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So is the Ohio vs Pa shoot still on? Haven't heard much, lately. I'm ready for pumpkin pie. :D:D
BTW, congrats to Matt/Pa on winning his class at the Harrisburg ASA. Also to Matt Bressler for winning unlimited class. Both shooting BowTechs.

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Congratulations on the performance guys. You did great! Now lets see PA whoop up on some Ohio butt. ;)

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Congrats on the win Matt/PA but I didn't think they would allow you to shoot in the kiddie class


The PA/Ohio smackdown should be a good

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Ausie,
Too bad you aren't coming to Erie. ;)

I'll tell ya what, ASA Hunter Class is no kiddie class! [:-](40 yard max) and I'd say 3/4 of the 40 targets were 35 yards or better with a handful of an honest 40 or 40+. I saw some excellent shooters go down in a ball of flames. LOL.

What makes it really tough besides the distance are those low ofset little 12 rings! Geez they're tough. But I was very happy to pull out a win in a big national Pro/Am tournament.

Thanks for the congrats!

By the way, I don't see any flatlanders speaking up? I guess they "accidentally" forgot all about the Erie smackdown!?:eek:

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Matt.

I would love to come up to Erie but just cant take any time off work.

Plus I dont have a 3d bow at the moment but should be placing an order for a Old Glory or Constitution either tomorrow or Wedensday.

I have actually just got home from a buddies place where we made up some stands for our bag targets, heading back out there tomorrow to cut and mow some lanes for the 3d course we are setting up.

The bag range is varying yardages up to 80 yards ;)

Then we are gonna put in our own Pro Shop seeing there are very few Pro Shops in the area anymore;)

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WTH Phil... The pumkins must have all run with their tails between their legs... Oh, well, I'll see you on Thurs. at the shoot... I'm headed out tomorrow, I'm gonna see if I can get to an R/C track in Erie and bash the heck out of my truck...;):D Break it, fix it, break it again...;)

Matt, Great shooting bud, I'll see you on Fri., the spare room in the BowTech Express is all cleaned up and ready... ;):D

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Thanks Pat....appreciate it, hopefully the mosquitos will leave me alone long enough to shoot a few 11' this weekend.:D

Hopefully the Bowtech Express' Air conditioning is fully functional...gonna be a steamy one.[:-]

Cool I might finally get to drive that fancy little truck of yours!.....hehe I'll have Phil and Tristan running all over the place. I vote we build a big enough ramp to try and jump the Bowtech express lengthwise!!
Should be a great weekend! GGW.

I wonder where all the trash talkers from both sides went in the Erie challenge? Me against Phil's gonna be a pretty boring smackdown.:D

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It's working good...;)

If you build the ramp I'll try it (and probably make it);)... That's what these things are made for... Break em, fix em, break em again...



LMAO...;):D

At this point that's all we got huh?...That is pretty boring...[X(]


Here's a couple pics of my truck/trucks...:D:)

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Well, it looks like we're gonna have to rely on Tristan to even things up. Get him started, and he'll wear you out. And we ain't ascared uh no punkins.
It might be flat in Ohio, but guess what. We can flat shoot in Ohio.
And bring that little truck on. I know I can get out of the way. ;):D

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Again...;):D

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Sounds great,,,, is your buddy's Pro shop going to be an underground or walk out:D

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Here's a SWAT Team spy photo of the BowTech Express:D

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Here is an update for me. I will not be able to attend. I haven't been able to shoot for about the past 1 month. I separated my clavicle from my shoulder at work. Was instructed to not shoot at all for 2 months.

The last big shoot I was able to attend was the Ohio State 3D championship. I qualified for the worlds but will most likely not be able to attend that shoot either.

Phil. My girlfriend erased the message you left me the other day on accident. I asked her what the message was and she "don't remember". She just told me about the call last night[>:] You could give me a call back or send me a PM if you would like.

So count me out guys. Sorry I can't attend I was really looking forward to it.

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Scott, you could always come and eat. Maybe Tristan would let you use his backup Rascal. It's all you'll need to kill a punkin. ;):D:D
And we could examin your shoulder. It just might be the doc's wrong. [&:]:)

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How about an update guys[8D]

Hope all did well.

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Well the entire PA vs. Ohio IBO Triple Crown "Smackdown" consisted of Me vs. Phil.........and I think we all know how that turned out.;):D

There wasn't even a 2nd Ohio team to take on the buddies I brought........Sad showing for Ohio I tell ya. A black eye for the entire state.

Actually I don't know how Phil finished up? He shot 10 targets Friday, 20 Saturday and is shooting his final 10 today.......I shot all 40 on Saturday and got out of Dodge.

I'm not sure how I placed, but I finished at 408 w/ 18X's (shot five 8's total) so that should probably put me on the first page of the HC results anyway I would guess?
There were some tough turkey shots that could really hurt some good shooters so who knows?
I gave away some points for sure but survived those same turkeys. Trust me, 5's on the one shot were a plenty.[:-]

Not sure when we'll have the final results but I do think the Ohio/PA championship is firmly in hand.:)
Pumpkin Pie?...........HA!:D

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Way to go Matt. Sorry I couldn't make it. I thought it would be a possibility but this coaching Little league ran longer into June than I expected. That pushing back the start of our season by 1 week really screwed me out of going to Erie. Sorry to hear about the injury Buckeye, hope all heels well. I hope maybe there is something us PA and Ohio guys can do to really put this little debate to rest. Even though we all know PA has the best archers. Hey Ohio there is no shame in being second best. Oh yeah second is just the first LOSER!!!!!!!

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Update:
I just got a call from Pat who's still in Erie and I guess I did a little better than I thought!?

With some shooters still on the course finishing up I am currently standing in 3rd place overall. [:-]:)

Hopefully it will stand or at least finish with me in the top 5 ,as that was my goal for my first National Triple Crown shoot.
Cool.[8D]

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Congrats on the great shooting, Matt!:D:D:D

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)Thanks guys........:)

Well it's official, I took 3rd place in HC at the 2nd leg of the IBO National Triple Crown.



Of course I would have liked to have won, and in hindsight feel like I could have, but my goal for my first National IBO was a top five finish so I did manage a little better than that........so I'll take 2nd loser overall out of 300+ shooters.;)

By the way, mine was the top PA score. (don't ask where 1 and 2 were from;))

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Congrats Matt... must have been some great shooting!!!

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Matt,

Congratulations my friend. That is some great shooting! Now I am definitely glad I never was able to take you up on joining you for a 3D shoot. Humble pie is hard for me to swallow. :)

So where were the top two shooters from?

:D

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I guess it's official. Pa wins. Since Matt spanked me, and we were the only ones to show, there's no punkin pie for Oh. [:@] Congrats Matt on some great shooting. May as well come to Nelsonville, now. Who knows, maybe some others will show, and we can seek revenge, Ohio style. ;)

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Thanks again guys.....:) I really am enjoying my first real year of competitive 3D shooting.
After only shooting exactly one local shoot all of last year I finally caught a break with the work schedule that allowed me to shoot more.

If you guys have never shot one of these big National IBO or ASA 3D shoots you really should give it a try, you meet a bunch of great people and get to test your skills against some of the best shooters around at the same time.

I have one more big IBO this weekend in the PA State Championships and then it'll just be practice for the World Championships in August where I really hope to have a good showing.