I was surfing the web looking for affordable places to bowhunt this fall in Texas, where I live. I stumbled across some U.S. Army Crops of Engineer Land that looked very promising. When checking the Georgetown area, I decided to look further, as I am planning to apply. Well the drawing process is based on your ability to shoot accurately, amoung other things,on a series of targets set at unknown distance.

It was interesting to note that for our compound toting brothers they could use range finders, scopes, release aids, and whatever else to find the kill zone. Now I am not crying about this because I choose to play the game differently than they do. The max distance for these guys would be 25yards, with a score of 80 percent or more based on four arrows.

We, the stick shooters, will have shots to a max of 20yards. I found this to be the most objective and fair test until I got to the part where they stated that the shooters who shoot scores higher(most cases the cable shooters)would stand the greatest chance at securing a tag during the draw.

Now I have my call in to find out if a specific number of tags will be alotted to the stick and string shoots that qualify, or will they all go into a hat. I have been told, not confirmed, that they all go into a hat.

While this brings up a whole slough of issues, here a a few to chew on. Please let me know what you think. Should proficiency test be a viable tool in deciding who hunts and who won't. If that is a fair method, who decides on how far and what type of bow? Should all bow hunting equipment be considered the same, I think it is in many state game department's eyes? Last but not least. If you decide that it is not fair, what would the effects be on hunting pro or con?

You guys areas sharp as your broadheads, I know where I stand, however I will reserve my thoughts for the end.Heck, I bet some of you may change my mind...O.K., I am out of the way, start shooting......