lxrocker, i could not agree more that the mountain is great. but what is the real draw to the mountain? i like being able to park on thur and not have to get back into a vehicle until sun. the veiw is spectacular, and the shooting terrain is rugged at best.

i think we were spoiled by the first two years on snowshoe. that lets me know how good it could be, so i am not afraid or deterred from returning. as you say weather is weather. my thoughts on that is weather is always 50/50. its either raining or its not. sunny or cloudy. snow, no snow. while in the military the saying was always " boys it dont rain in the army, it rains on the army" i really dont mind a little rain, but the lightning threat is real.......i pass on the electric stuff.....

in reality, it will be very difficult for the ibo to find a place as nice as snowshoe, at least while the fog and rain are at bay....i have seen other posts where suggestions were made to move the shoot. i think the ibo will look at all suggestions, and locations.......if you dont want to shoot in the rain, move to the desert. plain and simple.....keeping the ibo shoot central to the northeast and southeast would be great...moving south, due to heat and humidity would hurt some, but be tolerable if the terrain were not to rough....i would rather stay at snowshoe than move someplace that is hot....

some of the other places the ibo has shot, flatwoods (doesnt have enough hotels or vender space) and clymer (to my knowledge no hotel/room space for everyone on site)

i would love to see the shoot move to kentucky (duh, short drive for me) but i cant think of a single place that we can fit everyone in without commuting from hotels to the shoot site......