The Mike Fink event will soon be upon us again. I was thinking back some years when we had a lot more participents for this event. We would have shooting events for the better part of Sat. Then after supper we would hold an auction. Sunday morning we would start out with shot gun competition. Then the finale event of the day. The notorious Mike Fink shoot. Of course there was a lot of harrisment during this event. The good guy award was passed on for another year, and then for the worst shot or the most face shots would get the bad guy award. The shooter would carry that award for a year but had to mke one of his own & bring it to the Mike Fink shoot the following year. Oh what fun we had.
I think I just may have the clubs secretary add two motiones to be included in the work day meeting letter agenda for April.
Every one have a balmy day, 40 degrees today, wow.
clear coffee
February 8-9, 2008 the South Fork Renegades of Hutchinson Mn held there Snow Ball Encampment. For the most part all I can say about it is BRRRRRRR. There was 9 camps braveing the cold. Some were there as early as Wednsday & the rest trickled in from Thursday to Friday. Saturday morning Hermy and I set up the shooting range. It's a good thing the wind was out of the North West. We didn't have much of a breeze on the shooting range. Five events were run in the morning and that was the end of it. The wind had picked up to 45 mile an hour gusts & by early afternoon it was a -15 degrees without the wind chill.
Camp is set up in a horse shoe clearing so unless the wind comes out of the South you are pretty much protected. wakeing up Sunday morning was again brrrrrr cold. Everyone survived the cold & wind ok, knowing that buckskinners are a hardy bunch. Cheers for Darla braving the extremities.
Sunday, August 26, 2007
2007 Frolic
The 2007 Frolic went off without a hitch, well except for the fact that it rained alot. We did not do much shooting and fit the other events in where we could. But we were in good company, so it was a lot of fun. We did a number on the wood shed though, I think it is about empty.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Browntons sesquacentenial
Clear Coffee and his family put together the rendezvous for Brownton's sesquacentenial. It went very well and we had a great time. We did the parade, demonstrated and enjoyed each other's company. Now we are looking forward to the Frolic, which is just a few weeks down the road.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Mike Fink
The Mike Fink Shoot went vey well. We had 5 camps and a few more walk in shooters. Thursday night was very enjoyable. We made popcorn for everyone and enjoyed time around the fire. In the afternoon, the weather became very warm, but was better than the years it is really cold and rainy there. Friday night was also warm, but that is not always a good thing. That night, there were more June bugs than I have ever seen in my life. They were flying everywhere, landing on us every five seconds or so. Then, when we went to bed, they were even in our tents. Yuck! Well, we all survived through the night and saturday was a great day. It was warm, too, but we did the shoots and the Clue game. On saturday night, we had a camp meeting and Trapper brought ice cream. We planned things out for the Frolic. It really cooled off Saturday night, which was good because those June bugs were few and far between. Sunday, we woke up to a very cold morning. We were lucky, though, because it did not rain. All in all, it was a great weekend!
Monday, April 30, 2007
Looking Forward to Mike Fink
We are all looking forward to the Mike Fink Shoot coming up in May. We are going to do shooting, as normal. We will also be doing a hawk and knife throw. Back by popular demand, we will be doing a live clue game. I have come up with some very hard riddles for everyone to figure out. It should be fun and the prize is really cool. We are planning a bon fire on Saturday night for the whole camp, if the weather permits. I will bring popcorn! There is more wood cut than we could ever possibly use, so we will all be warm. Like I have said before, Mike Fink is a free event and a great place to blow the cob webs out of those barrels and get geared up for another Rendezvous season. There is a low fee for shooting. It will be held at the historical Forest City Fort, as usual.
So we are all hoping we will have good weather and look forward to seeing friendly faces!
