Shooting pumpkins on thanksgiving morning is a tradition around here. At the trap range where we shoot every thursday evening, about 10 years ago we started this tradition. We have gathered about 300 pumpkins this year.
Early on thursday morning, they will get two holes drilled into the top of each one and are then filled with water. We
then put them in rows on the hill beyond the trap house.....everyone brings out their hunting rifles, mostly modern stuff,
and at a given signal we commence firing.....must sound like a minor war to the neighbors. I would estimate that something in excess of 500 rounds are fired. Everything from big double rifles to small cannons......but, a lot of fun...Don
