One of these days I am going to come to this shoot. Seriously considered it this year

Pete, is the shoot still planned for Monday? Forecast looks really bad with a mix of snow/ice/rain.

SISSY'S--- agree , what the hell else can you do.

We've shot the New Year's Day Shoot before in single digit temps and blowing snow and I'm okay with that but when heavy rain's in the mix I'm out of it.

First one we ever did was just as described above...


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Yes, it is going to be nasty Monday.............

You forgot one of the pictures taken that day. :rotf:

Yeah thanks Pete. That’s all the proof John Dunkle needed to learn where the forend to his little Damascus 20 gauge DH went.





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I look forward to this one every year. I have the itch to shoot so regardless of weather at least one day this weekend I am going down to my range on the back 40 (really more like 35). I have two throwers that are hooked up to trip lines so I can shoot alone if needed. The lines are quite long and I can be 50 feet away and off at angles. I will have to snowmobile down but that makes it all the better. I especially look forward to the protection shoot so the 10 gauges will be in action. Finally found a Remington 32 for low money but that has not arrived yet. Hope it does today. It is 8 below right now with 20 mile an hour winds so If I go down today I will need to have a fire in the fire pit. The range has some open areas of course but is still in the middle of the woods. A lot like regular hunting conditions. One of these days I hope some of you guys will come up for a little shooting. I have to keep the shots down to a couple hundred or so to keep the neighbors happy so it can't be too many at one time. Hope you all get some shooting in sometime soon.....

Make a plan Bob. I know Denmark and I can be there in 2 hours… not today though. :eek:






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I remember that year Dean. It was -3 I my car on the way up. But we shot all day anyway. You will never live that picture down Dean 🤣

Barring a major weather event, I can do a shoot in Denmark, Me.

15 below this morning so today would not be worth the drive Allen and Dean. I shot yesterday but only rifles. I can shoot a hundred yards and have a bunch of the AR500 steel gong targets at various distances. I have been changing sights on my 1895 405 to get something that I can acquire quickly and actually somewhat see! Can't see those open sights like I used to. Most of my hunting rifles either have peep sights or pistol red dot sights. The red dots are so small and easily mounted on almost any rifle. Have them on a Winchester 88, 54 and my Encore muzzleloader. I will probably take the shotguns out today as it might break 10 degrees after lunch. Should be some better weather soon when a trip up to shoot will be worth the drive.

Oft heard at our hunting cabin in the PA mountains when the mercury dropped ..... "it's just getting nice". :whistle:

Dang, fellas. If this ol' Southern boy is going to be shooting in real cold it's gonna involve something that has feathers.

some pics from my trip to the range yesterday. Loading the snowmoblie to a couple pictures of the range. Cold day but I built a small fire to warm the hands. All the wood was wet that I had stacked. Had to go the some dry limbs on standing trees to get it going. Cold but a fun afternoon.

minus 4 Sunday morning when we shot 5-stand. Another sunny and light wind day. A wonderful day to shoot clays. Did not have to worry about barrels getting hot. The alternative, sit in the house and think about shooting. Nah!

Brrrrrrr