These events have got to be my favorites. International Appleseeds are the best :) I am a bit biased though.
The photos that I have are located here:
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Thank you all for spending your weekend with us!
Rascal21
^:)^ ^:)^qualified rifleman as winter seed the Battle Creek facilities are awesome Graywolf and crew did a fantastic job as always
:--- and it was also fun shooting a junior hats of the new qualified instructors congratulations
Great weekend with great people! Thanks Rascal21 for organizing this again and to Graywolf, Three Dogs, Click, Waveman, Cornfed, Zazzles and Oz thank you for the instruction and the dedication to Appleseed. Well done to everyone who made Rifleman and to those who did not you will because a rifleman persists. Huzzah!
Many thanks to the hardworking team that put this event together and in getting us squared away. The weather was challenging to say the least and really tested our abilities to focus on the lessons and build fundamentals. While we shivered and squirmed to try and stay warm, the hardworking crew never showed any signs that the elements affected them. It was a great well organized event, thank you Rascal21.
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What a great weekend we had! When I arrived on the range Saturday morning for set up things looked pretty dismal. Six inches of snow on the ground with semi-frozen mud underneath, freezing rain in the forecast, and temps not expected to get above 35 degrees. The rain came, then more snow. But none of that mattered. This is Appleseed at its best. We had excited shooters, dedicated instructors, and the promise of Winterseed patches.
We had 7 shooters score rifleman - 6 of them on Saturday. We also had 3 step up and take Orange hats and 1 step up and take a Blue Hat. Those kind of results really make for a great shoot no matter what the weather. As Shoot Boss, I could not have been happier.
I want to thank the instructors who came out for the event. You folks are the reason for this success. Your instruction was spot on and your work with each shooter personally clearly showed in the results.
Gray wolf has assembled a team of instructors second to none. In trying weather conditions, they smiled. Through a couple instructor changes, the instructors adapted. The instructor core is trained and coached by a true leader. The students experience never changed due to Gray Wolfs leadership. My hat is off to the Michigan instructors.
The students attending this cold snowy Appleseed are some of the most outgoing and positive people I've ever met. This international group of shooters and now instructors inspire me to do better. If I could pick an "A" team for fending off redcoats, this would be the team I'd follow.
Congratulations to all the winter seed riflemen.
I would like to start by giving thanks to all...Graywolf and the rest of the team, Three Dogs, Click, Waveman, Cornfed, Zazzles, Oz and especially Rascal21 for their great training, hospitality and support.
It was a real pleasure and honor to achieve the long sought after winter patch (while the cold and dampness did make a major impact on my bones, I'm happy I got it done).
Thank you also to the organization for asking us to become instructors in training, this is truly another great honor and it is something I take very seriously.
This is a great organization that clearly understands what personal freedom is all about and the importance of passing that information onto as many people as possible.
This was a fantastic event and I'm pleased to have met so many wonderful folks!
To anyone reading, if you haven't been to an event, you do yourself a great disservice.
Go be outside and and enjoy the experience!
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Quote from: CornfedinOhio on March 11, 2016, 07:16:52 AM
If I could pick an "A" team for fending off redcoats, this would be the team I'd follow.
Hey! Are you talking about me? :(
Seriously, it was a great weekend. Even getting the car stuck on the other side of the lake was a fun experience. It gave me the opportunity to "Seven Step" the guy that helped us get to the range. It must have been odd for him to have a Canadian tell him about Appleseed and some of the history of the Revolutionary War.
It is always great getting together with this group and it was awesome meeting some new people as well. Thanks to all the staff for putting on an excellent event in some pretty nasty conditions! I will certainly treasure my Winterseed patch.
"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value." - Thomas Paine
I am excited to see what we can do on this side of the border to develop our own program this year. There is already a lot of interest building.
Hopefully we can make it to another event this year in the US as well.