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| About Us |
Blackhawk Archers of LaCrosse has its beginning in 1939 when Sid Frost of the YMCA sent out cards to all people he felt would be interested in forming an archery club (LaCrosse Archery Club). 13 men attended the first meeting and the rest, of course is history. In the early years shoots were held wherever space could be made available including Memorial Field and the Myrick gun range. As the club grew, field courses were set up in Hixon Forest and then on Wilson Street in Onalaska, near present day Onalaska Luther High School. As Onalaska grew, and the needs for the city began to outweigh the needs of the club, a move became necessary and was made in 1969 to the present location on Moos road between LaCrosse and West Salem.
Located on 20.8 acres of coulee hillside (steep terrain), our club includes a year round 28-target field and broad head course as well as warm up range marked out to 100 yards. The field range is separated into 2 halves; target and animal. Our clubhouse is simple and is designed to attend to the maintenance of the course and provide shelter/refreshment during tournaments and meetings; our shoots are strictly held outdoors.
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We are an original member of the West Central Field Archery League (WCFAL) which was formed in 1949 and is considered to be the oldest field league in the state. WCFAL is a traveling field archery league and includes Coulee Archers, Winona Archers and the Tomah Warren’s Sportsman’s Alliance. To learn more about the sport of field archery refer to About Field Archery in this website. In addition to the WCFAL we also hold a summer club field archery league and 3D and broadhead tournaments.
We are members of the National Field Archery Association (NFAA) and the Wisconsin Field Archery Association (WFAA). We support youth organizations such as 4-H and Kicking Bear.
If you are interested in learning more about us, feel free to give a board member a call or better yet, bring your bow and stop out at the clubhouse and register. Come on out and enjoy a friendly atmosphere, make new friends and have a great time practicing a great sport. |
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