Bear Archery Staff Position Opening

Bear Archery has contacted us to help get the word out that they have a Customer Service position open in Evansville.

The Customer Service representative works with dealers, customers, and sales reps to provide product information, facilitate the processing of customer orders and credit requests. Knowledge of archery and bow hunting, combined with your ability to identify and resolve issues are the keys to success in this role.

Bear offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including medical, dental, and 401K plans.

Qualified candidates will possess excellent verbal and written communications skills, a working knowledge of Microsoft Office and a combination of post secondary education and experience consistent with this role.

Anybody interested should email their resume to

nroot@beararcheryproducts.com

If you want more information, please contact me and I'll share what I know about this opportunity.

New Practice Range Being Set Up

John, Tom, and Chuck were out Tuesday digging holes and setting posts for a new practice range at Ouabache Park.

For the next shoot we should have three bag targets set at 20, 30, and 40 yards. The targets will be shot from just off the bridge.

This will not only add targets for practice, it will also improve range safety, which is always a concern.

March 7 Shoot

Great turnout for the first shoot of the year. Thanks to everyone who helped out and who came to shoot with us.

We probably had the greatest number of folks helping to set up that we've ever had. It sure makes the job a lot easier for everyone when we have such a great crew pitching in to help out.

We also had some great scores shot for so early in the year. Pete Rogers topped the list with a 307 in the Men's Open class. And what a great bunch of folks shooting the Men's Hunter class. They put up some really good scores and the competition was really close.

We hope that everyone enjoyed the new menu of grilled hamburgers and grilled hot dogs. Look for more of the same on April 11th.

We did have some hitches and they mainly involved folks forgetting to put their full name on their score cards or not putting their class on their score cards. But that's a minor glitch and it gives me something to do.

Remember too we're selling club memberships all year long. What you get for the $25.00 is a club tee shirt, the club awards dinner, and qualification for one of those cool shooter of the year polo shirts. Plus you save $5.00 on your entry fee at every shoot.

We'll be looking forward to seeing everyone at the next event.

J.R. Fox, Mark Utt, and Ryan Sauls tune up on the practice bag before hitting the range.


Here's the future of 3D archery and archery in general. We should take a lesson from these smiles and remember that its supposed to be about having fun out there!

March 7th Shoot-BRING BOOTS!!

If you've shot with us before you know that in the early part of the year there's gonna be water on the range. The heavy rains last fall and winter have created some new gullies and ditches as well as enlarged some others.

When John and Tom were out with their assistant scouting for target locations the ground was thawing a little which meant mud...and quite a bit of it. Of course the main creek is going to be involved in a number of shots.

The forecast is for sunny with temperatures in the 50's so it should be a great day for shooting.

We've added a number of new McKenzies so we'll be able to mix and match this year with a number of different targets to challenge everyone who chooses to shoot Ouabache Trails.
Again, bring your boots as well as your A Game!

Shooter of the Year Info Posted

Check the SOY and Results page for info on Shooter Of The Year requirements for 2010. You can see from the pictures taken at the annual meeting that those shirts are well worth trying for.

Congratulations to all our SOY winners in 2009. You can bet they'll be looking to repeat in 2010.

Annual Meeting Report

The annual meeting of the Ouabache Trails 3D Club was held in the Board Room at the Knox County Parks office on January 15th.

Officers and board members were named for 2010, SOY shirts were presented to the respective winners, and other business was completed before adjournment.

Officers for 2010 are:
President-Jeremy Sullivan
Vice President-John Thompson
Secretary/Treasurer-Chuck Roche

Board members for 2010 are:
Kenny Kays (Immediate Past President)
Doug Hathaway (Immediate Past Vice President)
Tom Tarter
Allen Clark
Mark Utt
Brock Ridgely

Member tee shirts were passed out to the attending members. They will be available to members who were paid last year as well as those becoming members in 2010.

It was agreed to buy 5 new McKenzie targets. McKenzie is offering a club special on targets ordered before the end of February. Each target purchased will come with a replacement center. It was decided this reprsents a good value for the club. The new targets will have the unviersal scoring rings, both IBO and ASA.

The current plastic shooting stakes will be replaced with metal stakes for 2010. It was decided that the Pro/Semi Pro distance will be eliminated since we have not had any pros shooting at our club. We will have three shooting stakes set at 25 (white), 35 (yellow) and 45 (green).

Members are looking forward to our first shoot on March 7th.

2009 Member List

Here is the 2009 membership list. If you paid your dues and your name is not on the list, please contact me.

Calrk, Allen
Cardinal, Mike
Cook, Jeff
Cooper, Shane
Decker, Ron
Decker, Wally
Don Kiser (F)
Ferrell, Vergil
Hathaway, Doug
Howard, Scott
Kays, Kenny
Kent, Mark
Lane, Cody
Lemon, Bill
McKinnon, Barry
Ravellette, Mike
Ridgley, Brock
Roche, Charles
Sullivan, Jeremy
Tarter, Tom
Thompson, John
Utt, Mark
Weger, Bob
Willis, Brian
Yochum, Andy

We want to make sure all members have an opportunity to attend the annual dinner meeting and help select officers and board members of 2010.