Look for the traditional archer that we know ( Ron Laclair )

[Pine]

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. 

https://youtu.be/LJOUlCPkYD0

[Pine]

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.

[Ron LaClair]

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.

[David Mitchell]

Some great shooting there, Ron. 

[Ron LaClair]

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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[Hawkeye]

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

[Alexander Traditional]

Click on watch this video on you tube

[Hawkeye]

Thanks.  That did it!

[R. Graddy]

Good stuff right there! 
Thanks for sharing

[Tajue17]

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.

[Horserod]

 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

[Ron LaClair]

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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[Terry Green]

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