Cloverdale Traditional Nationals 2019

Grumpyjim · June 09, 2019, 12:23:43 PM

It was a great shoot! Hadn't been for a few years but I was impressed with the amount of vendors, the quality of the vendors, the turnout, and as always, the hosts. This has become one of my "must attend" events. Thanks to the people that make it happen.

David Mitchell · June 09, 2019, 04:40:39 PM

How did the vendors have it rough? Not enough business or what? I was there and visited all the vendors and didn't hear any complaints.

Crooked Stic · June 09, 2019, 04:52:08 PM

My lookers where few and far between. Seemed to to me the attendance was down. Only had one person shoot any of my bows. But lots of complements on craftsmanship.

Friend · June 09, 2019, 05:21:19 PM

Very nice and accommodating venue....it appeared that relatively few took advantage of the opportunity to enjoy it.

Was impressed after running numerous arrows thru a JK Traditions bow. Was spot on from the beginning...quick, accurate, nice craftsmanship and very pleasant shooting experience.

Big Jim's setup was outstanding...picked up another special Mountain Monarch...i
am in heaven.

Black Widow's bows were quite tempting

Many nice vendor's there

Biathlonman · June 09, 2019, 08:00:57 PM

Rumor has it between Black widow, Zipper, Holm made, blacktail and one other (maybe Crooked Stic?) only 1 bow was sold. If we don't support our bow builders they will have no reason to go to shows...

Chuck Jones · June 09, 2019, 08:18:01 PM

I had a great time meeting and talking to everyone again. The Cloverdale club does a great job. Vendors can't really complain because the club does not charge a fee.

This year was slower than normal for me, and I saw very few kids. Maybe the weather was so nice, everyone did more shooting than normal and weren't as interested in the vendor tents. Lots of old guys walking around, though. We need some new blood in the game.

Chuck

vaguely · June 09, 2019, 10:17:38 PM

To all those who attended this years Cloverdale Traditional Nationals, a big "THANK YOU" from all of us here. We really appreciate all the compliments we got throughout the weekend!! A special Thank You to Blacktail Bows, Selway quivers and Rhino Products for donating to this years Traditional Bow Package Raffle!! We will continue to try harder each year to make this a shoot you won't want to miss. I will have the scores up as quick as I can.

dnovo · June 09, 2019, 10:25:37 PM

We had a great time. Brought a guy who has never been there and he's already talking about next year. Good vendors although there's not a lot I need any more. Great range setup. Really enjoyed it.

Jason W · June 10, 2019, 05:57:15 AM

It was a very nice event and a great course to shoot. Well done everyone at Cloverdale for putting on a nice shoot.

I agree with Chuck, we need to start recruiting more young blood in this sport.

Thanks for all who stopped by to say hi.

Next stop, ETAR

the rifleman · June 10, 2019, 09:52:34 AM

We had a great time this year for sure! Just because someone didn't actually walk away with a new bow, doesn't mean that a bow wasn't sold---I know one guy that test drove a Black Widow and likely will be ordering one soon as a result.
Vendors were very gracious and helpful. Hats off especially to Jason from Tuffhead who spent a great deal of time with us.

supernaut · June 10, 2019, 01:18:39 PM

Jason is a true gentleman and class act with a great broadhead in the TUFFHEAD!

scrub-buster · June 13, 2019, 10:25:05 PM

I had a great time at Cloverdale. It has been about 7 years since I've made this shoot. This was my first time camping. I got lots of compliments on my camper. A big thanks to the guys who put in the hard work to make this shoot happen. I thought the course was great. The shots didn't seem out of my comfort range this time. I was impressed with all of the vendors. I made the rounds several times and bought what my limited budget would allow. I would have bought one of those small elk targets from Big Jim but I couldn't afford it.

varmint101 · June 14, 2019, 05:30:02 AM

I'm going to say that unless it was discounted at a show I probably wouldn't buy a new $1000+ bow off the rack unless of course it was exactly what I wanted. However they all had some knock dead gorgeous bows! If I had more time I would've shot all of them, but only could a couple. Sure liked this PCHX. Made me put my other bow up for sale when I got home LOL.

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Crooked Stic · June 16, 2019, 08:37:20 AM

Matthew good on you for supporting American made bowyers. There are a lot of price ranges out there that are good. Kinda like cars most run great and get you where you want to go. And some are fancier than others. Then it depends on your wallet size as to what you choose.