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2003 Archery/Knife & Hawk Throwing Event at R.I.B.


RACINE INSTICTIVE BOWMEN'S 51st ANNIVERSARY
(aka R.I.B.)

RIB is a private archery club that is set on 200 acres of forest and fields in Racine, WI. Every year they have an "anniversay shoot" where the club is open to the public and they have camping, food, beer, soda, music, and all sorts of archery ranges to shoot on.

ARCHERY RANGES
They have 3 outdoor ranges of nothing but full sized, 3-D targets, and there are 14 targets on each range. The 3-D targets ranged from raccoons to buffalo, and everything in between!

The locations that you had to shoot from made it much more realistic. Thru trees and brush, up and down hills etc... it was an "archers dream". (The following archery pics were taken by my good friend Jeff Frahm. He and his wife Joyce showed up to "shoot things" and I was lucky enough to get a copy of their pics. Thanks again Jeff! :-)



ELEPHANT TARGET
The Elephant Target is a full sized elephant that you shoot at from 110 yrds away!


If you hit the elephant in the "kill zone" you get your name entered in a door prize drawing. 3 shots for $1.

WILLIAM TELL SHOOT
They also had a target where you got 3 tries at shooting an apple off of a mannequins head for $1. If you hit the apple you get entered in another drawing!


Here are some other pics from throughout the weekend (most of them taken by Chuck Fogarty):


Here's a pic of some club members/throwers just hanging out after the event and having some fun.


Here are some of the "future Hall of Famers" in our sport! They ranged from age 9 thru 11 and I was really surprised how well some of them did! (Kids always seem to listen better than adults when you're teaching them something cool! :-)


Here is Mike Wood who drove up from Illinois both days. In no time at all he was sailing knives into the 8 inch ring from over 20 feet!!!


And here's another thrower from Illinois named Paul Elliott! If you look closely you can see his hawk flying towards the target. (And notice his cheering section behind him :-)


Here is one of the kids that has been my side-kick at the event for the past few years. His name is Shawn and he is 11 yrs old. Believe it or not, he only throws once a year and its at this event.


Here he is throwing 5 - 13.5" Dragons from 8 feet (1/2 spin).


And here are his knives all sticking in the 8 inch ring or better! (Great throwing Shawn!!!)


Instead of just having log rounds to throw at this year we sunk a 4 inch X 4 inch post in the ground and used that for a target. We took turns trying to walk the knives up the post from 1/2 spin all the way back to 2 spins. This picture was after a few rounds of everyone throwing from 1 1/2 spins (about 15-16 feet).


Here are some of the throwers having a little contest. From left to right; Mike Wood, Mike Dailey and Dave Fettig.

And finally here are some pics of a woman named Rhonda having a blast with Chuck's atlatl:



Thanks again to everyone that took part in the event. It wouldn't have gone off so smoothly without all your help. So thanks a bunch!!!


Scott Gracia
101 FREE KNIFE THROWING TIPS
www.throwzini.com

If you would like detailed directions for next years event just visit: www.mapquest.com and type in R.I.B.'s address shown below:

14403 50th Road
Sturtevant, WI 53177
Phone: (262) 835 - 4975



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