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TANJ Executive Board
Traditional Archers of New Jersey, Inc.
President TANJ Council

Off the Shelf Gerry F. DeCaro
20 Spruce Drive
Middletown, NJ 07748
The Traditional Archers of New Jersey, Inc. [phone]
Brian Peters
Newsletter “Off the Shelf” is published four times [email protected]
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each year and distributed to its membership, Vice President Hamilton Square, NJ 08690
friends and supporters. This printed material may Jorge L. Coppen (609) -586-3680
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE a time along with the Black Knight membership. The
B day of the shoot arrived BKB had their fire pit roar-
ing and we had over 86 people show up. Everyone
had a great time. Many Black Knight members &
ack in February about two weeks before those that attended could not believe what we had
our Annual Cabin Fever shoot I received a to do just to clear the snow from the parking lots
phone call by Paul Winans President of the Black and how we made an six foot wide lane through the
Knights Club. He asked if we still intended to hold Black Knights ‘A” Range and pulled this off? The
our Annual Cabin Fever at their club due to the se- only complaint we had was why did we shovel paths
vere snow storms that we were predicting in the to the 3-D & behind all the targets? Ha-ha
upcoming weeks. My response was that we have
never cancelled one in the past and we intended to In March T.A.N.J. again co-sponsored the Annual NJ
have our event no matter what the “snow gods” will Bowhunter’s Game Dinner along with the United
bring. After our conversation I went out on my back Bowhunters of New Jersey Monty Browning was
porch and did every rain dance that I could think of our guest speaker. Over Four Hundred and Fifty at-
from”Dances with Wolves” tended and Phil Muller, Chairman of the event, did
an outstanding job as in the past. The T.AN.J &
The next day I sent an email to our membership U.B.N.J members worked hand in hand from 10a.m.
asking for help and within a few days received at until Midnight first setting up the banquet hall and
least fifteen positive replies When Saturday arrived then helping run the Game Diner. One of the three
our large group met at Black Knights at 7:30 a.m. the recipients of the 2010 NJ Hall of Fame this year
with a truck with a snow plow to get us into the was Al Reader one of TANJ’s founding Fathers.
range, one quad, three snow blowers and many
shovels and three boxes of Dunkin Donuts & 2 At the end of April the 19th Annual Whittingham
boxes of “Joe” Traditional Rendezvous sponsored by the Appala-
chian Bowmen of Sussex County was held and they
Within the first hour of plowing Kevin Grella blew did an outstanding job throughout the entire three
out his trucks transmission and rear end. We were day event. T.A.N.J. held our 18th Annual meeting
now forced to clear the parking lots by snow blow- and it was well attended we reviewed what T.A.N.J.
ers and also flatting down the snow with our truck had accomplished during the past year and the
tires. Within two hours both the parking lots were plans we have for the future. Many awards were
clear of snow. We then had to send someone out to handed out to T.A.N.J. members who helped make
refill our three gas cans. After a Dunkin Donuts cof- our organization what it is today. Al Reader was also
fee break we started to clear out the practice range inducted as the first T.A.N.J “Honor Roll” recipient.
and to snow blow and shovel a six foot wide path We have new blue t-shirts and our custom made
through the woods .Five hours later, we had a good T.A.N.J. engraved folding knife for sale on our web
head start two weeks prior to the shoot and more site which has been very well received during the
snow was again predicted in a few days. weekend. Please note that five dollars from every
knife sold will go to support the Al Reader “Archery
A few days before the shoot it again snowed 15-18” for our Youth Program”
and another email went out. We met on the Satur-
day before the shoot and again began to dig out for Our Annual Saturday Dinner “Wild Pig Out” for our
the next day’s Cabin Fever. We had to place the 30 membership was very well attended and last count
3-D targets on the range by walking them out one at we had was two hundred and twenty five people
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who came to say hello and enjoy the night with or plaques will be awarded to the winners. It’s so
their fellow members. This again was free to all easy to shoot and anyone can win! Please
that attended and during the night six people look for more information on our web site and in
signed up as new members. Kevin and Dennis this newsletter.
Grella did an outstanding job preparing and cook-
ing the food, none was left, and are planning the On July 10-11 Black Knights will be holding its An-
menu for next year as we speak. We will also like nual Big Foot Weekend. On that Sunday the “Last
to thank Kevin, Terry, Cody, Justin, Don, Tom, Jim, Man Standing” will be held at 11:30. a.m. on their
Mike, Doug, Bob ,Lee and many others that practice range. Targets will range from 15 yds to
helped set up and manned the grill and serve food 35 yds. T.A.N.J. will be sponsoring the prizes and
throughout the night. a custom made Silver Stag knife custom engraved
by Irene Bower with the Big Foot Logo to the win-
During the weekend we hosted the Denton Hill ner! Can you become the 2010 “Last Man Stand-
ETAR Eagle Eye qualifier and after three days only ing”?
one person qualified and it was Ron Ellison with
his “plywood pressure treated striped bow”. Ron In closing, T.A.N.J. would like to thank George
was also running the event? Hmm, I wonder if he Sappah for stepping up to become our new
used a 10” orange dot. We held our Texas-Wac- T.A.N.J. Treasurer and Katie Pachuta for taking
Um which was run by Al Klenk, Jim Farley & Fast over the job as Secretary. Let’s also welcome Tom
Eddie. The first prize was a custom made Moun- Robinson and his son Tyler who have volunteered
tain Bow & 6 Arrows which was donated by Jeff to help coordinate all future 3-D events.
and Jen Strauss of Allegheny Mountain Bow Co. a
set of arrows were donated by Al Klenk. The Bow
was 60”with a zebra wood riser and tamo ash Keep it Sharp! Keep it Safe! Wishing all a
limbs. The 2nd prize was an Al Reader commemo- great summer
rative knife #20 of 25 made donated by Joe

