I've done such exhaustive photo reports of this shoot in past years I just wasn't inspired to take 100 photos of this one. I did get a very few snaps. I'm kind of jumping up and down like a little kid. I shot the best rounds I ever have at this shoot. The new bow "Sweet Georgia Brown" and I get along famously, and for the first time in years, after the first couple of rounds (I did ten!!!) I found myself automatically shooting from the official stakes, which actually had too many long shots for my taste, but I can't complain... i was making them, with kills!
Completely aside from the shot distances, I rather liked the targets sheltered by brush, but I found myself very much disappointed by the elimination of many of my favorite rock backed shots from past years. It really didn't seem a lot like the Moses Lake Rock Shoot. I did bend one arrow on my last round when I went a little high on a deer that was in front of a rock face. However, I straightened it and went on to hit three more rock backed targets with it. So, I started out with 15 arrows and came home with 14. I was especially proud of making both of the mountain goat shots on the first day,. These are an extremely high angle shot and are definitely "you miss, you break the arrow" shots. There were two sheep this year, one standing and the one lying in a narrow vee opening of rock. You had to thread that vee right down at its bottom to get a kill, and I got both of them. The next day, I wasn't going to try the ram again (Hey, I'm not a fool, i had already killed them both!). However, there I was with the damaged arrow from the deer, so I tried for the standing ram anyway, and did hit him, too high for the kill zone, but hey, on an uphill shot like that one, I'll take any "thunk". All of this was with the new 22# take down.
I had a ball talking with many folks from the lists who came by my table. I sold five bows (not mine, customs I've been selling off since I don't shoot them anymore), a tent and three quivers. I'm about sold out... probably won't even bother having a table at the next several shoots.
Here are the few pix I took
Greg Leeper and his boys on the buffalo target. This was a roughtly 35 to 40 yard shot and we all did well. However, your photographer must point out that the arrow at 3 o'clock happens to be his... I had an even better shot the second time on this target.
Camp, with the Old Phartt's table. The cowboy tepee set up in back was for sale and did sell.
Brent, with a longish lion shot we both did well on... this was his first 3D. Brent's not as cute as some of the youngsters you all post, but, yep... that's my little boy 8^)
I liked this shot... both the archery shot and the photo shot. That's my arrow in the pig, which was a lot longer shot than it looks, the shot being telephotoed so I could get the typical Moses Lake pebble in...
Exhibit of Old Partt's bows. The hinged take downs really drew a lot of attention, as did my cases for them.
There were a bunch of photos ops I wished I'd taken, especially several very steep downhill shots that were pretty long. There was one great shot at a wild boar lying down, with a branch just to the right of the kill zone, and I made that one both times. Like i said, I had a great time and a great shoot. Shoot light, guys... your scores will improve!
Topic: My Moses Lake Trip (Read 283 times)
