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Post by Who? on Sept 24, 2023 19:45:42 GMT
A night shoot at Waulkmill on 14th October. Arrive any time before registration closes at 6:30pm. Safety brief and shooting groups / starting point at 7pm, shooting starts straight afterwards.
Bottom course will be used.
You're grown-ups, so you won't need to be told to bring normal HFT shooting equipment and clothing for an October night in a North East Aberdeenshire forest! Don't forget to bring a torch for moving about and one for your gun so you can see the target.
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ian
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Post by ian on Sept 26, 2023 16:12:01 GMT
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Post by chris387 on Oct 10, 2023 22:15:11 GMT
I am in
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Post by Bri M on Oct 14, 2023 5:12:47 GMT
Hope the weather stays good for you, you strange, strange night shooting people.
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Post by Who? on Oct 15, 2023 20:57:58 GMT
Thanks Bri,
There was universal enjoyment, which is remarkable considering the weather. But first, a grateful thank you to Mr Waulkmill (Paul) for bringing his generator and the fuel to run it. Also thanks to Alex (the elder) for painting the targets.
The weather... a few dry spells, but predominantly rain (sometimes heavy), strong wind and showers of hail stones. Oh, and so cold that Chris needed his pellets loaded for him - more of that later. For those familiar with the 'bottom' course, the field behind the pond looked as if snow had settled due to the volume of hail stones.
The hardy souls: Liz, Alex (the younger), Chris, Derek, Ian, Martin, Paul, Robert, Steve.
Some people wanted to know who chose that particular Saturday. Oddly, nobody owned up! Not only did it turn out to be the coldest, wettest night so far this winter, but it also coincided with there being no moon - not that we would have seen it due to the cloud cover.
To the shooting. Just quickly, the whistles used for cease fires turned out to be kids ones and pathetically quiet; meaning not every group heard the start, but start we did. Within a few minutes, great mirth could be heard from one group. It seemed that Chris's hands were so cold that he fumbled putting the pellet into the barrel, not once, not twice, in fact "one minute" was called, followed by "two minutes" and "three minutes" before somebody offered to load the pellet for him. This continued for all the targets and some very uncharacteristic scores. The combination of wind and dark had the usual effect of reducing the scores - how do you allow for wind if you can't properly see it?
Scorecards got wet but survived enough for the scores to be worked out.
Back at the bothy/shack/hut (whatever you refer to it as) Chris warmed up and the scores announced.
1st - Martin (46)
2nd - 1st Lady - Liz (40)
=3rd - Steve (39)
=3rd - Robert (39)
5th - Ian (36)
6th - Alex (the younger) (35)
7th - Derek (32)
8th - Paul (28)
Chris retired due to not being able to feel the trigger and concern of not being safe. Congratulations to Liz and Martin.
Every one of these - to quote Bri - "strange, strange night shooting people" enjoyed themselves, and were open to another night shoot.
Update: looking at the scorecards, Robert can't count, his score was in fact 39.
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Post by Bri M on Oct 16, 2023 14:54:22 GMT
Excellent write up, Who?
I'll repost it on the Club website for posterity.
Of course, I'll leave out the bits about Chris' advanced state of decrepitude.
Maybe.
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