{"id":2573,"date":"2018-01-30T12:59:37","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T18:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/?p=2573"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:30:34","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:30:34","slug":"archery-shoot-in-white-river-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/2018\/01\/30\/archery-shoot-in-white-river-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Archery Shoot in White River Country"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Archery Shoot in White River Country<\/h1>\n

by Joshua Heston<\/strong><\/p>\n

One by one, pickups pull into the open space atop the ridge. It is a cold, sunny winter morning above this particular Ozarks cedar glade. Archers of all ages and skill levels amble to the check-in tent, then to the test range.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know you\u2019re a redneck when your bow costs more than your truck!\u201d Camaraderie is evident. \u201cWork? I know you! You don\u2019t work!\u201d Good-natured ribbing comes naturally here.<\/p>\n

Soon, clusters of two to four archers begin picking their way down the hill where narrow ranges have been cut into the forest.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a club, all we have to do is remove obstructions that keep archers from hitting the scoring zone,\u201d explains White River Bowmen founder Davy Wilson. \u201cIt\u2019s not about making it easy, as much as making it accessible. You want the experience to be challenging but fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Throughout the mountainside course, the ranges vary dramatically in distance and difficulty. Realistic, 3D targets \u2014 whitetail deer, black panthers, black bear, javelinas, foxes and even an African lion \u2014 peer through the forest. Ozarks ledge rock, interesting angles, and sudden changes in elevation make each shot a unique experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year the feedback we got from the pros was, \u2018This is a challenging range.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

White River Bowmen is a non-profit archery club co-founded by Davy Wilson and Brandon Beckett. Both are passionate about community as well as archery and the non-profit has already given $750 each to two different local families in need. \u201cWe want to be a vital part of the community,\u201d continues Wilson, who also owns Wilson & Co. Barber Shop in nearby Hollister, Missouri, and handcrafts knives in his spare time.<\/p>\n

Despite the club\u2019s recent founding, White River Bowmen has already been honored by both Missouri\u2019s and Arkansas\u2019 Archery Shooters Association (ASA). \u201cThis is our second season and we applied to hold a state qualifier,\u201d explains Wilson. \u201cThey recently upgraded [White River Bowmen] qualifiers to dual-state, so now folks in Arkansas can come and shoot to qualify in their state finals, and vice versa. It\u2019s building community and archery really is about building community.<\/p>\n

As we talked, pros and novices of all ages walked past. \u201cThis is one of the few sports where mom, dad, and the kids can all compete. We want everything we do to be fun and accessible.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][vc_media_grid grid_id=”vc_gid:1517356411114-ae58cc23-55c2-4″ include=”2552,2553,2554,2555,2556,2557,2558,2559,2560,2561,2562,2563,2564,2565,2566,2567,2568,2569,2570,2571,2572″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Archery Shoot in White River Country by Joshua Heston One by one, pickups pull into the open space atop the ridge. It is a cold, sunny winter morning above this particular Ozarks cedar glade. Archers of all ages and skill levels amble to the check-in tent, then to the test range. \u201cYou know you\u2019re…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[582,581,905],"tags":[330,329,328],"class_list":["post-2573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sotoarchive","category-sotofeature","category-sotonaturalheritage","tag-brandon-beckett","tag-davy-wilson","tag-white-river-bowmen","category-582","category-581","category-905","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2573"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2577,"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573\/revisions\/2577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}