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January 2012
The Bodark Post
An E-Zine produced by the Austin Texas Lithic Arts and Technology League.
© 2011 - present
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AUSTIN ARCHERY CLUB, INC.
1706 City Park Road Austin, Texas
MAIL: P.O.Box 29239 Austin, TX 78768
INTERNET: www.austinarcheryclub.com
December 3, 2010
TO ALL MEMBERS; PAST AND PRESENT, VENDORS AND FRIENDS.
A reminder about elections.
Good news! For this election we already have members who have agreed to accept nominations for all officer and director positions. All nominations will of course be accepted, but for once it is safe to attend the dinner without fear of being elected to some
office.
Steve Gruneisen has agreed to accept a nomination for President.
Mike Jeter has agreed to accept a nomination for Vice President.
Don Ferguson has agreed to accept a nomination for Secretary/Treasurer.
Martin Smith has agreed to accept a nomination for Business Director.
Robert Garcia has agreed to accept a nomination for Tournament Director.
Roy Wenmohs has agreed to accept a nomination for Property Director.
Elections will be held during the annual club dinner on January 14 at 7 PM, 2012 at the County Line on 2222.
In the past it has been very difficult to get members to become officers. The monthly 3D tournaments require a lot of time and
work. The end result has been to 'burn-out' the officers, especially Tournament Directors.
We hope to start a different jobs program in 2012. Maybe it will reduce the work load on anyone person and eliminate the 'burn-out'
effect.
The new jobs program is of course not new, but an updated version of what was started a few years ago.
Oversimplified, we are a volunteer organization but we must make it easier for members to volunteer. The new jobs program does
that.
A list of all volunteer jobs will be posted on the club website. Members simply type their name by the job they want. First come –
first served. Pick your job early for the best selection. Descriptions and requirements are shown on the website.
Starting 2012 membership fees are $50 a year for a full working membership – individual or family. Each individual adult member
is expected to volunteer for one job.
A non-working membership is available for $150 a year, also individual or family. The limited 4 month membership will be continued at $20 and is a non-working membership.
This is a member controlled club with over 200 adult members. All members are encouraged to voice their opinions and participate
in the management of the club. Participation can include attending meetings; serving as an officer, managing a tournament or as
manager of one of the operations.
Thank you, and see you at the dinner.
Don Ferguson
Austin Archery Club Sect/Treas.
www.austinarcheryclub.com/
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The Bodark Post
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Cover
Letter to Members
Table of Contents
Coahultecan Archery
Adios to the Brushlands
AAC History
AAC History, part 2
Membership Form
Banquet
Officers
Schedule
Experimental Archeology
Shumla
Texas Traditional Championship
Knife Sharpest
Cedar
Bowmaking
Arrow Making
Stone-Age Hunting
Blanco County
2010 Blanco County
Roscoe: Texas Blue Lacy
Bunkhouse
Robert Bogan
Bogan and Bobcat
Henry Brooks
AAC History, part 3
AAC History, part 4
Ultimate Archery Solution
Bancroft Library
Texas Beyond History
Arrowheads
Rock Art Foundation
Archeolympics
Coahultecan Archery, part 2
Keepers of the Wilderness
The Boy Captives
Indigenous Olympics of Brazil
KC’s
September Tournament
September Tournament, cont.
Website
Robert Reed: Kajukenbo
Texas Atlatl
ATLATL
Shoal Creek
Gault
Tracy Jones: The Caveman Diet
Sam Coffman: The Human Path
Lea Detfles
Opening Day
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BOW AND ARROW WOODS OF THE COAHUILTECAN REGION
BY ARTURO LONGORIA-VALVERDE
Preserving nature and living the woodsman’s life have been my passions for as long as I
can remember. Over the past decade I’ve focused on replicating the bows and arrows that
might have been used by the Indians of the Coahuiltecan geographical region; the land from
the Nueces River in South Texas to the Soto la Marina in northeastern Mexico. Though dozens
of bows and arrows from other areas in the United States as well as from the southern parts of
Mexico exist, no bow or arrow artifacts remain from the family groups and nomadic hunter/
gatherers who roamed Coahuiltecan territory. Despite being genetically and linguistically
related the “Coahuiltecans” never formed, to our knowledge, any sort of cohesive political
group that might have constituted a tribe. They did however share both cultural and religious
values and these commonalities assured a semblance of peace and harmony amongst the
various groups.
Descriptions of bows and arrows from the region are scant and, as I have learned,
subject to questioning. Most descriptions come from Spanish explorers. Bow details usually go
no further than approximate lengths and the wood of choice is sometimes mentioned as
“mesquite.” We must remember, however, that the explorers were not botanists or do they
seem to have possessed any more than a passing interest in bow technology. Arrows are
described as made of “carrizo” or cane with “hardwood” foreshafts.
From the start I realized that mesquite must not have been a favorite bow wood,
especially when attempting to build bows using only stone tools. In pre-Columbian times the
region was thickly wooded with dense riparian zones lining rivers, lakes and ponds. These
areas held the greatest plant and animal populations and it was within these ecological
complexes that the Indians lived and thus gathered their bow staves. My search for the woods
the Coahuiltecans might have used for their bows and arrows will be detailed in a forthcoming
book. Here is a link to my first two books on the natural history of South Texas and
northeastern Mexico; Adios to the Brushlands, and Keepers of the Wilderness:
http://www.tamupress.com
Coahuiltecan bows probably ranged
between 50 and 60 inches in length and
had short draw lengths in order to
accommodate the “pinch” arrow hold.
