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10:07 pm
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Ok I have a few questions for all BHA Members and NON-BHA members so here we go you can pm me or post here what ever makes it easier for you I would like everyone’s feed back on this stuff no matter if you are just a 3D shooter or just a Hunter or both. I will post this on the website to.
1-What would you like to see Bha do for there members?
2-I have been told this a lot what does Bha do for hunting my question is what can we do?
3-What could Bha do better
4-Why are you a member or why are you not a member?
5-What kind of info would you like to see on the website or Facebook that is not on there.
6-Why are you a member of a Club or not a member of a club?
7-If you have never been to any of the board meeting why not?
8- What makes you go to or not go to a particular club don’t need the name of club just won’t to know why you do or don’t.
8:02 pm
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BHA needs to stop trying to be something it is not as far as tournaments go. Reduce the classes back down where there are more competing in each class. Center 12’s are much more fun to the bow hunter who BHA is suppose to be representing. Stop trying to draw in national shooters (which I am one) and focus more on getting the weekend shooter back. Make it simple and fun again.
8:41 pm
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What class would you like to delete
9:24 pm
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Just go to a hunter class, an open class, and a known class, for men, women and seniors for starters and see how it grows. Keep trad. Im not involved in kids classes to make that call. Have ASA rules if need be, but not all the ASA classes. There are not enough shooters in BHA to be like ASA.
10:09 pm
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But mike how would we do qualify with the BHA shoots and also for new shooters I think having different classes would be confusing trying to tell them at this shoot centers and this class but at this one you have to shoot lowers and a different class?
10:36 pm
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It worked for many years. Not saying always centers. Let clubs work that out.
I would like to let someone else respond and I will listen.
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James Hornbuckle6:40 pm
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I agree with Mike. For years we had center 12’s, fewer classes , and a lot of fun. As soon as we started doing things like ASA does them you could tell an immediate change. No one that I heard liked lower 12’s or the outrageous number of classes. The fun factor started to disappear and a more competitive attitude seemed to take over. I guess that’s fine for the few really good shooters that we have but it takes away from the lousy shooters like me who enjoy a little competition but like to have some fun and good fellowship at the same time. We all agreed that we would do things the ASA way for awhile and see how we like it. I’m not against ASA by any means. I’m sitting at the London, Kentucky ASA shoot right now as I write this. BHA just doesn’t have the numbers to be able to operate like ASA and I don’t think we should try.
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James Hornbuckle, Larry McAfee6:18 pm
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Right now I am getting the BHA State Championship awards ready for August. Just looking at the 2017 championship there were over 40 classes to give awards to…that is way too many.
BHA agreed to use ASA rules and classes years ago…we have tried that and as Mike and Glen…and many other shooters have told me…there are TOO MANY.
Competition is great, IF you want to compete, but BHA promotes fellowship and introduces new archers to the sport as well as following our tradition of promoting bow hunting, conservation and…competition (if the shooter desires).
We cannot compete with organizations that are “for profit”. We have strayed from our dedication and responsibility to Bowhunters of Alabama, Inc.
A real and thoughtful conversation needs to happen at our last BHA board meeting in August and ALL members should be invited to attend and participate.
BHA is involved in many worthwhile, archery related areas, and it is time to bring our resources together to redefine our goals.
Are we so involved in competition that we have forgotten our real purpose?
BHA is family and I cherish that along with friendly competition…and I can always get serious competition at ASA, and pay for it.
I thank James for beginning this conversation on this website and Facebook. We are getting great responses…keep them coming. We need to make decisions for the future of BHA.
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