NOVEMBER 23, 2014 - PETITCODIAC - 100yd FLY SHOOT - RESULTS

The - not so annual yet but who knows - Petitcodiac Fly Shoot took place yesterday with 15 shooters in attendance. The conditions were fair with a lot warmer temperatures than expected (2 - 6 degrees Celcius) and very little wind. Once in a while we had 5 to 10 km gusts which played from side to side and then up and down the range. These did not factor much in the results except when smoke from the stove drifted down range or when you missed a change.

What did affect us older fellows with fading eyeballs, was the intensity of the sun which shone mostly from behind the targets and reflected strongly from the snow. A lot of glare in the first few relays. One shooter with a .17 Fireball and another with a .30BR and just about everyone in between could barely make out the holes in the paper. As the sun moved to the west during the match (to the RIGHT on the Petitcodiac Range), this became better and a lot more Flies were
dispatched as can be seen in the results below. Congratulations to the winning fly hunters and our condolences to Tony L. who seems to have lost his favourite spot on the roster.

RESULTS:                           Target #1             Target #2                 Target #3                 Total                     Rank

Cecil Harvey	22	37	37	96	1
Tom Nowlan	35	19	29	83	2
Brian Petitpas	18	25	35	78	3
Bert deVink	27	24	24	75	4
Darryl Keirstead	22	31	18	71	5
Rod Bourgoin	26	18	18	62	6
Matt Armstrong	15	19	26	60	7
Tony Lewis	16	14	27	57	8
Don Murrin	14	21	20	55	9
John McClusky	9	17	23	49	10
Dan Gladstone	10	18	17	45	11
Shelly Colpitts	19	9	14	42	12
Volker Topf	3	0	12	15	13
John Corbett	11	dnc	dnc	11	14
Martin Topf	11	dn0	dnc	11	15

We all agreed that these Fly Targets were a heck-of-a-lot-of-fun to shoot at and we all had a relaxed and less competitive fun time. They were quite tricky - a tiny head (about 1/4 MOA) was worth 5 points, the thorax (less than 1/2 MOA) was worth 4 points and the abdomen (about 1/2 MOA) was worth 3 points. A touch was worth 1 point. You could be well within the distance for a normal target "bulls-eye" shot and still miss the fly - especially since wings did not count at all.

As is usual for a shoot in New Brunswick, many people helped out. Thanks go to Volker T. for organizing the Match and both he and Martin T. did the scoring. Dan G. and Darryl K. were the ROs while Dan G., Shelly C. and Brian P. did the target changing - thanks guys. Thanks also to Dan and Shelly for the terrific treats that were awfully hard to pass up. Thanks also to all the folks who fed the fires in the stoves to keep us all cozy.

The next shoot in Petitcodiac will be the Christmas Shoot with more fun targets, a meal and good company. Hope to see you all there!