2025 BoWhoop station results

[DarylC]

Sorry guys, I meant to post this yesterday but ran out of gas.

Let's start off with the Fox/Lefever challenge.
Fox won with a score of 94/92 with the outcome coming down to the last two Lefever shooters.
Team Fox:
Shane Hoover
Derek Farrell
Dick Mider
Fred Verry
Dan Steingraber

Team Lefever:
Mike Koneski
Bret Adams
Rick Ghenn
Brandon Groves
John Brownell

Great shooting by both teams.

Now for the BoWhoop/Letterman/Big and BabyWhoop events. All ties decided by reverse long run:

BoWhoop:
A total of 22 rounds were shot.
1st place went to Mike Smith Shooting a Fox at 6 and the BoWhoop champion
2nd place went to Bret Adams shooting a Greener at 6
3rd place was a tie:
Fred Verry shooting a Fox at 5
Ron Kiska shooting a Smith at 5
Stan Hoover shooting a Fox at 5

W.C. Letterman:
A total of 17 rounds were shot.
1st place went to Frank Srebro shooting a Mauser at 7
2nd place went to Mike Smith shooting a Fox at 6 and the W.C. Letterman champion
3rd place was a tie:
Fred Verry shooting a Smith at 3
Derek Farrell shooting a Parker at 3
Stan Hoover shooting a Fox at 3

BabyWhoop:
A total of 28 rounds were shot.
1st place went to Ron Kiska shooting at Parker at 9 (he centered every target but one)
2nd place went to Mark Kirchner shooting a Parker at 7
3rd place was a tie:
Frank Srebro shooting a Fox at 6
Fred Verry shooting a SKB at 6
Dan Steingraber shooting a Parker at 6
Daniel Balwell shooting an Ithaca at 6
Mike Koneski shooting a Parker at 6
Derek Farrell shooting ? at 6
Don McQuade shooting a Parker at 6

BigWhoop (8ga):
Total of 14 rounds shot.

1st place went to Mike Smith shooting a Parker at 6
2nd place went to Daniel Balwell shooting a Parker at 6
3rd place was a tie:
Stan Hoover shooting a Parker at 5
And Mr. 8, Craig Larter shooting a Parker at 5

Great shooting everyone and I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

Well that pretty much wraps it up for 2025 and I once again want to thank everyone who helped not only trapping and scoring but took the time shoot, some multiple times. Let's make next year bigger and I'll try to make it better.

Thanks,
Daryl

[Jeff S]

Big thanks to Daryl for coordinating these events. Based on the report, a lot of people had fun (participants and the audience) because of your efforts. Thanks!

[Stan Hoover]

Many Thanks to you Daryl,

And all the fine gentlemen who helped you make this happen and run smoothly, it is definitely a highlight for the shooters from my perspective!

Stan

[DarylC]

Thanks guys, I appreciate your sentiments.

[fox-admin]

Very well done my friend, it went off without a hitch. I still see that B bird in my sleep LOL.

[DarylC]

Very well done my friend, it went off without a hitch. I still see that B bird in my sleep LOL.

Not one shooter from the BoWhoop/Letterman/BigWhoop stand could figure out how to break the B bird consistently. Most even struggled from the BabyWhoop to break it except Mr. Kiska. Steggy did manage to break it a few times.
I would have loved to stayed there with a couple boxes of shells to figure it out. Then again, maybe the B bird will reappear next year. I can be proud of the B.

[Foxnut]

Very well done my friend, it went off without a hitch. I still see that B bird in my sleep LOL.

Craig,
That’s my problem….I couldn’t even see the B bird when I was standing there!!!! I took a practice round with my J Grade Trap gun and shot 5 straight trying to break the B bird and never put a pellet on the target!!!

[DarylC]

In my opinion that target required 7 1/2's. We found a number of birds in the field with one or two holes in them.

[Silvers]

Daryl is right on. I watched several BW and WCL shooters using rather light loads (velocity and shot charge). That "B bird" was a very long crosser, on edge and with constantly changing trajectory. Sure, you had to be on the right lead and could break it with most any load, but why not increase the odds? Ime that was the max permissible load of 1-1/8 ounce of 7-1/2's. I used Fiocchi 3 DE Trap loads. frank

[DarylC]

No matter the load, it must be placed in the right place. The B target had a lot going for it. The shooter was shooting downhill, the bird was not going as fast as it seemed and it was going slightly away from the shooter although it seemed to be a 90* crosser. I was proud of my baby.

[Jeff S]

For what it’s worth, I was using modern loads consisting of 1 1/8th oz of 7 1/2 pellets.

[vaturkey]

I do recall someone breaking that B bird with a small bore hammer gun a few times during set up day. I think the folks there on Wednesday were witnesses.

[DarylC]

For what it’s worth, I was using modern loads consisting of 1 1/8th oz of 7 1/2 pellets.

And you broke it a couple times.

[DarylC]

I do recall someone breaking that B bird with a small bore hammer gun a few times during set up day. I think the folks there on Wednesday were witnesses.

Just wanted to prove it was breakable. It was using 7 1/2's in a 3/4oz. load so the heavier loads should have had a much better chance using the ''bigger is better" theory. Ernie, when he sets a course, uses a .410 to prove they can be broken.

[Kimber06]

KUDOs to Daryle for the whole setup. While trapping for these events I watched some of the best shooters, I have ever had the privilege of watching shoot get continually flummoxed by that B bird. And it is a tribute to those same shooters that they didn't just throw in the towel after one try, as many of them took up the challenge and threw bunches of money in Daryle's direction in an effort to figure that bird out. Congrats to those who broke a couple, but I don't think anybody mastered it.