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Title: Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )
Post by: Pine on July 02, 2020, 12:34:05 AM

This video starts out with some wheel shooters but stick with it for a few minuets and you will see someone doing some exhibition shooting with a longbow.
Ron Laclair as a youngster. :archer2:

https://youtu.be/LJOUlCPkYD0

Title: Re: Look for the traditional archer that we know
Post by: Pine on July 02, 2020, 03:40:11 PM

FYI, this video is not about Ted Nugent.
He is at the tail end and only a minute or two.
So don't let him detour you from watching this.

Title: Re: Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )
Post by: Ron LaClair on July 04, 2020, 12:42:14 AM

That video was I believe filmed in 1982 at the High School in Houghton Lake Michigan. Most people were shooting compounds back then. I was just starting to do longbow demonstrations to show archers how much fun it was to shoot stuff out of the air. It took awhile but eventually a lot of them converted to traditional.

Title: Re: Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )
Post by: David Mitchell on July 04, 2020, 11:23:39 AM

Some great shooting there, Ron. :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )
Post by: Ron LaClair on July 04, 2020, 11:38:50 AM

Shooting stuff out of the air with a longbow was an intriguing novelty and it was the beginning of a traditional resurgence in archery,

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Title: Re: Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )
Post by: Hawkeye on July 04, 2020, 12:54:06 PM

Says "Video Unavailable" for me when I click in the link. :dunno:

Title: Re: Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )
Post by: Alexander Traditional on July 04, 2020, 01:11:01 PM

Click on watch this video on you tube

Title: Re: Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )
Post by: Hawkeye on July 04, 2020, 02:16:10 PM

Thanks. That did it!

Title: Re: Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )
Post by: R. Graddy on July 05, 2020, 12:30:19 PM

Good stuff right there!
Thanks for sharing

Title: Re: Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )
Post by: Tajue17 on July 08, 2020, 03:39:07 PM

Ron I don't know how you ever did those exhibitions,,,,, I play music in front of some big crowds and if you mess up something on stage you just don't react to the mistake and usually nobody notices anything but when I used to shoot the eagle eye every year one time I made it thru 3 rounds with maybe 15 people left on the line,, and you know when things get extra quiet there's maybe 1000 or more people watching and that 3rd round I just could not make it thru the silence it completely destroyed me and judging by the bow hands shaking it destroyed most of the others as well.

Title: Re: Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )
Post by: Horserod on July 12, 2020, 11:30:23 PM

Hey Ron, I'm pretty sure that was 1983. I was the Ohio Rep for the NBBA when Fred interviewed me. It was really hot in that tent and hopefully, you noticed your wife Nancy standing behind me ......? Horserod

Title: Re: Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )
Post by: Ron LaClair on August 10, 2020, 03:55:18 PM

Ted, the object of shooting in front of crowds wasn't to never miss, I did my share of missing. Sometimes it would take several trys to hit an aspirin. It was all about promoting the longbow. After I formed the Michigan Longbow Association I recruited some of the members to shoot with me, some women and some kids to show that it was fun for the whole family.

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Title: Re: Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )
Post by: Terry Green on August 10, 2020, 06:31:15 PM

Thanks Ron.. for your numerous contributions to our lifestyle. :campfire:

Trad Gang

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