2022 Lancaster Archery Classic | Men's Barebow Finals

[@biketron]

Lee Wilkins stole the show here. His draw cycle is extra smooth, cat was cool as a glass of ice Tea.

[@sb-tuber4139]

Lee was amazing to watch. I'd love to speak with him about barebow shooting

[@TheShoegazer]

Iced Tea

[@biketron]

@@TheShoegazer You are correct my good man, I left out the "d" in iced tea.

[@piplup10203854]

I was really rooting for Lee, I can’t imagine standing up there for that length of time, the fatigue would be real. I feel my vision would get squirrelly 🥴

[@StarLight_tu]

Yeah, Lee is really something for standing there and challenge for almost an hour under such a pressure. Really like that guy.

[@piplup10203854]

@@StarLight_tu Me too! Yeah I agree with you :)

[@tracycastleberry9040]

Screw the olympics. This is way better. I am 62 and feel that this is something I could get into. Will definitely be looking into it and where the matches are held. Keep it up.

[@pappaflammyboi5799]

It's because you aren't an athlete anymore. No shame in that.

[@4rchim]

all the dudes on the podium are so good. this whole match is so good. super duper fun to watch. the fact that Lee shoot multiple match in a row and won first place is madness. and the final round is out of this world too.

[@adamoneill2660]

1:13:37 any one would be fatigued at this point and dropping shots slightly, outstanding performance from Lee

[@IREFUSE9]

Lee looks like he could shoot all day until tomorrow and only have to stop to have a pee.

[@Markus__B]

Let´s make this the most viewed LAC video again. Fantastic show Lee.

[@HeartlandMakesAndOutdoors]

How fun is that, I would love to come to this event one day. Thanks for all the fine folks who keep putting this event on and know that you are truly appreciated. What a great opportunity and challenge it was all the way to the end, some of the best shooters on stage. Congrats to all of you for doing so well.
Dale

[@raphaeljapan5338]

there is really something majestic about archery...and i am archer myself...when you see an archer near you ,with bow, arrow and smooth concentration, it s like the person is bigger or taller than usual, it give you some charisma and magnetism...

[@rattlesnake8153]

The real champion was Lee Wilkins.

[@CCRider5312]

Absolutely he was ! And if Wilkins could’ve had 3 fresh arrows that the fletchings wasn’t worn out on, then Martin would’ve never beaten him !!!! If that’s a rule that the archer has to shoot the same 3 arrows match after match, well it’s a bad & certainly a unfair rule!

[@shaneziegler2555]

@@CCRider5312 absolutely, a horrible rule

[@Shits-and-Giggles669]

He had way more than 3 arrows. That is definitely not a rule. He just lost.

[@krs48]

I see what you mean,

[@NickWeissMusic]

What a day, incredible run, and he got out of going to the wedding, so I’ll go ahead and say, yea, he was the true champion ;)

[@thingimajig]

"oh archery." I thought to myself when I saw the title of this video. "that might be a little interesting to watch." An hour and a half later. I couldn't stop watching! I'm so used to seeing Compound bows, this was so much fun to watch. Now I have to try it out. I'll see you guys there in a couple years!

[@nancyliawoods]

Great shooting gentlemen, this was awesome to watch, nice to see Lee up there also! congrats to all 🎯✌🏹❤❤

[@Brayne01]

I know that Bottom-up format is great for the public, but it is not a fair format for the archers. Technically the last shooter comes out fresh and takes it all, when another may have had 6 matches before and shot 72 arrows. If anything they should have put Demmer at the start, defending till the end, if he's the favorite.

[@toportime]

John took 1st sure, but Lee to the MVP of the show!

[@Dj265Nav]

This is great to find. Two of my kids did 4H archery over 20 years ago at Lancaster Archery. They had a great time!

[@yung_bonsai]

Know nothing about Archery, but It was awesome to watch Lee do what he did. What a badass.

