Thread: Taihape NZDA Field Target Shoot

Thanks Andy, it occurred to me afterwards that i forgot to thank Ian & Kathy for them allowing us to use thier property. Its an awesome location and the club is extremely lucky to ahve access to it.
The course this year was set a little more difficult than the one we had last year - more movement, position changes and time limits. But the Taihape competitors have obviously improved their shooting skills as well because even with the more difficult course, scores were up on last year.

Malcolm and I primarily run these shoots because we enjoy shooting them and we get to catch up with some great people round the place. We really believe though, that these shoots are great for hunters who want to improve their shooting ability. It gets them off the flat, known distance range, off their bipods and away from shooting groups. We find it great to watch how different people shoot the different stages, who uses what support is on offer, who runs out of time, who sets up a position that gets them into trouble, who gets distracted by the second target when they should be thinking about hitting the first one. And Rushy you are right - who gets so worried about the time limit they stop thinking about hitting the target.
Position 4 (off the gate) was good for this. I think Malcolm and I were the only people that knelt for the first shot, laid down for the second shot and knelt again for the last shot. Everyone else shot all three sitting.

Two shoots coming up in January - Dannevirke and New Plymouth.