One of the better bow woods of the
region is anacua (Ehretia anacua)
easily worked with stone tools and
excellent in both compression and
tension. This anacua bow measures 55
inches long and draws 50 pounds at 24
inches.
Continued on page 35.
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A Limited History of the Austin Archery Club
By Andy Jacobsen
Part 1
This bit of history is limited by my own recollections, and by the fact that neither was I there at
the very beginning, or for more than a decade in-between then and now.
There seems to have been an embryonic club formed shortly after WWII, but other than Udo
Hauffler, a local used car lot owner, I do not know who else may have been amongst that small
group of erstwhile archers. It is possible that Bob Lee of Wing Archery fame was in that he
was then beginning to build bows in his garage on W. 12th St.
I was, however, present at the reincarnation of that original Austin Archery Club. In that I was
only 13 years old, I had to have my mother both drive me there, and sign a parental consent
form for me to join. The impetus was a small article in the sports section of the Austin American-Statesman telling interested parties about the upcoming gathering of a re-formed archery
club at Pease Park in the early Spring of 1956.
Continued on the next page.
A former AAC Location
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Part 2
Continued from previous page.
There were between 10-20 adults plus me in the area by the concrete picnic tables.
Hauffler was there, as well as a few others from the earlier incarnation of the club,
though I remember none of those people sustaining their membership thereafter.
I will mention the names of those I remember who were strong supporting members for
quite some while.
Jack Woody - Austin Police Sergeant whose wife Ruth was the perennial club secretary
RC Scott (deceased) - APD Lieutenant
Clint Rogus - Then C&S Sporting Goods employee, later National Guard civilian staff
JF Taylor - Bergstrom Airman
Jim Cole - (deceased) manager for a finance company
Jimmy D Dickens - Texas Dept of Health (Jimmy was the perennial club instinctive
champion… and for a long time that meant that he was the overall champ.)
Ralph Moreland (deceased) - owner, KFC, Holiday House, Short Stop, Convict Hill
Dr. Goodall Wooten - his father is the namesake for the men’s dorm on the Drag.
Mr. Anderson - the old retired carpenter who built our clubhouse at 290/183.
Crawford Boothe - Bob Lee’s benefactor and partner in Wing after about 1958 (they
later divorced and Bob moved the operation to Jacksonville, Tx.)
The City allowed us to set up a rudimentary 14-target field course in the section of Pease
near 24th St., where the Frisbee people used to be seen flinging their Frisbees. But
vandalism soon discouraged us from staying there for long. Sometime in 1956 someone
scored an undeveloped 100 acre property lease at $1/yr. off Hwy 290E near what is now
183N (in the NW quadrant of that interchange). Some of that parcel abutting 290 is still
undeveloped. We stayed there until a developer started building homes on part of the
property about 1964.
During our time there we held an annual Spring field tournament and one State Field
Archery Tournament in June, 1962. We needed additional space for that tournament, and
temporarily expanded across 290 onto what is now University Hills. It was hot and dry,
but overall a successful tournament. A major problem in those days was the same as
today - too many classifications needing trophies. That got too expensive for many
clubs, and thus field archery tournaments (and clubs) languished. But during the heyday,
club members jaunted to Beeville, Corpus, Victoria, San Marcos, Kerrville, Waco,
Bryan, and parts in-between for the annual Spring Sunday shoots.
Continued on page 27.
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AUSTIN ARCHERY CLUB. INC.
1706 City Park Road, Austin Texas
2012 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
PRINT YOUR NAME (Releasor) __________________________________ Releasee: ASA & ALL CERTIFIED ASA CLUBS
Releasor hereby releases Releasee; it's officer's; agents; board members; club members; volunteers, their heirs; administrators; and executors (herein collectively
referred to as "Releasees").
Releasor, being of lawful age, (or in the case of a minor through his/her parent or guardian) in consideration of being permitted to participate in various shooting
disciplines and activities at the Releasees' facility, either as a member or guest, do for myself; my spouse; legal representatives; heirs, assigns and subrogators, hereby
release, waive and forever discharge Releasees from any and all liability for any and all losses and damages of any type or kind, and from any and all claims; suits;
demands; actions or rights of actions of whatever kind, either in law or equity, arising from or by reason of death, personal injury known or unknown, or property
damage resulting from any incident which may occur during Releasor's presence at the Releasees facility, and/or participation in any activity, weather caused in
whole or in part by the Releasees or any other person or thing at the host while Releasor is present. Releasor, and his/her parent or guardian in the event Releasor is
a minor, agree to fully indemnify, defend and hold Releasees harmless for all Releasor's actions or omissions while at the host. There is no limit to this indemnity.
Releasor assumes full responsibility for the risk of bodily injury, death or property damage due to the negligence of the Releasees or any other third party or thing
while at the Releasees Facility, and while competing, officiating, working, spectating or for any purpose at the Releasees facility.