[@jbarns3876]

Watching Martin's release is like watching art. I swear I can hear angels sing every time he lets go. Truly a thing of beauty.

[@jbuckley2546]

Knob.

[@mantizz7722]

I randomly ended up here but no regrets AMAZING shooting loved every match !!!

[@matthewwagner4042]

A cold 113 and best round of the day. Amazing.

[@johncalebsteele]

Great Job all the way around from competition to commentary. Really enjoyed the whole event, but especially Bare Bow

[@tradlab1859]

Great People, Shooting and Sportsmanship, well done.

[@waynestevenson9613]

Congrats JD3!!! Lancaster Archery Classic Bare Bow Champion!
For all the shooters that think they’re too old to shoot Bare Bow, well… check out Mister Paul Donahoo!! Good job Paul!
And, great job Lee Wilkins and all 8 finalist!

[@kevinsmith1976]

Hope I'm still shooting when I turn 79. Way to go Paul.

[@fatal00]

Amazing, Lee Wilkins... - I wish I could learn from this guy. I love the shirt too lol!

[@magausausa]

Lee was there not rested ,not allowed 5 minutes to sit, well over a hour, he is the winner 🏆

[@reinori8322]

I started shooting again about three or four years ago after watching this competition. I shoot barebow, and I do not miss many days at the range..... I blame you..... LOL
Fantastic competition.

[@dakotaleeanderson]

Lee wilkins is a pure monster

[@beorbeorian150]

First time watching archery competition and it is way more entertaining than I thought. The women’s comp was also great

[@filipebeat]

HAHAHA me 2, watched it all, wow

[@stoodz]

As someone who loves the sport, it's admittedly usually pretty boring to watch. Lancaster changed the game with the format changes they introduced which makes it a much more exciting spectator sport.

[@Bishop21707]

Really enjoyed watching that. Great show of talent all round. Well done all.

[@dnsgold30]

I've been out of the Archery scene besides crossbow for the past 10 years. Got back into it last month and bought the latest and greatest Mathews $$$. That's what I shot before.
I found this video by accident but after watching it I could sell everything i have and buy one of these Bows and start shoot. Shooting it well is a whole different story. Watching this got me so excited.

[@raphaeljapan5338]

shooting a bow is like giving yourself a whiplash without being hurt...you feel the power and the air movement of the arrow..it's magic

[@dalegardner4047]

Lee, you won the tournament in my opinion! Maybe next time you won't draw first position, Koodos Bro!

[@pjreilly3997]

Just as an explainer because there seems to be some confusion about our format. Lee didn't "draw" his position that led him to shoot first. The archers are ranked according to how they shot the previous two days before the finals. So the top-ranked archer....that is the archer who shot the best scores the previous two days.....gets the No. 1 slot. The other archers behind him are positioned according to their rankings based on score. So Lee started out in the first match because he was ranked 7th among the top 8 archers. Under most tournament formats, Lee would have no chance to finish better than 7th. Our format gives archers the chance to shoot their way up the ladder. So we start with 8 vs 7. The winner advances to take on No. 6....the winner there shoots against No. 5 and so on until someone shoots against No. 1. But each archer earned the position they are in based on qualification scores. There is no randomness to the ranking.

[@geezus1201]

I was rooting for Lee so bad but after Dewayne won I rooted for him bc he is from the same town I live at and I personally know him.

[@iamthestormthatisapproachi5349]

I've recently taken up archery, use a naked recurve and its been so much fun. I've got much to learn.

[@toportime]

Lee was on fire! what a showing!

[@robertofilho6521]

isn't that a little unfair? there's a guy standing up since the beggining, after shooting a shit load of arrows, a well rested archer comes and win... im new to the barebow...but that really catch me up!

[@SonGOKU-lq8gi]

Absolutely… this is clearly unfair!!!
So you can put 200 participants… the first participant could have win 198 times. But if the last defeats him by postponing a single victory, then he will become the champion?!? what kind of bullshit is this?

[@robertofilho6521]

@@SonGOKU-lq8gi exactly...

