ENTERING RENDEZVOUS CAMP AREA.
TOADS TRADING POST.
WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE HAWK SITE, I ASKED WHO THE INSTRUCTOR WAS? TIM, ANSWERED AND SAID THERE ISN’T ONE, JUST GO OUT THERE AND HAVE AT IT. BUT, HE CONTINUED, I CAN HELP A LITTLE, BY TEACHING YOU ALL THAT I KNOW ~ LET’S GO! HE CONTINUED, THERE’S ONLY ONE THING YOU NEED TO KNOW…CAN YOU COUNT TO SEVEN? I’LL SEE WHAT CAN REMEMBER, I SAID. THEN, THAT’S ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW! AND HE WAS RIGHT!
THEN WE WALKED TO THE TARGET AND FROM THERE, I TOOK SEVEN STEPS BACK TO THE THROWING LINE. AS IT TURNS OUT, EVERYONE’S DISTANCE OF TAKING SEVEN STEPS IS SIGHTLY DIFFERENT, BUT IT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, WHEN THROWING AN AXE, KNIFE, OR A HAWK. HOW TRUE THAT WAS, AS I FOUND OUT.
NOW! ~ HOW I GOT TO SELECT MY HAWK , WAS FROM A MAN WHO WENT BY THE NAME OF “LINK” AS IN MISSING!!!. HE WAS SO KIND TO LET ME TRY SEVERAL HAWKS, IN ORDER TO FIND THE BEST ONE & BEST FEEL FOR THROWING BEFORE I BOUGHT ONE.
“LINK” & ME! I DIDN’T LEAVE MOM OUT, I BOUGHT HER A PAIR OF BEAVER CLAW EARRINGS. MOM DIDN’T COME… WASN’T FEELING WELL.
AFTER SEVERAL THROWS OF EACH, I SELECTED THE ONE. AND THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS SHOW ME THROWING THREE FOR THREE, HITTING THE TARGET. ACTUALLY, I WAS FIVE FOR SEVEN. I MISSED THE TARGET ON THE FIRST TRY, HIT THE TARGET OF THE SECOND BUT DIDN’T STICK. THEN MY AWESOME RUN OF THREE FOR THREE.
CLOSE, BUT NO CIGAR!!
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT! EVENTUALLY!!
BULLS EYE OR SHOULD I SAY HAWK EYE . . . .ALMOST!!
MY KILLER HAWK!!
TEGAN SHOWED ME HOW TO HOLD MY HAWK FOR THROWING AND ALSO TOOK THE PHOTOS OF ME.
THAT’S TIM IN THE KNIFE THROWING COMPETITION.
BLACK POWDER RIFLE PRACTICE BEFORE THE COMPETITION.
TIM AGAIN.
TIM WITH HIS WIFE CORA.
MY HAWK THROWING INSTRUCTOR ~ “TIM”.
MICHAEL ~ RENDEZVOUS CAMP ARTIST!!
ANYONE FOR A BUFFALO BURGER??
SO LONG FOR THIS YEAR ~ UNTIL NEXT TIME . . . GOD WILLING!