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Janet and Pat Post, kneeling and closest to the camera, with some of the 150 people attending their fifth annual bow shoot for friends. Archers from four states have attended.

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Travis Foth of Peabody smoked a 250-pound hog for the annual archery shoot. Many of the 150 guests brought appetizers or side dishes.

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Tim Ross of Peabody draws his longbow and prepares to shoot an arrow at a life-size foam target.

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Mike Sowell of Wichita aims at the foam replica of a wild boar. He was one of about 150 friends that gathered for a pre-season shoot/party/dinner in Marion County.

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Alan Ross of Council Grove tries to thread an arrow through limbs and leaves. The targets were set in life-like hunting situations.

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Getting kids to enjoy the fun of archery is a large part of the archery shoot in Marion County.

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Archers search a field for arrows that missed the target of a buck antelope.

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Two-year-old Asher Nave of Overland Park was the youngest archer at the event - and possibly the most dedicated.

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Mike Sowell, left, and Tom Ross remove their arrows from an antelope target - one of 15 realistic hunting target situations at the fun shoot in Marion County.

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Shoot host Pat Post supervises as kids fling arrows at the annual archery shoot for about 150 friends at his farmstead in Marion County.

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Mike Sowell of Wichita draws and readies to take a 35-yard shot at an antelope decoy. Archers also shot foam deer, wild boar, coyote, fox, bear, beaver, mountain lion and wild turkey targets.

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Two-year-old Asher Nave flings an arrow at a target.

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Tim Ross of Peabody adds realism to the shoot by taking a shot at an antelope target from inside a pop-up hunting blind.

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Young Asher Nave was one of several dozen kids shooting at the annual target shoot held for the friends of Pat and Janet Post.

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Shooters check to see where their arrows hit a foam wild turkey target. Hits range from 5 to 12 points.

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Archers shot at life-size targets of a variety of big-game animals. These cards show the location of the kill-zones. The zones can't be seen when shooting at a target.

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