This is my second Great Northern Shoot & I attended 8 of the UP Shoots.
I think this year's Great Northern was improved by the revised shooting venues & the availability of cart rental which the UP Shoot didn't have is a plus for older shooters.
I & all of my squad enjoyed the shoot & got to see some familiars faces & we will likely be back next year
That said, I think it still falls behind the UP Shoot (at least when Steve Atkinson was ramroding the UP Shoot) in the following areas:
Lack of a central area with cover & seating for socialization with other participants as the Sagola facility had.
No grand prize drawing gun (in fairness the UP Shoot didn't have one the final 2 years either). The chance to win a painting is nice but the UP Grand Prize gun was a much better deal.
Fewer vendors than the UP Shoot normally had.
IMO lesser quality of the Lewis Class prize guns & raffle prizes than was the norm at the UP Shoot (didn't impact me as I won nothing @ either of the Great Northern Shoots).