Releasor fully and completely releases the Releasees and any of it's related parties from all liability to Releasor and to anyone or any entity claiming by; through; or
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hereof will continue in full force and effect.
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PRINT DATE: Releasor has executed this Release on this day _____ of month _______________ year 2012.
YOUR SIGNATURE: ____________________________________________ (Releasor's signature acknowledges receipt of this document).
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FAMILY MEMBERS INCLUDED WITH FAMILY MEMBERSHIP: IF A MINOR PLEASE INCLUDE AGE. (NOTE: ALL CHILDREN UNDER 16 MUST BE
SUPERVISED BY AN ADULT AT ALL TIMES).
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MEMBERSHIP FEES PER YEAR, individual or family. PLEASE SELECT ONE:
____WORKING MEMBERSHIP $50.
____NON-WORKING MEMBERSHIP $150.
WORKING MEMBERSHIPS: Members are required to "volunteer" for a job. All jobs are posted on the club's webpage.
www.austinarcheryclub.com - Click on JOB LISTING, select your preference and type your name after that job posting.
FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED!
THANK YOU AND WELCOME TO THE AUSTIN ARCHERY CLUB.
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Annual Banquet
Saturday January 14, at 7 PM
County Line On The Lake
5204 FM 2222
(512) 346-3664
www.countyline.com/CountyLineLake.html
You are invited!!!
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2011 Officers
President - Mike Jeter
Vice President - Matt Hamilton
Secretary/Treasurer - Don Ferguson
Business Director - Steve Gruneisen
Tournament Director - Robert Garcia
Property Director - Roy Wenmohs
Bowhunter Range Capitan - Mark Bowles
Construction Coordinator - Russ Glesener
* 2012 Officers to be determined at the annual banquet on January 14.
Photograph of a replica at the Museum of La Valltorta, available on line:
http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/5235/spanish-cave-paintings-pics-from-la-valltorta-ravine
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2012 Schedule
http://austinarcheryclub.com/events.html
Tournaments; second Sunday, Jan-Aug
First Tournament, January 8
Annual Banquet, January 14, 7 PM, County Line BBQ on 2222
Texas Traditional Championship, March 17 & 18
Memorial Shoot, September 9
Schedule subject to change.
See our Website for the latest info.
Traditional Bowhunters of Texas
www.tbot.org/
Archeolympics, February 11, Seminole Canyon State Park.
www.tpwd.state.tx.us/calendar/special-events
www.texasfieldarchery.org/
www.texasasafederation.com/
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Experimental Archeology
A group of stone-age hunters approaching a giant cave bear.
Experimental archeology is a subfield that
performs tests to recreate the relationship
between past human behavior and the artifacts
excavated by archeologists. Put simply,
experimental archeologists ask the question,
"How'd they do that", and then they set up
"experiments" to answer the question. The
goal is to recreate the process that produced
the artifacts.
www.shumla.org/
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SHUMLA is an archeological
research and education center.
www.shumla.org/
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TEXAS TRADITIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
AUSTIN ARCHERY CLUB, INC.
1706 City Park Road
AUSTIN, TEXAS
www.austinarcheryclub.com
19th annual tournament
MARCH 17-18, 2012
Saturday March 17, 7:00am – 5:30pm, Sunday March 18, 7:00am – 11:00am
TROPHY'S awarded to ALL-AROUND CHAMPIONS (male and female, must shoot 4 classes), and for HIGHEST SCORES
(male and female, any single round). BELT BUCKLES awarded for best 5 scores in each class including YOUTH. All CUBS
will receive MEDALS. Score cards must be turned in by 2:00pm Sunday. Award ceremony at 3:00pm Sunday.
CLASSES: ADULT MALE AND FEMALE. BAREBOW ONLY: No range finders; binoculars, scopes or stabilizers allowed.
Recurve Open (any arrows)
Recurve Traditional (wood arrows only)
Longbow Open (any arrows)
Longbow Traditional (wood arrows only)
Selfbow (wood arrows only) may be substituted for Longbow Traditional.
SEPARATE CLASSES: Cannot be used for competition in ALL-AROUND CHAMPION or HIGHEST SCORE trophy's.
TEXAS ATLATL CHAMPIONSHIP (Check with registration desk for particulars).
YOUTH, CUBs and MINI CUBs can shoot any bow, any arrows (no crossbows).
Two practice ranges will be open for warm up. Minimum groups of three. 40 high quality 3D
targets per round. Participants may shoot only one round in one class to compete for HIGHEST SCORE TROPHYS and belt
buckles, but must shoot a minimum of one round in each of 4 classes to compete for TOP ALL-AROUND CHAMPIONS.
Participants may shoot multiple rounds in any class but only the highest score in each class will be recorded.
ENTRY FEES : includes one round per individual, additional rounds are available at stated fee.
FAMILY $35 includes one round per individual.
COUPLE $25 includes two rounds.
INDIVIDUAL $15 includes one round, plus $15 for each additional round (all adults).
YOUTH (13-17) $10 includes one round, plus $10 for each additional round (all youth).
CUBS (8-12) $ 5 includes one round, no charge for any additional rounds.
