Cal's First Archery Tourney

We went down to the Presley's Midwest Open in Peoria over the weekend.  Cal shot 60 arrows at the 5 spot target face Saturday and 30 arrows at the 3 spot Vegas face on Sunday.  He shot good on Saturday but even better on Sunday and was right in there with some more experienced kids.  He missed a trophy for third place by 1 point.  Anyway, we had a great time, he learned a lot about competition.  Here is a video I found on YouTube, Cal makes his appearance at about 5 minutes in.

A Christmas Story, Updated

Slinging arrows over Thanksgiving

Finished it

This was the knife I made from a piece of steel back in May.  I figured I would get it done.  I used a piece of exhibition Ironwood, attached it with brass Corby bolts and epoxy.  Its a super hard wood and it took awhile to get it worked down.  Buffed it out with white rouge and am really happy how it turned out.  I etched the blade with a couple of different kinds of mustard (vinegar is an acetic acid) and then used gun blue to darken it up.    Made the sheath too.

Don't Do This...

A really nice, warm weekend here.  I shot some trap for the first time in almost two months yesterday.  Shot ok, was pleasantly surprised, no flinching, no frustration, just went and shot.  Came home, cleaned up guns figured I wouldn't be back for awhile.  Backed out my choke tubes about half way so they wouldn't seize and put the gun back in the safe. 

Another nice day today, figured I would go shoot a little more.  Packed up, headed out to the club.  Got six shells into the first round and heard a weird pinging sound.  Looked down the barrel and it was almost completely obstructed.  One more shell and it probably would have shot the tube out or worse. 

Got some pliers, got the tube out and then shot some more with Light Full.  So lesson learned.  Gun is back in safe now, with choke tubes in the case.

Archery

I joined Kishwaukee Archers club.  Cal and I got up there Saturday and Sunday.  He shot this 5X (first time) on Sunday at 10 yards. 

Beautiful Day Here

Cal and I headed over to Blackwell Forest Preserve, they opened an awesome outdoor archery range over the summer.  Three seperate fields, one up to 90 meters.  Its free!  A ton of kids out there shooting.   Cal's been skinning me out of money pretty regularly but his peep sight popped loose today and he was dead in the water.