Today was Archery Day. Every year the local Cub Scout district rents space at a warehouse and sets up a 50 lane indoor archery range. The district does a great job organizing the event and instructing the boys how to use a bow safely.
Nick started off a little tentative, but after a few rotations he began to shoot with more confidence. It was fun to watch that development over the course of just a couple of hours. He was proud to score a couple of bulls eyes and after the first couple of rounds all of his arrows hit the target. Plus he didn't accidentally shoot anyone, which was really all I was concerned about.
There were probably 300 scouts there when we arrived so it took a lot of time between turns. However, the crowd thinned out and at the end Nick was able to shoot as much as he wanted until they shut everything down.
I was struck by the quality of the equipment. All of the bows were nice compound bows, which were very easy for the boys to use. A big change from when I was a kid.
I took a lot of pictures, but none of them really turned out on account of the poor light and the number of people wandering between the photographer and the subject. Here are the best ones of the bunch:
Of course Nick now wants to go out and buy a bow. I told him to start saving. That's why he gets an allowance. :-)
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I'm jealous. I wish my office would sponsor something like this.
I loved archery as a kid. I even bought a bow in college. I wonder what happened to it?
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