The first records of marksmanship in Ried date back to 1555. The designs on the festival targets often referenced global and everyday political events. Alongside marksmanship at festivals and commemorations, there was also what was known as “Juxschießen”. These marksman’s targets are decorated with images of hunting life. The worst shooter was sometimes given the mocking name of “Pantoffelheld”, or henpecked husband. One target is inscribed with the saying, long live the life of the noble marksman (“Vivat es leben die edlen Schützen”). It depicts a man and woman in a room. The man is holding a cross in his lap, while his wife is brandishing a clog (“Pantoffel” in German) over his head. The inscription below explains the scene:  Poor husband, you carry your cross with patience and strength / But you grow stout and heavy under the rule of the clog Du armer Ehemann tragst dein Kreutz mit vieler Geduld und Kraft, / Bist doch dabei ganz dik und fett unter der Pantoffelschaft”).

The targets exhibited take you through almost two centuries of entertaining Ried hunting stories. The most comic are the  A shooter’s pleas (“Ausreden eines Schützen”).