Folks, right around the corner, the 2015 Pre-Spring Arrow Fling will be upon us.

Some of us are still hunting, some are finished for the year, either way, I think we'll all be ready to get out and get rid of that "Cabin Fever".

NOW, get ready! One of the hosts will no longer be the "Allsouth Archery Association". That host has given way to the "American Traditional Archer", an association that has been formed to promote Traditional Archery events all around the country.

And of course, "Compton Traditional Bowhunters" will also be co-hosting this fun event. As we all know, Compton's has done an outstanding job promoting and giving back to traditional archery not only in our country, but has helped promote traditional archery outside our country as well.

For those of you that were here last year, the kids program that Compton held here was unbelievable.

I'll be putting forth an outstanding Vendors list for you ASAP.

The dates for this event are FEBRUARY 27th, 28th & MARCH 1st, 2015. It will again be held at TANNEHILL HISTORICAL STATE PARK. Their web-site is www.tannehill.org

Looking forward to this great shoot for sure!

Always a great shoot!

I'll be there.

Hoping to make it back this year. We had a great time last year.

Thanks guys, I'm hoping everyone makes it back and brings friends with 'em.

Here's a photo of one of the friendly folks at the entrance at Tannehill. The building behind him is the main office.

Terry Harris

Here's the General Store where you all will check in if you're campin' in the Park.

FYI, you'll drive around the main office to the right and the Tannehill General Store is behind the Main Office.

Terry Harris

This is one of our favorite shoots to set up as a vendor. Terry you and your crew do a great job. We will be back again this year. As always we will have a bunch of bows that can be test shot We will have Predator Camo and we will also have the Thunderbird Epoxy products with us as well See you all soon

Hi All, Had a great time last year and am looking forward to my( our) return. Straytarrow and I will be looking to see y'all. Mr.Griz

my wife and I wore the Store door out last year during the HH Classic getting the watermelon and green apple slushes. :)

we hope to make the Spring Fling.

Plan on coming down Terry, good Lord wiling and I don't run out of money.

Tracey & David, looking forward to seeing you. Here they are in their St. Joe River's booth.

Terry Harris

Here's me and my everybody's friend, George Stout.

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Mulling it over Terry, if you've got a place for me and my Reparrows...

The Nocking Point trailer will be there again.Looking forward to seeing everyone.

Terry, Nancy and I will try to make it this year.

Jim, when you've finished mulling it over, let me know.

Terry, Eddie, Clyde and all the others, come on down and have some fun.

Terry Harris

I know I can put lots of photos, and I will be, but I'm gonna start with our great chili supper on Saturday night. Free of course to our participants and Vendors.

And, right after that delicious chili, we'll be drawing winning raffle tickets for what I'm sure will be some great packages again this coming year.

Terry Harris

Were those kettles made at the iron works at Tannehill?

Nope, the fellow on the left, my Cajun buddy, Johnny Stelly brings them.

He's a great cook, my only problem is I'm not sure what all he cooks when he's camp cookin' :-)

But trust me, I know what goes in the chili and it's fantastic!

Terry Harris

The chili is great!!! one of the highlights we look forward to. Tracey may even try and find time to shoot a course we have not done that yet.

David, if you get here on Thursday and have time, I try and let the Vendors go out and shoot a little while they can before it gets busy.

Terry

Folks, starting to talk to Vendors that plan on making the trip to add to the St. Joe River Bows and the Nocking Point, who we already know plan on being here.

I'll be listing plenty of them here pretty shortly.

Terry Harris

Looking forward to it. Always good to see old friends and to also make some new ones.

wife and i sure had fun there last year! hope to go again! great camping and meeting new friends! maybe i can meet george stout!

Terry, we absolutely can't wait. We have more fun at the spring fling than any other shoot. C-ya soon.

Gerald, it'll be great seeing you and you're lovely bride back here.

Rhonda & I hope we get to see all our old friends as well as meet some new ones.

