Today was our first (but hopefully not our last) GORH (Great Ohio Rabbit Hunt). It was completely and utterly outstanding.
Early on, we did a bit of target practice and took off en mass after the bunnies. I'm not sure how many of us were in that early morning group (I'm guessing 30? 40?) but I hear we had 92 total throughout the day. We saw and had shots at several rabbits throughout the morning and with all of the guys in the field and all the arrows flying, one hunter actually connected.
When we returned, we did some more target practice and chatted and so forth. Lunch was outstanding – mostly wild meat and so forth. I had some stew, chili, suspicious sausages and the like. I'm not sure what I ate, but it was pretty good.
After, we went out for the clout shoot – guys shot across a frozen pond at a tiny raccoon target (they tell me that's what it was, but it was way too far away to be sure).
After that, we moved on to the iron bunny – a great big iron rabbit, with a small heart shape cut out. A good shot (which I failed to make) hit straw and a bad one ended with a clang and a broken arrow. At the end of the day, the iron bunnie's straw bales were festooned with the shattered remains of our missed shots. Next was the William Tell shoot. We had a mannequin with an apple on it's head. In addition to a surprising number of good shots, there were quite a few potentially disastrous misses.
After that, we moved on to archery skeet. A modified trap thrower launched aerial targets at which we launched swarms of arrows. There were a surprising number of hits here as well – including one by Dylan.
Next, we had a big trad raffle and it was back out to the bunny fields. We had a little smaller group this time and still managed to kick up quite a few rabbits – one of which I took. Rainy, windy sleet stuff pushed us back to the cabin for more outstanding food.
I'm ready to go again.
Topic: GORH 2009 - assorted pictures (also, Chili Maker finally makes chili)... (Read 1451 times)
