Sandhills Sharptail Shootout-Travels with Charlie Vol. 2

[Bruce Day]

Originally Posted by John Dunkle

I'm firing Bruce as my back-up ADMIN..

HEH!!!!

All set Bruce!!!

John

I get it now, I was only to provide a link to the album, not import the album into the forum. So John, put me back on as back up admin. I'll help keep people in line and politically correct on the forum.

[GH-16]

Bruce,

Thanks for the great write up about this wonderful event in Mullen. I've wanted to do that shoot for a long time now. How far in advance do you need to get a team together to do this? I wonder if we could form another Parker team for next year?

Thanks again,

Paul

[Bruce Day]

Paul, the limit is 20 teams of 5 people ( 2 teams included women) . New teams can get on after the old teams have first chance. Yes, we'll be back next year, don't know whether Charlie and me will have an opening, but there could probably be another team. Our team required a person to shoot a Parker in all events. There is a website for the event. There were two teams that turned up one person short and were disqualified from winning, and a single person could have filled in there. It is tough walking and not easy shooting for a lot of people and some hung it up by noon, look at the score board. The elevation was 3100 ft and it was all hills.

[Richard Flanders]

That looks like big big fun Bruce! Love hunting that kind of country where you can walk all day in nice grass. Thanks for the writeup. Is your 7100ft number correct??? In Nebraska??

[nid-28]

A wonderful story and great photo's. Thank you for sharing!!!

[Bruce Day]

Richard, 3100, not 7100. Typo. I saw a couple other typos, but none other that changed the meaning. I figure in another 20 years I can learn something about Parkers and typing.


One more thing, Terry Huddle was wondering if the old family gun could be fixed up. The barrels were terribly pitted inside but they could be cleaned up a little. Harder would be to find a right hammer and a stock. If somebody is parting out a top action external hammer and might have the parts, let me know.....I understand it is a long shot.


Bruce Day, Parker know-nothing apprentice

[GH-16]

Bruce,

I hear ya about the tough walking in the sandhills. I've hunted a few times outside of Halsey and it seems like every step is either up or down with very little level ground in between. The elevation might be a problem though, it would probably take a couple of days to adjust to the two thousand foot decrease in altitude.

Please keep me in mind if you have an opening in the furture. I'd be more than happy to bring my French Britt's a few Parkers over to Mullen.

Thanks again for the great report!!!

Paul

[Bruce Day]

We'll keep it in mind.

On Sunday I went as the Parker Team rep to a board meeting where they plan for next year and talk about money. It wasn't like a major modern coporate board meeting. Not once did I hear the following terms:

1. Paradigm
2. Public relations
3. Management consulting
4. Out of the box
5. New or old modality
6. audit committee
7. Anderson consulting
8. Public action committee contribution

There was no talk of obtaining grant money from Washington, no requests for Obama funds to rebuild America, no requests from anybody there to build a museum and put themselves in as the paid curator, no complaints about running the finances like a PTA lady with a coffee can till.


Bruce Day, certified Parker novice

[Bruce Day]

Got a couple more photos emailed to me.

First is Dave Weber and dog Stain.

Then, me, Dave and Charlie . The dog is my setter Triple.

Finally , the gun line up again. Some people were there doing an article for the Double Gun Journal and they took a lot of pictures of the guns. They even wanted us in the photos.

[John D.]

Outstanding additions to the pics, Bruce...

Thanks for the share.. And oh - by the way - what the heck are you feeding Triple??!!! She apparently has grown above my knee-cap in height..???

What a great puppy... Give her a hug from me, OK???



John