Blanket prize?

[huntnut]

If this dosn't belong here please move where it needs to go.



I'm trying to get all my clothes made for going to a rendezous. I havn't been to one yet. I was looking at going to a couple in a few weeks, and I see that most ask for a blanket prize for part of the shooting fees. I was wondering what would be acceptable for a newbie to put up. I don't have much except boall boards and antler powder measures.

And one more quistion. Most rendezous flyers say $5 blacket prize to shoot. Is that $5 plus a prize or is it a prize of at least 5 bucks?

bear with me on this. Use pilgrams have to start some where. LOL

[biliff]

Haven't been to a wide range of rondies but generally the blanket prize is separate from the shoot fee. Most places will give you a suggested value for the blanket prize. Some will just say "bring something you yourself would want." Generally a blanket prize is optional, if you don't provide one then you don't get to draw from the blanket at the end of the shoot. If you have questions its best to ask the booshway at the specific shoot you're attending. Bullet boards and/or powder measures would be just fine as a blanket prize.

[jbullard1]

Our club has a $5.00 shooter fee for monthly shoots plus a $10.00 prize for the blanket, Most any muzzleloading item makes good prizes I put down 150 hand cast balls, lead ingots, some of my simple handmade knives, 3 yards blue and white pillow ticking and lots of other things

[Mitch]

best rule of thumb ever passed down to me about blanket prizes.....put something out there that if it's the last prize and you are last pick, you wouldn't be ashamed to pick it back up....

[pathfinder]

A lot of shoots the prize is optional,if ya put one down,ya pick one up. Put something down you would want to pick up. We started to jurie the prizes when clowns were putting down broken screwdrivers.

[Three Hawks]

Remember, too that most Rondies won't throw a fit if you're not outfitted so you'd  not look out of place at the Jackson Hole Rendezvous in 1832.  Goodwill is a good place to start.  Tan, grey or brown corduroy pants, a pair of round toed brown shoes and an earth tone shirt will do until you can afford more period accurate duds.  I started that way, the first "good" garment I got was a $10 drop sleeve shirt.  That one went to the trade blanket when I outgrew it.  

As you learn, upgrade your kit.  Trader's row is a good place to do it and you help keep the traders in business and good stuff available at the same time.  Not only that but there is a huge quantity of how-to books available as well.  My first hand made garment was a capote made from a garage sale Hudson Bay copy blanket with a JC Penney label.  ($4)  I did it from the instructions in a pamphlet called,  "The Art of Makin' Skins" by Kendall McDowell,  a compendium of articles from a defunct, yet wonderful magazine, "The Buckskin Report".  That pamphlet will help you get outfitted for pennies.  

There's no need to break the bank in this hobby if you don't want to.  

At most rondys a $5 or $10 prize refers to the value.  Sometimes I just drop a pebble wrapped in a suitable portrait of a dead President on the blanket.  I've yet to hear a complaint.

Three Hawks