Monofilament simply disappears in many light conditions and cannot be seen by the shooter. Another money-maker and a very popular event is the Schuetzen Turkey. The target here is a spread-eagle bird, about three feet high, cut out of plywood and painted in natural colors. It can be a turkey or it can be, as ours in the Willamette Long Rifles is, an Imperial German eagle in commemoration of the marksmen of the old Schuetzenfests who started this type of event. The target is set up at about twenty yards, and what you shoot at is decided by a spinner of the type used in many board games, or you may use a single die.
Shooters line up and fire in rotation.
If you spin or roll a number one, you must shoot to cut off the head. A number two would indicate that your target is the wing-root to your right, and so fourth. It increases the tension, but is highly frustrating to be the next in line, to see that an appendage is hanging by only a sliver, but have the wrong number come up when you roll the die. At the awards ceremony, the person who made the final shot to remove a part of the bird wins a prize. If the club can afford to do so, each may win a turkey.