MINI-CUBS (-8) Free.
There is NO pre-registration.
SEE YOU AT A GREAT TOURNAMENT, FOR A GREAT TIME WITH GREAT PEOPLE.
Contact Don Ferguson [email protected] Sponsored by members of the Austin Archery Club.
Schedule subject to change.
See our Website for the latest info.
Texas Atlatl Association Annual Meeting
Sunday at Noon
Camping
Emma Long Park has a designated swimming area in Lake Austin and has a large
sandy beach. Men's and women's rest rooms, hot showers and dressing areas are also
available. 20 camping sites are available with water and electricity hookups as well as
46 tent camping sites in which water is available at every 3rd site.
www.ci.austin.tx.us/parks/emmalong.htm
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4703 Burnet Rd.
Austin, TX 78756
512-467-9763
[email protected]
www.knifesharpest.com/
Knife Sharpest is your one stop shop for custom and factory knives, tomahawks,
sheaths, and related accessories. We also specialize in knife sharpening, in shop or by
mail order, professional knife sharpening machines for businesses and classes in knife
and tomahawk throwing for fun and competition. We proudly serve the world from Austin,
Texas.
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Beware!!!
Cedar Fever Season starts in December then extends through January and February.
As if you couldn’t already tell.
Juniperus ashei
The common Cupressus-Juniperus ancestor was in Asia during the Cretaceous-Tertiary transition.
Diversification of Juniperus sections occurred during Paleocene and Eocene time. A period of relatively rapid
speciation apparently occurred during the cooling of the Eocene-Oligocene transition, at which time conifers showed
substantial poleward range increases. Rapid speciation occurred again near the Oligocene-Miocene transition and
again during the late Miocene through the Pliocene. These events also coincided with variable climate regimes, and
also with the rise of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in Asia and the development of the Basin & Range region in North
America and the Central Volcanic Plateau in Mexico. These areas are all current hotspots of juniper diversity. On
a global scale, the Pliocene was a period of cooling and drying, producing a rapid increase in the area of semiarid
regions, juniper's principal habitat.
www.conifers.org/cu/Juniperus.php
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Bowmaking Class with Robert Garcia
September 3 & 4, 2011
For more info contact
Robert Garcia
[email protected]
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Arrow Making Class with
Robert Garcia
October 16, 2011
Future classes TBA!
October 22. We shot a feral piglet
with arrows we made in this class!
www.3riversarchery.com/
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Blanco County
Stone-Age Hunt
Late August, 2011
by Roy Wenmohs
On Monday we ate squirrel.
And Tuesday we ate raccoon.
Squirrels taste better than raccoons.
Roscoe posing with
an atlatled raccoon.
We started walking before sunrise. The
team leader was Roscoe. He really pushed us to
succeed. Early in the trip he treed a ring-tail. We
wanted to let it go but Roscoe wouldn’t quit. I talked
to him man to dog after everybody went ahead. I told
him I didn’t want to quit either, and asked him to go
along with the pack. And he did it. I have never seen
him quit before. But that really upset him, and he was
determined to score more game or die trying.
On the day before, Robert Garcia and I put
out sour corn to bait for wild hogs. But Roscoe wasn’t
there. So when Robert pointed to a squirrel in a
Cypress tree, I knew just what to do. I ran around to
the side and just looked at it. The squirrel ducked
behind the tree from me and gave Robert a clean
shot. A necropsy revealed that both lungs were
punctured by the arrow.
We didn’t see any wild hogs on this trip.
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Robert Garcia, Henry Brookes, and Robert Bogan
August 2011
Triple digit heat and a
bone-dry landscape!!!
The Chihuahuan Desert expanded
into Central Texas in 2009, but we
didn’t realize it at the time because it
rained again the next year..
An ancient stone wall protects
a rare microcosm of dormant
grass (Little Bluestem).
In most places the creek no
longer runs above ground. But
there is still an oasis with
stagnant water and dying fish,
where raccoons and watermoccasins feed.
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Will Wenmohs and Roscoe, April 2010
Hog hunting with Atlatl in the same general location in the previous year.
Bobcat Smith and Roscoe, October 2010
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www.nationallacydog.org/
October 27, 2011. Roscoe wearing
a shirt from the veterinarian after
his chest was ripped open by a
wild boar. Soon after the picture
was taken he chewed through the
shirt and began pulling out the
staples.
Roscoe
Roscoe is a Blue Lacy, the official State Dog Breed of Texas. He enjoys working with
cattle and his hobbies include catching birds and lizards and spending time with my mother.
Don’t look at her funny or Roscoe will get mad, and he bites people. He can run all day.
Hunting is his true passion. He can follow a scent trail in the air and on the ground while
running at a gallop. If you wound an animal he will track it down. He often chases deer and
other wild game toward me. He hates feral hogs and he creates complete chaos when he
fights with sows and their pigs. The sound of his bark changes depending on the animal, and
you can tell when he is barking at wild hogs. We do not give Roscoe commands when
hunting, in fact he may be the leader. I wish I had a whole pack of dogs just like him.
December 6, 2011. Roscoe inspecting a hog trap. He is limping
because he recently hurt his front right paw while fighting with
wild pigs. The other dog is a Border Collie.
