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The Norwegian Bowhunters association has applied to get bowhunting legalised here in Norway! and this time we have the weight of landowners and gunhunters behind us.. lets hope for a positive outcome! The application is for a trial or evaluation period similar to that in Denmark when they legalised it.... Here in Norway however the application is for ALL huntable species... not topping out at Roedeer like in Denmark.. One thing is certain, if it goes through, in addition to the normal hunter education and test, there will be an obligatory shooter test, most likely based on the Danish model.. considered to be one of the hardest out there.... For those of you that can read Norwegian here is a link to a national newspapers coverage of the application.... web page
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We have a lot of freedoms in the US that we take for granted. They become self evident when going to or being in another country other than the US. I hope bowhunting becomes legal in Norway.
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Good for you Buejeger. Here's to your efforts being rewarded. You could be on the forefront of bringing back a tradition to your country.
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I really like the idea of a shooting proficiency test. Here in Missouri, when the MDC sets up managed bow hunts; all the archers selected must shoot a proficiency test and get 90% of their arrows in the big center.
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We all wish you the very best with getting bowhunting going in Norway and hope you pass the test too!
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Good luck in Norway. It's a beautiful country. I can easily imagine the joy of wandering around, longbow in hand.
Sam. . I am NOT a fan of the shooting proficiency testing. This has been discussed in our past (Tradgang). Although it sounds like a great idea, who gets to choose the course and the shots ?
Since compounders are by far the majority currently, are the shots gonna be 40 - 50 yards ?
Even if they are at 25 yards, who is to say that I am not good enough to hunt, but only at 15 yards ? or 10 ?
Even if I smoke the targets at whatever range they choose, who is to say that I won't take shots at twice that range, or at moving animals etc etc
It opens up a LOT of unfairness when everybody is held to a certain standard. ChuckC
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I hope it works out for you guys in norway. I have read the danish regulations, and you definitely don't want to have the same ones as theirs. They require 70 Joules minimum kinetic energy for the arrow. If you shoot a 650grain arrow with 170 fps, you get 56 Joules. How the heck you want to get 70 Joules with a traditional bow? You need a 650 grain arrow with 190 fps to get 70.8 Joules. All this for roedeer which are fawn size of a whitetail. This is a classic exclusion for traditional bows, especially for shorter draws. The common 50# bow with 9gn/lb arrow delivers probably 175 fps, giving you a kinetic energy of 41.3 Joule. I read the info on the european bowhunter federation website, so I am not 100% sure about the 70 Joules. See comment under table 3 on this link: http://www.europeanbowhunting.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=35
Under another table in this summary they talk about 40 Joule. Make sure that the norwegian authorities take the right values into their laws and don't just copy it without thinking!! I worked in european administrations and this happened a lot!! Once in a law it is very difficult to remove or alter!!
The shooting proficiency tests are as stupid as they can be, catering to compound bows pinpoint accuracy. All of ChuckC arguments apply. How you want to include the next generation of hunters setting such high standards?
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