ABA Bowhunter Happening 2010

I just got home from the Arizona Bowhunters Association Bowhunter Happening. The event took place at Sunrise Ski Resort in the White Mountains. Randy Philips from the ABA and owner of Archery Headquarters had asked me to do a seminar on Finding Big Bulls at the shoot. My dad and my two boys Parker and Paul left Friday morning to head to the White Mountains. We got pounded by rain on our drive up to the event. We arrived late Friday afternoon and my friends Rusty and Melony Ulmer invited us to join their camp. Rusty hosted a 100 yard broadhead shoot on Saturday at camp. The guys that shot in the shoot are amazing!!!!!! It was very fun to watch and I picked up some good pointers from some of the guys. I did my seminar on Saturday and got to watch some of the other seminars as well. The rain let up enough both Saturday and Sunday to get some shooting in. Parker and Paul shot the Paul Line Big Bear kids course. Paul Line has been doing the kids course for 30 years!!! This was his last year and he will definitely be missed. Thank you Paul for all the things you have done for our sport over the last 30 years. I was able to go shoot one of the courses with Chris and Mark Denham. Chris and Mark both drew archery bull tags this year. The bulls are going to be in trouble from what I saw on the course. It was great catching up with old friends and meeting lots of new people at the shoot. My boys had so much fun. It was nice to see lots of kids at the event. We saw lots of elk and some antelope while driving to and from the shoot. One of the high points of the trip was when we were pulling onto the highway to head home a wolf was standing 40 yards off the road waiting to cross. We were able to pull over and watch the wolf for a couple of minutes before he disappeared into the trees. There was a sign on the road to our camp that said the area we were in is a wolf recovery area. We had such a good time at the ABA Bowhunter Happening that we are definitely going to be headed back next year.

Nicole Rimsza

Brian Rimsza

100 yard targets

Chris & Mark Denham

Paul Line Big Bear Shoot

Thank you Paul for the 30 years of helping kids get into archery. We will miss you next year.