They say it can't be done

[Nuclearcricket]

On the time limit thing, maybe I have a slight mental edge there as I have shot many different types of competition over the years. IPSC being the one where you shoot directly against a clock and time as well as score counts. After that I went and shot a conventional pistol bulls eye match and even in the rapid fire stage where you have 10 seconds for 5 shots, that just seemed like an eternity. The one and only time where I thought time was a problem in silhouette was when there was very little air moving and I got smoked in as I was on the down wind end of the range and I got to enjoy everyone's smoke. Other than that a minute a shot seems like a lot of time.
Next time you shoot the turkeys with iron sights, center up on the leg and then add a half to one minute of wind towards the head and see if that will help your score out a little.
As far as chickens go, yes I can see that someone can skip a hit in on ocasion depending on the way the range is set up. I for one, have never done well on chickens, and I have never found a range that I really felt comfortable shooting at them on. Personally, I would much rather shoot the rams off hand instead of the chickens. And I think that my score would be just as good if not better. I know it may sound strange or what ever but maybe I am just a tad off, but I just find it easier to hold on the rams than I do to try to hold on them dang chickens. I also know of one shooter that dislikes the chickens so much when he gets his score card, he automatically marks the chickens DNF. Saves his ammo for better things.
Sam