butchb

WELL, I DO SHOOT THE HUNTER CLASS, I WON'T BE MAKING IT TO ALMOST ALL THE SHOOTS THIS YEAR, THE INDOOR WORLD WAS THE LAST I SHOT AT A 3-D ANIMAL, BUT I WILL BE AT NELSONVILLE. SO MAYBE I CAN ADD A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE TO THIS CONVERSATION. I USED TO SHOOT WHEN EVERYONE SHOT FROM THE SAME STAKE ALSO, BUT GOT BUSY WITH OTHER THINGS AND GAVE IT UP FOR SEVERAL YEARS UNTIL JUST THIS PAST 2 YEARS. NOW I HAVE HEARD EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE HC IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE COMPETATIVE, HOW IT IS A BEGINNERS CLASS, A NOVICE IF YOU WILL. GENTLEMEN, I HAVE BEEN SHOOTING A BOW SINCE AGE 6. IF ANY OF YOU THINK THIS CLASS IS NOT COMPETATIVE, COME ON DOWN. NOW I DONT POST THE BIG SCORES LIKE SOME OF THOSE GUYS DO, BUT WHEN THE TOP TWENTY ARE SEPARATED BY ONLY A FEW POINTS, YOU HAD BETTER HAVE THE X COUNT. ONE THING I THINK WILL STOP ANY COMPLAINING IS HAVE A HC AND FHC, AND ALSO A NCHC, I MEAN A NON-COMPETATIVE HC, THIS COULD INCLUDE BOTH THE SHOOTERS IN HC AND FHC--TOGETHER, IN ONE CLASS, WHO CHOOSE NOT TO SHOOT TO WIN OR FOR THE FAME AND FORTUNE (I HAVE MADE SO MUCH MONEY DOING THIS IT JUST AINT FUNNY). THAT WAY THOSE WHO ARE EX-PROS (I DONT THINK THERE ARE ANY IN THE HC, BUT ANYWAY) WHO SAY THEY JUST SHOOT FOR THE FUN OF IT NOW, BUT SEEM TO WHIP EVERYONE COMING AND GOING, CAN SHOOT IN, YOU GET FORTY TARGETS--THE SAME FORTY AS HC AND FHC--SAME RANGES, AND YOU CAN COMPARE YOUR SCORES TO YOUR BUDDIES, BUT YOU ALREADY KNOW YOU CANT WIN ANYTHING.

NOW THIS WILL HELP THE ARCHERY COMMUNITY OUT. JUST LISTEN HERE. FOR THIS CLASS, YOU DECREASE THE ENTRY FEE, THAT WAY SOMEONE CAN GET A FEEL FOR IT WITHOUT BEING HIT WITH LARGE FEES, NOT THAT THEY ARE NOW (ONLY $30 FOR HC). HERE'S THE KICKER, NO MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED. TAKE IT EASY BOARD MEMBERS, NICE DEEP BREATH NOW,------------OK. THE WORST THING THAT HAPPENED, IN MY OWN OPINION, WAS REQUIRING MEMBERSHIP IN ORDER TO SHOOT IN NATIONAL LEVEL SHOOTS (I UNDERSTAND IT, DONT NECESSARILY LIKE IT). NOW THE GUYS LIKE ME, WHO LIKE TO SHOOT, AND THE ONES WHO ACTUALLY HAVE A CHANCE AT WINNING (GUYS NOT LIKE ME), DONT MIND IT. BUT, JUST TONIGHT, I ASKED A GUY AT WORK WHO WANTS ME TO SHOT SOME 3-D WITH HIM, IF HE WAS GOING TO SHOOT AT NELSONVILLE, HE SAID HE THOUGHT HE MIGHT, UNTIL HE HEARD YOU HAD TO BE A MEMBER TO SHOOT JUST ONE SHOOT, NOW I KNOW THE OLD STORY OF WHERE YOUR MONEYS GOING AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH TY BLAH. I KNOW, I UNDERSTAND, I DONT MIND IT, I EVEN SIGNED UP MY WIFE WHO ALSO LIKES TO SHOOT. BUT FOR GUYS WHO JUST HUNT RIGHT NOW, THEY MAY NEVER GET HOOKED ON THIS SPORT LIKE WE ARE, ISNT IT GREAT, DONT YOU WANT OTHERS TO SPEND AS MUCH MONEY ON STUFF AS YOU DO. NOW THIS GUY WOULD BE OK WITH THE ENTRY FEE, BUT DOESNT KNOW IF HE WANTS TO BE A MEMBER, AND HE PROBABLY DOESNT WANT TO BECOME A MEMBER AT A SHOOT BECAUSE HE FEELS LIKE HE IS GETTING JACKED. SOLUTION!!! MAKE A CLASS THAT IS JUST FOR HIM, ANY EQUIPMENT, ANY AGE, ANY SEX, NO MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED, DECREASED ENTRY FEES, NAME LISTED ON THE WEBSITE, AND NO TYPE OF AWARDS. THIS JUST MIGHT GET A FEW MORE PEOPLE SHOWING UP. SORRY TO BE LONG WINDED, BUT I JUST COULDNT HELP MYSELF.


THANKS FOR LISTENING, BUT SERIOUSLY, THOSE OF YOU WHO DONT DIE OF EXHAUSTION BY THE TIME YOU GET TO THE END OF THIS POST, LET ME KNOW, AND EVERYONE ELSE KNOW, WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT MY SUGGESTION. THANKS AGAIN BUTCH.