07/01/09 State Tournaments
Results of the State Field Tournament are now available. State records have been updated.

Results Link

Online registration for the 2009 State 3-D Tournament are now open.

Registration Link

 

 

06/10/09 OBH OFFICER NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN
The officers of OBH are a hard working team that does a lot of the background work for shoots, the annual convention, and to keep the hunting privileges we have. The officers strive to maintain the organization as fluent as possible and to be the best it can be for its members. Voting will take place prior to the February 27, 2010  banquet, with the election results announced at the banquet. The elected recipients take office on May 1st following the election, for a two-year term

The offices of President, Secretary, 2^nd VP Bowhunting and Legislation, VP Tournaments, and Director of Hunting Games are open for nominations from the general membership or OBH Chartered Clubs. District Committeeman positions open for nominations from OBH members or OBH affiliate clubs ONLY within their respective District are Northwest, South West, South Central and South East. Please refer to the OBH By-Laws, Article II, Section 2 for a description of each Committeeman District boundary. Only OBH members 18 years of age or older may hold an OBH office. Nominations will close on October 31, 2009 to allow time to print a ballot in the magazine.  On-line voting will also be available on the OBH website. 

If you are interested in any of the open positions or know of someone that is interested, please respond to me at mickibradley@gmail.com. Current officers are encouraged to respond! I will need to know the name of the person doing the nominating (you can nominate yourself), the name of the position, the name of the person being nominated and their email address or mailing address, and an email or hand written note from the person being nominated stating that they are interested in the named position and are consenting to the nomination. If email is not available, please mail the information in writing to me at Micki Bradley, 1767 12th St #343, Hood River, OR 97031.

Please don't be shy. Oregon Bow Hunters is a fantastic organization because of its members. If you feel you have a little time and would like to work with a great hard working team, please let me know.  

Please see this link for our VP's report

 

06/10/09 OBH PROPOSALS DUE BY OCTOBER 31st
Are you familiar with the OBH by-laws?  The tournament rules?  Is there anything you feel should be changed?  The same goes for the game synopsis.  Is there something you might like to see changed, added or deleted?  Stay with reality now.  OBH can only help if there are facts to substantiate the change. No dreamin' allowed! 

Proposals that go before the annual Field Governor's or Game Committee meetings on February 28, 2010 at Chinook Winds may or may not change the OBH By-Laws, Tournament Rules, or the Oregon Big Game Synopsis.  It all depends on the vote of course.  If you feel the need to try and change something, a proposal is the place to start. 

Proposals begin with a Title of the proposal and who it is submitted by (individual name or Chartered Club name), and a “Whereas”, stating the way something is and why it should be changed.  There can be one or more “Whereas” statements written.  At the end of the proposal the result of the change is written as “Therefore be it proposed to the Field Governor's present at Chinook Winds Convention Center on February 28, 2010” and finish with the change you are proposing.  I will be more than happy to help anyone with writing a proposal.  Due to the timing of magazine deadlines and the date of the annual meetings, any proposals will have to be to me no later than October 31, 2009. 

Please email  any proposals to me at mickibradley@gmail.com or mail any to me at Micki Bradley, 1767 12^th St #343, Hood River, OR 97031.  If you need help, please let me know.  You may also call me at 541-490-5754.  If I do not answer my phone right away, please leave me a message and I will call you back.

 

06/10/09 International Archery Contest July 18th-19th

This is the 53rd anniversary of this International competition held in Sherwood, Oregon. For more information please click this link.... Sherwood Nottingham

 

06/03/09 State Games of Oregon

State Games of Oregon archery shoot will be on July 11th and 12th at Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation Athletic Center (50 NW 158th, Beaverton , OR).  Archers can go online and register for this at www.stategamesoforegon.org.  Lastly, any questions can be directed to the Oregon Amateur Sports Foundation at 503.520.1319 or to LeRoy Dukes at 503.201-4961.

 

05/30/09 OBH President Resigns

Buck Kelty has given notice of resignation effective immediately. Buck has been faced with family medical issues and needs to spend time attending those matters. 

"I really enjoy being president and felt in my mind we were accomplishing a good deal. We have had our bumps in the road but nothing to panic over and most have been resolved in an admirable way. My family situations have been growing worse by the day to say the least and require my immediate attention which leaves little or no time to attend to OBH affairs. Should I find that matters become resolved I will leave it in your hands if you would like me back." Buck

OBH wishes to extend our thank you to Buck for the many hours dedicated to improving our association. We wish you and your family all the best and hope to see you back involved with OBH again in the future.

 

05/19/09 Field Governor and Big Game Proposals
Any OBH member is eligible to submit a proposal to the OBH Secretary for vote at the annual convention next February. Those proposals must be submitted before November 1, 2009. The Secretary will be happy to assist you with the proper format and wording of your proposal. Email submissions are allowed.

 

03/08/09 Sad News for the Archery Community
It is the most unfortunate news that OBH was notified of the passing of Bill Bechen. The OBH magazine will be doing a feature on Bill in the next issue. If you have any anecdotes you would like to share with the membership and/or any good photos please send them to Jack Elbert. We owe a lot of our hunting seasons to his efforts.