Nastke. Both winners were contacted by phone
Gerry “Doc” DeCaro
after the drawing on Sunday and the two prizes
were shipped out to them. That Sunday late in
the afternoon Jim Farley and I stayed and helped
with the cleanup and also with taking in the 3-D
targets. The Appalachian Bowmen greatly appreci-
ated our kind gesture and we hope next year
more T.A.N.J members can help out with the
event.

Next month on Saturday June 12 T.A.N.J. will
again hold its 2nd Annual Knock-a-Block Muzzy
type shoot at Bent Creek Preserve, Allentown N.J.
the event will be chaired by Aldo Boncasta. Please
attend and help make this bigger than last year.
All you need is a couple of judo points and be
ready for some great fun and prizes. Trophies and

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AL READER of North Haledon, New Jersey was honored as the first recipient of the TANJ
Honor Roll on April 24, 2010 at the Annual Open Meeting of the Traditional Archers of
New Jersey at the 18th Annual Whittingham Traditional Archery Rendezvous.
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TANJ 2010 Shoot Schedule

TANJ SUMMERTIME SHOOTING FUN!

ALL TANJ 3D SPONSORED SHOOT EVENTS ARE SWAP EVENTS!
All vendors welcome anytime at no charge for tables - Archery Equipment only!!

Saturday June 12 - “Knock-A-Block” at Bent Creek 3-D
Range, Allentown, NJ. See flyer in this Newsletter!
Sunday July 11 - “Last Man Standing”
Black Knights, Jackson NJ. To be held during the An-
nual B.K.B. Big Foot weekend! Anyone can win and
its fun for all! - Fun for the Family!
Black Knight Range open to all TANJ Members &
guests Thursday nights. Bring food & drink!
Open Apr. 29 to Sept. 30, 2010. Only $2.00
How they Raise their Kids down South:
Miss Sally Edwards, a third grade teacher at Mercer County Elementary School, compiled an exam consisting of 20 ques-
tions, which she administered to her class last Tuesday. The exam purposely covered a broad array of topics. I call your at-
tention to question # 11, which simply read:

LIST, IN ANY ORDER, THE FOUR SEASONS:

1. ________ 2. ________ 3.________ 4. ________

…Now, could you possibly imagine that 67% of the students gave the following answer?
1. Squirrel Season
2. Bowhunting Season
3. Shotgun Season
4. Turkey Season
...God BlessThe South!...
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CABIN FEVER 2010...Was the shoot on? Damn Right!
No High Heels & Sneakers!

