This was my first trip to Friendship. After getting there and looking everything over, I decided to spend my 3 days enjoying the shooting I don't get to do at my home club. In other words...I didn't fire a single round at a paper bullseye. It was fun learning the other ways folks have invented to enjoy these rifles. I learned about, and enjoyed "Table Shooting". We'll be putting that together here at home real soon. I got to shoot Running Boar...lots of fun, and pretty humbling. I hunt with my 50 cal. Hawken-style rifle, and have done quite well over the years...but I have a personal rule to NEVER shoot at a running critter. "Running" targets however are a bunch of fun..!!
Then there was the Woodswalk...GROAN. Hooked up with some "internet friends" I had never met, and had a great time. Hit some, missed some...but did manage to bring home a playing card, cut plumb in two by the 40 cal. RB out of my new Davis rifle. This was also my first opportunity to meet vendors I have done business with for years...decades in a couple of cases..but never actually met. Looked at a lot of odds and ends...and met a lot of new friends. I can't say enough about the overall gregarious nature and friendly attitudes of everyone I encountered up there. The good Lord blessed us with perfect weather, and I'm already planning to go back.