Terry Harris

I live in NE wisconsin, and by the end of feb. i am most definitly sick of winter, and this shoot would be the cure. Its a 900mile drive for me, is it going to be worth it? are we talking lots of people and venders, is this comparable to the mi Compton shoot or Denton Hills? This shoot has really got my interest, any info about it would be great. thanks Dave

Dave, this coming year will mark the 6th annual Pre-Spring Arrow Fling. The average attendance over the past three years been approximately 500 participants.

In my opinion, some of the best Vendors in the business have attended this event.

Here are a few that have been here and hopefully plan on coming for 2015.

Acadian Woods Bows ~ Bear Archery ~ Black Widow Bow Co. ~ Big Jim's Bow Co, ~ Traditional Archery Sales ~ Byron Ferguson ~ Hunters Image ~ Eagles Flight ~ Kim Sha Archery ~ Northern Mist Longbows ~ Zipper Bows ~ JET Archery ~ Primitive Archer Magazine and many others.

Hopefully you can make it. If you PM me your email, I'll email you a preliminary flyer.

Terry Harris

By the way Dave, I'm assuming you had already seen that St. Joe River Bows & The Nocking Point plan on being here also.

Terry Harris

It is worth a 2,000 mile round trip from NM great event.

Bill, thank you my friend, your comments are appreciated.

Terry Harris

I just made reservations for Friday and Sat night Terry, so the wife and I will be there. Will be good to see all the folks again..likely be there late on Friday afternoon.

Hey, I'm driving over 1600 miles round trip and I'm an old fart. 8^)

Terry, sent you a pm. Sounds like the wife and i along with another couple are planning the trip. Long way to pull a camper, thinking maybe a motel. Dave

great place to meet new friends!

Gerald, I think I was standing right beside you in 2013 around Big Jim's area. We will have to chat.

Terry what do you recommend as far as motels close by? Fancy doesn't matter to me; clean is a plus:)

We usually drive down and back in one day. We are in West TN. I want to take more time there this year.

Thanks

Doug, we stayed at Sleep Inn, just off 459 in 2013. It was relatively inexpensive and very nice. Restaurants nearby and about 8 miles to the park.

http://hotelguides.com/hotels/alabama/bessemer/114888.html

Thanks George. Doug, George is right, there are six very nice motels close to Tannehill, Sleep Inn 205-424-0000 & Comfort Inn 205-428-3999, both give good discounts when you mention the archery event at Tannehill State Park.

Terry Harris

I've been to all but one Pre-Spring shoot. This really is a great shoot to attend. Terry and his crew work really hard to make it that way. The weather is usually pretty mild, highs in the low 50's and no bugs. It's a great chance to visit with friends, do a little camping and sling some arrows! I can't imagine anyone being disappointed with it.

Thank you gentlemen.

It's in our plans, great shoot and great people. Pappy

george if you saw an "old fatboy" it probably was me! lol

Gerald, you just described a lot of us down here :-) If you had added a beard to your description, you would have nailed me!

Terry Harris

Nicest bunch of fat boys I've been around for awhile. *^). I'll recognize you Gerald if I see you.

Back up. Pappy

Thanks Pappy, look forward to see you all here.

Terry Harris

I've never been but plan to make it this time. Going to stay in the campground. About a 5 hour drive for me.

Phil, I truly believe you'll be glad you make it down.

Terry Harris

Thanks, I say every year I'm going to go but don't. This year I'm coming, then to the KY Tradfest, followed by Twin Oaks. Should be a good spring! Lord willing.

Can't wait for this shoot every year. I pray for great weather again & maybe I can buy a bow that hits where I aim. Thanks for all the hard work to Terry & everyone else to make this a great shoot.

Thanks guys, looking forward to this event my self.

Terry Harris

Back up. Pappy

Terry please put in the good weather request early LOL!!! Last year it was like 65 degrees on Sunday Perfect. We got back home here in Michigan Monday morning at 2am it was 10 degrees..

I'll do my best, I've been pretty lucky over the years about the weather.

Terry Harris

Here's some photos around the Grist Mil,l you'll see it when crossing the bridge into Farley Field at Tannehill Historical State Park.

Farley Field is where everything happens at the Pre-Spring Arrow Fling.