The range was plowed out and was ready for the 80+ shooters, including Boy
Scouts! Sunday, Feb, 28th, the kitchen was open and the BKB antique fireplace
was going full blast to keep our toes warm. The TANJ & BKB members plowed
and Range "A" had a 8-ft.-wide trail in the woods with 3-D targets and it was
ready for another super Event!
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MEMBERSHIP DUES and ADDRESS UPDATE

Hello fellow TANJ members!

MEMBERSHIP DUES
AArrcchheerryy AArrcchhiivveess
I would like to remind any mem-
bers who have not paid their
membership dues yet that it
Ishi
The legendary… - last wild Indian.

would be greatly appreciated if
you could do so soon. Our mem-
bership dues are due in January Ishi, last of the Yana Indian band of
regardless of when you joined. A California, was first observed by
single member is still only $15. surveyors crossing Dry Creek on
horses. As they navigated a turn in
We are keeping the cost the same but it is very dif-
the bank, they saw a naked Indian
ficult when all members do not pay. I know I may
fishing with a spear. The Indian ran
be a little repetitive with my membership letter but at them, spear ready to throw. The
once again I would like to point out that about $12 horsemen scrambled, rode to camp
of your dues money goes toward the newsletter and told the others about the wild
Indian. A year later, two of the same
cost. When some members do not pay that changes
surveyors were riding along when
the cost per member to $15 and more. To be fair to
one exclaimed that they were in the vicinity of the wild In-
everyone we all need to pay. If anyone has a prob- dian. A companion laughed and exclaimed, "You fellows
lem to pay you can call or email me. We’ll work it must have had some kind of a pipe dream about that Indian
out. My contact information is on the inside cover. as no one except you fellows has ever seen him. Where is he
now?" Just then, an arrow zipped through the interrogator's
THANKS!
hat.

Several months after this slaughter house butchers near Oro-
ville heard a dog barking furiously in the yard. Upon investi-
gating, they found a naked Indian. A linguistics student from
CONTACT INFORMATION
University of California at Berkley, a Mr. Waterman came to
investigate. He placed his hand on a table and said the word
Next I would like to remind all members to call or
for pine in Yana, "sawe enie." Immediately, Ishi came alive
email me about any changes to your address ,
and asked Waterman if he was a Yana (or Yahe).. Waterman
email, or tel.#. Telephone numbers and email ad- told him that he was. Soon, Waterman was speaking Ishi's
dresses are a great way to get info out to members mother tongue fluently. Ishi was brought to the Affiliated
quickly especially when the next newsletter is a Colleges at San Francisco. It was here that Will Compton,
Dr. Saxton Pope and Arthur Young became acquainted with
long way off. So take a minute to contact me with
Ishi, a man straight from the stone age. They hunted with
any changes or the addition of any info. THANKS
Ishi, who was always the best of companion, never out of
One last thing. Our Club and Newsletter is there humor. He made his arrowheads of obsidian, his bows of
for everyone. If you have an archery item you mountain juniper if he had it. If not, yew.
would like to sell we’ll put an ad in the newsletter
Ishi enjoyed the best of health to within
for you. If you have a story or pictures you would
one year of his death, when he commenced
like to share we would be very happy to put them
to show signs of tuberculosis. We bade
in the newsletter. If you would simply just like to farewell to Ishi on June the 16th, 1916. His
be more involved with the club you can contact any words were "I go, you stay," and thus
Officer or Council Member. THANKS! passed on one of the most noble of the red-
men. A true friend and a noble character.

Everyone loved him that knew him.
RON ELLISON, TANJ Membership Director
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