Easthampton Fish & Game June 12 Results

[mistermike]

It was a wonderful day of shooting, with almost perfect conditions - resulting in 8 250s being shot across the 3-gun and UL matches. We were also witness to a drama of nature that an Animal Planet cinematographer would have given anything to have on film.

Congratulations to the winners of each target and the 250 shooters -- especially to Doug Shea for shooting his first IR 50/50 250.

The top thrill of the day goes to Paul Bendix, who not only shot his first 250, he followed it with a second 250, and then almost clinched a third in the UL match, ending up with a UL Agg of 749-54X.

Nature Drama:
At the end of the Sporter card, we noticed a flurry of activity down at the 200 yard end of the range. A bobcat had brought down a young fawn, holding it behind the neck in it's jaws. (We have seen this fawn and its mother roaming around the range over the past few weeks).

We were all pretty much mourning the demise of the fawn and the reality of nature, when Mom Doe comes barreling over the hill and lays a hoof into the bobcat. Bobcat decides it doesn't want to take on something this big and this mad and skedaddles!

The fawn didn't look like it was going to pull through, but after some nudging from Mom, it got up and "slowly" limped away, following Mom's direction and protection.

The Scores:
Sporter
AL Hadfield 248 12
Penny Hadfield 247 15
Pete Roberson 246 10
Todd Banks 242 9
Michael Gallant 235 3
Paul Bendix 217 5

10.5
Doug Shea 250 19 (3)
AL Hadfield 250 19 (1)
Penny Hadfield 249 15
Todd Banks 249 11
Paul Bendix 248 15
Don Barrett 247 8
Michael Gallant 245 9
Pete Roberson 242 14

13.5
AL Hadfield 250 19
Pete Roberson 250 12
Paul Bendix 249 20
Michael Gallant 249 17
Penny Hadfield 248 13
Todd Banks 246 15
Don Barrett 245 9
Doug Shea 243 6

3-Gun Agg.
AL Hadfield 748 50
Penny Hadfield 744 43
Pete Roberson 738 36
Todd Banks 737 35
Michael Gallant 729 29
Paul Bendix 714 40
Doug Shea 493 25
Don Barrett 492 17

UL-1
Paul Bendix 250 20
Penny Hadfield 249 17
AL Hadfield 249 15
Doug Shea 245 11
Michael Gallant 243 7
Todd Banks 242 13
Don Barrett 242 6

UL-2
AL Hadfield 250 20
Paul Bendix 249 16
Doug Shea 249 14
Penny Hadfield 249 13
Todd Banks 249 12
Michael Gallant 246 15
Don Barrett 246 10

UL-3
Paul Bendix 250 18
Todd Banks 250 10
Penny Hadfield 249 12
AL Hadfield 248 18
Doug Shea 248 12
Michael Gallant 244 11

UL - Agg.
Paul Bendix 749 54
AL Hadfield 747 53
Penny Hadfield 747 42
Doug Shea 742 37
Todd Banks 741 35
Michael Gallant 733 33
Don Barrett 488 16

My sincere thanks to Pete for the help in scoring and calling the UL match; and to all for pitching in with the clean up.

Best,
Michael

 

[Renegade]

Michael,
Thanks for running a great match today! Congrats to Doug, Paul and also to Al for his 500-38X 2-gun agg!

The incident with the bobcat couldn't have been timed better, with almost everyone still having their spotting scopes set up. I'll remember that for the rest of my life!
Todd

 

[Al Hadfield]

Michael,

Thanks for running these matches, we always have a good time at Easthampton. Thanks for feeding us and thanks for getting the results up so fast.

Congratulations to both Doug and Paul (times 2) in joining the 250 club. A 250 is special and the first one is extra special.

Paul lived up to his reputation and brought the rains with him . At least it held off for most of the three gun.

We are looking forward to seeing you all at the Tom Miller Memorial at Salem NY next weekend.

Al

 

[Doug Shea]

Michael,
Thanks for another good time and congratulations to Paul 749 54X..WOW..just one more point , next time Paul.
And if I remember correctly Pete shot the 250 in the 13.5 class with his sporter another WOW.
Good shooting everyone. We experienced a little of everything today a memorable for sure.
Doug

 

[Paul Bendix]

Michael,
I guess all those matches in the rain at Holbrook paid off. My first 250 took 7 years the second just 45 min later. Thanks for running the shoots at Easthampton. I love your range! I will always remember the Bobcat-Fawn- Doe Drama!

Pete, I hope you get your heavy gun shooting. Your 250 with your sporter in 13.5 match was great! Thanks for calling and scoring the Unlimited match.

Doug, Great shooting with your first 250!

Great shooting AL and Penny see you at the Tom Miller

Don Barrett Nice to meet you. Enjoyed talking and shooting with you.

I might be the only one that is looking for rain next weekend! I might have to buy one of Todd's stands!

Paul

 

[Dave Shattuck]

Great shooting to everyone. Man, what a bunch of 250's! Guess I picked the right match to miss as I might have found out just how crappy a shooter I really am.

Doug and Paul, Congratulations on your first 250's. Paul, how did it feel to come that close to running the gammet with a 749 AGG. That's great! And Doug, I remember you saying you'd love to see a 20X target. Well, how did 19X's work for you?

And Al, as always, you did great!

And let's not forget about Pete. Come on, a 250 with your Sporter in the 13.5# Class? Tell me, what did you do to add enough weight?

I just wish I had been there for the Nature's Classroom event. Maybe in a couple of weeks we'll be able to convince a Moose or something to roam out across the range, not that that would be equal to what you folks witnessed.

See you all in a couple of weeks.

Dave

 

[Paul Bendix]

Took a few pictures of Easthampton, MA range.

Great place to shoot!

Paul