We started working on the course layout this past weekend. There will be two courses for this Shoot. One course runs through our first ravine and follows one of our creeks which is surrounded by mature Hardwoods and Hemlocks (easy to imagine you are back in another era of time), the other course will run all the way back to our second ravine and will come back out through what I consider one of the nicest sections of our forest at Hawkeye. Our terrain is suited well for Archery with natural back stops at most target locations. All of the areas on the courses that cross ether one of our creeks have footbridges so you will not have to wade across the creeks in moccasins and the courses are clearly marked by colored flags. There will be about 20 3D targets put out for this Shoot and you can shoot the courses as often as you would like. There also will be a practice range with Morrel bags set up in the woods along with a couple of hawk blocks. The courses for this Shoot are not crowded and often you will not see another Archer. We offer primitive tent camping also. Our Clubhouse has running water and is heated. There are flush toilets in the Clubhouse and we get a couple of porta johns for the Shoot. This year, we will be visited by a local Scout troop on Friday evening and early Saturday morning.
The past few years, Dino and Eric have put together a very challenging Woodswalk contest. Dino suffered a injury recently and will not be doing it this year so I will be organizing the Woodswalk on Saturday. After going through a qualifying round, the top Men and Women Shooters in the Woodswalk will be challenged with not only shooting well at the targets, they will compete for additional points by demonstrating their survival skills, woodslore knowledge along with other backwoods skills.
Saturday evening there will be a Pot Luck Dinner. Other than the Pot Luck Dinner, and unlike our other Public Shoots,We will have no food from our Kitchen avalible so you are on your own for your meals. The Shoot starts at noon on Friday and ends at noon on Sunday. If you can only attend for one day, Saturday would be your best bet as that day has the most activities going on. Most years we get around 40 to 50 total shooters with about half of them camping out so this is not a big event like our Traditional Shoot in August. It is just a small gather of like minded Primitive Archers. Everything is very laid back. We have purposely keep this Shoot a simple affair so we can also enjoy it ourselves. If you are looking for a small laid back shoot, this one may be for you.
Hawkeye is located in Western New York. Our address is 13300 Clinton Street (Rte 354) Marilla New York. Any question just ask ether myself (Brian) or Buffalo Gobbler (Kevin).