We will surely miss Bill.

 

03/08/09 Successful Hunt! Send us your photo!

Josh Brown with his first archery monster bull! See bigger picture by clicking on the photo.

Please click this link Web Administrator and send me your name and email address. I will give you some instructions for submitting your hunting photo's to the web! 

 

03/08/09 Secretary Salazar Affirms Decision to De-list Gray Wolves in Western Great Lakes, Portion of Northern Rockies
Please read this interesting press release by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The plan will remove gray wolves from the list of threatened and endangered species in the western Great Lakes and the Northern Rocky Mountain states of Idaho and Montana and parts of Washington, Oregon and Utah.

Update: Apparently, even though there is a possibility that the Wolves will be de-listed federally, state laws would still prevent the killing of wolves in Oregon. In addition, at last check there are several organizations that plan on filing lawsuits to block this removal from the federal list. I am sure there will be more to come and much debate before we are able to shoot a wolf in Oregon.

Press Release Link

 

03/05/09 State Indoor Tournament Results
The 2009 State Indoor Results are now posted. Congratulations to all participants!

Tournament Results Link

 

1/22/09 Successful Hunt! Send us your photo!

Amanda Sisson with her 5 point Roosevelt elk. See bigger picture by clicking on the photo.

Please click this link Web Administrator and send me your name and email address. I will give you some instructions for submitting your hunting photo's to the web! 

 

01/13/09 Proposals for the Field Governor & Game Committee Meeting

The following proposals are submitted for the annual Field Governor & Game Committee Meeting to be held February 28th at Chinook Winds Casino in Lincoln City, OR. According to the Oregon Bow Hunter organization By-Laws, every OBH chartered club should have a Field Governor as an officer, and that person should attend the annual meeting to discuss and vote on the proposals. Last year we had only 7 out of 17 clubs represented. Please suggest to your club representative that he/she attends the meeting.

See this link for the proposals and results -

Field Governor Proposal Link

 

12/13/08 Successful Hunt! Send us your photo!

Heriberto Aviles with his 2008 Mule Deer. See more by clicking the picture.

Please click this link Web Administrator and send me your name and email address. I will give you some instructions for submitting your hunting photo's to the web!

 

11/28/08 Updated Triple Crown Results
Due to an error in the calculation formula some of the prior results may have been incorrect. The Triple Crown results have been recalculated and are now correctly posted.

 

10/08/08 Gift Idea!
Looking for that small or Holiday gift idea....? How about giving an OBH membership!  

Please check out the new membership gift certificate located at the link below....

Membership Gift Certificate Click Here

 

10/7/08 Successful Hunt! Send us your photo!

Paul Askew with his 2008 Bull. See more by clicking the picture.

Please click this link Web Administrator and send me your name and email address. I will give you some instructions for submitting your hunting photo's to the web! 

 

9/30/08 Successful Hunt! Send us your photo!

OBH Central Committeeman Nate Zeiler with his Central Oregon bull. See more by clicking the picture.

Please click this link Web Administrator and send me your name and email address. I will give you some instructions for submitting your hunting photo's to the web! 

 

5/16/08 State Field -- Important Notice

This year the State Field will be a format of 14 targets rather than 28. A total possible score would be 840 rather than the 1680, or half. Please be aware of this change prior to showing up at the tournament.

Also all Young Adult, Youth and Cubs will be limited to NFAA classes (no Bowhunter Classes.) Please make sure you register for the proper class.

You can register now for the State Field Championships to be held June 28th & 29th hosted by Cascadian Archers located out of Eugene. This is the 2nd Leg of the State Triple Crown.

Please see the Tournament Info link for more information.

 

05/12/08 OBH President Resigns - Buck Kelty steps in!

OBH President Ty Stubblefield has resigned his office because of a change in his personal commitments. The was an emergency election to replace Ty and Buck Kelty (VP) has been elected as his successor, Carl Swartz has been elected to Vice President to fill Buck's prior position. Many thanks to Buck and Carl!

We would like to also welcome Andy Day who has filled the SE Committeeman position.

 

4/6/08 Deer Tag bids $24,000!

A statewide deer tag was auctioned for $24,000 at the OBH annual fundraising banquet March 29 at Seven Feathers Casino in Canyonville.

The winning bidder is from Pendleton. The special auction tag was provided by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's Access and Habitat Program. The tag awards the winning bidder with an extended hunting season from Sept. 1 to Nov. 30, 2008, anywhere in Oregon where there is an authorized deer season.

Ten percent of the auction proceeds will go to OBH. The remainder of the funds will be used by the Access and Habitat Program for wildlife habitat and hunter access projects throughout the state.

 

3/19/08 Reward Offered in Elk Poaching Case - Glendale Area!

Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife troopers are asking for the public's help to solve the killing and waste of a 7x7 bull elk in late February north of Gold Beach.

Please see the Legislative link for more information.

 

Attention Archery Shop Owners    
If your shop has a website please email me; Web Administrator I will be glad to post the web link at the Affiliate Shops links page.