From the President’sDeskElections have recently taken place andour new officers are:

• President – Blake Fischer• Vice President – Eric Snow• Treasurer – Jeff Fealko• Secretary – Dave Ankenbauer• Newsletter Editor – Rik Hinton

We would like to take a quick moment tothank Chad Fealko for serving as ourPresident for the past two years. Goodwork in getting this club up and runningagain!

We would also like to thank Rik Hinton forhis past service as Secretary. It should benoted that Rik is remaining within the offi-cer core as our Newsletter Editor. Thanksfor your unending service Rik and forallowing us to expand our officer core totry and get more people involved.

Speaking of being involved:

• The Carp Shoot has been moved fromJune 14th to June 7th and is still locatedat CJ Strike Reservoir. Look for the flyerin the coming weeks.

• Eagle Cap Traditional Archers are havingtheir “Rendezvous At The River” theweekend of June 14th and 15th. This is agreat shoot just north of La Grande,Oregon and is a great chance to minglewith fellow traditional shooters. Look forthe flyer on our website.

• Our monthly meetings are still being heldthe second Wednesday of every month at6:30 p.m. at the Cabelas meeting room inBoise. This is a great chance to becomemore involved and meet some of theother members. We are always looking

for new projects or demonstrations forour activities during these meetings.Please send your ideas to one of the offi-cers.

• We are trying to help preserve our envi-ronment so if you would like to receivethe newsletter only by e-mail rather thanby snail mail please send an e-mail towww.idtradbow@gmail.com.

Officer BiographiesSome might say that I was born with alongbow in my hand, that may not be quitetrue, but I cannot remember not shooting abow. When I say bow, I mean a recurve orlongbow. My first bow was a RonRobinson longbow that my father boughtme at Ron’s shop in downtown Boise. My

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ITB President Blake Fischer and the result of a great day afield with his trusty recurve.

IN THIS ISSUE

• 2008 Election Results• ITB Officer Biographies• Recent Events• Traditional Bow Tuning• Bowhunting Australia• North Idaho Whitetails• And Much more. . .

first hunting-weight bow was aBrackenbury recurve that Jim built me formy 11th Christmas.

I had never even shot a compound until acouple of years ago, and I finally receivedmy first rifle for Christmas this year, a .223that I have yet to fire a round through.However, my proudest accomplishment todate is being a father of a beautiful littlegirl named Marlie, and this would not havebeen possible without my gorgeous (andunderstanding) wife Brandie.

I am very active in the archery community.I own and operate Eclipse Broadheads. Iam a current member of several archeryorganizations including the Idaho StateBowhunters, Professional BowhuntersSociety, Compton Traditional Bowhunters,Traditional Bowhunters of Montana,Traditional Archery Crafters, and theEagle Cap Traditional Archers. I have beena member of several other organizations.Traditional bowhunting is what I love todo and I want to promote and protect thissport that I love so much.

Blake Fischer—President, Idaho Tradtional Bowhunters

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I thought I should take a minute and intro-duce myself and thank all those who votedme into the VP position of the IdahoTraditional Bowhunters. I’m not sure whatyou all were thinking at the meeting butI’m in now and we’ll all just have to figurethis out together.

I’m an Idaho native with a short sentencecarried out in Wyoming. I moved back toBoise after college and now work for anelectronics company in Meridian. I grewup shooting a recurve until I could affordone of those awesome compounds. Myshooting quickly deteriorated from beingover-bowed and I soon developed severalbad habits. Having no real idea as to whatI was doing I gave up shooting for a fewyears. I decided I needed to start over andwent out and bought a new compound bowand enjoyed being back to shooting andhunting again. I started thinking of goingtraditional for a while and after my currentcontraption blew up for the third time Icalled it quits and went out and bought aFox High Sierra recurve and have beenhaving a great time ever since.

I joined the ITB for the purpose of meetingand getting to know other bowhunters wholiked hunting the same way as I do. I hopeto help continue the growth of our organi-zation as well as bring those members wehave out to get more involved. We have agood member base and can accomplish agreat deal if we have the involvement ofour fellow archers.

So, if you find yourself getting overrunwith elk or deer in your current hunt area Iam willing to sacrifice my services andstand guard with my trusty bow in hand.Don’t worry about the security of yoursecret spot either, I can’t remember where Iwas at yesterday, not sure where I’ll end uptomorrow. See you in camp.

