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This was my third year at the Compton shoot, and it just keeps getting better, had a great time. I got there thursday and hated to leave sunday. Hope they work on shower situation for next year.
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You do make a great chili. My young cousin (who never shot a stickbow befor this weekend and is now hooked on traditional due to Compton)called the outcome of the contest after tasting all the entrants. I don't mind coming in 2nd fiddle to a legend . I am so glad I finally got to stay for the campfire tales, I could have sat and listened to that for days. Next year, the whole family is going to camp out for the weekend. I'm just going to have to do a bit of "research and development" on the chili to dethrone you . See you in Grayling.
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one of the things i noticed about the comptons shoot was a smile on everybodys face and a general relaxed demeanor. its what it set out to be, a group of hunting buddies getting together for a "archery party". its quickly becoming a shoot that i wont miss. thanks to the sportmans club and comptons..............groundhawg
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I don't get here often but I just had to see what things everyone had to say about Compton's. We were there for the first time and I can't wait to go back again! Thanks to everyone involved in putting it all together, it was a great event. It was really fun to be able to get together with our friends from under the bridge too!
We brought some friends with us, it was their first shoot and they are hooked. Julie wasn't sure she even wanted to go but now she wants to head to Grayling too. I kept telling her how much fun these things are but she never expected all the great things she found at Comptons, including some new friends.
There are a bunch of us women dreaming up a women's traditional whitetail hunt in the U.P. so when the guys all head up to Shrew Haven, we'll go just a little farther into the woods and get it done ourselves. This is something I have always hoped for, getting involved in traditional archery and meeting some new friends is going to make it a reality. The weekend at Comptons' just helped to fuel the fire.
Some of the memories of the weekend include the two young boys shooting the course with bows they made themselves. We took the time to talk to them a bit and they really impressed us with their skills and their manners. Later we came across 3 young boys who were having a contest on the course. We were talking to them and I mentioned that I noticed they each only had one arrow. They informed me that was part of the contest...if you lose your arrow you are disqualified. Incentive to make the shot count! Our group of 6 adults was very impressed.
Again, this was a first-rate event and everyone who helped make it happen deserves a lot of credit.
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Steve, I'm planning on writing an artical for the Compton Newsletter on the art of making Chili. I'm going to be telling all the secrets I've learned in over 50 years of brewing the deer camps most popular fare.
My Grandmother who was a cook in upper Michigans lumber camps passed on some of her cooking techniques to me when I was 15 years old. Over the years I've changed her recipe here and there to suite my own taste but there's still a lot of Grandma's secrets in my Chili.
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I wouldn't give out the recipe if I were you Ron. You will have 15 chili competitors entering with "Ron LaClair's Classic Chili"
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Looking forward to the article. Let me know if you need any taste testers for future experimentation. Thanks to you and Ray for tweaking my son's bow. He had a great time and couldn't stop talking about Maggie and her "trick".
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. I am so glad I finally got to stay for the campfire tales, I could have sat and listened to that for days. Next year, the whole family is going to camp out for the weekend. I'm just going to have to do a bit of "research and development" on the chili to dethrone you ![[laffsmyl]](graemlins/laffsmyl.gif)
. See you in Grayling.
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