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<DIV>On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 16:57:10 -0500 "Bob Dewart" <<A
href="mailto:gilli@hot.rr.com">gilli@hot.rr.com</A>> writes:</DIV>
<DIV><BR>> So, what kind of IKCAC scores are you all getting?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000a0>Not very good scores in those kind of winds!
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000a0>Greylond's combat arrows couldn't even reach the target
at 40 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000a0>yd's before they would lose energy and drop (sometimes
even </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000a0>losing ground). I used crossbow and didn't even
take proper aim </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000a0>at that distance but shot from the hip with a high arc
just to get </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000a0>the combat bolts out there (kind of mortar dropped them
in). </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000a0>"Bob" our combat archery target (not to be
confused "headless </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000a0>Bob" our other target) was tilted back almost 45
degrees just to </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000a0>keep him standing in the strong wind. Greylond
will have to </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000a0>chime in for the exact scores, I didn't even take note
because the </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000a0>wind was so bad, but at least we were out there doing
an IKCAC </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000a0>(got to start sometime).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000a0>Our Steppes archery marshal almost canceled our
static shoot </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000a0>because of the wind. The Eastfield archery range
is </FONT><FONT color=#0000a0>known for </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000a0>it's strong southerly breeze (as you can tell from
</FONT><FONT color=#0000a0>the permanently </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000a0>bent trees), but it was really strong last
Sunday.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000a0>Oh well, weather permitting we'll be out there
again next Sunday </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000a0>lofting shafts, or maybe flying kites!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000a0>Ironwyrm</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000a0>PS: On the upside, Jacques made the Steppes some new
wooden </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000a0>stands for the larger size straw archery butts that
stayed solid an a </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000a0>rock during the whole windy practice.</FONT></DIV>
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