[@adriandemark3958]

The archers are seeded for the finals based on their scores in the qualification round, which is not televised (it's boring to watch). The qualification round is generally considered to be a better metric of skill than the final rounds (more arrows makes for less randomness). The most consistent archers who score the highest in qualifications have the least work to do in the finals.
This way, you can only be pushed down one place from your qualifying mark, and each match you win after you defend your place moves you up one spot.

[@jimsullins9162]

I really liked seeing Lee hand in there so well. He even kept getting better with each match. So, It was a little heartbreaking to see it go down hill because he got tired after winning 4 or 5 matches in a row. After all, there's warm up shots, etc beforehand, and Lee's older too. Young or old though, maybe there should be a 30 minute break if someone wins that many matches in a row ?

[@ZephrusPrime]

That fatigue is no joke. Mental and physical.

[@LancasterArcherySupply]

So that's part of our game. In any other tournament, Lee would not even get the chance to shoot his way up the finals ladder. He came in to the finals as the 7 seed and was able to shoot his way up to third. In our format, the lower seeds have the chance to win it all, but they have to shoot through the finals field to do it. The key is to attain as high a rank as possible. But short of that, you still have a chance to get to the podium as long as you get into the finals. If you ask the archers who compete here, that's why they love our format. All they want is a chance at the title....

[@chadgummere4535]

Thank you for the description on the reason behind the tournament format Lancaster Archery Supply. At first I disagreed with the tournament format process and preferred equal match heats until the final two match. Im looking forward getting back into archery. I really enjoyed watching this, and Lee Wilkins performance!

[@NickWeissMusic]

@@LancasterArcherySupply great format imo, fun and exciting. It’s not supposed to be easy for lower seeds, many other sports have more work for lower seeds, fatigue is part of the challenge. Wilkins had a great run, podium performance, and got out of a wedding, quite a day!

[@stoodz]

@@LancasterArcherySupply It's an ingenious format! Plus adding the bonus 12 for some risk/reward. Very much appreciate the thought that has gone into making the competition fair & exciting to watch.

[@imti3315]

Fantastic shootout, was rooting for Lee

[@elmikeQC]

19:00 In case some are wondering, this looks like a slavic draw. It's one of the draw I sometimes use with a ''horsebow''. My favorite is thumb but slav works well too.

[@carllightowler6670]

Its not, Slavic is the middle finger that touches the arrow and its shot from the right side of the riser rather than the left.

[@elmikeQC]

ua-cam.com/video/EIIRiqtuRFE/v-deo.html is the video describing the slavic draw that I watched.

[@michaelcooke7103]

This is great , the only archery I can actually watch

[@peterellis4262]

You're right, Paul's inspiring. At 66, I'm working on getting back into archery, but I've never been at that kind of level ;)

[@rainwhenidie6666]

My father and I both use finger tabs while hunting. This year is the first year my bow has even had a peep sight. We both use a single pin. Not alot of people shoot without all these gizmos and gadgets nowadays. We have enough to make sure we hunt ethically but its fun without having all the high tech gizmos. This competition is really appealing to me. Im literally a single pin away. When I was a small child I had a play bow I would go out in the woods and play with and it had a single knock and the arrow just rested on the riser. Love this stuff!

[@donhart8922]

Great shoot, well done gentlemen!

[@raginroadrunner]

I started shoot barebow 48 years ago. Worst archery mistake I ever made. Now I cant get away from it.

[@pheelmacababe2861]

im a bare bow guy since i started 8 years ago, this sport is so much fun

[@ripfletching]

I love watching Dwayne shoot I remember long time ago probably 15 years ago Dwayne and I were shooting in a national championship and I was having a stellar day and he said to me you know you will beat me here and there but by the end of the year I will win and I kind of laughed and I said why is that and he said you shoot instinctively I aim he said overtime I will have a higher score and look he sure does I’m proud of you stay with it my friend

[@donkeyarcher]

I applaud and amaze with your focus and charisma.👍👍👍

[@richardhatt6541]

Not really fair: one guy shoots 96 arrows to win and one guy can only shoot 12 to win.

