learning day
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 10:21 am
Well, this is just a follow up to let you know how things progressed for me.
I held an informational shoot last weekend to try and get people out to see what silhouette was all about. 6 out of the 12 people who expressed interest showed up. This from the 5000 people the notice hopefully reached if everyone who was supposed to, forwarded the notice to their membership.
Everyone said it was a fun day. I was just using swingers as that is all I have right now. I gave out a question sheet at the end to gauge interest and see if this was a program that was worth developing here. Everyone said that it was something that they would do with only the brand new shooters saying it would just interest them recreationally. Some people had shot the swingers before and thought it a great idea with the backing paper to see your misses. Like me, no one had done that until now. It makes things much better. So, I think I will try it again in September, and see if I can pull some more people out of the woodwork.
I tried to have as much information for them as I could. I told them about the classes (we all shot B) as well as the hunter and target class. I had elevation corrections for them there as well as paper targets at the firing line with grids on them showing MOA so they could make adjustments with as little waste of ammunition as possible, as well as to make the day flow smoother. Told how misses or mis shot targets were scored in an official match, talked about the time limits
I thought as a growing jackpot to suggest everyone throwing in an extra loonie (Canadian term for a dollar) and whoever shot 5 in a row turkeys would wind the prize. If no one one, then it would grow to the next shoot until someone won it. It was a 50/50 split on the idea.
Overall, I was pleased with how the day went and will try it again. Either for a fun day, or for a prize day and try to grow it.
In an official 40 shot match, do you shoot all the animals and then leave the line or do you fill one line, shoot the 10 targets, then have another group shoot then repeat until all shooters have at least shot once and then move to the next target?
I will keep reading here to learn, and see how much patience I have to push this forward.
Maybe if Maine has some shoots I will try to get to them in the next year or two.
I held an informational shoot last weekend to try and get people out to see what silhouette was all about. 6 out of the 12 people who expressed interest showed up. This from the 5000 people the notice hopefully reached if everyone who was supposed to, forwarded the notice to their membership.
Everyone said it was a fun day. I was just using swingers as that is all I have right now. I gave out a question sheet at the end to gauge interest and see if this was a program that was worth developing here. Everyone said that it was something that they would do with only the brand new shooters saying it would just interest them recreationally. Some people had shot the swingers before and thought it a great idea with the backing paper to see your misses. Like me, no one had done that until now. It makes things much better. So, I think I will try it again in September, and see if I can pull some more people out of the woodwork.
I tried to have as much information for them as I could. I told them about the classes (we all shot B) as well as the hunter and target class. I had elevation corrections for them there as well as paper targets at the firing line with grids on them showing MOA so they could make adjustments with as little waste of ammunition as possible, as well as to make the day flow smoother. Told how misses or mis shot targets were scored in an official match, talked about the time limits
I thought as a growing jackpot to suggest everyone throwing in an extra loonie (Canadian term for a dollar) and whoever shot 5 in a row turkeys would wind the prize. If no one one, then it would grow to the next shoot until someone won it. It was a 50/50 split on the idea.
Overall, I was pleased with how the day went and will try it again. Either for a fun day, or for a prize day and try to grow it.
In an official 40 shot match, do you shoot all the animals and then leave the line or do you fill one line, shoot the 10 targets, then have another group shoot then repeat until all shooters have at least shot once and then move to the next target?
I will keep reading here to learn, and see how much patience I have to push this forward.
Maybe if Maine has some shoots I will try to get to them in the next year or two.