The Bighorn Bow Hunters Archery Club had a good turnout for its A&W 3D Shoot at the 100 Mile Agriplex, March 17-18.
It was chilly outside, but the club extended a warm welcome to the 75 archers who competed at the event.
Out-of-towners came from Kelowna, Kamloops, Williams Lake, Quesnel and the Lower Mainland to a shoot that was a little out of the ordinary, says club spokesperson denise swift.
While most 3D shoots have the animal targets set up alone on the shooting range, she notes the Bighorn range looked almost like a natural forest, with animals tucked in and around trees that people had saved from Christmas celebrations.
“Our club members all saved their Christmas trees for the event and afterwards, the Williams Lake club took the trees with them to use at their next shoot.”
Staging the shooting range in such a way makes it more fun and interesting for participants, she adds.
“There are lots of things to distract you. It’s sort of like being outdoors.”
Winners in the Traditional Men’s Longbow category were Bob Plewes in first place and Allen Riley in second.
Allen Pickering was the Master’s Longbow winner and Ted Swift was second.
In Recurve competition, Plewes tied with Dan Mobbs for top spot, Dirk Dunkel took second place and Sebastian Riley was third.
Ernie Schmid took first-place honours in Master’s Recurve, followed by Adrian Messner in second and Frank Lanchester in third.
The winner in Ladies Longbow was denise swift.
Tamara Van Loon was first and Liz Jones and Jessie Mobbs tied for second in Recurve.
Kiara Pratt was the winner in Junior Recurve.
Youth Recurve champs, from first to third were Baden Riley, Brieana Van Loon and Lane MacKay.
In the Compound Bow category, Cub Barebow winner was Anthony Silverton, followed by Cole Skerry and Calleigh Skerry.
Cubs Unlimited had Brody Lowen in the lead and Blake Pigeon second.
Wesley Silverton was winner of Junior Unlimited, with Kenny Lowen and Brayden Feeley second and third respectively.
Taylor Pigeon won the Youth Open and Breanne Carlson was second.
Men’s Open winner was Myles Toba, followed by Bill Bjornsen in second and Rick Skerry in third.
Tyler Parent won the Men’s Unlimited competition and Dave Cooper was second. Gord Parent and Todd Nichol tied for third.
Men’s Masters top shooter was Bill Housden and Brock Brown was second.
Ladies Unlimited had Stephanie Zimmerman as winner and Sara Blakley and Shannon Silverton tied for second.
The next major local event for the club is its outdoor 3D shoot June 2-3 at the 100 Mile Snowmobile Club grounds at 99 Mile.