Terry Harris

The bridge itself. Folks, I'll be showing many areas of Tannehill and in my opinion, this beautiful Park is one of the best places I've seen to put an event on like this.

Terry Harris

Stop posting pictures Terry. I can't make it this year and you are just making me sad.

Here's SJR looking just a tad on the chilly side. It was 17 when I left Pa. in 2013 so it seemed warm to me.

Et tu, George?

great place to camp! we got there early and set our little a- liner up by the nice stream that goes thru the area.

The great thing about the Pre-Spring Arrow Fling, we have access to ALL OF FARLEY FIELD!!

There is also three other great camp grounds in the Park itself.

On the other side of this bathroom building is where "Iowa Cedar Shooter" was camping, the stream ran behind him.

The bridge coming into Farley Field is to the right of this photo.

Terry Harris

This is what you'll see as you enter Farley Field. Down in the left of this photo is where other camping, the registration area and Vendors will gather.

Terry Harris

Some of the RV hook-ups by the registration area.

Terry Harris

Registration area, the building in the distance is the bathhouse at Farley Field.

Right across from the bathhouse is one of the areas for Vendors that have electricity & water for those Vendors that need it.

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This is what the registration area looks like during the shoot.

Some targets.

We are looking to come from New Mexico and bring the travel trailer. If we want a shot at getting water and electricity, when does a guy need to arrive before they are all taken?

Bryce, I think if you get here Wednesday or early Thursday you'll be fine.

Terry Harris

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Thanks again guys.

George, thank you for posting your pics. By the way folks, those orange buckets are for holding raffle tickets.

Last year I had FIVE BOWS along with nearly uncountable other items that were raffled off. The Bows were from Big Jim's Bow Co. ~ Northern Mist Longbows ~ Legends Bows ~ Bear Archery Products ~ DAS Bow from Three Rivers Archery I feel this year, there will be even more unbelievable archery items that will be raffled off this year.

Let's not forget that Compton Traditional Bowhunters join me in this event. One of the fantastic things they bring to the table is the youth activities on Saturday.

Here are a few photos showing a little of what they did this past year.

Terry Harris

This little archer, found a Zombie to fling an arrow at.

Terry Harris

Folks, just found out today that Tannehill State Park has added four primitive cabins.

A local KOA Campground (no longer in business) donated them to the Park. They're located in the rear area of Campground # 3. Three of them will sleep two & one will sleep four.

They all have window A/C and for cold weather they each have a portable floor heater that really does a good job. No running water or restroom, PRIMITIVE, but not far from the bathhouse in campground 3.

They are close enough to Farley Field, you can walk to it.

The cost is $40.00 per night for the two sleepers and $45.00 for the four sleeper.

The cabins are really quite nice with a grill right outside and a nice front porch.

First come first serve. Tannehill's number is 205-477-5711

Terry Harris

This was just getting started around the registration area on Friday.

Terry Harris

Another

Let's get this back up there.

Terry Harris

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We will be making the trip from NE Wi, bringing another couple along, we managed to rent two of the cabins Terry was talking about, end of Feb cant come soon enough, hoping for a great time. Dave

Great Dave, the cabins are really pretty cool, very well insulated, front porch, outside grill and very easy.walking distance to the registration area.

This is the area before the cabins, Farley Field is over to the right.

Terry Harris

Back up, looking forward to it. Pappy

Thanks Pappy.

By the way folks, while you're at Tannehill, ya'll need to visit the Sweet Shop. Home made candies, cake bites, and GREAT MILKSHAKES.

Terry Harris

For those of you that don't like to miss Sunday Church services, here's Tannehill's own little white church on the hill.

Terry Harris

FYI, I open the range from 7 am til 5 pm on Friday & Saturday and 7am til 12 noon on Sunday. You all will definitely have plenty of time for flingin' arrows and then while takin' a break, visiting all the outstanding Vendors for some shopping.

Here's some folks getting ready to hit the three ranges.

