turkey shoot

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noun

a marksmanship contest, usually at a festive gathering, in which rifles are fired at moving targets, originally live turkeys.

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Origin of turkey shoot

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
'Babylon' Review: The Dumb Lives of Trigger-Happy Cops|Melissa Leon|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile two kids were taken from their mother when she flew back to the UK from Turkey.
Britain May Spy on Preschoolers Searching for Potential Jihadis|Nico Hines|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I mean, the reality of it was, I had to go out and get on a horse, and ride in, shoot the gun — how hard was that, right?
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But even when the jet will be able to shoot its gun, the F-35 barely carries enough ammunition to make the weapon useful.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019|Dave Majumdar|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST

After two nights in detention, he was scheduled to be deported back to Turkey on Monday.
Pope-Shooter Ali Agca’s Very Weird Vatican Visit|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I was right, so it seems, about getting ashore before the enemy could see to shoot out to sea.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
That was a considerable sensible commandment of yourn, always to shoot the foremost of the Mexicans when they attacked.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
"But I don't see what you can shoot with it," said Davy, feeling that he was somehow getting the worst of the argument.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
Thereafter he ran away from school twice, having been seized with a romantic and irresistible desire to see and shoot a lion!
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
The sentinels seemed much alarmed, and drew up their carbines as if to shoot.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn