The cornstalk shoot goes back to the times when Cherokee hunters and warriors would compete for accuracy with their bow and arrow. To keep the tips of the arrows from breaking, participants shot through a large bank of dried cornstalks. Today the game is played in much the same way. A one-foot thick wall is created using approximately 200 cornstalks, three feet long, laid on their side. Two of these cornstalk targets are placed 80 to 100 yards apart. Participants must stand in front of a target and take one shot at the other target with their handmade bow. One point is scored for each cornstalk that the arrow penetrates.
They also use a long, narrow, metal point similar to a miniature harpoon head to increase penetration on individual cornstalks.
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