Eric Snow—Vice President

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Hello, my name is Dave Ankenbauer. Igrew up in Iowa and was very fortunate tohave lived on the edge of town where therewas somewhat of an endless forest to roamout my backdoor. That is where I fell inlove with the outdoors. At age ten I wasgiven my first bow, a Hoyt recurve, andfrom that point on archery has been one ofmy true life-long passions. TraditionalArchery to me is the most respectful way oftaking game.

Moving to Idaho four years ago has reallybeen an eye opening experience for me. Icame from Iowa where most land is pri-vately owned, but here in Idaho we are for-tunate that it is mostly publicly owned.Knowing this, I feel an obligation to dowhat I can to preserve these specialresources. My wife, Mary, and I spendmuch of our time volunteering for variousorganizations aimed at protecting ourrivers, public land, and habitat.

I look forward to being your secretary forthe Idaho Traditional Bowhunters

Dave Ankenbauer—Secretary

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Growing up in Idaho most kids have had anopportunity to hunt once in their lives, be itdeer, pheasants, or the yellow jacket thatstung them. For me I jumped at the chanceto traipse through the woods in the crispautumn mornings chasing my quarry,

which I am sure was at least ten times moreintelligent than I was then and still may be.However, the time afield and the time spentwith my fellow hunting companions hasbeen invaluable in creating who I am andwhat I stand for.

I have made the progression from a gunhunter, to shooting a compound, to shoot-ing a traditional bow. I have spent the lastnine years shooting traditional and knowthat I will never go back to the long rangeeffectiveness of “bang sticks” or awkward-ness of wheelie bows. Traditionalbowhunting has become little less than mynumber-one passion and it is this passionthat finds me where I am now in my thirdyear as the treasurer for ITB. I am also amember of the Professional BowhuntingSociety, Eagle Cap Traditional Archers,Back Country Hunters and Anglers, and afew other organizations that promote tradi-tional archery or preserving our wild andfree lands so that you and I and the nextgenerations can pursue the quarry of theirchoice with our bows in hand.

Jeff Fealko—Treasurer

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Hi, my name is Rik Hinton, and I’m an elk-oholic. I tried a recovery program once, butwas thrown out when they discovered, thatlike my dad, I bugle in my sleep—and justabout any other time when I think no one iswatching.

It’s really not my fault, I learned to be thisway from my Dad, who is the best slayer ofelk with a bow I’ve ever known. Dad usedto work in Research and Development forMartin Archery, and usually spent theentire month of September living in a walltent in the finest elk country North Idahohad to offer. His success with a bow waslegendary, and he plumb ruined me foreverby calling in my first bull, a nice 6x6, backin 1981. I shot that bull at four yards andhave never been the same since.

I sold an article about that hunt toBowhunter Magazine in 1982, and havebeen writing about wild and crazybowhunting adventures ever since inOutdoor Life, Traditional Bowhunter,Western Bowhunter, and many other mag-azines. I published Instictive ArcherMagazine for six years, and am a regularcontributor to Bowhunter Magazine now.I’m also the editor for the ITB newsletter.

I’ve been producing the newsletters sincethe club first formed a long, long time ago.It’s been exciting to watch a new group ofdedicated bowhunters take the lead overthe last few years and bring the club backto it’s previous glory. They make me proudto be an Idahoan and a member of ITB.

We live in a great state, and we have someof the best bowhunting in the lower 48, butkeeping it that way requires dedicatedhunters who will work to not only keepwhat we have, but improve it over time.My hat’s off to the newly elected ITBOfficers who have stepped up to plate andare willing to shoulder the burden (and thefun)—things are looking good!

Rik Hinton—Newsletter Editor

Traditional Bow Tuning –The Bare Shaft MethodTraditional bows can be tuned numerousways. I prefer the bare-shaft method.Several other methods may be used such aspaper tuning or group tuning. My experi-ence with the bare shaft method has provento be a repeatable and accurate way to tunea traditional bow.

Note: Bare shaft arrows should not be usedwith broadheads attached while perform-ing this tuning.

Bow Tuning — Before starting, install allaccessories on the bow that will normallybe used (quiver, string silencers, etc). Startby setting your brace height (the distancefrom the throat/deepest part of the grip tothe string) to the lowest measurement rec-ommended by the bowyer (see illustrationA). Set your nock point an inch abovesquare. Find six field-point tipped arrows,three with fletching and three without thatyou think will be close in spine (refer tochart below). For example, if you areshooting a 50-pound bow drawn to 28 inch-es, you should start with a 1916 aluminumarrow or a 50-pound spined wood arrow.Ensure the arrows are a couple incheslonger than your actual draw length.

Understand that at this part of the processaccuracy is not the primary concern. Thefocus at this point should be on the feel andsound of the shot. You are establishing abase line of how the bow feels and soundswith the manufacturer’s lowest-recom-mended brace height. Start out at about 10yards from the target. Shoot a few groupsusing only the fletched arrows and notehow the bow feels and sounds. Increase thebrace height by shortening the string about1/4 of an inch each time. On a flemish twistthis can be accomplished by twisting (tight-ening) the string three or four turns. Withthe endless loop one will have to use a

shorter string to increase brace height.Shoot a couple groups again. The bowshould feel and sound a little different fromthe previous setting. Go up to the highestrecommended brace height using smallincrements per adjustment. Once the entirerange of adjustment has been completedpick the best brace height. You are lookingfor the least vibration and quietest shot (thesweet spot). Once the brace height is setyou are ready to tune the arrows to thebow.

Arrow Tuning — In preparation for arrowtuning cover the target with a black trashbag or any dark material. In the middle ofthe target place a one-inch by one-inchpiece of silver duct tape. The center of thetarget can be any color so long as it con-trasts the darker background. The use of adarker background helps one to focus onthe center of the target. Use the three-fletched arrows and three bare-shaftedarrows from the bow tuning.

Be sure the arrows have the same spine,point weight, and are all the same length.Start 10 yards from the target. Shoot thethree-fletched and three bare-shaftedarrows at the center of the target, aimingfor the one-inch by one-inch material. Apattern will start to appear (see illustrationB on the following page).

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If you are getting a nock-point-high indi-cation (this should be the case since youstarted out at one-inch above square), startmoving the nock point down a 1/16th ofand inch at a time until the bare shafts arein line vertically with the fletched shafts. Ifyou are a right-handed shooter your bareshafts should be impacting to the right ofthe fletched shafts. Conversely, left-hand-ed shooters will be shooting to the left ofthe fletched shafts. Shorten all six arrowsby a quarter inch and re-shoot the groupsagain. The bare shafts should start movingtoward your fletched shafts with the morelength you cut off. Continue shortening allsix arrows until the bare shafts impact thefletched shafts. If you have shortened yourarrows to the point that you cannot cut anymore off, move to the next stiffer arrow inthe chart and start over.

Another way arrows can be made to actstiffer is by reducing the point weight. Tomake an arrow act weaker increase thepoint weight. When the bare-shaft andfletched arrows are grouped together,move back five yards and shoot anothergroup looking for the same results (bare-shafted arrows grouping with the fletchedarrows). Continue to shoot the six arrowgroups moving five another yards backfrom the target at a time making sure thegroup stays together. At your maximumaccurate range, verify the bare shafts arestill grouping with the fletched arrows.Your bow and arrows are now tuned. Putthe fletching on the three bare-shaftarrows.

Your arrows should be flying straight andtrue. Please remember the bare-shaftmethod is only one way to tune a tradition-al bow. This method has worked for me soI thought I would share the informationwith you. Be on the lookout for future arti-cles.

The last night of the hunt, after dark shewalked into camp and pulled out a blood-ied, broken-off broadhead and said, “DadI double lunged a hog down in theswamp.” We absolutely went nuts withexcitement!

Please enjoy the attached photos showingour family time and celebration of thehunt. Believe me, the family that “Slaystogether stays together.”

— Dr. Andrew Jones

Dingo Down!

It’s all smiles when you hear“Dad I double lunged a hog

down in the swamp.”

Good luck, good shooting and most of allhave fun.

—by Robert Hust

Bowhunting AustraliaMy brothers and I started bowhunting withrecurves 40 years ago after a bozo stole adeer from us—we took a blood oath to onlyhunt with “bows and arrows” and its been areligion for our family ever since.

One of my brothers, my daughter and I hada great hunt in Australia in May of 2007. Itook the only one-horned axis deer in OZand “Hogzilla II.” Steve, my brother, took arare bow killed trophy—a dingo, but mydaughter really made the hunt.

An unusualone-antlered Axis Deer

(A.K.A. “Chittal” in Australia)

EDITOR;S NOTE: Of all the species I havehunted, Australian Chittal are without doubtthe most-difficult animal to put an arrow intothat I have ever seen. They make stalkingpronghorn seem like a walk in the park!

Keep going, keep goingjust past the stump—a lit-tle further. . .The 2006 late December deer season iswhat really started the ball rolling for mysuccess in 2007. But this hunt didn't juststart in 2006. This hunt began in the 70swhen I was a young boy and thoughts ofDaniel Boone and Fred Bear were daily rit-uals. And during those times I enjoyed theopportunities to talk with my cousin Delwho worked just four blocks from myhome at the local sporting goods store.After all, he was one of my inspirationsgrowing up with archery as a passion. Thelikes of Fred Bear, Ben Pearson, andHoward Hill were men I had dreams ofmeeting some day. But Del was right herein town.

Growing up my family didn't have a lot ofextra cash with five siblings runningaround. I shot a borrowed solid fiberglassbow which soon became an extension ofmy arm. I became quite proficient with thebow and at making arrows out of straightbranches from our Lilac tree and the neigh-bor’s Willow tree. I would walk over to thesporting good store, and wallow in all thenew gear, and talk with Del. He would tellme all sorts of things about hunting as Iwaded through all the new recurve bows,arrows, bear broadheads, and accessories.Always commenting “that's a good one,it'll kill' em” after my interest would forceme to pick up an item and examine it clos-er.

For the 2006 late deer season I decided tocall Del after way too many years of beingout of touch. Since we both worked shiftwork we weren't able to match our sched-ules so we could hunt together. But theplan was I could stay at his place and comeand go as needed and hunt all I wanted.Oh, if I must. . . if I could come up earlyenough he would show me around a littlebit and give me some ideas on where tohunt. With Del being a seasoned andaccomplished whitetail hunter himself, Iknew this was an opportunity that I could-n't pass up. This scouting adventure wouldbe much more valuable to me than sittingin the blind. We made a quick trip beforedark and we got things all lined out onareas I might want to concentrate myefforts on. I thought to myself, “unbeliev-able—I not only have a great area to starthunting, but also a warm bed and greatcompany after a day of hunting. Life is sogood!”

The next day I was up early and in the coldfrigid air heading to one of the areas we hadlooked at the night before. I found a fairamount of tracks coming from a couple oftrails so I set up the blind. After a couple ofhours the deer began appearing out ofnowhere. I had a great morning but the deerwere just out of range. For the next coupleof days I moved the blind five times. Themain problem was every time I put myDouble Bull blind up I was always off by10 or 15 yards. I could not believe howgood I was at picking the wrong spot. Thegood thing was that the cold weather hadkept everyone else home. I pretty much hadthe area to myself and I was hunting calmdeer. Somebody pinch me I thought. I wasmost impressed with how the deer didn'teven notice the blind. As the season cameto an end I looked back at all the times Iwas so close. I think one of the reasons Ihad so many encounters was because whenthe temperature dropped it was consider-ably warmer inside the blind whichallowed me to stay out longer.

I really do enjoy my time alone in thewoods hunting, but to have some companyat the campfire at the end of the day is areal bonus. And this trip was an extrabonus. After a day of hunting in the coldDecember air it was a real treat to headback to Del's for a four-star meal, margari-tas, and a warm fire. “Wow!” Was about allI could muster up.

When the November rut hit, my boy and Iheaded north to scout and hunt grouse. Wechecked out all the surrounding ridges anddraws checking out all the deer sign. That’swhen I noticed that everything below theroad was untouched. No one was gettingoff their four-wheelers and hunting. No onewanted the work (walking) of huntingbelow the road. And with the maze of roadsup top I was willing to bet the deer werebedding down in the hole somewhere. Ineeded to pin point some areas that I coulduse my double bull blind.

Now I had a plan. I just needed to convincemy wife that all the money I was spendingon diesel was worth it. My wife is notagainst hunting but being married to a non-hunting wife can be difficult. If your wifehunts, count your blessings over and over. Itold the wife of my plan and well I kneweventually I was going to have to tell her Iwas going no matter what. . . Well, okay,she might have agreed to let me go at thesame time. But, I was going.

I was going to concentrate my efforts oneverything below the road, down in thehole. One day as I began to slowly workmy way down glassing and searching formovement I abruptly realized I was busted,deer everywhere. That's when I saw him,well some of him. His antlers were veryvisible as he gave me a nice big white waveas he bounded away. I just waved back. . .That's when all the does decided it wastime to vacate also. Bingo, the deer arehere after all. I just can't see them I thoughtto myself. I need to concentrate on thisarea. Well, at least that was the way I wasgoing to play it until something bettercame up. I made several more trips to thisarea and I spotted that buck one other dayon the opposite hillside just meanderingalong. I was just hoping that a rifle hunterup top didn't shoot him. I saw several otherdoes that day but no bucks with them.

