Pigeon Ring at Yooper

[Paul Harm]

I'm glad Mark made the shoot and took some pictures of the pigeon ring. I've been trying to set one up for the Lapeer Shoot [ next one is July 17th ] . We have one, but it doesn't work reliable enough to use at a shoot. Hopefully I'll get some good ideas. Paul

[Old and Reliable]

Whatever they used to weld on that tape- they needed some ballast- I saw two other squads shoot and twice the tape landed on top of the black plastic perimiter fence, tettered there a bit, then landed- now when I shot it on Sunday- the wind was from behind us and the 5 stands, so in a perfect world, it would have pushed the tape into the ring for a "killed"- but at the further perimeter up towards the sloping hill, the wind might have pushed it out of the fence and a "lost" call would ensue-

Paul, I'll be at your club on the 17th of July- wish you could get some live birds for a shoot as Chuck Connell used to- clays are OK, but I like to see a big ol cloud of feathers hangin' in the air as a dead and dying sky carper falls to the sod below-that's the real deal.

I have three sisters living in the Eastern Seaboard- In DE each fall they have the "Punkin' Chunkin' contest, don't have one in Massachussetts, they used to have a Witches dunkin' derby I heard near Salem, perhaps the Balloon shoot was a tamer way for them to have fun. I heard from a club member that the ballons were imported from a large ballon making company out East- Mass is the old abbreviation for the Bay State is it not-?? Now I suppose it is MA thanks to old man Zippy Code- so when I got the flyer and saw Mass balloon shoot, I figured it was a salute to our founding fathers from Plymouth Rock--or Bedford?? who knew??

[Paul Harm]

Dave, you ain't fooling me - we got a guy at our club who can insert things in pictures with these here computers - I've shot with Richard and know better. Paul

[Big Friend Ten (BFT)]

The orange ribbion was indeed 1" surveyor's tape about 4" - 6" long but folded up inside the clay pigeon. I do have a close up of a box of taped pigeons that I'll post later.

Mark

[Opening Day]

"4" to 6" long? Wow when I fired my second shot (to keep it in the ring) at that SOB it look like it was about an inch long....! And no I never did hit it to keep it in the ring

[Big Friend Ten (BFT)]

Eirc,

The orange tape was folded and taped inside the clay pigeon. Perhaps some remained an inch long due to being stuck to the strapping tape that secured them to the pigeon. Others were "set free" and floated in the wind. I'm sure that I captured some those. In fact I shot over 800 photos of the pigeon ring shooting. If someone knows how to create a online file (like the old flip photos we had as kids) I shot many series at 5-10 FPS in JPEG medium (2M - 2.5M each photo) of Dave, Rich, you, and the Parker shooter looking at the score sheet (sorry, I forgot your name) shooting pigeons. Maybe that would be better suited for UTube?

Mark

[Opening Day]

That was me, Rich and Hanson (Randy) in that last photo looking at the score sheet. Would be fun to see some more images (but only the ones where we are breaking the targets...!)

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Eric Eis

(but only the ones where we are breaking the targets...!)

Well, that would certainly reduce the size of the file.....

[Opening Day]

Dean I want you and Dave S. up there next year, then we will see how well you fair at the pigeon ring..... Oh and we will also take you two out on Friday night so you can have an idea of what it's like in the UP....

[Big Friend Ten (BFT)]

Dean,

Do not go out with Rich, Dave, and Eric the night before a shoot!!!

I had not seen anyone my age (actually they are all older than me) partake of so much since I was 25! They did however have a good time...

Mark