Ravensrook Archery

Due to a private event this weekend, Saturday, April 25th & Sunday, April 26th, Open Shoot is cancelled. Open Shoot will be back next week!

Good afternoon archers!
For the month of March, there will be no Wednesday 10pm Open Shoot. Additionally, the Saturday & Sunday Open Shoot is limited and will vary week to week due to some events. Please be sure to check our Calendar page and reserve a slot ahead of time to make sure we have lanes available that day!

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There will be limited Open Shoot hours this weekend. Instead, we're hosting some archery Dueling for Twos on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. There's a few left if you still need some fun Valentine’s Day plans.

Due to popular demand, Forteza is bringing back our Heart of Dueling: Valentine’s Day Specials! We’re hosting a series of specialized Dueling for Two’s in Rapier, Longsword, and Archery throughout Valentine’s Day weekend. One-hour time slots are available in the evening on Friday, February 13th, and in the afternoon and evenings on Saturday, February 14th, and Sunday, February 15th.

Our Dueling for Two’s are an hour long and will contain a brief history lesson on the weapon of choice, some solo drills and some drills with your partner! Loaner equipment will be provided for your lesson. Swordplay lessons with the Medieval Two-Handed Longsword or Renaissance One-Handed Rapier are $145 and Archery lessons are $115. Options to make it a double date for the hour are available for an additional $100!

We have a series of lessons times available throughout the weekend. All of the available lessons can be found in the link below, if there is a day & time you're interested in but it's not listed please reach out to us and we'll see what we can do.

For any other questions or concerns, let us know at [email protected].

https://fortezafma.sites.zenplanner.com/sign-up-now.cfm?display=EVNTS&

Due to popular demand, Forteza is bringing back our Heart of Dueling: Valentine’s Day Specials! We’re hosting a series of specialized Dueling for Two’s in Rapier, Longsword, and Archery throughout Valentine’s Day weekend. One-hour time slots are available in the evening on Friday, February 13th, and in the afternoon and evenings on Saturday, February 14th, and Sunday, February 15th.

Our Dueling for Two’s are an hour long and will contain a brief history lesson on the weapon of choice, some solo drills and some drills with your partner! Loaner equipment will be provided for your lesson. Swordplay lessons with the Medieval Two-Handed Longsword or Renaissance One-Handed Rapier are $145 and Archery lessons are $115. Options to make it a double date for the hour are available for an additional $100!

We have a series of lessons times available throughout the weekend. All of the available lessons can be found in the link below, if there is a day & time you're interested in but it's not listed please reach out to us and we'll see what we can do.

For any other questions or concerns, let us know at [email protected].

https://fortezafma.sites.zenplanner.com/sign-up-now.cfm?display=EVNTS&

Due to Chicago's extreme cold weather and projected -20 windchill and possible high winds tonight, Forteza Fitness & Ravensrook Archery will remain closed today, Monday, January 19th. All Youth, Fitness, Archery, & Swordplay classes are cancelled and we are encouraging everyone to stay inside and stay warm.

We apologize for the inconvenience. Weather provided, classes will resume at their normal times tomorrow, Tuesday, January 20th. We are keeping an eye open on Friday's forecast as it is projected to be the coldest day of the year thus far.

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Our Sunday 12-1pm Open Shoot hour is cancelled until March. Our 1-2pm & 2-3pm Open Shoot hours are still available for archers!

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Due to private events this weekend, Open Shoot times are cancelled. Open Shoot will be back next week!

Send a message to learn more

When our Taste of Archery and Historical instructor stops talking long enough to actually shoot his bow, he's not bad at it. Encourage him to do this.

I started 2025 without any goals. 2024 had been horrible, I just wanted to finally longbow after a year of waiting and dive into the division I belong in. Showing up to Lancaster for their first official longbow division was full-circle for me, I never would have known about competition longbow if it hadn't been for Trad Tour Archery being the sport's ambassadors and answering my questions as a guy on the street.

Just for fun, I decided to double-entry in a state shoot to help grow the Traditional division. I then figured, may as well try that again for USA Archery Indoor Nationals...By the end of Sunday I was so delirious I was calling myself Napoleon. But, I made 5th place in both longbow and trad while shooting them back-to-back.

Summer came around, and I shot Field for the first time after years of being too afraid to try it. I played it safe shooting Trad, but man longbow looked a lot more fun...I took the summer off to work at Seven Suns Archery booth at Bristol Ren Faire, then shot both bows again as I finished the year in the National Field Archery Association national target league.

All software in my brain regarding archery and coaching came from BowDoc Archery who supported my chasing these obscure divisions with patience and necessary innovations. My Trad ILF brought home more hardware this year than my entire previous career, but in a perfect world I'd be shooting my Java Man Archery Impala Takedown every single day with a quiver by Whiskey City Trad Gear.

It was NOT easy, and I realized how much free time I really needed for myself. I was juggling new jobs, facing internal flaws of my shot process that needed a total rebuild, and asking myself 'Am I enjoying this?' to prevent the burnout I gave myself in Barebow.

What's next? Keep an eye out for Historic division blunders, it's going to be awful.

Field Archery of Illinois State Indoor: 1st in Longbow and Trad
NFAA Indoor Nationals: 3rd in longbow, first national podium
NFAA Field Great Lakes Sectionals: 1st in Trad
NFAA Field National Series: 2nd in Trad
USA Archery Field Nationals: 1st in Trad
NFAA Outdoor Target League: 1st in Trad, 1st in Longbow

Due to an event this Sunday, Sept 28th, there will be no Open Shoot. Saturday's Open Shoot will happen as scheduled.

Start your archery journey in Ravenswood! We teach beginner classes for both adults and youth and now offer specialized courses in modern competition and historical archery. Contact us about group outings and parties! https://bit.ly/47YLimL

Unfortunately, there's no Open Shoot slots this weekend. So come get your range time tonight!