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Author Topic: Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )  (Read 2781 times)

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Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )
« on: July 02, 2020, 12:34:05 AM »
This video starts out with some wheel shooters but stick with it for a few minuets and you will see someone doing some exhibition shooting with a longbow.
Ron Laclair as a youngster.  :archer2:

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Re: Look for the traditional archer that we know
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2020, 03:40:11 PM »
FYI, this video is not about Ted Nugent.
He is at the tail end and only a minute or two.
So don't let him detour you from watching this.
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Re: Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2020, 12:42:14 AM »
That video was I believe filmed in 1982 at the High School in Houghton Lake Michigan. Most people were shooting compounds back then. I was just starting to do longbow demonstrations to show archers how much fun it was to shoot stuff out of the air. It took awhile but eventually a lot of them converted to traditional.
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Re: Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2020, 11:23:39 AM »
Some great shooting there, Ron.  :thumbsup:
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Re: Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2020, 11:38:50 AM »
Shooting stuff out of the air with a longbow was an intriguing novelty and it was the beginning of a traditional resurgence in archery,

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Re: Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2020, 12:54:06 PM »
Says "Video Unavailable" for me when I click in the link.  :dunno:
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Re: Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2020, 01:11:01 PM »
Click on watch this video on you tube
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Re: Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )
« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2020, 02:16:10 PM »
Thanks.  That did it!
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Re: Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )
« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2020, 12:30:19 PM »
Good stuff right there! 
Thanks for sharing
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Re: Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )
« Reply #9 on: July 08, 2020, 03:39:07 PM »
Ron I don't know how you ever did those exhibitions,,,,, I play music in front of some big crowds and if you mess up something on stage you just don't react to the mistake  and usually nobody notices anything but when I used to shoot the eagle eye every year one time  I made it thru 3 rounds with maybe 15 people left on the line,, and you know when things get extra quiet there's maybe 1000 or more people watching and that 3rd round I just could not make it thru the silence  it completely destroyed me and judging by the bow hands shaking it destroyed most of the others as well.
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Re: Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )
« Reply #10 on: July 12, 2020, 11:30:23 PM »
 Hey Ron,  I'm pretty sure that was 1983.  I was the Ohio Rep for the NBBA when Fred interviewed me.  It was really hot in that tent and hopefully, you noticed your wife Nancy standing behind me ......?  Horserod
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Re: Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )
« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2020, 03:55:18 PM »
Ted, the object of shooting in front of crowds wasn't to never miss, I did my share of missing. Sometimes it would take several trys to hit an aspirin. It was all about promoting the longbow.  After I formed the Michigan Longbow Association I recruited some of the members to shoot with me, some women and some kids to show that it was fun for the whole family.

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Re: Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )
« Reply #12 on: August 10, 2020, 06:31:15 PM »
Thanks Ron..  for your numerous contributions to our lifestyle.   :campfire:
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