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Thanks, Stan, my friend, I knew you and Jon would appreciate it. Shooting for money puts those who do it into a completely different world than the rest.
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Yes ....... yes it does. Some cannot handle the pressure of knowing a bet is riding on their shooting. Some, it sharpens their focus to the point that they are nearly unbeatable. I like the pressure, personally. I never challenge someone, but I'll try you if you're feeling cocky and make an offer.
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KY Jon,
Great story, and great outcome! I love it when a big mouth gets his upcoming. Hope his buddies saw his schooling. Every club seems to have a few.
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Some years ago my brother, his new girlfriend and I were shooting a 3-D archery course with our longbows. My brother was having an unusual bad day. He was moping around, barking at others and generally having a crummy time. His girlfriend asked him "why so glum?? It's archery, isn't it supposed to be fun??"
He looked at her with fire in his eyes and said "This is practice, it's not supposed to be fun!!!"
She burst out laughing and after he thought about what an ass he had been, he finally mellowed out. We still get a few yuk yuks from that day.
Last edited by tunes; 02/13/18 08:12 PM.
"It's a good day for something"
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The man told his story; I see no reason not to believe it. I don't believe a lot of people I know, but I don't know the OP. If that's what he said happened I'll go along. If it had been me though, I'd have been the one losing $150...Geo
No I wouldn't have lost any money. I'd never bet a .410 against 12ga. Only reason I have for not believing it is from the YEARS and YEARS of watching him brag and brAG and brag but nair a picture to ever back anything up...
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Great stoty. The only thing that bothers me is " your son doesn't want to shoot any more. " It would be nice if you pointed out there's usually a bad apple in every crowd, and he changes his mind.
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Great stories!!!!!! Shooting for money or glory, if it comes to a shoot off I'm sunk!! I'm working on it! LOL!!!!
Dodging lions and wasting time.....
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I rushed my son into shooting and he started with a cut off 16 gauge at 7 years old. We shot sporting clays and NEVER did anyone complain about his being on a squad with them. I would not have tried that with trap shooters, they are a breed apart.
I worked at the PA state championship as a trap mechanic for years and some of those guys were nuts. Five hundred straight at singles just got you into the shoot off. The one year I hung around to watch it went to 625 birds.
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Shooting clays is a lot like sex--you don't have to be good to enjoy it! 
When an old man dies a library burns to the ground. (Old African proverb)
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Trap shooters are a bit different but Sporting Clay and Skeet also has more than a few characters. I had a friend who was the classic "almost" top gun shooter. AAA or AA across the board. Shot a lot of high scores, ran hundred straights, learned how to be a decent shootoff shooter. But he was almost always a brides maid, never the bride unless he just got lucky. May have won one shootoff in 10 or 20.
A decent fellow but was as squirrelly as they came about things. He once drove 75 miles from home before he realized he forgot his lucky shoes and had to turn around, drive 75 miles back home and start over. He was wearing the exact same shoe l, as the lucky ones, but they were not his lucky pair of shoes so he drove back home. Every little thing had to be exactly right when he was shooting. When he loaded his O/U he placed the shells so the AA on the rim was horizontal both top and bottom shells. He caught his shells when they ejected unless he missed and then he never touched that shell. Did the same in practice. All misses were allowed to hit the ground. No cord could be on the pad. He would not stand on a crack while shooting. Every miss had some external cause like bad pull, bad target or weird background distractions. Still he shot well and was more entertaining than annoying.
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