Turkey Shoot?

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I have been tasked with organizing a shotgun Turkey Shoot by our local gun club.
PROBLEM: I have no idea how a Turkey Shoot is supposed to work! Neither did anyone else, but they thought it was a good idea.
Anyone out there have any experience with this sort of thing?
 
If you are not actually shooting Turkeys then I think this is what we call a Table Shoot or Article Shoot.
The idea is that all participants bring a prize (not necessarily shooting orientated) and the winner has 'Pick of The Table' and so on down the line until the last man gets something. If top prize on the table happens to be a Turkey then so be it !.
Additionally if you can get some local business(s) to give prizes as sponsorship this would give you the chance to add 'extra' prizes in each class or part of the competition.
Apologies if I am talking utter b**Ls*it but thats the way it works here in Bonnie Scotland
 
The way they work around here is you have 12 guys to a round shooting 12 gauge shotguns at about 30 - 35 yards. The target is a piece of bristol board sandwiched behind a piece of steel with an 8" circle cut out of it. The guy with the most number of pellets in his target wins the round. The club running the event will supply the shells, usually #4's, and the prizes are usually a frozen turkey (hence the name!). Each shooter will pay $3 to $5 for each round they sign up for. Its actually a fair bit of leg work to get everything organized. You need to secure prizes, shells, lots of target board and most importantly, volunteers! You need people to be range officers, target collectors/changers, target counters, etc. The more people you can get, the easier things will go.

Where abouts are you? If you are around Toronto or Barrie I can point you to a turkey shoot in the general area that you can go and check out to see how they work.
 
Turkey shoot or meat shoot? I have not had much to do with turkey shoots but I have had a lot to with meat shoots alot of fun and a good way for a club to make funds in the winter

tug
 
Our club uses the steel plates with the cutout, although they are smaller than 8". Every one uses the same supplied shells. Here is another system if you don't want to go with the steel plates. The targets can be a sheet of paper with an "X" in the centre. Closest pellet to the X wins the relay. Place the targets out far enough that patterns will be opened up. Prizes are awarded relay by relay. Enter as many times as you want.
 
We just held our second Turkey Shoot this year at our club. Great turnout, about 35 shooters. We have 4 trap houses with electric chuckers that are voice activated. We only ran with two houses being used for our shoot. Still requires a "Trap Boy" to drop targets on the machine, not sure what they are paid, but thay get OK $$ for their efforts.

So, here's how we run it. Sign up sheets are in the club house (beginner, intermediate,expert). No more than five shooters per sheet (only five positions to shoot from). Who ever is scoring calls the names and corresponding position (Tony on one, Brad on two etc.).

Who ever is at position one is the squad leader for that shoot. Squad Leader calls "squad ready, eyes forward" and has a sample bird thrown. Starting at position one and rotating through, each shooter calls a bird.

You shoot two birds from each position, but only one at a time (ex. position one shoots a bird, position two shoots a bird etc.). After everyone has shot at two birds, score keeper calls change and everyone moves one position to the right. Who ever is at position five moves to position one.

Who ever started as squad leader remains squad leader for that round. So even though he is now in position two, he still shoots first. Next change, squad leader is in position three, still shoots first ... continue until done (ten shots). Score is tallied up, best out of ten gets the prize for that shoot.

Ties go to a shoot off to determine a winner. Who evers name is lowest position on the list (say shoot out between shooter 2 and 5, shooter 2 shoots first). First shooter in the "shoot off" chooses where to shoot from, and I mean from anywhere, have some fun here. We have had people standing on picnic tables etc. So, first shooter calls a bird. Then the second shooter calls a bird from the same spot. Who ever misses is out. If the first shooter misses and the second shooter misses, both shoot again, but shooter two chooses the spot and shoots first. Carry on alternating who shoots first until one is eliminated.

For every round a shooter wins, they are handicapped two yards in the next round. One win, you shoot two yards farther back than someone who hasn't one. Two wins, you shoot four yards farther back, three wins, 6 yards back etc.

