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A couple of things I never tried to pursue is billiards and archery……because I’m scary bad at both!
I leave my Snooker competition to the shotgun variety. I did make the top eight at our last big shoot in Oklahoma but went out early🥲
Best,
Ken
Dodging lions and wasting time.....
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Here’s my favorite shorebird decoy. I have others that have finer painting and carving detail, but the whimsical rendition of the dowitcher by an unknown carver is true folk art The bird was carved in the last quarter of the 19th Century. Theodore Rogers was a wealthy Manhattan banker who was a member of a Jamaica Bay duck club on Long Island where he shot shorebirds. He had a large rig of shorebirds consisting of Dowitchers, Plovers and Curlews. His ownership was declared by branding “T. Rogers” on each bird’s bottom. Rogers died in 1903. The bird puts a smile on my face when held in my hand. It has the girth between a softball and baseball. It is an artifact of a time gone by. Jamaica Bay is now a Federal waterfowl refugee. LaGuardia Airport sits on its shoreline. We’ll be flying across it into LaGuardia in the next week or so when we fly up to meet the new grandson born last weekend. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/7VppfZN.jpeg) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/lSxpnCc.jpeg)
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Congratulations on that new grandson.
Speude Bradeos
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May God bless America and those who defend her.
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GLS,
Be sure to pass on the "traditions" to him, enjoy!
Karl
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Karl, at our respective ages, by the time he starts departing from his tradition of drooling, I will be entering same stage. Probably be some overlap.  Gil
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Karl, at our respective ages, by the time he starts departing from his tradition of drooling, I will be entering same stage. Probably be some overlap. Gil ROTFLMAO. No worries, it's in the genes.
May God bless America and those who defend her.
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Last edited by ROMAC; 11/27/24 10:39 PM.
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Cut your charge way back if you use a projectile, ROMAC. We have shot everything from soup cans filled with concrete to oranges to wild citron melons, all patched. A very small charge will propel them almost out of sight!
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Stan,
I use 400 grains (This is my max load) when I just want to make a lot of smoke and noise. I usually use tin foil balls as wadding or hot dog buns.
They both work great.
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