Never been to Rome. Wetumpka was my 2nd IBO shoot. Valley was my first experiance with IBO, but I won't comment on that[:'(] Had a great time shooting and being a volonteer in Wetumpka. Met some great folks and was able to clear a few thing up with Ken. Thanks for takeing the time to talk to me Ken. It ment alot hearing it come straight from the horses mouth. I'm having to make a choice between shooting the IBO world, or shooting the ASA classic. So far IBO is winning my vote

hillbilly61, come to the mountain, you will not find a more memorable experience, great people, great atmosphere, beautiful scenerery, and most times great shooting.

Hoyt, AR,
Let's get together in Rome!

I'm game for that , HUNT2much, i will give you my ceel number is you email me at [email protected], my name is ken, would enjoy meeting you, I have enjoyed IBO, lots of nice folks, I am form ASA for 3 years now, dont think i am gogin back to asa either.

AR34 did you tell your sponsers that your not shooting ASA?
They might have something to say about that.

brian from ga, i guess i base my idea that rome is flat on comparison with nelsonville, snowshoe, clymer, and that little hill we trec up at erie. also, being from ky, where you may shoot one shot with your bow over your head, and the next with your bottom cam buried into your leg, i would say rome is flat..... i will agree you will shoot some uphill shots, but there isnt enough elevation change to cause nose bleeds or altitude sickness.

i shot there last year and it was very nice. the range across the little creek is the one we shot the most uphill shots on, probably 65% of them....

Weren't there some ranges on down the road, I remember the MBR and few other boys shooting on down the road? Although the whole weekend I seemed to be in a fog from our 12 hour drive!! Not doing that this year we are coming coach class via Air-Tran air lines, fell like we is impotent rednecks from up north. Can't wait got 18 inches of snow here yesterday. Just your average St. Patricks Day snow storm. one more to go, has to snow on the early spring flowers. See ya'all in a week and a half.

Someone at Wetupmka tole me that they would have 10 ranges set up to handle all of the different shooters and classes. From all that I have read on here so far, Rome sounds like a great event and I am looking forward to it.

I agree with Keith on the lack of any real hill shots , but it was kind of tricky with the use of the rolling terrain .
Should be a great shoot again this year .
Scott

You fellows must be from the real hills if the ranges in Rome are "rolling terrain". I shot MBO last year. We started one range just over the foot bridge. The other started about 100 yds from the practice bales. No they were not straight up hill shots, but there were some shots I would consider "uphill". To this GA boy "them's is mountains".

I have vivid memories of about a 45 to 47 yard gazelle, black buck, bles buck or some other African critter up the hill to the left of the road. I also remember a gobbling turkey up a hill and over a log that everybody fived. I think that was a mandatory score on that bird.

Not every shot was uphill. Once you got to the bottom of the range closest to the bales there were several really flat shots. I even remember my shooting partner getting a skip off the dirt to pull an 8 on the alligator. I think he underjudged it by about 7 or 8 yards. If he'd only misjudged it by 4 or 5 he would have gotten a miss. He missed it so bad it kicked off the mound in front and glanced up. However, my favorite memory was shooting back toward the river or creek that runs behind the range. The arrow went out right toward the 10 ring and when he got about 10 yards from the animal a huge burst of wind pushed the arrow maybe 8 inches left. It pushed it so far you could not stand at the stake and see the arrow. It was in the eight ring completely behind a tree.

It was a very good course last year. Shots in the woods, shots out in fields, shots in the clear cut. A little bit of everything. That is what makes it so nice.

See ya'll in a week.