Try a nickel/dime/quarter shoot or a rock breaking contest.

We tape a nickel a dime and a quarter to a new cardboard backing, then take turns starting with the quarter and working down to the dime. It's shot from 100 yards, any position except from the bench. Using a bipod and shooting prone is acceptable. Sometimes we wager on the outcome, sometimes we just shoot to improve our skills. The shot up coins make great presents for grand kids. They think the holes are neat and it peaks their interest in shooting. My grandsons each have a jar full of coins by the end of the year. Grandpa trades the shot up coins for un-shot up coins just in time for Christmas. They love it.

The rock breaking contests are a little easier on the collection side. These is none. The spotter will select a rock on the range at some distance beyond the 300 yard berme. He used a spotting scope and a range finder to select and describe the rock. He tells the other two guys how far out the rock is and generally where the rock is. We then try to find the rock he has selected based on his description of range and location. It helps in learning how to range objects and how to describe where things are to your partners. That second part helps a bunch when you are shooting Prairrie Poodles and the practice at ranging and then shooting long range objects can serve well with the Pdogs or with other game such as antelope and Elk. <img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>

Dan in Arizona