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Destry Hoffard
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Posted: Thu Mar 26th, 2009 08:54 am |
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I have no financial interest in this, just trying to help the guy drum up some shooters. Cost is $145 (lunch included), they're looking for 28 gunners, and are going to release 1000 birds. It's Sunday March 29th in Marion, MI. If you want go and shoot contact:
Chuck Connell
TAILS-A-WAGGIN' ACRES HUNTING PRESERVE
231-743-6483 http://www.preservehunt.com
Last edited on Thu Mar 26th, 2009 08:56 am by Destry Hoffard
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Eric Eis
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Posted: Thu Mar 26th, 2009 02:57 pm |
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| All I can say is Chuck the owner is one of the niciest guys around, does alot of charity shoots and fishing advantures to raise money for disabled charities. And his wife is one hell of a cook (she does the lunches). As Destry knows this weekend is out for me due to my 20 year anniversary (you can only push things so far..) but I would be there in a heartbeat if I could. Hope some of the Michigan boys can make it with Destry. Destry you want to borrow the Powers gun? Eric
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Jack Cronkhite
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Posted: Thu Mar 26th, 2009 03:39 pm |
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Eric Eis wrote: ... this weekend is out for me due to my 20 year anniversary (you can only push things so far..) but I would be there in a heartbeat if I could.
Having shown that discretion is the better part of valour, the 40th anniversary will arrive, then the 50th then....(and sooner than you think). Cheers, Jack
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George Lander
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Posted: Thu Mar 26th, 2009 04:55 pm |
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Wouldn't clay targets do just as well?
Just My Humble Opinion........George
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Don Kaas
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Posted: Thu Mar 26th, 2009 05:22 pm |
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| No, they wouldn't.
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Bill Murphy
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Posted: Thu Mar 26th, 2009 05:59 pm |
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| Four dollar pigeons and a free lunch or three dollar pigeons and an expensive lunch. Where does he buy his pigeons? He must be working on a pretty slim margin. Good luck to him.
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Posted: Thu Mar 26th, 2009 06:23 pm |
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| Bill all I can say is he is a hell of nice guy and does more then his part for the disable, childrens and Vet charities. I don't think he is in it for the money. Eric
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Destry Hoffard
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Posted: Thu Mar 26th, 2009 06:40 pm |
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There's nothing like pigeon shooting. Clay targets aren't a weak comparison they're no comparison at all.
He's getting his birds out of the leftovers from some weird pyramid scheme believe it or not. Ask me about it at the Southern Bill, I'll tell you what I know.
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Posted: Thu Mar 26th, 2009 07:06 pm |
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That scheme was crazy and sucked in a number of farmers who got into it because of hard times and then got burned big time. Takes all kinds to make a world. Jack
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Destry Hoffard
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Posted: Thu Mar 26th, 2009 07:28 pm |
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Yeah, I think it was more in Canada than here in the US but there were US folks that got sucked in as well. That's where his birds are coming from as far as I know.
My infamous "found" in the back of my truck pigeon bands were off those type of birds.
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Posted: Thu Mar 26th, 2009 07:29 pm |
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| A pyramid scheme involving pigeons? I like that better than Mary Kay or Avon.
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Posted: Thu Mar 26th, 2009 07:34 pm |
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Here's an article about it:
http://www.pyramidschemealert.org/PSAMain/news/PigeonPonziUpdateJune08.html
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Mike Shepherd
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Posted: Fri Mar 27th, 2009 12:30 pm |
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That reminds me of the Ostrich "industry" that blew through this part of the world back in the nineties. The breeding pairs were going for $50K and the hatchable eggs for $6,000. Because ostriches are hard to hatch and raise it lasted for a long time. After there was a significant population of them the market for breeding pairs collapsed. There was no market for ostrich meat or ostrich skins and so they became worthless.
Not a Ponzi scheme but it sure was similar. The people that got the first pairs in did really well.
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