This breed is named for the Lacy
family (brothers Ewin, Frank, George
and Harry) which developed the breed
in the mid-1800s for herding and
hunting. The Lacy brothers moved
from Kentucky to Burnet County,
Texas in 1858 and settled in the area of
present-day Marble Falls. It is
suggested that Fred Gipson, raised in
adjacent Mason County and author of
the classic novel “Old Yeller”, was
greatly influenced by the Lacy breed.
http://crainsbluelacys.com/
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The Bunkhouse
The Bunkhouse is an Artists' Retreat/Bed & Breakfast recently converted from
a spacious 1890's house which can comfortably accommodate seven guests in four bedrooms
and three baths. Each bedroom has its own air conditioner and ceiling fan. A large Living
Room, dining room and library provide a comfortable homey atmosphere. A spacious Studio
at the rear of the house can be used when the weather is inclement and serves as a classroom when workshops are held at the Bunkhouse.
Covered porches offer cool shady areas for painting, reading or sharing refreshments at
the end of a long, creative afternoon. Three areas, one at each side and another in the
front of the house, are available for BBQ, including two beautiful spots covered by a canopy
of sprawling oak trees. The Bunkhouse kitchen is stocked with a microwave oven, griddle,
refrigerator, dishes and coffee/tea pots. Breakfast food is available for guests to prepare at
their leisure. During art workshops and organized retreats, lunches are provided. For
other events, local catering and live musical entertainment can be available with advance
notice. Special diets cannot be accommodated.
Rates:
Per night, per occupant $50 each
Does not have phone,
No pets are allowed.
For more information
please send an eMail
[email protected]
or call 830-825-3465.
573 Old Spicewood Rd
Cypress Mill, Texas 78663
www.wenmohsranch.com/
Henry Brooks and Robert Bogan on the porch
of the Bunkhouse, discussing bowmaking.
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http://boganstrictor.com/
RUGGED TRUMPET
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Robert Bogan and Bobcat Smith, AAC, October 8, 2011
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Henry Brooks, from Dripping Springs, Texas
Henry Brooks, pulling a brand new homemade bow to full draw for the
first time. Actually, it was the bow’s first time. Henry has done this before.
This is a Holmgaard style bow that Henry made in Robert Garcia’s bowmaking
class, September 3 & 4, 2011.
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Part 3
Continued from page 7.
The City found us another spot - the site of Crockett High School which wasn’t scheduled to be built for another five years or so. I was president of the club at the time of the
move, but left the area for the West Coast in 1966 and didn’t return to local archery until
1979. In the interim, the club had moved twice. From the Crockett site to one off far N.
Lamar onto a site that had previously been known as the Coxville Zoo. At some point
(likely about 1971), it moved to its present site on City Park Rd.
Back in the 50s, almost everyone in Texas shot recurve instinctively. A Californian
moved here in 1959, and he shot with sights. He was so slow that the club came very
close to prohibiting sight shooters from joining or shooting the range. Think about how
you are sometimes slowed by a group in front of you in our little 3D tournaments, and
multiply that by a factor of four. See, this was before anyone had figured out how to
build a polyurethane target that looked like an animal, and all our shoots were strictly at
field targets, including pictures of animals.
A morning field round at a Sunday tournament meant each person shooting 112 arrows
(4 arrows x 28 targets). The afternoon round required less arrows in that 14 of the targets
were animal faces, and required a max of three arrows - only one if you hit it the first
time. Scoring was 20-16 or arrow #1, 14-10 for #2, and 8-4 for #3, if needed.
Who knew that sights and bows with wheels would take over the world? I can remember
the first time I saw a compound bow. The guy shooting it won the Fresno Safari (world’s
biggest archery tournament at the time) in Fresno, California, in 1966. There was much
grumbling. Many archers felt the guy shouldn’t have been allowed to even shoot, much
less take away the champion’s trophy.
By the late ‘50s, Easton had cornered the market on aluminum arrows, and most of us
shot the 24SRT-X variety. That was good for Easton - they wouldn’t stay straight for
long, and they dented easily. It was decades before carbon came to be the thing.
Bob Lee and Crawford Boothe moved to Houston, and Wing became a major player
before compounds took over. I recall seeing Bob in Phoenix in 1974, and he was ecstatic
about a Japanese order for thousands of bows. The Japanese and Koreans literally took
over Olympic style shooting in that era.
Continued on the next page.
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Very old black and white photograph, approximately 2011.
Part 4
The club has almost floundered on several occasions, but someone or some entity
always comes to the rescue. Before environmentalism came to be a bad word to many
people, I thought of myself as one. These days I object strongly to much of the “if we
don’t build it they won’t come” dogma, but am thankful those folks have actually been a
force in keeping our range from the developers.
My days as a working member are gone due to age and location - I now live in Elgin.
But I still enjoy getting to the range a few times a year, and am happy to see that there
remains a core group committed to keeping up the club and so long as they remain so,
our sport will flourish and endure.