As December finally rolled in I was eager-ly waiting to get out there and hunt. I was-n't going to make opening day but I had thenext four days to hunt. When I arrivedwhere I park the truck to my surprise therewas no old or new human activity at all.Could I have this area to myself again, Iasked myself. I remember last year therewas no activity from other hunters. I justassumed it was the cold weather. Couldthis really happen again? Then Del's com-ment came back to me, “you won't find thatmany hunters out here in December.”

As I approached the ridge at the top of thehole I couldn't believe all the deer sign.Tracks were everywhere up here. This areaI was hunting did not have a migration in itlike unit 15. So the deer were using trails asthey did all year long. I started to walkaround the west side of the hole. As I cameto a small saddle that had five trails comingtogether I immediately said “this is it.” Idecided to set my blind up. I needed tocover quite a few shooting lanes so Ipicked a spot that was elevated. Once theblind was up I climbed inside and scannedthe area looking for a place to put thedecoy. Yep, I brought my Montana Doedecoy this year. I wasn’t sure how the deerwere going to react so I put the decoy about75 yards out in front of my blind. I figuredif they didn't like the decoy and tried cir-cling then they might be in bow range. Ihad no idea that the decoy would distractthe deer so intensely.

After three hours in the blind I caughtmovement to my right. Three does weredoing about mach-three down the trail

right at me. In a panic I got an arrow on thestring. However, they didn't stop, hesitate,or even show any sign of interest in mydecoy. They were gone in a flash. This isworking out well I thought. Did they smellme? Did they find my decoy offensive?She looks cute to me! What was going onhere I thought?

Then I caught more movement out in frontof me. Elk! I didn't have an elk tag so I justwatched as 11 cows meandered over theridge down into the hole. They were about200 yards away so I don't know if they sawthe decoy or not. So I was still uncertainhow my decoy was going to be received. Isat back and relaxed for a while once thelast elk was gone. A little while later moremovement to my right caught my atten-tion. Here were 2 does just strolling downthe trail nibbling here and there enjoyingthe day. I nocked an arrow. As they pastinto my shooting lane I decided not toshoot on this day.

They weren't very big does and I still hadthree days left to hunt. Then more move-ment to my right—a buck! Is that him? Isthat the same one? I concentrated on himfor a while checking everything out andtrying to control my heart beat. I lookedback at the does. Where did they go?They're gone! Frantically I'm trying to findthese two does so they don't blow this forme. Oh, great! I can't find them. Back to

the buck. Here he comes. He's walkingdown the same trail as the does. He's 150yards away heading this way. With the layof the land he disappears for a while thenreappears. Where are thoes does?

Oh boy, now he's 50 yards away and stillcoming. Oh, be still my heart. As he slow-ly closes the distance I pull an arrow frommy quiver not making a sound. I get thearrow nocked. He's doing his normalwhitetail movements. He's walks slow thengoes to put his head down and jerks it upreal quick as he scans the area. I’m prettymuch a nervous wreck by now and he’salmost to the stump. Keep going, keepgoing just past the stump. . . a little further, now!

I started pulling the bow concentrating on aspot. Just as I reached anchor the buckstopped and just stared at the decoy, juststaring, his eyes glued on the decoy. Hehad no idea I was even there. I released andthe arrow disappeared in a flash. He boltedtaking two bounds and over the edge hewent. I quickly replayed everything. Did Iget him? I think so. I'm not sure! I leanedback and took a few deep breaths as I wait-ed for 30 minutes before I got out of theblind.

It never ceases to amaze me how long that30 minutes can be. I walked over to wherethe deer was standing. No blood. Oh, man.I walk over where his first bound lands. Noblood. Oh, come on! I'm methodicallysearching the snow. What's this, a redflower, a berry stain? It's a hole in the snowthat's got red around it. Blood. . . It's wheremy feathers went through the snow. After a

I started pulling the bow concentrating on a spot.Just as I reached anchor the buck stopped

and just stared at the decoy. . .

ITB Vice President Eric Snow showing why we all count the days until the fall season opens!

drinks. The best way to say thanks to theBresinas is to stop by the Falcon Tavern andhave one of their delicious hamburgers, votedBest of Boise 2006.

