Great Lakes Longbow Invitational

[mooshkat]

how far is it from Makinac bridge?

[Ron LaClair]

 Thank You!! She's not interested in competing, only shooting for fun.  

The picture shown is for the Adults, but they have fun stuff for the kids also PLUS the shooting coarse's

[JBuchin3]

Originally posted by mooshkat:
how far is it from Makinac bridge?

Its about a 4 to 4.5 hour drive, 270 miles I think.  You'll find it is more than worth the drive, great peoole, targets, and events, and camping the weekend is only $10...at a great location, right on the Thornapple river.

[David Mitchell]

Ron, I sure do remember the canoe shoot.  There was a floating gator anchored to a big tree root against the bank.  My buddy and I both nailed it low in the kill area.  Our canoe paddler was a young man about 16 or 17.  He said, "That's not good."  Us---"Whatta ya' mean not good?"  When we paddled up to pull arrows, the arrows were below the canoe gunnel level so very little space (no make that no space) to pull them straight back, the gator rocked back and forth when we tried to pull them, and we nearly dumped the canoe before getting them out.       It was a blast.  Never had as much fun as I had at Marshall.

[Jon Stewart]

This is a great shoot and well worth the drive and costs.

[Bow man]

Less than  two weeks away now !!!!!!

[MIBIGHNTR]

Originally posted by MIBIGHNTR:
Would it be OK for my daughter to bring and shoot her Samick Sage recurve??

Well..... just had to sell my longbow to pay some unplanned medical bills.     :(   Would it be frowned upon for me to shoot a Samick Sage recurve as well??  If not proper etiquette, we will just check out the vendors and wander around a bit.  I guess on the bright side, I will still be able to be in the woods this fall with my daughter, just not with the bow I had planned on.  Thanks!!

[Ron LaClair]

Check at the MLA booth they may have a loner longbow for you to use. That was the practice in the past, I'm assuming that they still do that.

[Jon Stewart]

Not sure you will be able to use a recurve as an adult. Don't think so but you will have to pay per person fee to get into the park and I think that is around $10.00 each. That is a Charlton Park fee not the MLA fee.

[MIBIGHNTR]

Originally posted by Jon Stewart:
Not sure you will be able to use a recurve as an adult. Don't think so but you will have to pay per person fee to get into the park and I think that is around $10.00 each. That is a Charlton Park fee not the MLA fee.

No worries....  We will just check out the vendors and wander a bit.  

Thank you!

[Bow man]

Mark you can still get in some shooting test out some bows from some of us vendors

[MIBIGHNTR]

Originally posted by Bow man:
Mark you can still get in some shooting test out some bows from some of us vendors

But then I might be tempted to buy one!!      :p    I do hope to try a few of your bows out though!!

[Mike Bolin]

Mark, years (many years!) ago I attended the GLLI and with some friends. I was going to walk around with them and keep score. First booth we stopped at I was asked "where's your bow?" I told the gentleman in the booth I didn't own a longbow and being a lefty I couldn't borrow from my buddies. He took a new lefty longbow from the rack and handed me 6 arrows and a shooting glove. He said to have fun and bring it back sometime over the weekend! That was the Bighorn booth and Fred Asbell. I ended up with a Bighorn Ramhunter later that year.

[MIBIGHNTR]

Originally posted by Mike Bolin:
Mark, years (many years!) ago I attended the GLLI and with some friends. I was going to walk around with them and keep score. First booth we stopped at I was asked "where's your bow?" I told the gentleman in the booth I didn't own a longbow and being a lefty I couldn't borrow from my buddies. He took a new lefty longbow from the rack and handed me 6 arrows and a shooting glove. He said to have fun and bring it back sometime over the weekend! That was the Bighorn booth and Fred Asbell. I ended up with a Bighorn Ramhunter later that year.

That's AWESOME!!!  I would not expect that, nor would I take it from someone.  Unfortunately, we had some medical bills come up and I had to sell my A&H ACS Longbow.  I can be almost as happy testing a few out on the practice range and wandering around.       Mark

[Bow man]

Just two more days days!!!!!!!See you all soon

[Bow man]

[/QUOTE]That's AWESOME!!!  I would not expect that, nor would I take it from someone.  Unfortunately, we had some medical bills come up and I had to sell my A&H ACS Longbow.  I can be almost as happy testing a few out on the practice range and wandering around.          Mark [/QB][/QUOTE]
Mark you can for sure do some shooting on a range with one of ours.

[MIBIGHNTR]

Mark you can for sure do some shooting on a range with one of ours.  

That would be AMAZING!!  THANKS so much David!!  

Mark