[@korganrivera4659]

Agreed. Makes no sense.

[@adriandemark3958]

The archers who rank higher in qualifying have less work to do in the finals. The qualifying round is generally considered to be the better metric of skill (more arrows means less randomness), but it just isn't televised because it's boring to watch. These rounds are there to give more archers a fighting chance at the podium, but the less well you did in qualifying, the harder it is to reach the top.

[@beardedarchery3576]

We need more bare bow and bare compound. This is true archery

[@schulzbot]

The mid competition interviews are cracking me up. You know some of them are handling it way better than others. It's hard as hell to stay in the zone when the announcer is pulling questions out of his ass especially when you just had a bad round. lol

[@cowboysadventures3287]

This was my first bow competition to watch was pretty entertaining

[@danielheiss3299]

This is the first video Ive watched of archery. Not going to lie, the community seems awesome.

[@justing1810]

I've been doing backyard archery for a while. This is the first time I've seen competition archery

[@noobnaab4647]

Loved the intire event , thanks so much on sharing , wish we.had these in my country

[@thepeckhampoet1909]

So as a beginner I'm learning that theres no real traditional way in the pull, I was told you must pull back to the ear but clearly it's just a case of each to their own.
Much like guitar I guess, everyone has their own ways that works for them.

[@SomeGuyFromOK]

I wanted to see Lee win so bad. His draw is so unique.

[@-fazik-3713]

Holy views batman! Coming close to 900k!
GO BAREBOW!!

[@KowboyUSA]

Inspiring me to get the old recurve out and do a little barebow.

[@tony40400]

What is the point in Lee seeing of all the other contenders getting seriously tired and missing shots against a fresh opponent.
Common sense surely would be better to have the winner of each pair to go through to the quarters, then semi and then final. Or are we missing something in the Uk

[@barebow_cercatrova]

Can’t wait to see how Leo does this year!

[@jeffburnham6611]

I feel that Eddie K may have had some difficulty due to the long holds. Doesn't matter if these bows are low draw weight as compared to a compound bow, after awhile your arm begins to twitch a bit and you could see that a couple of times in Eddie's releases.

[@TheWTFMatt]

the instant-sound feedback, the announcers, this is very fun to spectate

[@thekierongiles]

oh and just a small point , watch Demmers bow arm {left} its rock solid after he takes his shot , spot on

[@rikuchun3748]

I love Lee's Anchor

[@blackriflex39]

jd may have won but Lee is the true champion dude set down more archers than probably in Lancaster history

[@scatterbrain9490]

I'd like to get into this, sounds like a very long day though, my back couldn't handle what Lee went through. I know in other sports, 2 (different) competitors will be paired up in a process of elimination until there is only 2 left, it speeds up time drastically compared to the way it was done here. Is the way the tournament is currently structured open for debate? Is there other types of bow tournaments done differently? I may lean in that direction before I bought a barebow. Thanks for any input

[@wetdewlap8741]

Sooo this is what Santa Claus does the rest of the year.

[@EntryLvloutdoors]

Bowtech has been doing a 10 target indoor 3d league anywhere from 3 to 23 yards. My buddy Corey shot a 205 is first week only being on the recurve for 3 months! A future podium shooter forsure

[@lubossoltes321]

Top class shooting start to finish ... maybe in next life I can do the same :-)

[@oakenbeard8884]

I would love to see a traditional class, similar to WA 'instinctive' class. No rests, no plungers, no weights, no ILF configurations. Just a truly "bare" bow. . Of course, not much money in promoting a sport with no gear to sell.

[@jasoncornish2904]

I want to see that too. There is plenty of money there. A good wood bow ain't cheap.

