Well, I saw the banner along the road a few weeks ago and planned to attend the Stem VFD turkey shoot held on Fridays during the month of April. I made a few trips up to the farm with a roll of brown paper, and most of my shotguns to see what patterned the best. Came to the conclusion the Browning BPS with my 20 year old extended turkey choke was the ticket and would ensure a clean sweep to top off the freezer. I arrived a half hour early and signed up for 10 rounds. I placed my gun on the table and then started looking down the line........ They brought chairs was the first thing I noticed. I also noticed nice shooting rests and extremely long barrels on mostly Remmington 870's. with custom drop in chokes, bubble levels, custom sights and multiple back up guns in the trucks. My neighbor was an older fellow (who came needing the assistance of a walker/ seat combo) looked at my shotgun and said that I was the handicapped one shooting this evening................ He shared with me a wealth of knowledge (he very much reminded me of Lee (Lasttombstone). He had only signed up for 5 shoots. Around the 4th shoot he scooted back to get his shell and promptly fell backward injuring himself. Luckily paramedics were present and he was given some pain meds and an ice pack for his neck. I waited to make sure he was ok before any jokes were made. He did chuckle and insinuate that I was trying to better my odds which in turn I Jokingly accused him of taking performance enhancing drugs. Wouldn't you know it he won that round....... I shot 10 rounds and not a single pellet was good enough to take home a prize. Not even close. I will say $50 is pretty cheap tuition in this current world.
