I remember going to turkey shoots as a kid. You paid $5 (IIRC). Several
boxes were out in the field about 100' away and spaced across in
"lanes" (one for each shooter). You loaded up your shotgun and when the
turkey stuck it's head out of a hole in the top of the box and you blew
it off, that was your bird!!! You only got three tries, then it would
cost you another $5.

It was very entertaining to watch!

Andy

Andy wrote:
>
> I remember going to turkey shoots as a kid. You paid $5 (IIRC). Several
> boxes were out in the field about 100' away and spaced across in
> "lanes" (one for each shooter). You loaded up your shotgun and when the
> turkey stuck it's head out of a hole in the top of the box and you blew
> it off, that was your bird!!! You only got three tries, then it would
> cost you another $5.
>
> It was very entertaining to watch!
>
You are weird, Andy.

Andy wrote:
>
> I remember going to turkey shoots as a kid. You paid $5 (IIRC). Several
> boxes were out in the field about 100' away and spaced across in
> "lanes" (one for each shooter). You loaded up your shotgun and when the
> turkey stuck it's head out of a hole in the top of the box and you blew
> it off, that was your bird!!! You only got three tries, then it would
> cost you another $5.
>
> It was very entertaining to watch!
>
You are weird, Andy.

"Bill Bonde ( ``And the Lamb lies down on Broadway'' )" <stderr2
@backpacker.com> wrote in :

>
>
> Andy wrote:
>>
>> I remember going to turkey shoots as a kid. You paid $5 (IIRC).
Several
>> boxes were out in the field about 100' away and spaced across in
>> "lanes" (one for each shooter). You loaded up your shotgun and when
the
>> turkey stuck it's head out of a hole in the top of the box and you
blew
>> it off, that was your bird!!! You only got three tries, then it
would
>> cost you another $5.
>>
>> It was very entertaining to watch!
>>
> You are weird, Andy.
>

LOL!!! I know!!!

Andy

"Bill Bonde ( ``And the Lamb lies down on Broadway'' )" <stderr2
@backpacker.com> wrote in :

>
>
> Andy wrote:
>>
>> I remember going to turkey shoots as a kid. You paid $5 (IIRC).
Several
>> boxes were out in the field about 100' away and spaced across in
>> "lanes" (one for each shooter). You loaded up your shotgun and when
the
>> turkey stuck it's head out of a hole in the top of the box and you
blew
>> it off, that was your bird!!! You only got three tries, then it
would
>> cost you another $5.
>>
>> It was very entertaining to watch!
>>
> You are weird, Andy.
>

LOL!!! I know!!!

Andy

Andy wrote:

> I remember going to turkey shoots as a kid. You paid $5 (IIRC). Several
> boxes were out in the field about 100' away and spaced across in
> "lanes" (one for each shooter). You loaded up your shotgun and when the
> turkey stuck it's head out of a hole in the top of the box and you blew
> it off, that was your bird!!! You only got three tries, then it would
> cost you another $5.
>
> It was very entertaining to watch!
>
> Andy

The rod and gun clubs here still have turkey shoots. Pay the entrance
fee, take the shoots, hit the bullseye, walk a way with a frozen turkey.
Takes some of the fun out of it, eh?

I was really hoping that my cat would take down one of the wild turkeys
that he's been eyeing while they trot through the yard. No dice. But
I'm not going to complain about a cat the catches woodchucks.

Jessica

Andy wrote:

> I remember going to turkey shoots as a kid. You paid $5 (IIRC). Several
> boxes were out in the field about 100' away and spaced across in
> "lanes" (one for each shooter). You loaded up your shotgun and when the
> turkey stuck it's head out of a hole in the top of the box and you blew
> it off, that was your bird!!! You only got three tries, then it would
> cost you another $5.
>
> It was very entertaining to watch!
>
> Andy

The rod and gun clubs here still have turkey shoots. Pay the entrance
fee, take the shoots, hit the bullseye, walk a way with a frozen turkey.
Takes some of the fun out of it, eh?

I was really hoping that my cat would take down one of the wild turkeys
that he's been eyeing while they trot through the yard. No dice. But
I'm not going to complain about a cat the catches woodchucks.

Jessica

Andy wrote:

> I remember going to turkey shoots as a kid. You paid $5 (IIRC). Several
> boxes were out in the field about 100' away and spaced across in
> "lanes" (one for each shooter). You loaded up your shotgun and when the
> turkey stuck it's head out of a hole in the top of the box and you blew
> it off, that was your bird!!! You only got three tries, then it would
> cost you another $5.
>
> It was very entertaining to watch!
>

One of my neighbours used to have an annual "turkey" shoot. We shot at clay
pigeons and the prize was a glass turkey (a 40 oz. bottle of whiskey). It
was a lot of fun. My favourite was the year some gun nut showed up with his
$5000 custom made and under with vented rib. He scoffed at my inexpensive
Czech side by side double barrel and scorned my Canadian Tire store brand
12 gauge shells. He hand loaded all his own shells so that he knew exactly
what was in them and made a comment that CT shells are unreliable. I
always figured that the most important thing about a shotgun was the fit
and the choke, and any shell that goes bang when you pull the trigger and
throws the right sized shot for the job will do the trick.