Terry Harris

Here a few photos (I could post many, many more) of the walk you'll take through some of the range areas flingin' your arrows. I never get tired of these woods, In my opinion, one of the best places to have targets set up for all to enjoy our sport.

Terry Harris

Nice pictures,back up. Pappy

Thanks Pappy

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Photos of some of Vendor's row.

Terry Harris

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Yep,back to the top. Pappy

Back up,don't want to miss this . Pappy

Back up. Pappy

Thanks Pappy,

Folks, the holidays are nearly upon us, Rhonda & I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year.

NOW, after the holidays & huntin' seasons shut down, when cabin fever starts setting in, you'll be ready to come and shake off the rust and start flingin' arrows with us.

Terry Harris

I took a picture of my son and this random guy at this shoot a year or two ago... Why? I have no idea... but I heard that he shoots a longbow or something like that. ;)

CD

Try again so you don't get a crik in your neck try to look at it...

Dang, I had a shoulder go south and was timing it's repair to give me part of deer season and all of tournament season, didn't take into account that I might be put on a waiting list for surgery, which I was.

I won't make the Spring Fling this year, first one I have missed in years.

We'll miss ya Eric, come on out and visit, I'm sure all your friends would love to see you. Also stay and have some chili with us Saturday night.

Terry Harris

We are looking forward to this shoot. The best I have ever been too!! Sorry to hear the news Eric we will miss seeing you.

Back up,be here before ya know it. Pappy

Looking forward to attending this one!

Yep it's a good one. Pappy

Back up. Pappy

Thanks guys, see ya'll here

Terry Harris

Back up

Yep back up there. Pappy

Thanks Pappy, get back up there!!

Terry Harris

Yep, up once more. Pappy

Back up. Pappy

George, will be coming from central va.I Will be camping in an chevy astro van. Won't need any hook ups. What is the primative camping fee for 3 days + shooting fees Friday, Sat.,Sun. How many 3d targets & 3d ranges for 500 shooters? Thank You Webb Babcock

Thanks Pappy.

Terry Harris

Mr. Harris, sorry I called you George. I Had the questions about primative camping cost & entry fees, # of 3d ranges & # of 3d targets-thank you Webb Babcock

Hi Harold, no problem :-)

Primitive camping at Tannehill State Park is $16.00 per night, a 15% discount for Sr. if 62 or older.

The shooting rates for the weekend are as follows. For a family of four, $55.00, as many rounds shot over the entire weekend. A single weekend rate is $35.00 and per round rate is $15.00 if someone just wants to pay by the round.

There will be 3 ranges with a total of 36 McKenzie targets throughout. Twelve targets per range spread out on some beautiful property.

Here is Tannehill State Park's web-site: www.tannehill.org

Hope you can make it.

Terry Harris

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Shooting is spread out pretty well. We didn't have to wait much at all when I was there.

Thanks George, looking forward to seeing you here.

Terry Harris

Some of the areas for primitive camping at Farley Field.

Terry Harris

Another

Another

And another.

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Folks, there are three other main campgrounds up in the Park along with two larger bathhouses.

I'll post some other photos later, again let me say, Tannehill Historical State Park is an absolutely beautiful place to hold an archery event.

Terry Harris

Tracey and I can't wait to get back down there again in February.

We can't wait for you two to get here David.

Terry Harris

Back up there.

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I want to see Tracey. Dave's okay I guess too. 8)

I might be going this year. I live in cola sc anyone in the vicinity want to car pool let me know.

I'll be there this year for sure.

Folks, if you all know of someone coming from the direction of South Carolina, and you're wanting to car pool, please get in touch with NOVA7.

Terry Harris

Terry, do you know if firewood will be available this year? I know last year they park employees wasn't able to get any cut up. Thanks Adam

Adam, I plan on having some there, even if I have to buy it and have it delivered.

Terry Harris

Back up. Pappy

Thanks Pappy

Terry Harris

Yep,got to keep this one on peoples minds. Pappy

Back up. Pappy

I haven't been since I was a teenager! My wife booked our hotel last night! I can't wait. We're taking our 9 month old so this is sure to be memorable experience! We are looking forward to making this an annual event!

