Southern Vermont Biathalon Woodswalk
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Had a good time doing the woods walk. Nice friendly folks. Ruined my perfect score of zero on the last stop by actually hitting the target. 3 misfires...one on the 1st stop and 2 for the poker shoot. Good day none the less though. Thanks to all who put the work in to make it happen.
Sorry I missed this. Wife's back went out, and I had to play nurse.
Hope she's better by next weekend for the Pemi event.
Hope she's better by next weekend for the Pemi event.
I had an absolute blast. Everyone was so helpful and welcoming. Meeting so many new folks was the highlight of my day.
I attended and had a great day! I shot the woods walk with my 10 yr old grandson. He shot his BB gun and practiced safe gun handling. I can’t be prouder. He wants to shoot next year, and I promised to cut down the stock on one of my percussion Traditions .50 and practice this summer.
Great place, great people!
On the woods walk the strap on my powder horn broke, I never noticed it’s loss, before I reached the first target somebody ran up behind us asking if we had lost a powder horn!
Unbelievable! Probably would not have happened in a lot of other places.
Great place, great people!
On the woods walk the strap on my powder horn broke, I never noticed it’s loss, before I reached the first target somebody ran up behind us asking if we had lost a powder horn!
Unbelievable! Probably would not have happened in a lot of other places.
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I had an absolute blast. Everyone was so helpful and welcoming. Meeting so many new folks was the highlight of my day.
@rusticbob It was great meeting you, Leo, @rich pierce , and Larry today. I finally got my card straightened out, and my rifle decided it wanted to shoot at the last station as well. Overall, a fantastic day!
Great time meeting some of you!
I see Danielle was in attendance.
It was great. Fun hanging out with so many good people. Lots of cool gear, garb, and guns to be admired.
Always! She’s a shooting (and running) machine!
She usually does the Pemi course 3, or 4 times. I could only wish to have that much energy.
She's a hoot! Very nice lady.
Here's Rich racing to the finish!
And here is young Josh. You've read of him before on the Gun Builders Forum. He is legally blind but made a rifle with Dave Person guiding his hands and his mind. Josh is sharp, as he had a table of horns and accessories he hade setup next to my sales table.
He was having an issue putting his new snowshoe bindings on his shoes, so I guided him. By taking his hands, I had him feel the wrapping around the large opening in the s-shoes where the nose of your foot can rotate into. Using that hole as the guide, I took his fingers and placed them at the various positions where the straps needed to be bound in place. Then I let him at it, with his rawhide laces, wet of course. He did fantastic! I sure couldn't have done such a job with my eyes closed ... that's for sure!
He was cold that day, so I gave him a short, but thick wool coat to wear ... and to have forever ... for we must pass this tradition onto the youth.
He was having an issue putting his new snowshoe bindings on his shoes, so I guided him. By taking his hands, I had him feel the wrapping around the large opening in the s-shoes where the nose of your foot can rotate into. Using that hole as the guide, I took his fingers and placed them at the various positions where the straps needed to be bound in place. Then I let him at it, with his rawhide laces, wet of course. He did fantastic! I sure couldn't have done such a job with my eyes closed ... that's for sure!
He was cold that day, so I gave him a short, but thick wool coat to wear ... and to have forever ... for we must pass this tradition onto the youth.
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Josh is a true enthusiast who doesn’t let his blindness stop him from full enjoyment of our hobby. Many have been generous in helping Josh; none more generous than Dave Person who, I think, has built or re-built each of his guns.
I really enjoyed meeting and speaking with Josh. I’m happy to have picked up one of his day horns.
Here's but one way you can miss ... peeking ... picking your head up off the stock to see if you hit the gong or paper target with a muzzleloader is an A-1 guaranteed miss!
Get all your focus on that front sight all the way through the shot and into the recoil and follow-through ...
Some of Andrew … posted on FB
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