The Start of Wakulla Archery Club
By George Weymouth
In the summer of 1987 while working at the Tri-County
Firearms sporting goods store in Crawfordville, (owned by Carol
& David Redwine). David, a friend of mine Steve Martin (who
would handle legal affairs), and I, started up the Wakulla Archery
Club. A gentleman by the name of Leo Crownan had a pizza place
just up Highway 319 from Crawfordville. It was decided to use
property just west of the pizza restaurant to put up our range
of about 30 acres, it was owned by the former Judge Flack (as
I recall).
We held a formal meeting to raise interest in the club at the
Wakulla County Livestock Pavilion building, and had about 25
people show up. To start with, we had a local biologist, Neal
Eicholz give a talk on wild turkeys. Mostly hunters showed up,
but also a few ladies, and some youth as well. We voted in Officers
and soon had a work party building the target stands of stacked
insulation board, (some of which still stand on our present
range), tree stands, trails, signs, and bow hanging racks, also
had to be built. All our gear was stored in a garage next to
Leo Crownans Pizza joint.
The range was beautiful. We for instance had about 6 sinks or
extreme wet weather/ temporary ponds surrounded by live oaks.
The rest was mature pines, many still bearing turpentine slash
scars on their sides, and many of the old turpentine collecting
pans were still lying about. We had the range for about 3 years
when (powers above us) it was decided to lumbar out the pines.
The beauty of the range was shattered, and soon we began to
look for another range with a more stable future, which Mr.
Farmer and his family have provided for us at our present range.
Trophy shoot entry fees: $14.00 ($10.00 plus $4.00 for lunch)
4-H Benefit fee: $15.00 includes lunch
2008
Shoot Dates
canceled
Nothing scheduled for
2009
"Please remember
to carry your trash with you from the range...."
(this includes cigarette butts)
rev 01-27-09
