| A
number of years ago, the exact number has
become unimportant, a few wandering NBH members found a foam pig out amongst the
club's forest debris. It may or may not have been green at the time but it is
now. How it became green isn’t as important as it is that it is green. Said
members, and a few others, decided to spruce up said pig and, not knowing how to
refer to this newly coifed creation, named it Gangus Piggicus... not to be
confused with the similarly spelled Latin phylum name. Now that said pig had an
identity, members took an attachment to Gangus who quickly grew to mascot
status and a valuable, contributing and ... oh yeah, non paying... member of the
Club.
So, just how does an inanimate, foam, green
(did I include ugly?) pig contribute to such a dynamic club as Narragansett
Bowhunters, you ask?
Gangus’ contribution is
singular. At many NBH club shoots, Gangus may show up somewhere on a NBH range
and allow himself to be shot at by any passing, audacious archer…shot at once
and only once per shoot per shooter mind you. Gangus has been known to be
pigheaded about where he stands while being shot at. He insists that the
shot not be a gimme as he is no more anxious to be shot at than anyone else. If
said shot is witnessed by another club member and happens to strike within the
IBO 12 ring inscribed on Gangus’ side, another mystery as to where these rings
came from on Gangus, that member earns an exalted place in the Order of the
Green Pig and the right to display a prestigious Order of the Green Pig
sticker on his or her bow. |
BOWHUNTERS
