Ok, maybe someone can help me out here.

Is the Bowfishing Association of Illinois and the Illinois Bowfishers Club two different organizations?

I find 2 different message boards and different events. Seems strange there would be 2 different organizations on this (to me anyway)


Don

Hey Don, Sorry for the confusion. Yes. There are two different clubs in Illinois. The Illinois Bowfishers was started in 2004 by people across Illinois.
Hope to see you at the UBI banquet.
Kendall

Thanks for the reply Kendall.

Don,

Like Kendall said, two completely different organizations. There's a long and sort of goofey history behind why oneindividual split off from Illinois Bowfishers and started the second group. Look me up at the banquet and I'll explain it further.

Indeed. Very long and very goofy.

It does seem to be a shameful waste of resources to have 2 clubs covering the same territory, but that is the way the a key member of the BAIhas decidedto proceed.Go figure.[&:]

Theoriginal club was already established, had lively discussion forums, a website, booths at several outdoors shows, and was hosting fun shoots and competitions, when one guy chose to split off to help start another organization. It gotugly on his part,and as much as I personally would love to post the historyeverywhere because I think he deserves to have it out in the open, the details are best left for private discussion, at this time.

The whole thing ispretty well known by many in the bowfishing community and isvery well documented (that's the funny thing about emails, PM's, and voicemails).

Hopefully, there is peaceful co-existence in the future for our clubs.



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OK, now back toyour regularly scheduled bowfishingprogram...

The Illinois Bowfishers is the same organizationthat it has been since 2004, minus one member, and plus a bunch more. This year's shoots aregoing to be a lot of fun, and the future looks even brighter. Several shoots will be raising money for Illinois Sportsman Against Hunger, and we've worked with the DNR to open new bodies of water to bowfishing that were previously unavailable. Illinois has a good amout of bowfishing potential, and the progress that has been made already is amazing.


See you on the water.

-Bulz

Yep, two clubs.

No matter the weird past, the Illinois Bowfishers is focused on the future.

Charity shoots, education, tournamentsand increased opportunities are what this club is all about.

Of course, it's also about having fun. Let's keep bowfishing fun!

the bowfishers were tucked all safe in theyre beds while visions of bigheads danced through theyre heads....lol