It would be great if everybody would keep theireyes and ears open for a location to host nextyears Winter Game Feed as we have almostgrown out of the Falcon. With our potluck-styledinner, donations from the Falcon, and all thedonated raffle items, this was a $0 out-of-pock-et expense for the club, and all the money thatwe made went straight to the club.

—Annual Cabin Fever ShootMarch once again saw us heading to NewPlymouth to a small plot of Idaho Fish andGame WMA land where our annual cabin fevershoot is held. It was great to see all the volun-teers show up on Friday night and Saturday tohelp set up the course and tear it down. Thanks,without you we couldn’t have done it. The per-fect weather drew a ton of us traditionalists outto dust off the bows and rekindle friendshipslost through the long winter. Most arrows flewtrue, and some got donated to the brush andriver, but everyone came away with a smile. Wealso held a raffle and a few lucky people wenthome with some new to them 3-d targets.

—Annual Bow Bird Shoot andAdopt-a-Highway Litter PickupOn April 12, ITB members participated in theannual litter pickup on the two-mile stretch ofhighway that the club has taken responsibilityto maintain in the Adopt-A-Highway Programthat is administered by the Idaho TransportationDepartment on Highway 55. The day startedclear and cool, but turned into an outstandingspring day with highs in the 60s. Folks met atthe Home Depot parking lot and caravanned tothe intended cleanup location.

The first, and thankfully, only casualty of theday was Shawn West, who had truck problemsen route and ended up returning to Boise. RikHinton and Jim Conn met the remainder of thegroup at the site and cleanup efforts com-menced promptly at 9 a.m. It’s impossible fora guy with a second grade education to makecollecting litter sound even moderately fun, butat the end of about two hours we had baggedaround 27 bags of items from couches and tiresto hide-a-keys and beer cans along the highway.It may not be a laugh a minute, but there issome real satisfaction in doing old MotherEarth the favor of cleaning just a small sectionof her. Also, the effort is a real community serv-

Sunny skies and big smiles were the rule of the dayat this year’s annual ITB Cabin Fever Shoot

little searching I found my arrow coveredin blood. Oh yeah baby! I immediatelypicked up his second bound and oh myheavens. Look at all that blood. I found histhird and fourth, and his fifth bound allwith lots of blood. Boy he’s hit good. Thenthere's his sixth bound and the snow is alltore up. What the? And there he was. Hehit the snow-covered ground and slid foralmost 50 feet down the hill. Wow, my firstdeer hunt with my DAS bow and I take arecord book buck!

As I approached this magnificent animal Ithink back when I was a kid and my pas-sion for archery began. And my cousin Deland his family and all that they offered tome on this hunt. My love of traditionalarchery has been with me for almost 40years, but it all really comes together withthe help of family and friends.

— Dennis Michaels

RECENT EVENTS—Annual Winter BanquetOur annual winter banquet and potluck-style winter game feed was great. Again, Iwas amazed at the fare that was provided.From antelope to alligators, from elk toelephant, there was something for every-body and everything was excellent.

A special thanks to Doug Chase—his pres-entation on hunting in Australia was awe-some. Everyone enjoyed this thoroughaccount of Doug's adventure "DownUnder.” Shawn ran a very successful raf-fle where almost every person that pur-chased raffle tickets took something home.

We also need to thank Corey and TracyBresina, owners of the Falcon Tavern, forletting us use their facility on a Sunday,coming in on their day off and supplyingus with all the silverware, plates, and

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ice. Following the cleanup work, the groupmet on BLM ground near the HorseshoeBend summit for a well deserved lunch ofbear bratwurst and German sausage, whichwere graciously supplied by worldrenowned bear hunter Jeff Fealko. Newmembers Lisa and Steve Schrank and theirhardworking 6-year-old daughter, Sami,brought wonderful homemade potato saladand chocolate chip cookies for all. The bow-bird shoot was eventful, with

Ryan Garner taking his dad, Mike, to thecleaners. In fact, Ryan earned everyone’srespect when he hit five thrown bow-birdsout of about eight thrown in one round.Ryan didn’t just beat Mike—he spankedhim! Dave Ankenbauer and Jeff Fealkoalso earned a lot of respect, as did JimConn, for their outstanding accuracy onthese challenging targets. This is a veryworthwhile event and I’d like to take thisopportunity to thank everyone who

showed up to participate. Thanks, especial-ly, to Dave Ankenbauer, who picked upand returned the supplies and equipment toITD and to Jeff Fealko and theSchrank family for the wonder-ful food. Please consider par-ticipating in this worthwhileendeavor next year. — Kelly O’Neill, Event Chair