The Hunger Games is a popular teen series written by Suzanne Collins. A movie is coming out in late March 2012. The story hero is a teenage girl who shoots a bow that her deceased dad made in order to hunt in a post apocalyptic America. The book starts in a coal mining district.
A friend of my daughter requested a bow from me and was a fan of the series, so I made this one according to what I thought a coal miner's bow would look like.
total length 69"; hackberry. The wood had a bit of a kink in the handle that resembled a reflex.
2" wide at the fades; handle 1"; 5/8" at tips, limbs 1/4" thick. Minwax, English chestnut stain followed by 5 coats of boiled linseed oil. the emblem on the fades is the mockingjay emblem worn by the hero. Mockingjays are fictional creatures created by crossing wild mockingbirds with jabberjays. The rest requires some 'splainin' and that is not what this forum is about. The bottom line is youth will be keyed in on this series and the movie. We should think about how to use that enthusiasm to get youth into archery.
BTW the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) has conducted research that indicates students who engage in archery tend to score better on standardized tests and have improved self esteem.
