If you saw their location youd understand. Large shot will carry off property. Several stations look directly at houses which large shot could reach. The 26 rule is to eliminate people showing up with home defense shotguns. The reason for boxes is their assumption that what is written in the box reflects whats inside the box And too many reloaders will bring 115 shells to shoot 100 birds. Looking at a bag of shells does not tell you how many are in that bag.
I like their club as a whole. Very nice people. 2/3 of their courses are still run on the honor system of targets without a card limiting the number of birds thrown. If I owned it every course would be run off a prepaid card. Its embarrassing how many regulars abuse the system and shoot extra targets which they dont pay for. Same men load 28 shells to every box. Weve shot there so many times we dont watch birds before shooting. First man up loads two and shoots like real hunting conditions. We alternate leadoff shooters to keep it fair for all.
