i learned to shoot a bow courtesy of damon howatt and doctor kenagy doing a type of rove. i saw those guys on my range land shooting bows and rode a horse up on the hill to see what they were doing. they explained it was archery golf and said if i didn't mind them crossing my land and would like to try they would bring equipment to share the next weekend.
i watched for them and rode up and tied my horse to a sagebrush and started a day i will never forget. we would pick a long tee, (in the form of a sagebrush), that was 400-500 yards away and a closer one of around 300 yards and shoot either a flight arrow or an approach arrow, (tapered roundnose). when we got to 40-50 yards from the target, one of us would place a 9" long 2 1/2" diameter piece of firehose on end in a difficult position and we would "hole out" by hitting the hose and knocking it over. maximum 5 shots to keep moving. when a jackrabbit was spotted we would all three try for the rabbit and then go back and find our line to the first target. by the end of the day i had killed a few rabbits, could hit the "puck" with confidence and fell in love with archery. we had roved over ten miles up and down the sagebrush hills to an access road where mrs. howatt met us, fed us, and returned me to my home.
a day i will never forget.
