARY (Continued from page 10) that will sort of give you the creeps even though you know that death was quick and human. I guess we have had too many slivers stuck into us when we were kids.

Because of this, let’s illustrate our penetration arguments with such pic­ tures as this crocodile with an ar­ row through it. I know we all expect to get our deer this fall and naturally we want a photographic record of it, but the pictures should be just as good if we pose with the arrow in our hand instead of in the deer.

We might even use it to point out the spot where it went through the deer. You would be surprised at the kind of societies that can get all ex­ cited over such a small thing as an arrow in a deer, and they can do plenty about it. Out here in Califor­ nia, we archers had our ears knocked down once by the Anti Vivisectionists.

Believe it or not, they had enough pull to get a perfectly good reserve bill vetoed by the governor.

Where, might I ask, are this year’s 20 Pin winners? We hfid a number last year, but so far this year not a one has been claimed.

Once again, please send all Nation­ al Field Archery correspondence to the Secretary. NOT to Ye Sylvan Archer.

The editor has troubles enough as it is. This applies especially to NFAA dues.

If your membership remittance is not mailed so that it reaches me be­ fore the 5th of each month, you will not receive that month’s issue of Ye Sylvan Archer, as I have to relay it to Seattle, Washington, and they must have it in plenty of time to in­ clude on that month’s mailing list.

It takes time now-adays even for air mail as the letter may have to wait over several planes, and all work on Ye Svlvan Archer has to be sand­ wiched in with other jobs.

NFAA Vice-President Jean C. Trit­ tin of Salt Lake City was inducted into the Navy Saturday, Sept. 11, and is receiving his basic training at Farfagut, Idaho. Mrs. Trittin (Verne) is conducting the business at Sher­ wood Archery.

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5th MAIL SHOOT NOTES Eighty-seven archers took part in this tournament.

Helen Lecoq, W. I. Harmon, A. J. Michelson, Claude Neely, and Louie Baldi will be in the Bowman class for their next tournament.

Kilbourne Anderson will be in the Expert Bowman class for his next tournament.

The tournament secretary found fourteen errors in the reports sent in.

Please check to see that even hits have even score: odd numbers of hits have an odd number for score. See that the report is for the total hits and total score for the 56 targets.

Several of the clubs have requested that the club name be listed. As a result club names will be substituted for cities and a list of clubs, cities and states listed at the end of the report.

The ribbons have been received and will be sent out immediately.

Karl E. Palmatier.

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