Daughter #1 was the festival a couple of weeks ago. She
enjoys the events and seems to go depending on her school schedule at NAU. The
archery game was looking for some action and challenged her to play for five
dollars. If you could put up five straight bulls eyes with five arrows then you
would win fifty dollars. She had informed them that they didn’t want her to
play. I believe they assumed that meant the she didn’t want to play. The normal
hawking harassment ensued but she was keeping her ground. They finally wanted
her to shoot one arrow for free. She said, “OK, how do you hold the bow?”
Keep in mind that this young lady surprised the heck out of
me the first time she shot. She wanted to go with daughter #2 and me to the
archery range. We must have been talking about what fun we had and she decided
she wanted to join in. We went down to the caveman warehouse to have a look at
bows. She did not want any of those things with wheels and pulleys so we
selected a stick bow for her to try. We stepped the range in the back and went
through a few basics of stance, grip, etc. She shot a bull’s eye on the second
shot and proceeded to keep doing it while announcing that this was easy. It turns
out that she seems to be a pretty natural shooter. She shoots well!
I asked, “So you really asked them how to hold the bow?” I
guess that she must have been paying attention when some of us were talking
about hustling up games in past years. She shot her free arrow about a foot low
and to the right on purpose. She definitely was paying attention when we were
talking about hustling. She said, “Dad, the target was only about 5 meters
away!” Now the guys running the range went into full sale mode to convince her
to pay the five dollars. She “reluctantly” agreed and proceeded to place the
next five straight into the black. The fellows seemed surprised and then asked
why she didn’t want to play. She let them know that she did not say that. She
had told them that, “You don’t want me to play.” She merrily collected her loot
and went off to spend at the fair for other items.
I wonder if her picture is under the counter at the archery
setup with a note to not challenge? That’s my girl!
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