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So last Saturday morning with my two youngest sons we went to a few turkey shoots at local civic-clubs and churches.
For those that don't know a turkey shoot doesn't involve actually shooting a turkey, the target you shoot at is scoring rings on heavy paper. The shooters buy into each round by putting in $5 to $20 it depends on what the prize is for that round. The prize varies from hunks of cheese to frozen turkeys to smoked hams to money. These shoots are usually fund raisers and generally fun. Some shooters have specifically modified shotguns to shoot very tight patterns, closest to the center wins and dial/digital calipers are used to determine winners.
So after 10 rounds between the boys and I we had 3 hunks of Amish cheese. On the ham shoot my youngest son (8) was declared the winner of an 18 pound smoked ham. An older man protested the decision and when the judges tried to re-examine the targets my son's target was "missing" so he was disqualified and the man won. Afterwords my son went over and congratulated the fellow and offered his hand, the guy snubbed him. I was told after the shoot the missing target was found wadded up in a burn barrel.
Today we returned and my brothers and their sons came with. The guy that won the ham came up to me complaining that my son insulted him, I asked when and how. The guy took offense when he was congratulated last week. So he wasn't a sore looser but a sore winner from a little boy being polite??? I called my sons over and told them what was going on, so with out being told my son offered an apology and the guy got even more angry and threatened a fight. My older son (24) stepped in between and we walked away. The guy tried to get us thrown out. Today my youngest brother won the big turkey and youngest son won a canned ham at a different shoot.
Do you think there might have been some guilty feelings involved???
For those that don't know a turkey shoot doesn't involve actually shooting a turkey, the target you shoot at is scoring rings on heavy paper. The shooters buy into each round by putting in $5 to $20 it depends on what the prize is for that round. The prize varies from hunks of cheese to frozen turkeys to smoked hams to money. These shoots are usually fund raisers and generally fun. Some shooters have specifically modified shotguns to shoot very tight patterns, closest to the center wins and dial/digital calipers are used to determine winners.
So after 10 rounds between the boys and I we had 3 hunks of Amish cheese. On the ham shoot my youngest son (8) was declared the winner of an 18 pound smoked ham. An older man protested the decision and when the judges tried to re-examine the targets my son's target was "missing" so he was disqualified and the man won. Afterwords my son went over and congratulated the fellow and offered his hand, the guy snubbed him. I was told after the shoot the missing target was found wadded up in a burn barrel.
Today we returned and my brothers and their sons came with. The guy that won the ham came up to me complaining that my son insulted him, I asked when and how. The guy took offense when he was congratulated last week. So he wasn't a sore looser but a sore winner from a little boy being polite??? I called my sons over and told them what was going on, so with out being told my son offered an apology and the guy got even more angry and threatened a fight. My older son (24) stepped in between and we walked away. The guy tried to get us thrown out. Today my youngest brother won the big turkey and youngest son won a canned ham at a different shoot.
Do you think there might have been some guilty feelings involved???
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