Andy Jacobsen
aka AJ the TP Guru on www.TexasBowhunter.com
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Ultimate Archery Solution
by Andy Jacobsen
Hey, AAC members! I was only 20 years old when the AAC held its first State Field
Championship at the old site where 183N and 290E now intersect. I remember
that because it was also the year I first contracted target panic (TP), which got so
bad that five years later I was out of archery (though not forever, obviously). The
next time I contracted TP, I knew what to do about it, and managed to salvage my
archery life. On the www.TexasBowhunter.com site I read about others' TP afflictions, and offered to help some of them at no charge. The results and the desires
of many others hoping to rid themselves of this terrible scourge are what led me
to create my website. There you can read what several Texas archers have to say
about how the Ultimate Archery Solution got them back onto the right track.
If you've experienced premature release, jerks, pulls, or other unaccountable
physical movements leading to poor shooting and choose to rid yourself of these
unconscious errors, use discount code AAC1002 for a 30% discount.
http://ultimatearcherysolution.com/
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http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/nativeamericans/
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, California
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Metal arrow points used by the Southern Plains Indians.
Photo courtesy of the Texas Historical Commission.
http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/redriver/weapons.html
Camp of the Lipans. Part of a picture painted by Theodore Gentilz, 1840s. The artist lived in the
Castro colonies, in present-day Medina County, where he surveyed land for new townsites. Although the
Lipans and Comanches conducted brutal raids on the small communities, they generally spared Castroville,
and Gentilz maintained a cordial relationship with the Lipans. Original painting, Witte Museum.
http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/plateaus/peoples/apache.html
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Small, light-weight points, such as these known as Scallorn from the GrahamApplegate site, tipped arrows used in the new weaponry system adopted around
A.D. 700. Forcefully propelled from a bow, even the smallest points could fell
game such as deer and bison. The specimen shown at bottom right is smaller
than a dime. Photo by Milton Bell.
http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/graham/artifacts.html
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Until recently, few people knew that Texas harbored one of the largest and most diverse bodies of rock art in the New World.
For over five millennia, aboriginal artists recorded elaborate scenes upon the limestone
canvas of canyons and rock shelters in an area defined by the lower courses of the
Pecos and Devil's rivers and their confluences with the Rio Grande. The pressures of
modern development, burgeoning populations, industrial pollution, environmental
degradation, natural rock decay, and vandalism are inexorably erasing these fragile
works of art. The Rock Art Foundation believes that the most effective conservation
program must incorporate two approaches: education and preservation.
www.rockart.org
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www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/seminole_canyon/
Joshua Mieth of AAC competing in the rabbit stick event at Archeolympcs 2011.
AAC members have won the
atlatl accuracy contests for the
last 4 years, thanks to the great
training facilities at our Club.
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Part 2
Continued from page 4
Like most of the legumes, Guajillo,
pronounced gwah-hee-yo, (Acacia
berlandieri) is poor in tension. This
bow draws 44 pounds at 23 inches
and measures 52 inches in length.
Chapote (Diospyros texana)
makes an excellent bow. This
chapote (Texas Persimmon)
bow measures 49.5 inches in
length and draws 45 pounds at
23 inches.
Brasil might have been a choice bow
wood of the Coahuiltecan region if a
long enough stave could be located.
This brasil (Condalia hookeri) bow
measures 53 inches in length and draws
47 pounds at 24 inches.
Continued on next page.
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Part 3
This bow is made of cedar elm
(Ulmus crassifolia) and the stave
was collected after Hurricane Dolly
ravaged The Rio Grande Valley.
My staves are never taken from
standing trees but instead coppiced
branches or from saplings salvaged
from work crew projects.
Undoubtedly a top bow wood of
the Coahuiltecan region, this cedar
elm bow measures 52 ¼ inches and
draws 48 pounds at 24 inches.
This photo shows two arrow foreshafts made from woods that might have been popular
within the Coahuiltecan region. The top foreshaft is made from Jara (pronounced ha-rah)
known scientifically as Baccharis salicifolia. The bottom foreshaft is made from huajillo
(Pithecellobium pallens).
Continued on next page.
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Part 4
Four “floor tillered” bowstaves ready to be made into
bows. From left to right are two coma (Bumelia celastrina) staves taken from a sapling that was cleared off a
vacant lot in Mission; a Texas ebony (Pithecellobium
ebano) stave collected near Rio Grande City; and a
chaparro prieto (Acacia rigidula) stave also collected
near Rio Grande City.
Three sets of arrow shoots awaiting to be
made into arrows. From left to right:
guajillo, huajillo, and baccharis.
This arrow is made from
Baccharis salicifolia and is
fletched with commercial
turkey feathers.
The End
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The Boy Captives, written by Clinton L. and Jeff Smith, is about two brothers kidnapped
by the Comanches in the late 1800s in central Texas. The tersely-worded narrative, with at
least ¾ told by Clinton, discusses the boys’ way of life with two separate tribes, Clinton with
the Comanches and Jeff with the Apaches.
Clinton’s story revolves around his adoption into Chief Tosacowadi’s family. Clinton’s
main duty as part of the tribe was to tend horses, of which nearly all were captured through
raids on ranches. His narrative discusses his adaptation into the Comanche’s tribe, the
successes and failures as a white boy living in the Comanche culture, and his subsequent
capture by another tribe and sale back to the whites. His story also tells of his re-insertion into
typical American society, which required him to once again learn to eat with silverware and
other basic manners, and his life in his late teens, when he decided to assist with cattle drives.
