Not certain today but in the past a good number of folks were allowed to go on a duck hunt at Beaver Dam and shoot the gun. I know several who did so who were not in the article. I was sent photos of the events. The actual circumstances surrounding the hunts escapes me just now.

After reading Buckingham’s books and in the past knowing a lot of folks in the area who knew Buckingham, hunted with him, shot with him, I would have little interest in shooting the gun.