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Coeur d'Alene, ID 4/17-18 AAR

Started by hawkhavn, April 19, 2010, 03:12:22 AM

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hawkhavn

April 19, 2010, 03:12:22 AM
Just got in.

Great weekend more detail shortly.
7 Riflemen, some new some repeats.
60 folks on the line Saturday with a cool rainy morning, 41 back on Sunday with a gloriously beautiful Sunday.
3 new IITs to support the burgeoning program in Eastern Washington and Western Idaho.

Chime in!

Hawkhavn
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Reformed Redneck

#1
April 19, 2010, 10:03:18 PM
Friends,

Ditto to what Hawkhavn said. Great weather, a good intructors team, new riflemen, new IIT's, a great host facility. What's to complain about? I'm wondering if it can get better than this.

We had a good percentage of shooters make (or repeat) their Rifleman patches. Nearly everyone made significant progress in their shooting, some despite their selection of pretty unusual rifles.

I am especially pleased that Appleseed is really expanding a local support base and is becomming more popular as time goes on. We're already looking forward to the next shoot up there in May. If you are planning to register for the next one, I would strongly suggest that you do so as soon as your circumstance allows.

Best regards,
Reformed Redneck
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Western Rose

#2
April 19, 2010, 10:46:48 PM Last Edit: April 19, 2010, 11:53:06 PM by Western Rose
Shooters! It was great having you on the line.

Patrick, from the Yakima shoot, it was great to see you again. I'll see you in May.
Patrick, from the CdA range, I can't wait to work a shoot with you. Congratulations on the Rifleman and thank you for stepping up as an IIT. O0
Patrick, my brother, good job working the line!
(I just had to put all three Patricks right after each other! :D)

The Junior shooters were a pleasure to work with. I'll expect to see them all on the line again soon.

Loren, "Brown Hat" until you tell me what your forum name is (^-^), thanks for helping me out on the line yesterday. It was great working with you. Your going to be a great Instructor! I'll see you at another shoot soon. 8) Thanks for bring your folks. Sorry I couldn't work with them more.
Ron, thanks for putting us up this weekend! Congratulations on the orange hat! ..:..
Sam, congratulations on shooting your Rifleman score!
Potter clan, you guys did great.

That just lists a FEW of the great people I was privileged to work with this weekend. Thank you all for coming.

Pictures to follow! Once I figure out how to make the "web compatible".... $$-0
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Evenstar

#3
April 19, 2010, 10:58:48 PM Last Edit: April 20, 2010, 11:31:20 AM by Evenstar
I really enjoyed this shoot. It was my first as an IIT, plus my first April 19th shoot. The shooters were great, the instructors were awesome, the Shoot Boss was amazing. Thanks tdow for the help in getting me started on my Line Boss duties. I was still at it on Sunday since they liked my voice so much.  ;D
Congratulations to the new (and repeated) Riflemen. Also, a big thanks to the three new orange hats for stepping up. Welcome aboard!!!  O0

Here's some pictures from our great weekend!

Note: The pictures of the Potter Clan are repeats. They've all gotten their Rifleman scores before.
'Pictures... or it didn't happen!' &)

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Earl

#4
April 19, 2010, 11:34:41 PM
That last picture of Evenstar's with the young ones and their Red Hat, that is a great indication of good things happening. O0
... to catch the fire in another American for sharing the skills and our heritage to our posterity. Maybe my perfect shots will be made by those I met along the trials and trails of Appleseed. I know that America is a nation of Riflemen.

Western Rose

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April 19, 2010, 11:51:28 PM Last Edit: April 20, 2010, 12:07:08 AM by Western Rose
Quote from: Earl on April 19, 2010, 11:34:41 PM
That last picture of Evenstar's with the young ones and their Red Hat, that is a great indication of good things happening. O0

And that wasn't even all of the young ones that were shooting at this shoot this past weekend! There were around 6 or 7 juniors in the Potter clan... Just so you know, David did have his patch. He had just set it down so you can't tell in the picture.

There is nothing like having a bunch of 7-12 year olds come running up to you after a shoot to give you a "thank you" hug.


More pictures.

Sadly I wasn't able to get any of just Hayden (a junior shooter) or just Emily (a junior shooter).

Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. - 2 Cor. 3:17

A stranger is just a friend you haven't met yet.

