IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SPOTTER

papabear · Post by **papabear** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:21 pm

Overheard on the line:

Spotter: You're way off, crank it down.
Shooter: What do you mean way off, that animal fell off!
Spotter: I must be loking at the wrong animal.

Shooter: How much time do I have?
Spotter: Plenty of time, don't worry about it.
Range officer: CEASE FIRE, GROUND YOUR WEAPONS....
Shooter: You said I had plenty of time!
Spotter: Oops I forgot to turn timer on, that's why.

You cannot appreciate the value of a spotter enough. Specially when you go to a shoot off and the person running the shoot off is your spotter,

Or better yet, you're shooting against your spotter on the shoot off

To all the spotters out there, that includes spotting kitty

Thank you very much.

jneihouse · Post by **jneihouse** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 3:01 pm

You didn't happen to be shooting against your spotter, were you papa bear?

papabear · Post by **papabear** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 3:42 pm

Nope She's AAA and master while I'm just AA.

jneihouse · Post by **jneihouse** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:57 pm

Next time she messes up just reach over and hit her in the back of the head. Not sure if it'll work but let us know how it turns out.........

Jerry G · Post by **Jerry G** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:43 pm

I can't say enough about a good spotter but, if you don't trust your spotters calls, you are better off without one. I think they should give you wind information prior to the fire comand and then be quiet unless something major changes. Like I sait at the start, a good spotter is a very important member of the team. If you find a good one, do your very best to keep him, or her.

dwl · Post by **dwl** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 6:07 am

Chuck ratted me out about that wrong animal. Maybe I need to find a better shooter who can keep his mouth shut. Used spotter looking for work, only made one mistake.

lone ringer · Post by **lone ringer** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 4:26 pm

In our sport there are a lot of spotters some very good and some not so good but very few spotters who can coach or help their shooters when they see them struggling or get nervous. I had one of those whose sight was failing but knew how to talk to me when I was feeling nervous which for me was more important than if he had perfect vision and was able to spot my hits or misses better than he actually did.

Some of the best combinations of shooters and spotters that I have known involved family members like a son or daughter and their dad or mother and because of that familiarity those spotters helped their shooters in ways that most shooting buddies are not able or willing to do.