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To the Sunny Coast Bowmen Crew thanks for a great shoot yesterday.

Great location, courses, food, raffles and company... just a bit on the TOO BLOODY HOT side so lots of sweat from all.

Thanks for a great day!!!

Hmmmm, this is as Graeme says like most things more complex than it at first appears. I worked in the supermarket industry in Australia for 15 years and there are a couple of realities here: 1. Customers "buy" with their eyes first and foremost. If it looks different to what they expect - ...

I found both videos interesting but the one on Khatra seems "not quite right" to me. It seems as if the archer is twisting the bow while the arrow is still on the string - effectively moving the back of the arrow to the archer's right. It looked like he was trying to compensate for incorre...

Hey Curve, sounds like a challenging time for you. I have only shot a little with a thumb ring so certainly no expert but here is the little I do know. 1. Thumb ring fit is critical. Ideally the "hole" you put your thumb through should be a slightly "flattened" circle as your thu...

Damn, that's a shame!

Hopefully not too much damage to the club and to home and farms in the area?

Best of luck for the remainder of 2016 and here's to being able to re-schedule in 2017.

Congratulations to the Team at Coffs Coast Archery Club on a CRACKER Trad Shoot over the weekend just gone. Fabulous location, friendly folks, great camping, great ranges and novelties all add up to a really special weekend's shooting. This is a "must do" for your Trad Diary for next year....

Hey Kerry,

is this going to be a real Trad Shoot - make your own groups, shoot at your own pace, self knocked arrows allowed etc - or will you be following strict ABA rules??

It's a long way to come and then be told I can't shoot my self-knocked arrows.

best regards,

Temudjin

This was the 3rd Trad Shoot on my southern tour - the Bega Valley Archers Asiatic Experience, the Mallee Sunset Trad Shoot and then the Swan Hill Inaugural after spending a few days exploring the Grampians. As Roadie said above we had a fair bit of rain on the Thursday and Friday leading up to the s...

I attended the Mallee Sunset Trad Shoot this year the weekend following the Bega Asiatic Shoot. This was my second time at Mallee Sunset and thank heavens it wasn't as cold as last year. Roadie and the team at Mildura put on another great shoot this year with lots of interesting targets in great set...

Being a long term asiatic bow fan this seemed like a must attend for me. Of course living in Brissie makes Bega a pretty long drive. Good thing was that the weekend after was the Mallee Sunset Trad Shoot at Mildura and then the next weekend was the Inaugural Swan Hill Archery Club Trad Shoot. So thr...

Very sorry to hear of Andy's passing - he was such a great friendly guy and a keen trad archer - you will be missed mate. Condolences to Cecilia and family and friends.

Hi all,

Kate, Josh and I will be there Friday afternoon. Looking forward to catching up with everyone.

a big THANK YOU to the whole crew at NAFA for a great trad shoot… challenging targets, great food, fabulous camaraderie all added up to a great weekend. Shame my shooting was so ordinary… but a great time was had by this archer and everyone I spoke to as well. Thanks again for putting on such a grea...

Thank you to everyone for the kind birthday wishes - they are very much appreciated. For a while it looked like last year's birthday might be my last but the doctors did a cracker job repairing the dud valve in my heart and then kick starting it to beat in the correct rhythm and now I feel really go...

Hey Arty,

another two from Queensland coming after Wiseman's also.

Looking forward to TWO shoots in two weeks.

best regards,
Tom

Yep, all those positive comments are warranted - a really great shoot!!

Location, camping, ranges, food, hospitality all first class.

Thanks to the Coffs Crew for putting on a cracker event and I'm another that will be back next year.

I am one of those "technology philistines" who is NOT a FaceTweeter - sorry.

But Josh and I are planning to attend the Coffs Harbour Trad Shoot in October 2015.

We look forward to seeing you all there.

Congratulations to Roadie and the whole Mildura crew for a great Trad Shoot with lots of variety and challenge and some really, really, really cold nights. An enormous effort went into creating the targets and setting the ranges with limited resources and very little cash so a big thank you to the M...

Another great trad shoot at Hinterland this year - thanks to Shrek and the whole Hinterland team for a cracker weekend. Great ranges (some very challenging targets), great food and great company all add up to a great weekend. We departed Hinterland on the Monday and headed to Dubbo for a visit to We...

Hey Yeoman, the bow is 45lbs and will draw to 30 inches but I am shooting split fingers - I know, I know but learning to shoot with a thumb ring just did my head in and I gave up after about three months. I am shooting from the offside though… but then I am a leftie!! I have been trying to shoot wit...

Hey Perry,

given the struggle you have had and the progress you seemed to be making this is a real shame. Hopefully, just a speed bump on the journey though - don't give up!!

I hope to see you at Hinterland so we can drool over the Saluki together.

Stay positive, all the best,

Tom

Hey Little Arrows,

you make a very good point but of course many archers are used to shooting off a shelf and could probably not manage shooting around the handle as is required with this bow!! ha ha

Thanks Guys,

I'll be at Hinterland in a few weeks for their Trad Shoot and will bring it with me.

It needs to be shot often (at least a few times each week) especially in the early days to settle in and "learn how to behave".

Hey Shrek & The Hunt and the whole Hinterland Crew, Josh and I will be there on Friday. Kate arrives home from the US tomorrow so she may also attend… I just need too talk to her. Looking forward to another great Hinterland Trad Shoot with hopefully better weather than last year - although it wa...

Hi Seliora, I visited the club last Sunday and the signage said…" No ABA card, no shoot". Is that correct or not please? I was going to attend with my son but we are currently not ABA members and coughing up $65 each plus the shoot fees makes it a very expensive event as we normally only a...

Well, 2 years ago last May I ordered and horn and sinew bow from Lukas Novotny of Saluki Bow in the USA. Lukas makes these bows as they were made a thousand years ago with traditional materials and glues - as a result the bow took over two years to make and arrived today. This is one really beautifu...

Hey Ronster,

sorry you were unwell and not able to attend but hopefully you are on the mend and here's to catching up at Hinterland in a few weeks.

Great shoot at Chevallan Archery Park this weekend - shot my 45lb Manchurian bow and I am a little sore tonight but well on the way to a full recovery 9 weeks after open heart surgery. The Chevallan Park grounds grounds are beautiful, the ranges interesting and challenging and the novelty events num...

Hey Stickbow Hunter, every 2 years the Australian Camp Oven Festival is held in Millmeran west of Toowoomba in QLD and last year they had were selling new Aussie made camp ovens that were cast in Toowoomba. They were though quite expensive… I seem to remember something like $200 for a 12 inch oven (...

Hi Folks, time for another update on recovery progress. Have had a follow up visit with the cardiac surgeon and they are happy and do not want to see me for another 12 months - good news!! Walking 3 to 4 kms each day over the last week although Friday was over 6 kms so strength is coming back. Only ...