Congrats to Axe, First Member to Complete Our 2017 Paper Silhouettes

[Ohio Joe]

 

And a fine run you had my friend, (54/60) 

Now we'll wait for the rest of our shooter's to complete their targets and we'll see where we all end up. The TMA appreciates your support and dedication with this new Paper Silhouette program. We started in April, and here it is October already. Where'd the time go? It's been great fun for sure, and we're looking ahead to 2018. 

Thanks Axe! 

[Winter Hawk]

What, no targets for November?  There goes my Thanksgiving Day plan! 

A big THANK YOU to Ohio Joe (who lives in Nebraska???) for putting this on!

~WH~

[Ohio Joe]

My thanks to you Winter Hawk and to all of you!   

Without you folks we couldn't have made this happen, but by golly we did it!!! 

Hey WH, I can't even move after eating turkey and all the trimmings on Thanksgiving. Trust me, I'm doing you a favor!   

[rollingb]

What, no targets for November?  There goes my Thanksgiving Day plan! 

A big THANK YOU to Ohio Joe (who lives in Nebraska???) for putting this on!

~WH~

[RobD]

thanx joe!  all finished!  i hit the PAPER!  YAY!!! 

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[Paulk]

Yup, thanks Joe.  Mine are on their way. 

[Ohio Joe]

You're welcome my friends.  It's been my pleasure to put this together for us, and all of you have made it a success! Thank You!!!

I got out and shot mine today as well, finished up at 49 of 60, with the 9 of 10 I got today. This has been really fun, and interesting to boot! Looking forward to 2018. Now I better go clean ol' Candle Snuffer. 

[Winter Hawk]

Rob, don't forget that next year we can't post photos of our targets on the forums.  New 2018 rule.  I will do my best not to fall victim to the urge to post mine also!

~WH~

[Ohio Joe]

Rob, don't forget that next year we can't post photos of our targets on the forums.  New 2018 rule.  I will do my best not to fall victim to the urge to post mine also!

~WH~

Yes, many of us (including me) have posted our targets in 2017, and that's okay. However, with the new structure we'll be using for TMA Paper Silhouettes, we almost have to have this no posting of targets until after July 15th.  Here is one reason why, and perhaps the best reason of all;

Quick Explanation Of Why Scores Should Not Be Posted Early: Let's say someone goes out and shoots a score of 40 (or so they think they did and they post it)... Now let's say someone goes out and hits - say 16 in a row and lets say they miss the next 4, 5 or 6 targets,,, and they've seen that someone has "possibly" hit all 40 target shots (which will be harder to do with the new 2018 Silhouettes),,, well they might get to thinking - "what's the point of even finishing the Match," and they might just throw in the towel and not complete the Match... (Not saying this will happen, but it could...) That is why we have the above Rule so we can keep the new 40 shot Match intact and the Course of Fire shot to its completion... If this were a one day 40 shot Match, there would be no need of the above Rule, but it's not. It is a Match that stretches out for 3 1/2+ Months before all entries are returned to the NMD for scoring and posting.

 

[Winter Hawk]

Got everything together to go shoot my October targets today, and...

Rain, rain, go away, come again some other day.

But please, not on the day I want to go shoot!

~WH~

[Uncle Russ]

Same here WH, pouring rain, cold, wind blowing off the mountains to the West.

It's really hard to believe that just a few days ago, and I literally mean "just a few" days ago, I was wondering when all that heat was going away...last night it was down to 28 / 29 degrees, but it's back up to about 42 right now.
I am surprised it didn't snow here in the Basin last night, it's sure coming down in the mountains right now, according to the TV.
Season opens this weekend, and a lot of the mountain areas have opened back up for hunting, but "No Camp Fires", I think that may change with this snow and rain come Saturday morning.

Uncle Russ...

[Winter Hawk]

Some folks have all the luck!  I miss a good winter, with snow to go out on snowshoes in and play at a primitive biathlon!  As long as there is plenty of firewood stacked up of course...

~WH~

[Axe]

Thank you Joe for running a darn fine shooting match. You deserve a huge round of applause! Looking forward to the 2018 matches. This years targets were not only fun, but challenging and hopefully I'll be able to improve my score for next year. Thanks to my fellow shooters, have a great fall and winter and lets all do this again in 2018.
Axe

[Uncle Russ]

Thank you Joe for running a darn fine shooting match. You deserve a huge round of applause! Looking forward to the 2018 matches. This years targets were not only fun, but challenging and hopefully I'll be able to improve my score for next year. Thanks to my fellow shooters, have a great fall and winter and lets all do this again in 2018.
Axe

Very good words, Axe
I totally agree with everything you just said!

My own goal for 2018 will be, A) to stay on paper, and B) to try harder to catch up with fine shooters like Axe.
 

Uncle Russ...

[Winter Hawk]

So when do we get to sign up for the 2018 shoot?  I'm chomping at the bit to get that done already!