Tough Shooting At Maywood

Maywood had their Illini Indian shoot today. It was very, very windy. In singles I shot 25, 24, 24, 23 for a 96. I was happy with that score considering the conditions. The high singles score was a AA shooter's 97, I tied for first place in A class with that 96. We shot off late in the day and I missed one while he missed two. I was happy with winning the shoot-off, good experience to get.

I was pretty confident that I could shoot a good handicap score but that didn't happen. There was no squad before us so I rushed to the trap to find everyone waiting for me. Missed the first target out of the house and then another one. Finished the first trap down 5 targets. Shot a 22 on the second trap and figured I could salvage the score. Shot a 15 on the third round and then a 22. So a 79. I had a really hard time seeing the targets, the wind made them very inconsistent as well. The high scores in caps were 88s, two from 20 yards and one from 27 yards. The 27-yarder won the shoot-off.

Great turnout, they had 90 shooters on a pretty crummy day early in the season.

So a tough start for handicap but today's handicap targets were an abberration from how I have been shooting. So on to the next event.

10,000 Hours

I read this book, here is a story of someone trying to do it. I think the quality of the 10,000 hours is pretty important and at the best levels of any sport, the differences in skills are small and the mental game is what wins.

I shot at Maywood Sportsman's Club Easter Sunday, St. Charles has a reciporcal membership agreement. I ran into some shooters that I haven't seen in awhile and watched the games being shot before heading home for Easter dinner.

Wall Street Journal Story

The WSJ has a good story above the mental game on Saturday. I shot Saturday and Sunday, we've had really windy weather and a drop back into the 30s and 40s. Unpleasant. McHenry Sportsman's Club had a ham shoot Sunday, I won a ham in the first race I shot and then couldn't hit much else.

Another shooting brake

1975 Ferrari 365 GTB/4. We've had some nice weather and I've been shooting a lot. My handicap average is inching higher thanks to higher POI on gun. Singles are still dicey but overall I am shooting better than I was last year at this time. Spring league gettinig ready to start.

Might Hurt Resale Value...

.. but good advice.

Florida Fishing

Cal caught this nice speckled trout in Florida. Mrs. E got one too and we caught two mackerel.

Uncle's Farm

My uncle owns a farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I went on my first duck hunt there in the mid-1990s, its a neat place. My uncle got me started in the trading business by generously finding me (dumb college kid) a summer job in 1987 and letting me live in his house. It hasn't always been a smooth ride but its worked out pretty well.