Fall Southern Side by Side/ Backwoods Quail Club

[John Truitt]

Not to keep beating a dead horse but just wanted to pass along a little info about last weekends shoot.

Main Event shot over two days ( you were able to enter both hammer and hammerless). They changed targets each day.
Big bore course for big bore prelim events on Thursday and Friday. (not a repeat for the main event. Totally different targets)
Sub gauge course for all four days. (Thursday and Friday then they changed it for Saturday and Sunday)

The longest back up we had was maybe 15 minutes and that was only once over all four days.

Targets over water, field shots, some with distance some close. Some off of towers/ lifts, trampolens, you name it.

Two five stands. One was designated for practice the other for the Parker vs LC Smith challenge.
Great targets on both.
They of course changed targets for the challenge shoot off from the qualifiing format.
There were trappers at each field. All very nice and did a great job.

Ricks team does an amazing job of setting targets and running the event.

Below is a list of all the events one could shoot: (not including Parker only events, IE: championship shoot/ north vs south/ etc)
1. 410 hammer and hammerless
2. 32 ga hammer and hammerless
3. 28 ga hammer and hammerless
4. 20 ga hammer and hammerless
5. 16 ga hammer and hammerless
6. 12 ga hammer and hammerless
7. 10 ga hammer and hammerless
8. practice five stand
9. Qualifying five stand
10. trap event (single trap)
11. long bird event
12. flurry event
13. Main event both hammer and hammerless

This place is set up for us to burn some powder if you want to.

All I can say is thank you Rick Hemingway and the staff at Backwoods for accomodating us shooters. I am already looking forward to next years event.

[Daryl Corona]

Maybe I missed it but how did the North/South competition go?

[Dean Romig]

Dr. John - Thank you for shooting for Team Parker and helping to rack up a total of 101 dead vs. the 90 dead that the LC Smith scored. You sir, are a fine shooter.

[Dean Romig]

The North vs. South shootoff is postponed until next year due to the travel plans of many shooters needing to get out ahead of "Sandy".

[Bill Murphy]

Dr. Truitt, you are not beating a dead horse. Shooting at Backwoods makes me think about shooting NSCA targets next year so I can shoot the U.S. Open at Rick's in 2013. I think the Open will have a side by side event.

[George M. Purtill]

Doc
You are to be commended for your consistent excellence in shooting for Team Parker, along with that guy that can't use a computer because it doesn't come in a hammer model.
Many thanks.
PS We would appreciate it if you made it to the Vintage Cup next year so we can beat team Fox as well.

[John Truitt]

[QUOTE=George M. Purtill;84568] along with that guy that can't use a computer because it doesn't come in a hammer model.

Sir that is one of the best lines I have heard to describe Dave Fjelline.
It would be my pleasure to shoot up there with you guys at the Vintage Cup next year. BTW Dave has already booked me a room. So I guess I have no choice. :)

[George M. Purtill]

[QUOTE=George M. Purtill;84568] along with that guy that can't use a computer because it doesn't come in a hammer model.

Sir that is one of the best lines I have heard to describe Dave Fjelline.
It would be my pleasure to shoot up there with you guys at the Vintage Cup next year. BTW Dave has already booked me a room. So I guess I have no choice. :)

Well there is no chance of Dave seeing our conversation unless someone prints it out and hand delivers it to him.
So lets give him some praise as well.
Watching him shoot is pure pleasure. I had the honor to shoot next to him on a 5 stand preliminary set in that DRIVING rain. He was amazing- kept wiping his barrels with a hotel towel and carefully looking over the shot card- in a total zone.
Like a viper after those clays.

[Dean Romig]

I'm sure Dave's barrels must change color on a day of shooting such as that rainy one. I have a 10 bore hammer gun with similarly "bright" barrels that would quickly go from bright to brown in short order on a day as wet as that.