I won the glass turkey that day. He came in 5th. :-)

Andy wrote:

> I remember going to turkey shoots as a kid. You paid $5 (IIRC). Several
> boxes were out in the field about 100' away and spaced across in
> "lanes" (one for each shooter). You loaded up your shotgun and when the
> turkey stuck it's head out of a hole in the top of the box and you blew
> it off, that was your bird!!! You only got three tries, then it would
> cost you another $5.
>
> It was very entertaining to watch!
>

One of my neighbours used to have an annual "turkey" shoot. We shot at clay
pigeons and the prize was a glass turkey (a 40 oz. bottle of whiskey). It
was a lot of fun. My favourite was the year some gun nut showed up with his
$5000 custom made and under with vented rib. He scoffed at my inexpensive
Czech side by side double barrel and scorned my Canadian Tire store brand
12 gauge shells. He hand loaded all his own shells so that he knew exactly
what was in them and made a comment that CT shells are unreliable. I
always figured that the most important thing about a shotgun was the fit
and the choke, and any shell that goes bang when you pull the trigger and
throws the right sized shot for the job will do the trick.

I won the glass turkey that day. He came in 5th. :-)

"Jessica V." > wrote in news:kI-dnbEMfI24xDjcRVn-
:

> Andy wrote:
>
>> I remember going to turkey shoots as a kid. You paid $5 (IIRC).
Several
>> boxes were out in the field about 100' away and spaced across in
>> "lanes" (one for each shooter). You loaded up your shotgun and when
the
>> turkey stuck it's head out of a hole in the top of the box and you
blew
>> it off, that was your bird!!! You only got three tries, then it
would
>> cost you another $5.
>>
>> It was very entertaining to watch!
>>
>> Andy
>
> The rod and gun clubs here still have turkey shoots. Pay the
entrance
> fee, take the shoots, hit the bullseye, walk a way with a frozen
turkey.
> Takes some of the fun out of it, eh?

Kinda/sorta.


> I was really hoping that my cat would take down one of the wild
turkeys
> that he's been eyeing while they trot through the yard. No dice.
But
> I'm not going to complain about a cat the catches woodchucks.
>
> Jessica


I'd love to see that! Did he deposit it at the door for his "catch of
the day" offering?

All the best,

Andy

"Jessica V." > wrote in news:kI-dnbEMfI24xDjcRVn-
:

> Andy wrote:
>
>> I remember going to turkey shoots as a kid. You paid $5 (IIRC).
Several
>> boxes were out in the field about 100' away and spaced across in
>> "lanes" (one for each shooter). You loaded up your shotgun and when
the
>> turkey stuck it's head out of a hole in the top of the box and you
blew
>> it off, that was your bird!!! You only got three tries, then it
would
>> cost you another $5.
>>
>> It was very entertaining to watch!
>>
>> Andy
>
> The rod and gun clubs here still have turkey shoots. Pay the
entrance
> fee, take the shoots, hit the bullseye, walk a way with a frozen
turkey.
> Takes some of the fun out of it, eh?

Kinda/sorta.


> I was really hoping that my cat would take down one of the wild
turkeys
> that he's been eyeing while they trot through the yard. No dice.
But
> I'm not going to complain about a cat the catches woodchucks.
>
> Jessica


I'd love to see that! Did he deposit it at the door for his "catch of
the day" offering?

All the best,

Andy

Dave Smith > wrote in


> One of my neighbours used to have an annual "turkey" shoot. We shot
at
> clay pigeons and the prize was a glass turkey (a 40 oz. bottle of
> whiskey). It was a lot of fun. My favourite was the year some gun
nut
> showed up with his $5000 custom made and under with vented rib. He
> scoffed at my inexpensive Czech side by side double barrel and
scorned
> my Canadian Tire store brand 12 gauge shells. He hand loaded all his
> own shells so that he knew exactly what was in them and made a
comment
> that CT shells are unreliable. I always figured that the most
> important thing about a shotgun was the fit and the choke, and any
> shell that goes bang when you pull the trigger and throws the right
> sized shot for the job will do the trick.
>
> I won the glass turkey that day. He came in 5th. :-)


Dave,

That's a great "Murphy's Law" story!

Nice prize, too!!!

Andy

Dave Smith > wrote in


> One of my neighbours used to have an annual "turkey" shoot. We shot
at
> clay pigeons and the prize was a glass turkey (a 40 oz. bottle of
> whiskey). It was a lot of fun. My favourite was the year some gun
nut
> showed up with his $5000 custom made and under with vented rib. He
> scoffed at my inexpensive Czech side by side double barrel and
scorned
> my Canadian Tire store brand 12 gauge shells. He hand loaded all his
> own shells so that he knew exactly what was in them and made a
comment
> that CT shells are unreliable. I always figured that the most
> important thing about a shotgun was the fit and the choke, and any
> shell that goes bang when you pull the trigger and throws the right
> sized shot for the job will do the trick.
>
> I won the glass turkey that day. He came in 5th. :-)


Dave,

That's a great "Murphy's Law" story!

Nice prize, too!!!

Andy