Fort De Chartres
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It was a good event, even though the woods were flooded. The natives, who hosted the event, stayed in first person for the entire event. Good stuff.
Since the woods were flooded, the woodswalk was held just across the levy, on the highest ground available, including the top of the levy. And while the hosts had to go to plan "B" to set up the woodswalk, it was still pretty good. I would have liked to have experienced all of the situations they had originally planned to inflict on the competitors, though.
One station required shooting a clay bird, on the wing, so to speak. We only had one smoothbore on our team, and Dickie was having lock problems, so ignition was iffy.
Ray Pinson hit a flying bird with his 50 cal Dixie rifle, shooting a single round ball. Ray is almost unconscious in the way he shoots, so while I was surprised at his hit, I probably should not have been.
I have heard of clay birds being hit, on the wing, with a rifle, but never seen it, until last Saturday.
I don't have any photos, but there are several posted over at the Frontier Folk.
All in all,it was a great weekend, with great weather and good people. I don't know how many camps there were, but I suspect that the number of camps rivaled those of the June rendezvous, 'cause the camp ground was full.
The Rockingham County VA boys, aka the Mo ALRA team placed 6th, just out of the group that had to choose lots to host next years woodswalk.
We have hosted the woodswalk several times, over the years, and we're just getting too old to do all of the work necessary to set up a good woodswalk and do it right, so we went in with only our guns and hunting pouches, hoping to shave enough points off of our score to avoid the lottery. I love it when a plan comes together. :rotf: :rotf:
God bless
Since the woods were flooded, the woodswalk was held just across the levy, on the highest ground available, including the top of the levy. And while the hosts had to go to plan "B" to set up the woodswalk, it was still pretty good. I would have liked to have experienced all of the situations they had originally planned to inflict on the competitors, though.
One station required shooting a clay bird, on the wing, so to speak. We only had one smoothbore on our team, and Dickie was having lock problems, so ignition was iffy.
Ray Pinson hit a flying bird with his 50 cal Dixie rifle, shooting a single round ball. Ray is almost unconscious in the way he shoots, so while I was surprised at his hit, I probably should not have been.
I have heard of clay birds being hit, on the wing, with a rifle, but never seen it, until last Saturday.
I don't have any photos, but there are several posted over at the Frontier Folk.
All in all,it was a great weekend, with great weather and good people. I don't know how many camps there were, but I suspect that the number of camps rivaled those of the June rendezvous, 'cause the camp ground was full.
The Rockingham County VA boys, aka the Mo ALRA team placed 6th, just out of the group that had to choose lots to host next years woodswalk.
We have hosted the woodswalk several times, over the years, and we're just getting too old to do all of the work necessary to set up a good woodswalk and do it right, so we went in with only our guns and hunting pouches, hoping to shave enough points off of our score to avoid the lottery. I love it when a plan comes together. :rotf: :rotf:
God bless
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