useful information for the archery range staff

This page is a repository for our collective knowledge about the Camp Butano Creek archery range.

• General Archery Supplies (check inventory first):
  • Vanes (white, green, yellow, orange)
  • Glue (ECHO recommends NPV Arrow Mate Cement)
  • Arrows.  We use primarily (TBD) inch arrows but we have a set of longer ones for the extra long bows.  Our arrow shaft colors are as follows:
    • greenish gold
    • orange
    • blue
    • purple (two lengths - need to measure)
    • purple with silver designs (two lengths - need to measure)
  • Arrow rests
  • Hair ties
  • Spray paint to spray the lines (red-shooting line, yellow-waiting line, green-retrieval line)
  • Targets (we use the waterproof 80 cm targets)
  • Wrist Rocket Targets
  • Misc stuff to put up on targets - there is a box of this stuff already.  If you want to have campers shoot at balloons, a pack of 12 per unit shooting that day is a good number to purchase.
  • Fabric staples to hang stuff on targets (4" works best - thinner but still long enough to hold)
• Pony beads, year charms, and pins for last day prize
• Night Archery 
  • The archery staff light up the range; unit staff light up their staff/campers.
  • Existing equipment:
    • 2 solar powered multi-colored rope light
    • 1 D-battery powered rope light
  • Purchase each summer (per session)
    • 50 long (22") glow sticks
    • 150 short (8") glow sticks
    • 50 lighted balloons for targets
• Field Archery (Landlovers)
  
  • We usually rent the archery equipment from Cresta Blanca.  Please use camp arrows when possible.  If you lose/damage a CB arrow, please replace it with a camp arrow.
    
  • Confirm that we have the gate code for King's Mountain Archery. 
    
  • Ten hip quivers are kept with the archery equipment for this trip.
    
  • If you want to brush up on the rules for field archery (some girls ask), here is a great source.
    
• For wrist rockets, sometimes we use our own, sometimes we rent them from Cresta Blanca.  Here is a good video that shows how to replace the bands when they break.
• Here is the sign that should be posted on the Big Trees Trail

Archery Range Inventory

Info For Staff Training

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Archery wish list

Items identified by the archery staff for purchase:

• limbs with a 10 lb draw weight to go with the small riser we already have (for younger Brownies)
  
• Additional arrows to match the current colored shafts we have (5 per color) plus arrows in one additional shaft color. (OR arrows refletched so we have sets with matching vane colors)
  
• "I shot a bullseye at Camp Butano Creek" patches to hand out (no date)
  

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