North Carolina Bowhunters Association

ANNOUNCING.. The 4th Annual NCBA Picnic.. August 2, 2009.. beginning at 2:00 p.m. It will be held at the Guilford Bowhunters Clubhouse in McLeansville, N.C. Look for more details soon ! ! !
Mark your calendar today.

NOTICE TO NCBA MEMBERS.. REF: EMAIL ADDRESSES

EMAIL ADDRESS ??? The internet and EMAIL has streamlined communications for all of us. It also saves us TIME and MONEY by not having to print and mail important information to our members.

If you don’t have email, maybe someone in your family does who will relay messages to you for us? Please send us an email address where we can send information to you about important matters concerning NCBA. If we had an email addresses for all our members, they would receive information that they would not receive until the next magazine is mailed, or may never receive it at all! Some issues "come and go" before the magazine ever goes to press, and if you don’t have Email or access to the internet, you will never know about it until it is too late.

Not sure if we have your email address? If you haven’t been receiving our “E-News” bulletins and other communications, you can be fairly sure that we do not have it.

Call us soon with your primary email address, or simply send a “Hello” email message to us at: NCBA1975@triad.rr.com

Thanks, … .Ramon Bell, President/NCBA

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Click HERE to access 2009 NC Wildlife Resources Commission Proposals and our position on them.
Also see this link for schedule of 2009 Public Hearings and Commissioners Meetings.

WANTED: NCBA Members Email addresses. Click HERE to send us a message with your email address.
This will assure you of getting all NCBA "E-NEWS" Bulletins and Updates on NCBA activities as they happen.. Thanks!

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PROGRESS DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN !

If we don't encounter problems along the way.. We aren't doing anything to begin with!

"Whether you think you can, or you can't, you are usually right.".. Henry Ford

Some people make things happen. Some watch things happen, while others wonder what has happened. Which one are you?

The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing...

"Life's tough.......It's even tougher if you're stupid." -John Wayne

Crimestoppers pays rewards for wildlife violations! Click on logo for more information.

("Click" on image to enlarge.)
Here's what "Mark Trail" has to say about deer overpopulation.. Sounds like he's been talking to some of our N.C. Wildlife Biologists.. Believe it ! (10/15/2006)
Want to know how you can get involved and help? Click "HERE"

(*from New Archery Products "Spitfire" Gobbler Getter Broadheads.. Shot Placement Guide... Photos courtesy of Roger Raisch - author of best selling book, "Turkey Hunting Secrets".

Helpful suggestions: (1)-Limit shooting range to your ability to hit within a 1 3/4" diameter circle with broadhead tipped arrows The vitals area of a turkey is very small and shot placement is critical. (2)- The most effective shots are aimed at the front or rear. Shots from the side area are also effective, but it's often harder to "pick a spot", especially if the bird is in full strut. (3)- For best results, draw weight of your bow should be between 50-70 pounds.

A fraternal, non-profit organization, the North Carolina Bowhunters Association (NCBA) was established in 1975. Its main purpose was, and is, to unite the state's bowhunting sportsmen to help combat the anti-hunting movement, to assist the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commision and to work toward the common goal of preserving and promoting the sport of bowhunting in North Carolina.

Special interest groups, anti-hunting organizations and some political leaders would like to reduce our bowhunting seasons or eliminate our sport all together. Remember, bowhunting is an earned privilege, not a constitutional right. A unified voice of North Carolina's bowhunters will guarantee a bright future for your sport.

The training of bowhunters in safety, hunting techniques, woodland skills, landowner-hunter relationships and the wise use of our natural resources, the conservation of our wild game, and the preservation of their natural habitat are other objectives

Nine Beatitudes of Bowhunting:

The following lines were written by Paul Brandt and summarizes the ethical approach to bowhunting very well :
(Supplied to NCBA by Willem Frost; Matlabas Game Hunters, S. Africa)

1- Blessed are the bowhunters who practice often:
for they are the ones who shall score

2- Blessed are they who use razor-sharp broadheads :
for their kills shall be quick and clean

3- Blessed are they who use hooded bow quivers :
for their blood shall not be shed needlessly

4- Blessed are they who know the countryside :
for rescuers they shall not be in need of

5- Blessed are they who hesitate if a shot is unsure :
for they shall know the meaning of sportsmanship

6- Blessed are bowhunters who teach others the sport :
for its future shall thus be assured

7- Blessed are they who study game and its habitat ;
for they shall enjoy the hunt - even without a kill

8- Blessed are they who do not scorn other bowmen for using other equipment :
for they shall create goodwill and brotherhood

9- Yea , blessed are they who hunt with the bow :
for they shall know hunting in its truest form .

NCBA maintains the oldest reward program in North Carolina. We have paid out hundreds of rewards for poaching over the past 20 years. We also maintain a joint awards program with the N.C Wild Turkey Federation and pay out $200 on each of their rewards. *North Carolina violations can be reported at 1-800-662-7137.*

NCBA maintains the official records system for the state. Although records are kept and heads are scored at many sporting shows across the state, they are commercial shows and trophy heads are not entered into the record book. Our system, based on the Pope & Young system, is the only official big game records system in North Carolina and is open to members and non-members alike. (click here for more Records System information)

The annual NCBA hunt at places like Butner, Pungo, etc. has grown to the point that approximately 100 members attend. They provide a chance for hunters from different ends of the state to get together, hunt and camp together. Fellowship and sharing a common spirit are the main goals.

N.C. Bowhunter Magazine Covers:

NCBA provides its members with a top quality magazine. Each issue contains up-to-date information on hunts, legal matters, social gatherings, anti-hunter and legislative actions. It's sprinkled with photos and stories of you and your friends. As a member you'll receive N.C. Bowhunter four times a year.

Each year you have a chance to join and make new friends at our convention and banquet. The convention is a now a weekend long gathering with vendors, outfitters, a indoor 3-D "Hunter" shoot and seminars from the experts. The night completes our entertainment with a dinner, awards banquet and a super big game hunt raffle and silent auction.

NCBA is committed to the training and education of North Carolina youth. Training and education includes safety, hunting techniques, woodland skills, landowner-hunter relationships and the wise use of our natural resources. NCBA stresses to our youth the conservation of wild game, preservation of their natural habitat as well as other objectives. NCBA recognizes male and female youth bowhunter of the year and also holds a youth raffle at the NCBA Banquet. Mickey Strader is the NCBA Youth Education Coordinator. NCBA also sponsors a annual "Youth Outdoor Education Day."

Volunteerism: NCBA members volunteer to help raise money for the association so we can afford to sponsor and fund many events throughout the year. We work events such as: Wake County Wildlife Club at the Dixie Deer Classic in the "Scoring Area" and in the Dorton Arena with the "Indoor 3-D Shoot"; Gander Mountain and Bass Pro events; North American Bowhunter Jamboree (Union Grove, NC); and our own annual NC BOWHUNTER EXPO.

NCBA exchanges free advertising in N.C. Bowhunter magazine for donated hunts, partial donations and/or hunting products to be auctioned or raffled as fundraisers for our organization.

Upcoming events includes hunts, banquet and convention information, pending legislature, local chapter organizations, tournament information and other information.

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