Daniel, I'm looking forward to meeting you, I believe you will have a blast.

Terry Harris

Carol and I will be staying in the Belcher cabin, Terry. Back when I reserved it, it was the only one left. Lucked out. 8^). My daughter is coming along so suspect she will want to see all aspects of Tannehill. What is open at that time of year?

I don't believe the craft cabins will be open, the Iron & Steel Museum will be. The furnace is always a good sight to see.

I'll see if I can found out more for you.

Terry

Back up. Pappy

Back up

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Terry

Kim and myself are planning on coming down this year. ...... sure will be good to see old friends!!!!!

John

Closing in on us. Pappy

Up to the top......

Yep keep it up. Pappy

Thanks Guys

Terry Harris

so far, there will be 4 or 5 of us from the ITBA. Look forward to meeting you'uns

John, I truly believe you all will have a blast.

Terry Harris

Great shoot ,great time. Pappy

Folks, I now have FIVE BOWS as well as other packages to raffle off for Camp Jack Wright, the Boy Scout Camp I also use to set some of my targets on. The Camp sits adjacent to Tannehill State Park.

Legends Bows ~ Northern Mist Longbows ~ Big Jim's Bow Co. ~ Bear Archery Products and 3Rivers Archery have all donated one of their bows.

Over the past several years, I been able to donate approximately $25,000.00 to this camp. The money has been used to greatly improve tails, latrines, build pavilions and other improvements.

I'd like to thank those that have helped me, not only by donators but those participating in the raffles.

Terry Harris

That's great new Terry,a very good thing you are doing for them. Pappy

Thanks Pappy

Terry Harris

Yep,any time,don't want anyone to miss this one. Pappy

TTT Pappy

Thanks Pappy

Terry Harris

I am thinking of getting back into going to trad shoots this year. But looking for shoots that they keep yardage like hunting 20 yards and less and make shots fun. Got tired of shoots where most shots are 25 and more. With my Harrison I won most around here but it was not fun so I quit. I want to have fun shooting now not just compete

Dennis, if you come and don't have fun here, you're hard to please :-)

This is the place where you'll have tons of fun, great Vendors and an outstanding Park for an event like this.

Terry Harris

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counting down the days Terry. Can't wait. It will be good to see old friends again and hopefully meet some new one's. Have a great day.

Brian, I'm hearing from so many folks this year that haven't been here before and are coming, at least one flying in from Alaska.

Terry Harris

Is there a blanket swap/sale event at the shoot? Need to unload some "stuff". :o)

Yep, it will be at approximately at 4 PM at the registration area.

Terry Harris

Thanks, Terry. This will be my first time there as well. I have wanted to make this one for a while.

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Back up,closing in. Pappy

Folks, just heard from St Joe River Bows and they're again giving one of Tracey's outstanding youth bow and arrows.

They've also suggested that one of the packages I raffle off will be a youth only package, GREAT IDEA!!

Now, I'm needing youth items to go with their bow & arrows.

By the way, I can always have more than one youth package folks.

Terry Harris

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Yep. Pappy

Thanks Pappy

Terry Harris

Yep,you are welcome. Pappy

LESS THAN FIVE WEEKS AWAY!!!

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Closing in. Pappy

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Yep back up 4 weeks. Pappy

Thanks guys

Terry Harris

TTT Pappy

Thanks Pappy

Terry Harris

Yep. Pappy

TTT, Pappy

Thanks Pappy

FOUR WEEKS FROM TODAY!!!

Let's start gettin' ready folks.

Terry Harris

I will be there again this year. Will probably bring some of the kids to, always fun to be had with the youngins.

Look forward to seeing you Shawn.

Terry

Back up

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Back up there

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Less than a month Pappy

You're right Pappy & thanks.

Terry Harris

Back up. Pappy

Back up. Another week closer. Pappy

Don't forget folks, while you're at Tannehill and want to let your fingers rest from flingin' arrows, check out the sights around the Park.

Terry Harris

Find out a little about Alabama's Iron & Steel history by visiting the Museum.

Terry Harris