AMA Sportsmen Club hosts “Big Buck Sunday”

By Fred Groves

The Amherstburg AMA Sportsmen Association hosted yet another event on the weekend, this particular one a true test of skill.

“We’ve been doing this for over 30 years. It’s a 3-D shoot,” explained club member Bob Wilson.

On Sunday, about 20 archers put their abilities to a test at the annual “Big Buck Sunday,” an opportunity to hike the nearby terrain and take aim at 30 targets.

“A body (shot) is five points and you get eight points for a lung and a circle with the heart, you get 10 points,” explained Wilson. There was no minimum distance that archers had to shoot from and Wilson, noted that it was from wherever the participants were most comfortable shooting from.

Long-time AMA member John Bezaire has been hunting with a bow and arrow for decades and in fact, prefers it to using a gun.

“If I can’t shoot with a bow and arrow, I don’t hunt,” said Bezaire on Sunday.

Bezaire says that it is more of a challenge to bow hunt because you have to get closer to the animal which means you have to beat the animals natural senses. of the bows at a vendors booth during the Big Buck Sunday event at the AMA Sportsmen Association.

“If you can fool it, that is something as they have the advantage,” said Bezaire.

This year’s “Big Buck Sunday” ran from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m and featured a vendors market.

The AMA Sportsmen Association is located at 468 Lowes Side Road in Amherstburg. For more information, visit www.amasportsmen.com or call 519-736-5706.