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archery has skyrocketed up- lencer is like heaven! The antic-
ward, especially in my small ipation bow hunting brings is
community of Depew. Archery like no other, which makes it
has been impactful to my life that much more fun. One of the
and the lives of my community, things I love most about bow
because it has increased the hunting is when you finally get
number of people involved in up to your harvest and you get
the sport of hunting as well as to hold the rack of the buck in
developing a deeper respect for your hands, and get to take a
wildlife and the great outdoors. picture with your kill and bow.
A hidden life lesson resulting You just can't beat that on a
from the sport of hunting is the cold, crisp November morning.
teaching of patience and self
discipline as well. Another thing archery has
The amount of taught me is patience and self
deer har- discipline. If archery has taught
vested in me anything, it is that you have
Senior Division Boy Oklaho- to be willing to correct your mis-
during
ma
Grade: 9 Teacher: Mandy Buck 2023 was the takes. Whether it’s resighting in
your bow or aiming longer and
Age: 15 School: Depew Public highest it's ever more steady. When I first start-
ed NASP in my AG class, I had
been, setting a
new record. The to learn to be more steady on
Archery: What I like archery aspect rose drastically my aim and release. Every time
as well. Although in some re- I fire my bow and hit the 10 cir-
about Archery in the gions of the United States bow cle in NASP, or when I hit the
hunting rates the highest, in Ok- 10 circle on the turkey in varsity
Schools and lahoma rifle hunting is still it's like a sigh of relief.
ranked number one. What
Bowhunting : leads bow hunting to be highly
successful considering that not … (to be Continued)...
as many people hunt archery in
Imagine a classroom where stu- Oklahoma, is its season runs so
dents, instead of just learning much longer than the others.
core subjects such as English Personally I hunt both rifle and
and math, also learn patience, bow, but bow hunting has to be
precision and respect for nature my favorite. It is simply to me
through the act of archery and more challenging. Just by hav-
bowhunting. Since archery was ing to get the deer closer into
brought into schools, the range, and then getting to hear
amount of youth participating in the pop of the string on the si-
