Strangest thing you've seen at your club...vegetable, mineral, wombat..

[nobby]

At Shebbear we had an area of ground that we deliberately left to nature's devices for a couple of years. The second year we had partridges nesting there.

Going back to our opening event in 2003, we had put out a 30 shot FT course to SWEFTA rules, but knowing that the site is exposed to the wind we kept the target distances within reason. Two very well known shooters from another south-west club rocked up to take part, looked at the course and words like mouse and mickey were uttered. It was seen to be a pushover. One went home with eleven Xs on his card, and his mate had fourteen.

 

[Mrs. H]

I apologise in advance for raising this as I know it will be deeply unsettling for some...but I do recall a shoot at the fondly remembered Kibworth HFT club where fancy dress had been encouraged. I think it may have been an Xmas shoot? Probably around the 2008-2011 era.
Gary Chillingworth rocked up looking somewhere between Dr Frank N Furter and Ma Boswell from Bread replete with scouse-shock-curl wig and suspenders.
The photos are still out there for those brave enough to look...

 

[zogg364]

I apologise in advance for raising this as I know it will be deeply unsettling for some...but I do recall a shoot at the fondly remembered Kibworth HFT club where fancy dress had been encouraged. I think it may have been an Xmas shoot? Probably around the 2008-2011 era.
Gary Chillingworth rocked up looking somewhere between Dr Frank N Furter and Ma Boswell from Bread replete with scouse-shock-curl wig and suspenders.
The photos are still out there for those brave enough to look...

Jesus, please please don't post them on here

 

[FPoole]

I was practicing, in the back yard, along side a few acres of woods. I noticed movement and then a pigs head popped out of the wooded edge. She looked around, then walked right out onto my yard, followed by 4 piglets. They came towards me, from about 100 yards away, and passed within 10 feet of me. The wind was quartering into and from my left, so when they were about 20 feet past my right side, the sow caught my scent. They dropped a couple of gears and ran like the devil was after them.

 

[Dave-H]

Don't do clubs, but one of the oddest things I've seen when out pigeon shooting was a wallaby hopping along the hedge line

Funny you should say that … back in the 90’s I had a perm just outside Henley on Thames.
I lost count of the number of wallabies seen , they had quite a large colony back then, including an albino (first time I lamped him I nearly shite myself! )

 

[That hurts]

Funny you should say that … back in the 90’s I had a perm just outside Henley on Thames.
I lost count of the number of wallabies seen , they had quite a large colony back then, including an albino (first time I lamped him I nearly shite myself! )

Mine was back down in Hampshire and the story was that they were released after an estate owner went bust.

 

[Phox22]

I shoot at my mate @cjeley80 range and quite often have to stop while a rabbit,pheasant hen or alpaca wanders across

 

[Dubman]

At our club while not unusual we regularly have to stop shooting to allow deer to wander through the course. And once a year we have hundreds of small frogs migrating from the pond into the stream.

That sounds very much like our club.

 

[Gray357]

At my local club the owner has peacocks wandering around and chickens and I think there’s grouse as well!
Quite often have to stop shooting because the peacocks are too close to the targets.

 

[Sid60]

Oh Dear mine was a cracker arrived at my then perm this is 1999 pulled into the farm yard well the abandoned barn area where I usually set up for zeroing never saw anybody there ever but there was a BMW parked out of view.
I got out of my van in full camo BSA superstar on shoulder walk over to the Barn and as I walked into the Barn there in front of me were a very passionate couple going at it hammer and tongs I stood there for a second (I swear ) then the lady looked over his shoulder and screamed well I just stood there like RAMBO and just said your on private ground and need to leave I turned around and in a split second they were up and away

 

[Dave H]

Oh Dear mine was a cracker arrived at my then perm this is 1999 pulled into the farm yard well the abandoned barn area where I usually set up for zeroing never saw anybody there ever but there was a BMW parked out of view.
I got out of my van in full camo BSA superstar on shoulder walk over to the Barn and as I walked into the Barn there in front of me were a very passionate couple going at it hammer and tongs I stood there for a second (I swear ) then the lady looked over his shoulder and screamed well I just stood there like RAMBO and just said your on private ground and need to leave I turned around and in a split second they were up and away

Surely “down and away”?

 

[Gareth Tee]

Oh Dear mine was a cracker arrived at my then perm this is 1999 pulled into the farm yard well the abandoned barn area where I usually set up for zeroing never saw anybody there ever but there was a BMW parked out of view.
I got out of my van in full camo BSA superstar on shoulder walk over to the Barn and as I walked into the Barn there in front of me were a very passionate couple going at it hammer and tongs I stood there for a second (I swear ) then the lady looked over his shoulder and screamed well I just stood there like RAMBO and just said your on private ground and need to leave I turned around and in a split second they were up and away

Or "He was up and going for it"

 

[Dioclese]

Oh Dear mine was a cracker arrived at my then perm this is 1999 pulled into the farm yard well the abandoned barn area where I usually set up for zeroing never saw anybody there ever but there was a BMW parked out of view.
I got out of my van in full camo BSA superstar on shoulder walk over to the Barn and as I walked into the Barn there in front of me were a very passionate couple going at it hammer and tongs I stood there for a second (I swear ) then the lady looked over his shoulder and screamed well I just stood there like RAMBO and just said your on private ground and need to leave I turned around and in a split second they were up and away

Did you ask her ".177 or .22" and wink suggestively?

 

[Rikard]

Going back a few years well early 90’s a new member turned up with his brand new out of the box 77k with a new scope mounted, unfortunately the scope was on back to front, when rectified for him, he did say he wondered why he couldn’t see anything through it

 

[Gulo Luseus]

Couple of years ago at the agf meet at throckers, one of our lads turned up with a selection of outfits. The mankini got binned as it was a tad chilly and instead he went for skintight (and I do mean skin right) Lycra. Bright red legs. The worst bit was that you noticed one certain bit and couldn’t tear your eyes away. Still brings out on cold sweats thinking about it….
Think I’ve got some pics somewhere…

 

[Sid60]

Did you ask her ".177 or .22" and wink suggestively?

Ha ha yes in hindsight I’d say he was 177 all day long

 

[Gulo Luseus]

Not the exact outfit, but it did make the evening more interesting, and gives you a taste of what we endured. Imagine it without the jacket and it’s close….

 

[Frog]

There’s also the odd grey squirrel knocking about Pete’s too. It’s probably the safest squirrel in the UK as there’s a firm ‘nothing with a pulse shall be a target’ rule there

I was RO at Hurn one week when a squirrel ambled across the range completely unconcerned as people blatted away with everything from a Baker rifle to .44 black powder pistols, 357 underlevers to semi auto .22 LR. I had to thank all the shooters for everyone resisting the temptation...

 

[Frog]

Not the exact outfit, but it did make the evening more interesting, and gives you a taste of what we endured. Imagine it without the jacket and it’s close….View attachment 829309

OMG - I mean .....a bum bag....

 

[Vy Rark Orro]

Club owner bought several new Union Jacks this year and flies them all upside down. I don't know if this was intentional or through ignorance.