We tally up and the rounds and may declare an overall winner for total number of birds hit etc. Annie Oaklies are fun, we always do a couple of those. We charge $5 a round. Prizes are bought at a discount from Save-On and we can return what we don't use, but we always use them all ! This weekend we went through 15 turkeys and 15 hams. That's 30 rounds with food prizes, also did some $$ things for fun. Any way, PM if you want more details, I could ramble for hours here and there is no need if you're not wanting more info.
 
Our club just had one on Sunday , a great time - good turn out .
Ours runs just like TPK's
We also have hidden scores for new shooters ( 1-10 , closest get the bird )
we also do one where the shooters ( one at a time ) walk up on the shack and the score keeper randomly releases the target at varrying ranges .lots of fun .
Buddy shoots are fun to . two to a team , one on station 1 and one on station 5 with station 1 calling 1 bird . If he misses the buddy ( station 5 ) gets a crack at it . If station 5 shoots first they are penalized as a miss , two misses and they are out . last team gets the bird .
For non shooters we also do turkey boards , basically a poster board with 16 2" circles on it . we sell the circles for $2.00 each . when full we have a member staple it a 25 yards with the back of it to him and gives it one shot with a 12 gauge . the circle with the most holes wins a turkey . It's great advertizing in the comunity that the event is coming up ( members sell the circles at work / home / supporting bussineses ) .
For us it's probably the busiest events of the year .
 
RUPZUK said:
For non shooters we also do turkey boards , basically a poster board with 16 2" circles on it . we sell the circles for $2.00 each . when full we have a member staple it a 25 yards with the back of it to him and gives it one shot with a 12 gauge . the circle with the most holes wins a turkey . It's great advertizing in the comunity that the event is coming up ( members sell the circles at work / home / supporting bussineses ) .
For us it's probably the busiest events of the year .
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This is what I know as a "turkey shoot". The competition type shoots are what I call meat shoots. A turkey shoot is more of a fund raiser. the meat shoots give a shooter a chance to try shooting from some unusual positions on the field, or as far back as the parking lot. Usually in the meat shoots the squad leader chooses where everyone is going to shoot from. You always have a different squad leader for each event. Everybody shoots from the same spot. Winner is best score. You can shoot your own loads, and some fellows who choose to shoot from way back, put togeather some pretty heavy loads, using #5 or #4 shot.

There are a lot of different types of meat shoots depending on the club. Some will have a shooter call a target, and even if he breaks it, if another shooter hits a piece of the broken target, he can put the first shooter out. If the second shooter shoots, and misses the broken piece, then he is out. Its an elimination shoot. Last man standing wins the prize.
 
Our Turkey Shoots are the same as meat shoots.Usually they are one of a clubs major fundraisers.Generally 5 shooters,two shots at each post.You can shoot sliders,27 yards,buddy shoots,5 spots or whatever the first guy to sign up wants.Ties are usually broken by extremely long distance shootoffs(as long as can safely be done at each club)We generally run a few Annie Oakleys over the two day Christmas event(Notice that I said Christmas and not Xmas or Holiday Season)and they are extremely popular with the club and the winner splitting the $10 entry fee 50/50.With 40 shooters this can mean $200 to the club(excellent return on investment)and $200 to the winning shooter(also an excellent return)Oddly enough the event is usually won by a duffer shooter who normally breaks about 6 out of 10 from the 16 yard line.Seldom does a 27 yard registered shooter win.
The shoot is kept fair by the use of 3 classes.Novice,where we allow you to win two shoots and then you are required to move up to intermediate class where you can win two more times.Then you step up with the big dogs and shoot open class.Pretty seldom does a recreational shooter have to worry about winning two prizes here but it does happen.
Over the two day event the trap division of our club will put 200 squads through and our club as a whole will hand out in excess of 700 hams,turkeys and bacons as well as a few gift certificates if and when we run out of product.Asthis is a club event and not only a trap division event,all profits go to the main club body.
The following weekend we run a one day prize shoot where any leftover meat prizes will be offered as well as what you'd usually expect at a Christmas prize shoot.We generally put 100 squads through on the one day event and as this is a trap division only event,we pocket the money and none goes to the main club.We usually hold a raffle for a Texas Mickey and have several 50/50 draws throughout the day.
We offer food at both events.Burgers,Hot Dogs,Chili and the usual fare.We make very little on food and we offer it more for as a convienience for the shooters than as a moneymaker.We do NOT provide alcohol,and the partaking of alcohol on the club grounds is strictly monitered.If you drink,you don't shoot.Now this can be an extremely hard thing to monitor and enforce but we do a pretty good job of it and in years past we've found that the shooters are starting to monitor themselves.
If you live on Vancouver Island(Nanaimo Fish & Game),remember our Turkey Shoot on Dec 9/10 and the following Sunday the 17th is our Pize Shoot.Everyone is welcome and you don't need to be member to come out and shoot.
Dave
 
