Pheasant Fest 2011 Omaha

[Bruce Day]

About 20,000 people through. Three of us ran it this year. Ed Morgan did very well with raffle tickets. the new raffle gun is very attractive and drew lots of attention.

Ross Berck likes the unusual and prototype guns. There are photos of the prototype L C Smith single trap, which Ross owns. Enthusiasts will notice highly unusual features of the gun, such as no SN. Ross brought his $135 dollar grade lifter with the extremely rare bullseye stock carving. I had seen this before only on $200 grade guns in only two examples, its so rare. The stock carving has been considered a feature of some $200 grade guns, yet here it is on SN 2288, a $135 grade 2 gun. Fractured but Ross will get the stock repaired and the gun restored. Maybe others are well familiar with the details of early lifters but I learned from Ross's gun that this feature was not limited to the upper grades. Still very rare.

A new member just picked up his first Parker at a farm auction and wanted us to look at it. Pulled it out of the case, and it is a CHE 12/30 with Acme vent rib barrels, SST.

Signed up a new life member and a couple annual members.

Saw lots of old buddies and lots of contacts to go hunting .....plenty allready but always nice to have contacts. Will get write ups with Midwest Sportsman, TV shows, etc.