Clinton mentions that he traveled from Texas to the plains as far north as Wyoming and
Montana and as far west as the Pacific Ocean (although Clinton himself notes that he was told
these limits by the Comanches). He discusses incidents with other tribes, notably the
Blackfeet, and soldiers. Some of Clinton’s narrative goes into specifics of rituals, weaponry,
and food; one of the more interesting specifics for me involved the use of a buffalo sac for
making soup, which after eating the soup the sac itself was generally gambled for. He also said
that a good Osage bow was worth a horse and a blanket.
Jeff’s story discusses many of the same basic ideals as his brother’s narrative. He was
captured by the Comanches with his brother but sold to Geronimo and the Apaches shortly
after the boys’ initial capture. He was eventually sold back to the whites as a ransom by
Mexicans.
Parts of the story discuss the
happenstance meetings of the brothers when
their tribes would get together. These were
emotional times, according to Clinton, and he
urged his chief to purchase Jeff; however, the
Comanches did not buy Jeff back.
This book is a good read for those
wanting to understand the cultures of the two
tribes in a better light (especially from an early
settler’s viewpoint) as well as for those
attempting to grasp what Native Americans
went through in the late 1800s to try and save
their tribes and way of life.
A Review by Joshua Mieth
November 2011
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Brazil’s Indigenous Olympic Games
www.dogonews.com/2007/12/3/brazil-s-indigenous-olympics
As one would expect, the bow and arrow competitions are a big event at these
Indigenous Games. Note the bow and arrows that are of typical Amazonian
design. Bows in the Amazon are typically made out of peach palm, a dense
dark wood and are not recurved. The Amazonian arrows are unique in that they
are so long, typically measuring two meters or more. In addition, they are
fashioned from wood without stone projectile points, as lithic materials are in
short supply in the ancient oxisol soils of the Amazon Rainforest. The fletching
typically consists of a single feather split in two and sewn onto the arrow shaft
in a curved pattern in order to spin in flight, thus maintaining a straight
trajectory.
www.amazonz.info/xingu/21-indigenous-games-brazil.html
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Archery Supplies & Bowhunting Equipment - Archery Range - Bow Repair
BOWS
Archery Classes
We offer Beginners and Intermediate
Archery Classes. We also offer private
archery lessons.
K.C.'s Outdoors offer Hoyt, BowTech,
Fred Bear, Diamond, Barnett, Parker,
Excalibur and Horton Crossbows.
Compound, recurve and long bows,
both youth and adult. We also sell
sights, rests, quivers, bow cases,
releases, arrows, targets, broadheads
and stabilizers. Stop by to see our entire line, including bow fishing equipment.
IN-HOUSE BOW TECHNICIAN
Our in-house bow technician has
over 35 years experience! We can
work on almost all brands of bows
and arrows.
21221 Highway 71 West
Spicewood, Texas 78669
Phone: 512-264-1433
Email: [email protected]
Visit our Outdoor and Archery Store just West of Austin Texas!
8 Miles West of the RR 620 & Hwy 71 Intersection
www.kcsoutdoors.com/
© Copyright 2005-2012 - KC's Outdoors - All Rights Reserved
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September
Memorial Shoot
2011
Tournament proceeds donated to cancer survivors
through a project coordinated by Steve Shedd.
www.steveshedd.com/
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Memorial Shoot, continued.
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AAC website design by
Nexus Creative Services' mission is to create graphic rich, tasteful web sites that
are uncluttered, concise, and easy to navigate. We can handle the entire process
starting with domain registration and website hosting. You provide ideas, graphics
and text and we create the perfect online presence for you. We aspire to make your
internet web design process enjoyable and informative as well as creating a site you
are proud to show off! Nexus specializes in capturing the spirit of your art, skill, event
or business which shows reflects you in just the right way.
We are also committed to maintaining sites in order that they remain up-to-theminute and accurate. We pride ourselves in remaining interactive with our clients and
we are known to excel in our prompt attention to your needs.
During our 10 years in business, we have worked with a diverse array of
musicians, artists, healers, small businesses and organizations. You are welcome to
view our portfolio which presents many design styles. We have also supplied client
references and can present additional information upon request.
http://nexuscreativeservices.com/
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Robert Reed Self Defense Austin
Find him on Facebook!!!
Sibak Robert Reed is a fifth generation Kajukenbo instructor under Master
Tony Morel. Robert began his martial study in 1998 in the art of Kajukenbo. Soon
after he branched out to earn high rankings in other forms and styles of selfdefense. In 2004, Robert returned to Kajukenbo full time to earn his instructor
ranking.
Robert continues to study with Fifth Degree Black Belt Tony Morel, one of
Austin's most accomplished martial artists. In addition, he also receives additional
instruction from one of the world's leading Kung Fu stylists, Professor Moses
Williams.
