Around 55 people shot at plastic game during June 2 and 3 at the Big Horn Archery Club’s Outdoor 3D shoot at the 99 Mile Snowmobile Club Site.
“It went really well,” said denise swift, the club’s secretary, though she said the low number was concerning. “Our numbers were a bit low, we were expecting more. The shoot wasn’t the reason because it was a good shoot but maybe it was the price of gas, who knows?”
She also said she wondered if it was because of the number of archery shoots around the province.
The secretary said the weather was good all weekend, that it didn’t rain until afterwards, that everyone had a great time and that the event was a grand success. Luckily, the abundance of aggressive mosquitos didn’t ruin the fun.
“The food was great, the trails were great, the weather was good and the mosquitos were awful. They were very hungry,” said swift. “I guess people were saying there seemed to be a lot more mosquitos this year than usual but I know there was a lot of mosquitos other years. Maybe they were more aggressive this year, I don’t know.”
She is not too worried about the future traditional shoot event in July because it is only one of two of them in the province. It is expected it will be better attended.
As for the Outdoor 3D shoot, swift said she can only hope it gets better next year.
The lack of numbers also meant that the club didn’t break out the machine for the novelty bow birds shoot. The machine shoots foam targets into the air and people try to shoot them as they are flying.
Archers from McBride, Kamloops, Logan Lake, Williams Lake, 150 Mile House, Quesnel and Prince George joined the ranks of the local shooters for the shoot.
A traditional only 3D shoot is set for July 22 and 23 and will be held at the 99 Snowmobile Club site. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. on both days. An award ceremony will be on Sunday and there is free camping on site.
3D Shoot Winners:
Compound:
Open Adult Male: Jeff Maron, Al Campsell, Matt Jackson
Open Master Male: Layton Smith
Open Youth Male: Ty Thurow
Unlimited Masters Male: Brian Smith, Bruce Findlay
Unlimited Masters Female: Louise Smith
Unlimited Adult Male: Todd Nichol, Bob Thurow, Cam Robb
Unlimited Adult Female: Cassondra Maron, Nicole Reynolds
Unlimited Cub: Mason Peters
Traditional:
Recurve Master’s Male: Yak Crame, Adrian Messner, Bob Betkus
Recurve Master’s Female: Leslie Lorenzetto
Recurve Adult Male: Fred Streleoff, Dan Mobbs, Marcel Baur
Recurve Adult Female: Trudy Foster, Lydia Larson, Cyndi Schwab
Recurve Cub: Dustin Robb
Recurve Youth Female: Kiara Pratt
Recurve Tot: Avery Jonasson
Longbow Master’s Male: Allen Pickering, Dan Yalowega, Don Dickerson
Longbow Master’s Female: Sandra Pickering
Longbow Adult Male: Tristian Yalowega, Allen Riley, Chester Sampson
Longbow Female: Jessie Mobbs, Nikki Mobbs, Sharon Allan
Longbow Youth Female: Emma Jackson
Primitive Master’s Male: Ted Swift
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