[@pierremayer1207]

Even a 'decent' quality one made me sweat the purchase

[@jamesstrachan7417]

Yea a real bow, yea its bare bow not really, but i do know there are a few real longbow guys who can shoot as well if not better, oh well i guess there hunting.

[@Huntbarternsteal]

Ill bring my horse bow

[@karlsjostedt8415]

There are some competition videos out there with traditional bows. Target paper and 3D. Oh, and all the horse archery competitions...

[@enterthecarp7085]

Wow! A Scout arrow? Cool.
We called it a Sensing Round
Good info

[@stewartperry7797]

That was fun to watch!

[@InFerrumVeritas]

Lee said during qualification that he needs to wear silly shirts so people remember him. I don't think that will be the case anymore.

[@mcroman-superfeat]

Nice too see BOWING like this... Pretty Fun too Look at ... ;)

[@TracyPicabia]

"Why wouldn't you hit the button? What's to lose?" Answer: the spot isn't in the middle of the target, there's a good chance you're in the 6 or 7 if you miss it

[@amadeusyeezy7901]

Reading the comments before watching the video got me feelin like I’m about to bear witness to one of those dudes they make folk songs about lol shout out to Lee the legend and to the UA-cam algorithm for bringing me here 😂

[@trrrymchay9920]

They should shoot the show so we can see . The arrows should be orange with a lite on the knock. Turn the camera so the whole flight is filmed .

[@johnryan2193]

Great sport for us older geezers and whatever the female of geezer is !!!

[@danclas5983]

I want a Barebow now!!!

[@slyfox720]

I am just picking up the sport and loved watching this. How do we compete in this classic? I need to set a goal to compete at the Lancaster!!

[@elizabethdaniels3127]

Amazing shooting gentlemen good luck

[@Moogle]

the way leo takes his arrow from his quiver is sweet

[@343890]

Lee W. is true winner!

[@user-yb6vq3pm7p]

Barebow thie is awesome!

[@chrisbowman2030]

Great Shooting!

[@MarkJoel1960]

Finally! Been waiting for this...

[@Notmyname-co5sc]

Wilkins was totally messing with those guys minds man. It seemed like alot of them came in strong first end and then just started falling apart. Leo was a little cocky looking but what do you expect out of a teenage boy 😂Interesting to watch. One of the most transparent examples ive watched in a while of the arrows next to you causing a breakdown.

[@aarongodderidge2239]

I watched the compound and bare bow shoots and i gota say the bare bow is more fun to watch. The bare bow shooters are mostly just there to have fun it seems like.

[@paulmitchell5349]

USA made ,we need more of that.

[@killemall69]

When darts and bowling became one.

[@Doubledeepfried]

Stumbled accross this video, but I would really like to see a PictureInPic of the target when they shoot.

[@colin4721]

So no one else annoyed at the interviewer asking way too many questions mid competition? Paul literally said it made him super nervous. Not Hating, just wish the questions came after the shooting..

[@lenmajuskin]

Great device

[@sm6909]

some hot action right here

[@samuelcruz9258]

First time see this , dont know abowt the rules. But most be divided in two groups. Mr Lee trow more arows than the oders and is not fear.

[@Malachiquinones]

Props to the great commentators.
They are memes just themselves.

[@soyeldiego86]

I clapped at my phone for Paul Donahoo

[@bradvirtue4650]

WHAT! is it just me but how can John WIN when Lee took out 5 guy ??? huh?

[@SonGOKU-lq8gi]

Like you, i do not understand how this is possible?
So… you put 200 participants… the first participant wins 198 times. But the last one defeats him… a single victory against 198, but the one wining the last duel becomes the champion?!? what kind of bullsh*t is that?

[@prestonjoyner8344]

loved it barebow baby!!

[@longbowshooter5291]

Is there a reason or purpose for the white circle on the 6-7 line?
I'm guessing it's to delineate between the 6 ring and the 7 ring so it can be seen from the shooting distance? Am I right?

[@mattthadd4663]

It’s awesome to see a Kifaru Field Quiver on the big stage.