The S3DA Colorado Triple Crown Series was held in Grand Junction where youth needed to attend three of four shoots to win a buckle. The Meeker Arrowbusters held their ground as they all showed improvement and many left with awards. Auri Murray, Lee Kirkpatrick and Heath Bennet all placed Reserve[Read More…]
Tag: Archery
RBC 4-H archers make top 15 in state
RBC | The Rio Blanco County 4-H shooting sports archery team traveled to Pueblo this last weekend to compete against the top archers in the state. The junior compound limited team consisted of Eli Bennet, Auri Murray, Dawn Arnold, Jemma Bair, Taylor Kirkpatrick, and Heath Bennet, they came home as[Read More…]
Sharp shooters …
Four Meeker S3DA Archery youth competed at the Colorado State 3D and Outdoor Target tournaments May 6-7. Three of them placed in the top three after a shoot-down event. They shot both days to qualify for the shoot-down, then were bracketed, then had to shoot side by side with their[Read More…]
S3DA ARCHERY
The Meeker S3DA Archery team traveled to Vernal, Utah last weekend to compete in the Western National Indoor competition, one of thirteen teams representing nine states. All of the Arrowbuster Teams in their respective age groups placed in the top three with intense competition and great shooting. Eli Bennet, Heath[Read More…]
YOUTH ARCHERY
Ten Meeker youth traveled to Grand Junction, Colorado, on March 12 for the Colorado State S3DA Indoor Archery Tournament. Five of them placed in the top three of their class. Brighton Bair earned a first place and also won scholarship opportunities; Auri Murray took second place; Jemma Bair took first[Read More…]
Youth archery team competes in Vegas
MEEKER | The local Meeker S3DA archery team traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada, last week to compete in the national archery tournament. Along with the rest of their Grand Junction team Meeker’s archers represented the state well on the national level. The young adult division (ages 15-18) took third place.[Read More…]
ARCHERY TOURNEY
This past Saturday, Meeker hosted its first Scholastic 3D archery shoot. S3DA is a national youth archery league for kids 5-18 years old. The Club’s mission is “to foster, educate and guide youth in the areas of 3-D, indoor target, and outdoor target archery as well as safe, ethical bowhunting[Read More…]
3-D ARCHERY
Meeker is joining a chapter of the Scholastic 3-D Archery program. This group is tailored for young archers with a desire to improve, compete and have fun. A special focus for this non-profit organization is for youth to earn opportunities to continue their archery career with scholarships to college. This[Read More…]
SHARPSHOOTER …
Hunting license draw opens March 1
RBC I Hunters hoping to draw a big-game license in Colorado in 2022 are urged to review the changes in license requirements and fees in the 2022 Colorado Big Game brochure prior to the March 1 opening of the primary draw application period (March 1 – April 5 at 8[Read More…]
CPW to host memorial shoot July 31
RANGELY I Colorado Parks and Wildlife is inviting the public to come learn the fundamentals of shooting shotguns, .22s, and archery at the annual John Wangnild Memorial Shoot on Saturday, July 31 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Rangely Elks Trap Range. The range is located a half mile[Read More…]
Kobald sets new target for RBC 4-H archery
MEEKER | Shane Kobald, 17, doesn’t remember exactly what prompted him to pick up a bow at the age of 6, but the decision has served him well. His first competition was at the age of 10, in Eagle. Since then he has won at the state level “a couple[Read More…]