We had a big meatshoot ( we call it a turkey shoot) on Nov 11th. About 45 guys showed up and we had a little ceremony and lunch and stuff. I made a huge soup and other guys brought buns and desserts. We are semi- sponsored for the meat prizes. Each contest was 5 guys and it cost $4.00 a contest. We had 3 "annie oakleys" and a bunch of other games like buddy shoots, 30 yrds or longer.

I won at two annie's and I won a big roast beef in a 30 yrd shoot. It was a ton of fun.

jacky
 
Hey Dave,

Are you shooting with us big dogs this or are you going to try to get in the novice class again. We have to stop running into each on the internet.

I'm working every day from here until Dec 17 to try and make it home for the prize shoot. Cant let Wicks have it too easy


Talk to you later

Kris


P.s Like dave says if you will be on the Island for our(Nanaimo F&G) Turkey shoot try to check it out. I have been told that it is one of the biggest in B.C
 
I'm going to bring one of those glasses and moustache disguises and try to sneak into novice class.There's something about beating 12 and 13 year olds that gives me a real rush.:D The truth is,and you well know,that once the thing gets rolling,I'll have no time to shoot anyways.Hope to see you at the prize shoot.By the way,Wicks shot a round of trap on Sunday.I wouldn't worry about him.:dancingbanana:
Dave
 
Many years ago, when I was in the army reserves, ( Algonquin Regiment,
B Squadron), we had our own version of a turkey shoot.
It was very simple, fair to all and fun.
We had a rimfire range in the basement of the armoury, where this was conducted.
Here's how it worked: The C.O. would take a blank piece of paper, make a mark on it( no one saw where) and then pin it to the backstop with the mark
facing the backstop so all we could see was a blank piece of paper.
Each one of us would take a shot , and after each shot , he'd mark it with
the shooter's name.
When everyone shot, he'd bring it back, turn it over , and the person closest
to the mark won.
This certainly made it a ''level playing '' field for even the poorest marksmen.
 
Dave, if you get to busy, you can always let the Daughter shoot, she should be ready for a few wins. I'd love to make those shoots, it's always a great club to shoot at.

Who's doing the cooking at the Nanaimo club now, I heard the chief cook and bottlewasher retired?:)
 
By the way,I'm referring to the cook that we have(on and off)at the Trap Clubhouse.Our main club cook,good old Norm,has retired for personel reasons and he will be missed for certain.It's going to really tough to replace him.
Dave
 
Para P-12 said:
We had a rimfire range in the basement of the armoury, where this was conducted. Here's how it worked: The C.O. would take a blank piece of paper, make a mark on it ... When everyone shot, he'd bring it back, turn it over , and the person closest to the mark won. This certainly made it a ''level playing '' field for even the poorest marksmen.
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As a boy I won some cut of meat at a match like this. The entry fee was sort of high, but the prizes were awarded by categories. Maybe I was the only 6-yr old right-handed boy shooting that day.
 
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