Stan, Our motivations are entirely different.
I am of the opinion that no shooter should forgo the pleasure of playing with their toys for fear of being beaten.
I agree 100%, and have never stayed home because I was afraid of being beaten. I enjoy dove shooting and duck hunting more than I do clay busting, but when I do shoot clays I have immensely more fun when I do well.
Yet it is obvious that men do just that. The shoot lists are filled with the one and done's.
There's so much more to this hobby than endless competition.
I certainly didn't mean to imply that competition was everything, just that I enjoy it very much. I began competitive shooting when I was a Boy Scout at about age 11, at Camp Linwood Hayne with a target .22 rifle. I was hooked for life, I guess.
A person should be able to just grab their favorite shotgun and go have a good time.
Exactly what I do, and you, too, it seems. We just do it in different ways. As I said in my earlier post, we both have fun, what we call fun is just a little different. Nothing wrong with different.
The shoots that list participants only by number must have a reason for it.
They must, but I have never shot in one like that. I enjoy knowing who beat me so that I can shake their hand and congratulate them. Others may be ashamed of being beaten, I'm not, I just don't enjoy it.
All my best, SRH
