djflawless wrote: »

Any interest in a longest bird comp while we are on the subject?proof can be a picture of bird beside tape measure with some kind of word scribbled on a piece of paper that cant be copied from google

I'm sure a side comp can be ran for the longest bird. As you said a picture with the gun, tape measure, username, and something like that days newspaper or other form of proof it was shot this year.

If lads want i can run it, but i'll keep the results to myself until the end of the season and announce a winner then. Or if lads prefer i'll stick up a second table with the username and bird length for all to see so lads can try again for a longer one.

It's up to ye lads, it's your competition.

blackpearl wrote: »

what way does the list work is that total for each week or have you to reach the numbers over the season.

Each week, usually Friday, i'll go back through the pictures posted and after checking they meet the requirements (picture, gun in picture, and piece of paper with username & date on it) i'll mark down what they shot. After tallying up all the users for that week i'll update the table and place them in order of the highest amount for each week.

As the comp goes on the positions will change and then by the end of the comp the person with the highest total amount, wins. If there is a draw i normally go with the person to reach the highest amount first, however after thinking it over that could be a bit unfair as one lad might be able to get more of a certain species than the lad he drew with so (meaning one lad could get up to 80 very quickly then slow off for the rest of the comp, while the lad he drew with slowly builds all season) i'm introducing a point system. I'll assign points to each species. In the case of a draw whomever has the highest point count will win it.

The point system will be known only to me, and for this reason (like every other year) i will not be able to win the comp, but can take part for the craic.

shotie wrote: »

so really the point system only comes into it in the event of a draw would i be correct or have i missed it altogether .

Hammer - nail - head struck.


Exactly right.

shotie wrote:

will the longest tail comp be run for the 1st or will it be ran for the hole season ?.

djflawless wrote: »

as far as longest bird, id be calling it just for the 1st.just for banter, same as a gun club.
although it could make it unfair for a fella not able to get out on the 1st.
maybe just the weekend?

I'll leave it to yourselves lads. I don't want to make the poll too complicated by adding a load of options, or have the longest tail issue lost in the mixed bag discussion (or vice versa) so whatever ye decide (assuming lads want the comp) will be what we run with.

My own opinion is if it's just for sh*ts and giggles then the weekend sounds fine. If it's something you'd like to run as a comp with a prize then it may be all season.

I've edited the poll as the prevailing view is to run a secondary comp. The options are "All Season" or "First weekend only".

Merging two thread to edit poll to allow to vote for longest tail or not and for how long.

Thread for the comp is here. I've closed it until we start and stickied it so no one has to go looking for it.