Brian Burns of Moorehouse, left, started the first annual Whippoorwill Lake Rendezvous. His friends Dale Kemp of Bloomfield, center, and Mike Staggs of Sikeston, also attended.

Jim Reeves of Greenville, fired a 42 inch .50-caliber Pennsylvania Long Rifle at the rendezvous with the help of an electric car seat motor to raise and lower the rifle and an electric car door lock to pull the trigger when he hit a button with his left wrist.

The first ever Whippoorwill Rendezvous brought approximately 500 visitors to the lake located near Marble Hill on Saturday.

On Sunday, the crowd was much smaller as rain fell all day to dampen the spirit of the festival, but many enjoyed the festival and the buck skinners and mountain men that were present.