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The Waltonian Archery Club held the annual "Cabin Fever" 3-D shoot this past weekend. Jody, Clint, Craig and I shot about 10:30 on Sunday. The weather was decent, cloudy with scattered showers, it never rained hard enough to soak us, but the timber was pretty mushy. The shoot was 28 targets, 2 arrows at each from differing distances and from a predetermined location. The farthest shot was 40 yards, and most of them were 28 or less. I will make my case right off the bat. I don't shoot unless I know the range, to the yard. I am addicted to a range finder, so blind shooting isn't a strength of mine anymore. I haven't shot this series of targets before, so I was a having a tough time with the perfect yardage. I will also admit, I put the sight onto the bow, shot less than 20 times and called it good enough. I had a new string put on, the cable was let out 3 twists, the yoke wasn't adjusted and the rest and knock height were lowered. I was lucky to shoot a 2" circle at 20 yards, and I was shooting against 3 guys who shoot league every Tuesday! I was playing follower to say the least. We all shot pretty well, I dropped 41 points, a large amount for a 560 point shoot, but I was happy considering my recent changes. Jody made some incredible shots, including a super vital on the antelope, but the next shot from Craig one upped him, as Craig pinwheeled Jody's arrow and shot the first Robin Hood I have ever seen outdoors! Jody's arrow was pushed through the target and it split about 8" down the shaft. The shoot was great, I took second in my flight behind Jody, but I can assure you, I will be on my game this coming weekend when we hit our second shoot of the spring season!

Craig showed his shooting skills as he crushed another one of Jody's arrows!

The Gang, Clint, Jody and Craig, at the Raptor target, a steep down hill 30 yard shot that we all took advantage of.