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���������� All archers must hold membership in the NFAA or USA Archery to compete for NFAA awards. Payment of membership fees will be required if current membership cannot be verified. Professional archers must be members of NFAA ��� the NFAA Professional Division.
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First three places guaranteed - subsequent places based on attendance All other Professional Divisions based on attendance.
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in tune with
RANDY HINKLEMAN Sunday mornings you can find Delaware Valley Field & Stream Club with a group of international hunters that hold tons of SCI record book entries, multiple national championships and records in the shooting sports. They let me in on the conversations because I’m one of the few archers they know who have poked really dangerous things with an arrow and come out with all fingers and toes attached. One day, whitetail deer hunting is the topic circulating the tables. One pipes up and says, “These East Coast urban deer are some of the best hunting around!” It reminded me of this cool hunting video— archery only hunts—that take place on the East Coast with a really experienced bunch of hunters you can find at www. teamoverkill.net. These hunters are great shots, and they take urban whitetail deer hunting on to a whole new level. They even produce DVD series “There Goes
the Neighborhood and Neighborhood Watch.” Randy Hinkelman, an NFAA pro, is a Team Overkill member, and can he ever hunt urban whitetail. He is a 2-time NAA Collegiate national champion. I was there when he won his first NFAA Outdoor National Championship in Darrington, Washington, and watched him win not just one, but two NFAA Shooter of the Year titles: one in 2007 and a second in 2008, after putting a second NFAA Outdoor National Championship title under his belt in the men’s freestyle division. In March 2010, one of Hinky’s hunts was the first live streaming Internet broadcast of a live archery hunt. The last five minutes are posted on Team Overkill’s website. To learn more, let’s talk to Randy, or Hinkelmonster as he’s sometimes called, about tournament shooting, NFAA national tournaments and the hunting lifestyle, too:
OF YOUR TITLES WHICH ONE IS MOST SPECIAL AND WHY? RH: Darrington. It’d have to be Darrington for many reasons and of course because; I got to shoot with you in the Pro-AM.
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Manufacturer Trade Show - Late Registration & Check In Open Practice $5.00 fee - 4:00 pm Practice with the Pros - Free event for “under 18 archers”
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Late Registration & Check In First Shooting Line - 11:30 am
2:30 pm 6:00 pm
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Second Shooting Line Third Shooting Line Begins
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by Debra Sieloff
I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, WHY ELSE? RK: Well, on the course, I had bow trouble and fortunately was able to overcome it. I was kind of proud of myself for not letting it affect me in the long run, because of the people I shot with throughout the week. But what was really cool was the way the whole town of Darrington welcomes the archers. We stayed in a house, and the owners invited us to their parents home—more like an estate—and took us crabbing on the Puget Sound....we went out on the boat after the final round of shooting, brought back a ton of crab, and had a feast! I REMEMBER IT ALL. THAT WAS GREAT. WHAT DID YOU DO FIRST: TOURNAMENT SHOOTING OR HUNTING? RH: I started out hunting. Growing up in PA—you almost have to hunt or you are somewhat of an outcast. I started to bow hunt simply because the season is longer, and soon couldn’t put the bow down. While in and out of the local shops, I started meeting new archers who got me into competitive shooting. WHAT TYPE OF COMPETITIVE SHOOTING? RH: Started with 3-D, then DOTS. Field has always been my
Randy Hinkleman is an NFAA Pro Archery competitor and an avid bow hunter, shown with his 2010 whitetail deer taken with a bow.
favorite but there wasn’t a lot in Central PA back then, other than local weekend shoots. But with 3-D my dad (Ron) and I would travel to the IBO Triple Crown shoots and the worlds. Then off to college at James Madison University and FITA. SO YOU TOOK A BREAK FROM HUNTING? RH: Yeah. I didn’t hunt in college and actually for a while after...it was a long 10 years. When I got out of college, I started working and it was 10 hr days, 5 days a week and every other weekend. That didn’t leave much time for archery, hunting, or anything for that matter. Then in 2004 my job changed and the hours lessoned and flexibility improved and I was getting home earlier. Within the first week I took the bow out of the box (it literally hadn’t seen the light of day since I packed it up in Spain in 2000). I went out back and shot a 299 Vegas Round, (of course I missed the last one). DS: LIKE RIDING A BIKE? RH: I don’t know how many X’s that I shot, but I it was a bunch. Talked to my wife and made sure that we were both okay with me getting back into the tournament life full swing, (it’s not something you can do well part-time). She agreed and has been 110% behind me in both my archery and hunting endeavors. I really don’t know what I’d do without her. She’s definitely the backbone of our family!! continued on page 14
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