The photos have nothing to do with the actual carving, but they capture a portion of the whole experience.
Step 1. Buy a bunch of pumpkins at the local grocery store.
Step 2. Drive into the country far enough for the report of the fire arms to not scare local residents.
Step 3. Use chain saw to fell tree and make stands for the herd of pumpkins.
Step 4. Set up pumpkins and potatoes about 50 yards from where you park the trucks. Forget trying to hit the papas, they are too small to explode anyway.
Step 5. Choose the biggest gun in the truck to kill pumpkins.
Step 6. Load, Aim, Fire.
Step 7. If you are the guy shooting, just shoot close enough to scare the pumpkin.
Step 8. Everyone else: laugh at the guy shooting because he can't hit anything with a scope that is about 8-inches low. Mother or mother-in-law jokes are optional, but way too funny to pass up.
Step 9. Repeat until someone falls down laughing at the "marksmanship" or lack thereof.
Step 10. After about 200 rounds, go set the herd of pumpkins back on the stands and try again.
There were 7 of us shooting this afternoon,, and we spent more than 1000 rounds of .4570, .330 mag, .308, and .22. Then out came the shot guns with the slugs and after about 50 shots at pumpkins we brought out the clay pigeons.
After spending all 300 shells, we tried to hit the pigeons with a semi-auto .22. Too much fun with absolutely no hits.
One of the highlights of the day was watching a 9 year old son shoot a 12 gauge. His father simultaneously caught him and the flying gun after he fell backward from the recoil and let go of the gun.
Joseph with a Remington Defender 12 gauge. We also had a Mossberg and a Browning, both with standard barrels. Another highlight of the day: Joseph and Samuel are both good shots and are looking forward to next week foe another opportunity to shoot.
So here is the Jack-O-Lantern, courtesy of Samuel. Start with any big bore rifle, then switch to a .22 to finish the details of the face.
To be continued...
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