Double Pin Club Question??
 

I was informed by Mary that PGCA members can now only receive one Double Club Pin based upon a decision by the BOD's. Now members only receive one pin for their first double but for additional doubles you will receive a letter from the President but no additional pins. Why was this decision made?? Thanks in advance, respectively.

I imagine money has something to do with it. I would be happy to pay for extras. Yeesh. Better hold on to my two

Mills I would also be more than willing to pay for the pins. Shooting a double with a Parker is something special that many may want to reward themselves with a pin even if there is a charge. Craig

How about the first pin is free as now and any other after that for a fee if the member so desires. I would pay for a second pin that is earned.

The pin is not species specific is it?
So either you are in the Doubles Club or not.

Just as a bit of background...

Austin Hogan initiated a "Contributor" pin for those who contributed material for Parker Pages in the way of articles, stories, pictures, etc. and it was accompanied by a nicely printed letter to the contributor in thanks for what he/she had sent for publication.
One pin was sent for the first contribution and with additional contributions, additional thank you letters were sent... not additional pins. Some members have a folder full of these letters of thanks, while some have chosen to frame them for the office or gun room wall. The Doubles Club came along a couple of years later and initially I believe the same parameters were followed. I don't know when or why that may have been changed.

'Once a contributor, always a contributor' I would think.... likewise, 'once a doubles club member, always a doubles club member. In my mind it would be an exercise in redundancy to send additional pins for every re-qualification of shooting a double with a Parker. Now if one were to shoot a double on groundhogs again and again and again and again...... it would be kinda like groundhog day again and again and again..... :eek:






.

Makes sense

But there are regular doubles and there a scotch doubles.:whistle:

Since I haven't earned a doubles pin maybe I don't have a say, but in case I do, I'll say this: some of us like to have a pin to wear on a hat, vest, etc., but might like to have another "permanent" pin as a keepsake. Personally I often wear membership pins, but I also have a spot in the gun room where I keep other such pins and mementos, and were I fortunate enough to earn a doubles pin, I'd be more than happy to pay for an extra to make sure I have a lasting one here...

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps9vhqnevq.jpg

I kind of like the way Manitoba runs it's master angler program. If you catch a fish large enough to qualify for that species you get a bronze badge. If you catch a master in 5 species you get a silver, 10 species is a gold. 5 of the same species gets you a specialist which is enameled. Each one entered between the levels gets a letter.
We don't have the species to do that, but maybe a pin for the first double, a pin for three species, and a specialist for 3 of the same species? Very hard to do for the last two but they wouldn't be common. I think a charge to cover the cost is fair. Or make a deal with your hunting partner that if one gets a double the pays for it. I still haven't shot one true double with a Parker so I respect and congratulate those that do.

[QUOTE=Dean Romig...Now if one were to shoot a double on groundhogs again and again and again and again...... it would be kinda like groundhog day again and again and again..... :eek:.[/QUOTE]
Or how about having Cat day for variety:shock: