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The indoor shooting range at Archery in the Wild in northern Colorado used to be dominated by camouflage and hunters. But on this Saturday morning, the archery range is dotted with ponytails and 7-year-old girls like Y'Jazzmin Christopher.

The popularity of The Hunger Games series is fueling an interest in the sport of archery, particularly among girls. Some sporting equipment outfitters say they've seen a big boost in bow and arrow sales since the film series began in 2012.

Following in the footsteps of Hunger Games heroine Katniss Everdeen, who's fiercely talented with a bow and arrow, is one reason Y'Jazzmin came through the door here this fall.

Her mom, Alicia Christopher, says positive reinforcement has kept her daughter coming back. Y'Jazzmin competed in her first tournament earlier this month.

"Watching the way that she's developed confidence in what she's doing - she's very confident," Alicia says. "She used to be a really shy person, but now she's opening socially."

Alicia recently purchased a recurve bow for Y'Jazzmin. It cost about $130. And while that may sound pricey, archery store owner Boyd Wild says the high demand for recurve bows - the type Katniss uses in The Hunger Games - makes it hard to keep some models in stock.

"It's taking about five months to get traditional bows right now," Wild says. "I mean, it's just going nuts all over the United States."

Boyd and many in the archery industry are poised to capitalize on the surging interest in the sport. But Denise Parker, CEO of USA Archery - the governing body for the Olympic sport - says the boom following The Hunger Games original movie in 2012 caught many by surprise.

"We didn't see that coming," she says. "We've had archery in other movies, but never kind of that whole momentum at one time."

During the past two years, overall membership in USA Archery has more than doubled. Parker says there's room for more growth: In early November, the Archery Trade Association funded an ad campaign encouraging kids and teens to give the sport a try.

"The imagery and the message, it's all a very new look for archery, and we've all collectively got behind it," Parker says. "I guess it's kind of our 'Got Milk?' campaign, so to speak, for the industry."

For some archery shop owners, though, there's a tension between growing the business and offering quality classes.

"If we were to advertise as opposed to just word of mouth, it would be insane," says Stewart King, a certified coach with USA Archery and owner of Rocky Mountain Archery in Fort Collins, Colo.

In some places, the Junior Olympic Archery Development program is open to anyone. But for King's team, people have to try out.

"Up until now we've capped the team at 40 shooters so that we can give the kids one-on-one direction," he says. "Because if I just throw a massive number at it, no one's going to get better."

USA Archery is increasing efforts to train and certify more instructors to meet the growing demand.

As Y'Jazzmin wraps up her Saturday morning practice session at Archery in the Wild, The Hunger Games is on her mind.

"We have the book in the car," Y'Jazzmin says.

She and her mom are headed off next to watch the latest movie - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. And with two more films yet to come in the series, it looks like the odds may ever be in archery's favor.

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More Girls Target Archery, Inspired By 'The Hunger Games'

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The popularity of The Hunger Games book and film series is leading to an uptick in the popularity of archery, especially among girls. USA Archery says membership is on the rise, and some sporting equipment outfitters have seen a big boost in bow and arrow sales in the years since the series began.

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I really enjoyed archery baseball; it made me focus on my shooting, therefore I was more accurate with my shots

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I'm happy to say the pain factor of Archery Tag proved minimal; my forearm stung for a few moments when hit squarely by an arrow, but it did not leave a mark. In contrast, when I volunteered to be shot with a paintball by Mr. Vilella, (a regrettable attempt at journalistic due diligence), that left a garish bruise on my thigh that lasted two weeks.

Archery Tag's growing popularity owes much to "The Hunger Games" books and films. The sport was invented by John Jackson, the founder of Instinct Archery traditional gear, in May 2011, 10 months before the first movie hit theaters. Mr. Jackson, 51, who is based in Waterloo, Ind., said he was not initially aware of the action series, but he was quick to sync with it; he staged Archery Tag events at local premieres of both films so far.

Mr. Jackson holds a patent on the arrow used in the game, which resembles a rod capped with a marshmallow, yet flies accurately, and he gleefully performs William Tell-style trick shots in the company's many YouTube videos. He estimated that Archery Tag has 170 licensed locations, mostly in the United States, but also in Russia, Peru and Saudi Arabia.

"I just got back from a trip to Singapore, where we had 1,200 kids playing tournament-style for big cash prizes," he said. "It was a neat spectacle."

Archery Tag drew raves from my evening's assembly of athletes. "It's a fantastic sport - very fun, competitive, with a lot of physical endurance," said Justin Corinella, 24, a technical architect.

"It struck a rather good balance between the genders," added Emily Smith, 34, an artist. "In regular dodge ball, the men can usually throw so much harder than the women, it's unfair."

The complex is the sole licensed Archery Tag center in New York City. It stages games on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. The company plans to open a center on Staten Island this summer, where Archery Tag will graduate to a larger, dedicated outdoor field and can be staged daily.

In the meantime, the owners occasionally integrate the sport into the complex's popular weekly Zombiefest, in which players direct both arrows and laser-tag guns at actors mimicking the bloodthirsty undead. (The same monsters also prowl zombie laser tag, chasing participants around a smoky, postapocalyptic arena. They snarl and lunge with genuinely unsettling ferocity; my teammates and I also played this game and were hooked immediately.)

Two days after my Archery Tag initiation, I remained extremely sore and quite giddy about the experience. Mr. Corinella felt the same. "I would absolutely play it another time," he said, "but only once I can actually feel some of the muscles in my body again."

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Archery Tag Offers a Tame Version of 'The Hunger Games'

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I'm happy to say the pain factor of Archery Tag proved minimal; my forearm stung for a few moments when hit squarely by an arrow, but it did not leave a mark. In contrast, when I volunteered to be shot with a paintball by Mr. Vilella, (a regrettable attempt at journalistic due diligence), that left a garish bruise on my thigh that lasted two weeks.

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Archery Tip of the week | Proper form, stance and grip when shooting a bow

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http://www.sfarchery.com We are showing the proper form, stance and grip when shooting a bow. Subscribe to us by clicking the button above the video! Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/santafearchery David Leining Jr- Video Shooting& Editing -Tim Horton