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finally understand the true
excitement of drawing
back on an animal that
has no idea that you are
there.
Being married for 19
years to a “Whitney-
Hill Award” recipient, I
could never understand
his desire to hunt. I
did know that being
outdoors is refreshing for the
soul, but the actual hunt and
harvest is so much more.
After Doug and I went to
South Africa for his first safari
hunt, I had my first desire to
hunt. It did not take me long
to purchase my first bow and
start practicing for our next trip,
where I will be a hunter along
side of Doug. I knew that I
needed to actually harvest an
animal.
On Wednesday, February 27,
2008, was my chance. Doug
and I went to Big Horn Canyon
Ranch for my 1st hunt. We
came up on two pigs trying to
feed out of an empty barrel.
I could not have asked for a
better target in one pig. He
had a pink strip running up and
down in the “kill zone”. Perfect
to aim at. I stepped out from a
bush, with Doug right behind
me guiding me through, and I
drew my bow back at 23 yards.
As soon as I released, Doug told
me “perfect shot, he’s dead.”
I was so excited, and at that
moment understood Doug
more than ever. I had been
praying for two nights prior
for a good shot, and that all
my practice would be precise
enough to harvest an animal
with one arrow. When it did,
I was pumped up. Ready to
harvest another. Nothing else
came our way and I was quite
satisfied with my pig.
Being that I don’t work
for our living, I was happy to
tell Doug “Tonight Mama’s
bringing home the bacon.” I
look forward to more hunts,
especially in South Africa.
Shari Meeks, Bow hunter
Wrightwood, CA
GREAT LAKES SECTION
Bob McCutcheon, Councilman
prairie1@royell.net
Sectional Tournament Info
2008 GREAT LAKES OUTDOOR SECTIONAL
June 14-15, 2008
Host: Eau Claire Archers
Location: 2145 Murphy Lane, Eau Claire, WI 54703
Directions: From I-94, Exit 65, go north 0.3 miles to Short St, then
left 1 mile to Ferry St, then left 0.2 miles to Crescent
Ave. Turn right on go 4.4 miles to Murphy Lane, then
left 0.4 miles to range. From I-94, Exit 59, go east on
Rt. 312 to Rt. EE, then right (south) for 4 miles to Crescent
Ave. Go right to Murphy Lane, then left to range.
Registration: Michael Strassman, 2402 W Cameron St, Eau
Claire, WI 54703. Tel: 715-834-9975. E-mail:
mstrassman9975@charter.net.
Late registration: At the range
Schedule: Saturday, 9:00 am, 28 Field and 14 Animal. Sunday,
8:00 am, 28 Hunter
Accommodations (all off Exit 65):
Holiday Inn, campus area, 715-835-2211. The Plaza, 1-
800-482-7829. Hampton Inn, 715-839-7100. Quality
Inn, 715-834-6611.
Great Lakes Indoor Sectional Results
February 2-3, 2008
Ojibway Archers - Iron River, MI
Two NFAA “300” Indoor Rounds
Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Total
PL SHOOTER ST Scr X’s Scr X’s Scr X’s
PFFS
C Sally Robie MI 300 54 300 56 600 110
2 Nancy Zorn IL 300 54 300 55 600 109
PMFS
C Joshua Dickerson MI 300 59 300 60 600 119
2 Grant Schleusner WI 300 59 300 59 600 118
3 Dave Barnsdale MI 300 59 300 59 600 118
Chuck Cunningham WI 300 59 300 57 600 116
Lee Gibbs WI 300 58 300 58 600 116
Josh Miller WI 300 57 300 59 600 116
David Roth MI 300 59 300 56 600 115
Scott Cran WI 300 58 300 57 600 115
Mark Ryan WI 300 56 300 59 600 115
Jeff Button WI 300 54 300 52 600 106
Kirk Jensen WI 300 56 299 52 599 108
Ken Robie MI 300 48 299 51 599 99
Jeffrey Heeg WI 299 55 299 53 598 108
PMFSL
C Emory Budzinski WI 299 42 300 49 599 91
2 Bruce Clarson WI 297 39 298 39 595 78
3 Dustin Landsinger WI 297 39 296 38 593 77
Randall Wellings MI 296 35 297 34 593 69
SPMFS
C Michael Strassman WI 300 53 300 55 600 108
SECTION & STATE
ASSOCIATION
NEWS
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2 Bruce Trimble WI 299 54 300 47 599 101
SFFS
C Lora Smith MI 300 50 299 37 599 87
2 Trudy Shelgren MI 288 20 290 29 578 49
SMFS
C Randy Rutledge IL 300 56 300 57 600 113
2 Gary Sanders MI 300 52 300 47 600 99
3 John Kanter WI 299 39 300 47 599 86
Kevin Gill MI 299 47 298 47 597 94
Doug Grade WI 300 43 297 41 597 84
Brad Shelgren MI 298 38 298 44 596 82
Vern Klein MI 300 50 294 52 594 102
Russell McLain IL 295 32 295 36 590 68
AMBHFS
Championship Flight
C Daniel Faust WI 300 56 300 56 600 112
3 Larry Parshen WI 300 53 300 51 600 104
3 Gary Hintz WI 300 52 300 52 600 104
John Hamilton WI 299 56 300 58 599 114
Eric Kirschling WI 300 55 299 55 599 110
Walter Erickson IL 300 56 298 46 598 102
Kevin Strasser WI 299 45 299 42 598 87
Keith Rosenthal WI 299 45 297 50 596 95
Flight 1
C Chris Benavides WI 299 39 300 48 599 87
2 Dave Hebert WI 298 45 300 51 598 96
3 Keith Strasser WI 298 42 299 44 597 86
Jeff Kuhl WI 297 40 298 37 595 77
Donald Wilson MI 298 42 296 37 594 79
Travis Vliet WI 281 26 287 30 568 56
Paul Penix MI 279 19 281 25 560 44
MSFBB
C Lola Adair MI 173 0 182 3 355 3
MSMBB
C Keith Locke MI 139 0 118 1 257 1
MSFFS
C Marilyn Venne WI 290 27 295 35 585 62
MSMFS
C Jerry Sagert WI 299 39 299 43 598 82
2 Clayton Venne Jr. WI 298 47 299 43 597 90
3 Karl Nelson WI 297 45 299 43 596 88
Ralph Baker MI 297 38 294 40 591 78
Ray Jones WI 292 34 299 41 591 75
Axel Hillesheim WI 296 35 295 39 591 74
Richard Lindeman WI 286 19 289 22 575 41
John Hovey MI 280 21 281 18 561 39
Wayne Kaminen MI 277 14 282 17 559 31
MSMFSL
C Ron Moschetz WI 285 24 291 28 576 52
2 Bill Premo MI 257 16 262 11 519 27
AFBB
1 Peggy Aho MI 223 7 209 2 432 9
AMBHFSL
C Kevin Rades MI 247 10 270 16 517 26
2 Michael Koskey MI 193 3 169 2 362 5
SMBHFS
C Pete Pigeon WI 299 39 299 36 598 75
2 Terry Smith IL 299 44 298 44 597 88
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