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Comments Overheard at Tournaments
Thanks to Jeff Wolfe for these two comments he has overheard at tournaments."You've got the correct lead, now try putting it on the other side of the target.""If that target was towing a 20-foot trailer, you'd have centered the trailer."Check out my answer to Kevin in the forum topic "Looking hard at the target!" Read more…
Sporting Clays Journey
It's About How You Handle FailureThe road to success is not a freeway. It's always under construction, full of setbacks and holes to fall into. And the paradox is you never really get there, especially in this silly game we play called sporting clays.This brings out the best in some of us as well as the worst in some of us. It's because the journey is neither short nor easy - and it's full of failure. The way you handl... Read more…
Back from Quail Hunting
Headed back to Fulshear after the morning hunt with Rachel and Gary. Man, were the birds on these past few hunts strong flyers. They were perhaps the strongest flyers I have ever seen on pen-raised birds. Of course you're gonna get your share of “motte hoppers” that just flush low and drop into the next motte. But those were few and far between on these four days of hunting. We're looking forward to going back in a few... Read more…
ShotKam: What a Difference!
Vicki and I had invited Gary and Rachel down to the 74 Ranch to celebrate their fifth anniversary. With all experienced hunters in the group, we decided that we would hunt no more than three per hunt. So each one of us would sit one hunt out.I lifted something wrong that morning and my back began to hurt, so I sat the first hunt out and worked on the computer. I reviewed the first duck kill shot review, third revision.... Read more…
74 Ranch Quail hunt
Hunting Quail at the 74 RanchI got a call from Milo at the 74 Ranch, who wanted to know if I was going to make it for lunch. I told him we would be there tomorrow for lunch, no problem. He said I was supposed to be there for lunch on Wednesday to hunt with Larry and Charlie Wednesday and Thursday. Senior moment... So we got in Vicki’s Tahoe, left, and made it to 74 by dinner...with egg on my face. We had a great time a... Read more…
