Took Edwin to his 1st 3D course today. The sun was shining and it was about 50 degrees with no wind.
We arrived at a course about 30 miles from the house. I've never shot there but had heard it was a good range. I wasn't dissapointed. It had about 30 various animal targets.
The owner wasn't there but I knew we were suppose to pay $10 each to shoot the course. I couldn't find any kind of drop box so I told Edwin somebody might arrive before we finished shooting and we would pay them then.
We grabbed our gear and made our way to the 1st target. Two labs from the range shop decided they would tag along and offer advice. They seemed friendly enough so I didn't mind. One was kind of hyper and was constantly bringing sticks for us to throw.
Edwin has shot my 3D deer in my backyard but this was a little different. Now he had lions, tigers and bears along with lots of other interesting things to shoot at. I could tell he was excited
Target #1.
His 1st shot was a little off so I told him to try again. (His arrows are white) I'm not sure but the black lab holding fast beside him might have made him nervous. At the release the lab almost beat the arrow to the target. Oh man we are goinmg to have to be careful with that dog around.
Edwin asked me if deer usually only have one antler. I told him only the ones I get to shoot at.
We moved on to target #2. A broadside bear. I have the lab focusing on a stick to give Edwin time to shoot. The arrow skimmed the back and landed behind the target. Seeing her chance the black lab decided to forget the stupid stick. She darted behind the bear and began sniffing for the arrow in the leaves. She very quickly found it, picked it up and was bringing it back. I'm thinking great. This dog is going to save me a lot of looking for lost arrows. But no! She gets just out of reach and bites the arrow in half :eek:
We couldn't get the dog to leave and I sure didn't want her to get hurt so we headed back to the Jeep and headed home. As I pulled out of the driveway I called and left a message for the owner. I explained we only shot at two targets, we didn't want to hurt the dog and I didn't want to provide anymore canine toothpicks. If I still needed to pay they could call me and I would return and pay up.
A few minutes later the owner called and told us the dog belong to a neighbor. Also since we only shot at 2 targets not to worry about paying. They even offered to pay for my arrow. I figured a youth arrow was a fair trade for 2 targets so we let it go at that.
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