Leon, Can I provide my own eggs?

Only if you can prove that you layed them Cross J.

LOL .....How 'bout if I provide everyone elses then

Prone and shooting sticks sounds like a good platform to me. But with my gut it would be like lying on a basketball. Does that qualify as an acceptable handicap?

If I should decide to shoot prone, will there be someone there to help me get back up? I might look like the old lady on the commercial "I've fallen and I can't get up". Need one of those buttons I guess.

Sticks? Prone? Some guys, me included can't get up off the ground. How 'bout we do this standing, off-hand, no slings?

How about this, one shooter at a time sitting on the same log or whatever, Using shooting sticks, that would be 2 sticks not connected by any mechanical means, and not bigger in diameter than the barrel on your 13.5# maximum rifle. This would be more like a hunting scenario with a minimum in written rules.

I suppose we could possibly make a few exceptions to the rules.

For those Texas and Oklahoma guys, we could allow them to shoot out of the window of their truck. Of course space and safety considerations would mean they couldn't actually put their truck on the firing line, so they'd be required to bring just the truck door to the firing line.

For those guys that don't have access to shooting sticks, we might consider allowing them to use their spotter in a slightly different manner.















Well, maybe not. Either of those two exceptions might be too much of a handicap for the other shooters. It's hard to shoot well while rolling on the ground laughing hysterically.



Jokes aside, I think since It's the way most of us hunt coyotes, one or two legged unattached shooting sticks, using a stool or sitting on the ground, will be it. Other than just keeping it simple, I wouldn't have any objection to someone wanting to shoot offhand, but unless he could rival Annie Oakley, I doubt that he'd be competitive. I've shot many many thousands of rounds offhand in Highpower and Silhouette comps, and I wouldn't want to compete against someone with sticks.

Prone with sling really does give an advantage, especially to guys that shoot the position in comps, so I think that's out too.

Having one shooter on the firing line at a time would be an excellent improvement to any competition in my opinion. Unfortunately it would also extend the time needed for the match considerably, unless there are only a few shooters.

The number of shooters on the firing line will be dependant on the number of shooters competing, in the end. I would like to be able to do it in two or three relays max, just for the time considerations. Remember, most guys will probably be shooting at 2-4 different ranges.

I would like to be able to complete this in 2 or 3 hours in the middle of the day, during the least productive coyote hunting time, so that guys could compete, and still get in morning stands and evening stands. This is after all, a part of the PM Globe Hunt.

Leon

Any restrictions on scopes?

Harold

Any restriction on caliber? A .600 Nitro fires a bullet about as big as an egg.

"Nope, none at all."

And no shotguns either!

If I come, I might bring my .17HMR, or would that be to unfair. At 400 yards, the report alone might bust the egg.