I think there is maybe a need for competitions that cater to saddlehunters and/or beast-style public land hunters. No archery competition I'm aware of tests time-efficiency, tree-climbing, or rewards use of light weight gear. The archery comps I am aware of are basically target matches, and usually either exclude or punish xbow and trad shooters. They are not very practical.
It would be helpful if there was a competitive venue to flesh out the MOST effective public-land hunting techniques that doesn't care how you put an arrow on target. So I'm thinking of asking the BOD of a local sportsmans club if I could run a competition, possibly on a regular/monthly basis during the summer runup to hunting season.
As a competitor, it would involve showing up, signing a waiver, paying a fee of $20 or so, waiting around a lot (haha this is how such events roll), starting on a timer beep, then climbing a tree, reaching a certain height, taking a shot (or multiple shots), descending tree, and stopping the timer. Rules could be implemented to reward fastest time, lightest weight gear, etc. I have experience running multigun shooting matches so the nuts and bolts of running matches doesn't worry me too much.
Why would anyone volunteer to organize such a thing? I would like to plant the seed that such events lead to results such as:
1) Identification of best practices for safety, techniques, and gear.
2) Competitive motivation to enhance hunter skills in field.
3) Person-to-person interaction in match operations (getting to know like-minded people).
In other words, I'm entertaining the idea of running a competition where we get together F2F and exercise our gear and our skills. I'd like to learn techniques for getting into hunting spots more efficiently, and would like to open a venue for others who share the same interests.
Saddlehunters in SE MI area, would this interest you? If I go to the BOD of my local club, they will want to know how many participants are attending. And I'll need help running everything.
Any interest?
It would be helpful if there was a competitive venue to flesh out the MOST effective public-land hunting techniques that doesn't care how you put an arrow on target. So I'm thinking of asking the BOD of a local sportsmans club if I could run a competition, possibly on a regular/monthly basis during the summer runup to hunting season.
As a competitor, it would involve showing up, signing a waiver, paying a fee of $20 or so, waiting around a lot (haha this is how such events roll), starting on a timer beep, then climbing a tree, reaching a certain height, taking a shot (or multiple shots), descending tree, and stopping the timer. Rules could be implemented to reward fastest time, lightest weight gear, etc. I have experience running multigun shooting matches so the nuts and bolts of running matches doesn't worry me too much.
Why would anyone volunteer to organize such a thing? I would like to plant the seed that such events lead to results such as:
1) Identification of best practices for safety, techniques, and gear.
2) Competitive motivation to enhance hunter skills in field.
3) Person-to-person interaction in match operations (getting to know like-minded people).
In other words, I'm entertaining the idea of running a competition where we get together F2F and exercise our gear and our skills. I'd like to learn techniques for getting into hunting spots more efficiently, and would like to open a venue for others who share the same interests.
Saddlehunters in SE MI area, would this interest you? If I go to the BOD of my local club, they will want to know how many participants are attending. And I'll need help running everything.
Any interest?
