Need a Traditional Retirement Itinerary for 2015.

[Gil Verwey]

CJ I will send you a PM.

The one I always wanted to do was the Compton shoot. I am definitely going to try that and the two shoots in PA for sure.

Some of the others are are pretty far and most likely will be tried in 2016.

Thanks for the advice and I am making a list and looking at when the shoots were scheduled in 2014, to get an idea of when they may be scheduled in 2015.

Gil

[Steve O]

Gil,

Definitely come to Compton, but stay for the week and do some trout fishing and sight seeing and go to Grayling the following weekend for the Michigan Traditional Bowhunters Jamboree...10x the shoot with 10x fewer people. Trust me    

[killinstuff]

Steve is right about Grayling and you can even take home a beautiful hand painted 2D target.

[Gil Verwey]

Hmmm maybe it is the Michigan Traditional Bowhunters Jamboree I was thinking about.

One of them had a target you would shoot at from a canoe. I am going to have to go back over my old Longbow magazines to see which one I meant.

Thanks
Gil

[maxwell]

Shoots are all fun, but during the week I would suggest a nice boat and a mess of walleyes to keep you in action.  I have found it rounds out the retirement days very nicely.

[Bryan Bondurant]

congrats on the retirement, good to see you have a plan.

Is there a calender somewhere that has all the traditional archery events and rendezvous encampments? We are planning to go to Alafia in January. Its a muzzleloader shoot but I will be there camping making bows, arrows, and archery tackle. Hoping to blacksmith some hunting points too while there.

For sure you will want to go to Compton. I had a great time there, met some great people. The folks who ran the campground and club there were awesome, almost twenty years later I'm still talking about going there and hoping to see old friends there this year.

In a similar situation here, making plans to go to some archery camps and rendezvous this year as I have officially retired from sailing so will have time to concentrate on traditional archery.

[Ray Hammond]

Oh, Gil.....
Maybe Mike and I should join you on your Georgia hog hunt....I'll bring the good stuff and do some cooking.....Mike will drag our hogs out for us.

Whatcha think???

[Jon Stewart]

Gil, It is MTB shoot in Grayling that you can shoot out of a canoe at a handful of targets.
 
You make it to the MTB and I will see to it you get an MTB shirt as a retirement gift.  If you get there, look me up. I will either be setting up, tearing down or selling MTB Merchandise.

[Whip]

Congratulations on the retirement Gil! For me, it is absolutely everything I had hoped it would be, but of course is only going to be as good as you make it.

Between hogs, javelina, turkeys, whitetail, bear, mule deer, elk, moose, and who knows what else you can keep plenty busy with hunting trips. PBS group hunts and Odd Year gatherings are a great place to start.

As for shoots, Compton, Denton Hill, Tannehill, and the Tennessee Classic are some of my favorites so far. Colorado High Country, TBOF, Michigan Longbow all are high on my list for the future.  And we have a bunch of good ones scattered throughout the summer here close to home in Wisconsin.

All in all, I've never been so busy in my life - I think you're going to love it!

[ziggy]

The Great Lakes Longbow Invitational (GLLI) is one of my favorites.

 http://www.michiganlongbow.org/great-lakes-longbow-invitational/

[Steve O]

Gil,

Here is an old thread from MTB. Yes there is a canoe shoot and it is the best shoot you will find for quality and low crowd fun laid back hunting practice. Tons of blue ribbon stream trout fishing close by.

   MTB 2009

That little boy in all the pics is now a 6' 220# linebacker!  Still has great form though    

[hitman]

Hate to hear that you will be forced to retire but surely you will enjoy yourself. I too am retiring at the end of May, really looking forward to it.

[Gil Verwey]

You bet Ray. The first thing I do after April 1 2015 is arrange a hog hunt down by you guys. I intended to contact both you and Mike to see if you guys are interested. We were going to try last year, but my life was so hectic I couldn't plan or do anything.

Steve that looks great. Can I arrange a day from your son to get some shooting lessons?

Gil