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Originally Posted by Robin Lewis
That is the kind of Turkey Shoot I grew up with. At the fire station the turkey shooter would pay $2 and get in a line of other shooters, 25 in all, and shoot 25 yards at a paper dinner plate stapled to a board. Somewhere "near" the center was a pence X mark that isn't viable to the shooter. After the shot the plates were taken to a table and the plate with a "BB" nearest the X mark wins a turkey.
These shoots are fun because a 10 year old has as much chance of winning as the local top trap shot. Everyone has fun, eats some good food, chats with friends and neighbors and everyone has a chance at a turkey. Around here the top shot goes home with a car load and my best chance at winning a turkey is buying a door raffle ticket.
Naturally, somebody figures out how to get an unfair advantage even shooting X marks on a plate by playing with the shot in his shells. So now for the $2 you get a "known" shell handed to you at the shooting line that must be used to win.
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.......... Yeah.... That's pretty much the way most of the shoots are handled out here in W. PA where I come from. Bring what you're gonna shoot, it doesn't matter, but you WILL shoot club supplied shells. Closest to the pencil "X" wins... and the "X" isn't always drawn in the center of the plate. Lots of good laughs and food. It oughta be that way....