American Legion Post 48
Chesnee, SC 29323

Invitational Turkey Shoot (Chigger Shoot)

On 1/30/2016, Post 48 began sponsoring a turkey shoot known as the Invitational Turkey Shoot. There are 8 shooting positions on the Invitational range 45 feet from the firing line.

The firing line is 45 feet from the target posts.

The target posts are metal fence-type posts.

The "head" of the target post.

Same post, a different view. You don't want to "run into" this thing!

All the "little turkeys" lined up in a row.

The target used in this turkey shoot.
(ALP48 does not appear on the targets used.)

The contact person for the Invitational Turkey shoot is Richard Hall TS@AmericanLegionPost48Chesnee.com
Email Richard if you would like to be added to his email list.

The rules for this turkey shoot are:

Invitational TURKEY SHOOT RULES
SAFETY
1.   All shotguns will be checked to make sure that they are not loaded.
2.   Shooters will keep their guns pointed to the ground or down range when loading.
3.   Guns are never pointed toward HWY 221.
4.   No shooting while a train is visible on the tracks.
SHOTGUNS
1.   The following shotgun gauges are permissible: 12 gauge, 16 gauge, 20 gauge, and 410.
2.   Laser sights are not allowed; all others sighting aids are permissible.
WINNERS
1.   The shooter with the pellet closest to the bull’s eye wins.
2.   All ties will be decided by the next round.
EXAMPLE: Shooters 3 and 4 tie for closest to the bull’s eye; shooter 3 and 4 will compete in the next round to see which shooter is the closest to the bull’s eye. If shooter 3 or 4 wins the next round, that shooter wins both rounds. If shooter 3 or 4 does not win the next round, their target are judged separately to see which one of the two shooters is closest to the bull’s eye.
For a printable pdf of these rules, click HERE

For a printable pdf of the above information, click HERE

Chigger Turkey Shoot
On 3/30/2016, Post 48 began sponsoring a new turkey shoot known as the Chigger Turkey Shoot. There are 8 shooting positions on the renovated range 45 feet from the firing line

The Chigger Posts are the "front" posts seen above. There are 8 of them 45 feet from the firing line.

The brown post on the right of the picture is the left end of the firing line. Again, the Chigger posts are in the front.

This is the entire range as it is now, including "tired" Ernie sitting at the picnic table (new addition to the range).

Chigger Shoot Rules

The chigger shoot is for 12 gauge shotgun ONLY; the cost is $5 dollars per round; we will be using a 12 gauge shell with NUMBER #9 shot. The winner is the person whose shot knocks out the RED dot in the center of the target.

1.    Everyone shoots a 12 gauge #9 shot. If no one knocks out the RED dot, everyone shoots again.
2.    If there is a tie, those shooters will shoot again.
3.    If there is still a tie after the second shot, there will be a third shot to determine the winner. If no one knocks out the RED dot on the third shoot, the
       winner will be the shooter closest to the RED dot.
4.    Tabs on targets will be rolled back to check for RED DOT, if Red Dot is there, IT IS NOT A WINNER.
5.    The winner gets 50% of the pot.

Here is what the Chigger target looks like

A "winning" shot target

a zoom in on the center to see the winning shot

For a printable PDF of the Chigger information, click HERE.

The square tubes, spikes, and welding were provided by

Many thanks to Dick & Ed Wright.