Robert's ability to set a safe and fun learning
environment is unique. His professionalism allows
him to boast a class roster that includes everyone
from five-year-old kids to adults in their mid- to
late-50's.
www.austintexasmartialarts.com/
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Texas Atlatl Association
http://southtexasatlatl.com/TAA.aspx
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Austin Texas Lithic Arts & Technology League
September 22, 2011
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909 N. Lamar, Austin, Texas 78703
(512) 474-0805
Hours of Operation: 11 AM - Closing
www.shoalcreeksaloon.com/
We are on the bank of the famous Shoal Creek and we
have been serving Austin for 2 decades! This is the favorite
watering hole of politicos, lobbyists, atlatlists, and sports fans
of all persuasions. We are the Austin home of the New Orleans
Saints.
We have over 30 TV screens, and satellite radio. We
have a full length shuffleboard table you can play for free! The
Louisiana Cuisine is complimented by the likes of scrumptious
Rib Eye Steaks, the biggest Smoked Pork Chop in Texas, and
the extra spicy Reynaldo Burger. We also have a full service
bar.
Yall come see us. Sit Creekside at the best outdoor patio
in town, and enjoy a truly Austintacious Dining Experience!
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The Gault School of Archeological Research
The Gault School is a center for innovative, interdisciplinary research
archaeology focusing on the earliest peoples in the western hemisphere
and their cultural antecedents.
www.gaultschool.org/
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Tracy Jones, M.S.
Lose Weight and Get Healthy
by Eating Like a Caveman!
www.cavemaneating.com
In addition to having written The Caveman Diet, Tracy is active in organizing events for the
Austin Natural Movement Meetup Group, a fitness community that practices MovNat and
organizes outdoor activities, and the Austin Tracking and Primitive Skills Meetup Group. She
also gives nutrition talks at the Riata Apartment Community. For her main profession, she's an
instructional designer and technical writer.
AAC
11/19/11
Austin Natural Movement Group
www.meetup.com/austinnaturalmovement/
The Austin Tracking and Primitive Skills Meetup Group
www.meetup.com/austinTrackingAndPrimitiveSkills/
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The Human Path (THP)
Austin and San Antonio, Texas
The Human Path is an ecology-based, wilderness-survival and wilderness-living school offering a huge variety of
outdoor, bushcraft classes (outdoor fitness, wilderness and primitive living skills, wilderness medicine, herbology, self
defense, teamwork and leadership, primitive engineering, permaculture certification, aquaponics, green building and
much more) in both the San Antonio and Austin areas of Texas. We teach ongoing, weekly classes like the core-classes
(survival, self-defense, primitive engineering, awareness and stealth, etc.) local edible and medicinal plants, herbology,
wilderness first aid certification, tracking and urban survival. We present an entire urban survival course, green
homesteading and permaculture certification. We also run survival treks which focus on different "themes" and include
scenarios and role-playing friends and foes along the way. Check out the calendar for more information, updated
weekly.
www.thehumanpath.com/
During times that may present our species with critical moments of survival, THP teaches people to become the
best possible human in even the worst possible circumstances.
All Texas Classes are highly focused on hands-on learning. Classes include the areas of: wilderness survival and
bushcraft, primitive living skills, wilderness medicine, herbology, self defense, awareness, local ecology and
outdoor fitness, as well as classes in the areas of permaculture, aquaponics and green homesteading.
THP's primary goal is to teach practical, earth-centered skills that connect students both to the earth and to
themselves. Particularly in the more advanced classes, the THP learning environment is often "scenariobased" (generally in some variation of a breakdown of social order as we currently know it) in order to create a
more realistic setting (often adding in varying amounts of adrenaline to the learning experience) and increase the
amount of information learned and retained by students.
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The Austin Tracking and Primitive Skills Meetup Group
Lea Detfles
http://www.meetup.com/austinTrackingAndPrimitiveSkills/
Survival Expert
AAC, 09/25/11
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Bow Season; Opening Day
October 1, 2011
Blanco County; Robert Garcia
Gonzalez County; Joe Laud
Send pictures and stories to:
[email protected]
www.texasbowhunter.com/
Texas Hunting Regulations
available on-line:
www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/hunt/season/
The last time I went hunting:
It was Saturday morning and my alarm clock went off at 4 AM. I jumped out of bed and got
dressed and went out to the truck. Although it was raining really hard I was happy to go
hunting. I was almost at the site when I realized I forgot all of my hunting gear. And the rain
continued to pour down. So I decided to give up and go home. I didn’t want to wake up my
wife so I quietly snuck inside and slipped into bed. I put my arms around her and whispered
about the terrible weather and she said, “Yes, can you believe my husband went hunting in this
weather?” And that was the last time I went hunting.
[An old joke, possibly by Jeff Foxworthy.]
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Back issues of the Bodark Post on-line:
http://atlatl.boganstrictor.com/bodark.html
Austin Texas Lithic Arts & Technology League
E-Zine Team
CEO:
Roy Wenmohs
[email protected]
President:
Cesario Guerra
[email protected]
Web Master:
Robert Bogan
[email protected]
Business Director:
Bobcat Smith
[email protected]
Photography Director: Robert Garcia
[email protected]
Technical Director:
Adam Luke
Contributing Writers: Arturo Longoria, Andy Jacobson, Joshua Mieth
South Texas Bowhunting Correspondent: Joe Laud
Human Crossbow
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