"When an honest man who is mistaken, is confronted with the truth, he will either cease to be mistaken, or he will cease to be honest." - PHenry

"The teenage years are not a vacation from responsibility... They are the training ground of future leaders who dare to be responsible now."

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TruTenacity

#6
April 20, 2010, 12:49:30 AM Last Edit: April 20, 2010, 10:48:10 AM by TruTenacity
What a weekend to remember!

The Junior shooters were great.  Their energy and enthusiasm was contagious.  Instructing an older gentleman was enjoyable.  He was a fine example of never being too old to learn something new.  I had fun telling some young men they had no excuse for not being able to get their knee up . . . if I can do it they sure better be able to.  The women shooters were awesome giving it all they had and then some.

Watching the shooters work through the mental and physical gymnastics it takes to apply the instruction they heard and demonstrations they saw was amazing.  A lot of the shooters smiles got bigger and bigger as they looked at their targets and observed their groups getting smaller, their NPOA shifts working, and their scores improving.

Shooters, excellent job!  Keep up the good work and we’ll see you on the trail again some day.
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TruTenacity

#7
April 20, 2010, 03:29:21 PM
A few more pictures from this past weekend.
"We are fighting for our country, for posterity perhaps.  On the success of this campaign the happiness or misery of millions may depend."  Henry Knox

"Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap if we faint not."  Galatians 6:9

GunslingerGirl

#8
April 20, 2010, 10:29:00 PM
It was a great shoot! I loved helping all the shooters, and I saw a ton of improvement. Good job shooters and instructors!  ^:)^

Becky

Cedarpole

#9
April 21, 2010, 11:28:46 PM
This was my third shoot, and I can't say enough good things about Appleseed Shoots.  They've never been a disappointment.  And I'd like to thank all the instructors for volunteering their time and energies!  They're one great bunch of folks!  I'd also like to thank our Shoot Boss, Hawkhavn, for bravely agreeing to have dinner with total strangers.  Thanks Ed.  We enjoyed your company!  You're always welcome at our "campfire." 

Ishy

#10
April 22, 2010, 06:58:41 PM
Quote from: Earl on April 19, 2010, 11:34:41 PM
That last picture of Evenstar's with the young ones and their Red Hat, that is a great indication of good things happening. O0

Definitely!   ;)
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Scott

#11
April 23, 2010, 12:38:36 AM
To Larry and family, and all the other instructors....thank you for your time and effort.  It was another great Appleseed.  Though the in-laws did not make it back on Sunday, they are looking forward to the next CDA Appleseed.  Thanks again, hope to see you in September.

Scott & Heather

patronus of licentia

#12
April 23, 2010, 03:38:04 AM
Just wanted to thank everyone for the great shoot. It was the first one as an IIT, I learned a lot working the backside of the line. It was just as challenging and rewarding as being a shooter. I hope to see everyone back at future shoots and loved that three new people stepped up to help.

Mike
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Fred

#13
April 23, 2010, 04:11:38 AM

      It's great seeing so many turn out for what is an excellent location!

      Seeing the images of Western Rose with a Red Hat, when my first encounter with her was a mere three years ago, on this same range, as a newbie shooter - and now she's a regular RWVA rifle marksmanship instructor? Right there, where it all began for her? O0 O0

     (Of course, I may have helped her along this path, when I put her in charge of "the AZ boys" who seemed to need some additional inspiration.... :) )

      And seeing her pop, Reformed Redneck, in a Red Hat? Last time I saw him on this range, three years ago, it was "trigger finger issues" - funny, how you can remember the small stuff!

      And sister Evenstar was not even on the radar, much less mom and Patrick.

      What a crew!

      And what a crew all those orange hats are. Hope you warned them - the new "orange hats" - about the power of those hats.

      They can really suffuse a room with a warm orange glow all night... ;D

      And hope some of those other 57, the ones who didn't "take up the hat", are thinking about the history and heritage they heard this weekend. It's worth thinking about!

      Congrats to all! And let's keep the momentum going at CdA!
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     What about it, do-nothings? You heard the man, jump on in...

West

#14
April 23, 2010, 11:53:15 AM
I second that - Congrats to all!  Hawk always runs a tight ship, from what I've seen, and it's good to hear everyone had a great time.

It's tough to follow such a good act as Fred, but I just wanted to say that it seems you have an admirable lot.

Congratulations again!

West  :))
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