- ARTHUR HOWARD "ART" YOUNG
1883-1935

Art Young, born August 1883 in Kelseyville, California. Lecturer, 'innovator, musician, archer, hunter.

As a young man Art operated the family general merchandise store in Kelseyville. He was considered a fine violinist and for a time had his own band. Later he moved to San Francisco and worked for the San Francisco Call Bulletin newspaper. During this period he met Will "Chief" Compton during a visit to the Panama Pacific Exposition and learned to shoot a bow.

Art was California state champion several times between 1913 and 1920. He was one of the first to index arrows and developed several broad- head designs. His movie, "Alaskan Adventure" was seen by hundreds. He lectured on the outdoors and hunting at sportsmen shows, banquets and universities such as Yale and Harvard.

While practicing archery at the University of California archery range, Art Young met Saxton Pope and through Pope, Ishi, and the Yana Indian. Pope and Young learned many of their bowhunting skills while hunting with Ishi. Hunting with bow and arrow they took such animals as grizzly bear in Yellowstone and African lions. Art Young is credited with being the first white man to take Kodiak bear, moose and Dali sheep in Alaska with bow and arrow.

Today, successful bowhunters are recognized by the National Field Archery Association for their sportsmanship and hunting achievements through its "Art Young Big and Small Game Awards Program."

Arthur Young died of a ruptured appendix in 1935.

Although neither Saxton Pope nor Art Young organized the Pope and Young Big Game Club, it is in the spirit of their hunts it was created and through their names it lives.