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A bowman takes aim during the annual 3d Archery Shoot at Barber Ranch back on June 14. The event was the 21st edition of the shoot, which is held at Barber Ranch, and helped put on by the Bearpaw Bowmen Archery Club.
A bowman removes an arrow from a target during the 3D Archery Shoot at Barber Ranch earlier this month.
John Christian takes aim during the 3D Archery Shoot at Barber Ranch earlier this month.
The 3D Archery Shoot at Barber Ranch earlier this month.
The 3D Archery Shoot at Barber Ranch earlier this month.
The 3D Archery Shoot at Barber Ranch earlier this month.
The 3D Archery Shoot at Barber Ranch earlier this month.
The 3D Archery Shoot at Barber Ranch earlier this month.
For the Havre Daily News
What better way to spend Father's day weekend but in the gorgeous Bear Paw Mountains on Hungry Hollow Road near Lloyd, Montana?
It is the kind of June scene you hope to see every year: What a wonderful place to shoot your bow and arrow. This year, 337 shooters registered for a chance to win a trophy, medal or just a friendly competition. We call this the best family reunion ever ... and we have continued it for 21 years straight.
This wonderful family fun event takes place where Frank and Bettie Barber open their hearts and their ranch to the hundreds of grateful archers and their families. The event is a huge undertaking, the product of six months of work by a small group of members called the Bearpaw Bowmen Archery Club from Havre.
The shoot is a pleasant blend of not-too-serious competition, a small town of campers, many being multigenerational gatherings of families, and a fair share of those campers are archers from Canada who travel to this shoot every year. They all share a wonderful meal, too, stories, laughs and handshakes. Traders with tables of bows and arrows are there, too, and 406 clothing - as well as arts and crafts for sale.
This archery event has four courses of 3D targets, 21 foam animals setup on each. Many were critters you'd expect: deer, elk and antelope; but there are some you don't: sashquatch, dinosaurs, chameleons and more. Local favorite events are the fun shoots, which come on Saturday evening before supper, kids' shoots for prizes, water-bag shoots for everyone, and the long-distance arrow event.
This year's fun shoots give way to a celebratory meal of baron of beef, salads and desserts. All this good fun goes to support a good cause. This shoot helps support the Frank and Bettie Barber Scholarship fund at Montana State University-Northern in Havre, and this year raised money for the local Northern Montana Sletten Cancer center.
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