Indoor Archery - 2007

An Indoor Archery activity was held Sunday, March 18, at Archery USA, in Dedham, MA.  Since we had not done this since 2004, we had a number of scouts who had their first time with a bow and arrow.

After arriving, the staff carefully went over the range safety procedures.  We were each tested to see which of our eyes was the "dominant" one, as this determined whether we would shoot "righty" or "lefty".   We were then issued our equipment, and the shooting proceeded.  We would shoot as a group, each of us shooting a "flight" of three arrows.  When everyone had finished, the instructor would allow us on the range to retrieve our arrows.  Then the process was repeated.

There were around 15 or so flights, culminating in a balloon popping competition, where the the instructors put a balloon on each archer's target.  Prizes (candy bars and $$) were given out for various categories.