11.   Last September, Steve Long was introduced to trap shooting at a Saturday Trap Shoot organized by Mark French and I and held at the St. John's Rod & Gun Club. He had such a good time that he asked Mark and I if we could arrange another event event this year for the Shed-Headz Crew. We made all the necessary arrangements and set up a great day shooting for the boys!

10.   The day began with registration and followed by Mark's safety briefing where he went over range rules & etiquette and handling of the different shotguns we would be using.

9.   Most of our crew either shoot semi-regularly or shot at least once last year, the guys had a great day on the range.

8.   This year we had a couple more first time shooters who got hooked on the sport right away.

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6.   By the end of the day scores improved, and we even had a couple games of slider.

5.  Traditional trap singles are shot from the 16 yard line. Slider consists of shooting 5 targets at distances of 16-27 yards from the trap house at each of the five positions. It's a great game where accuracy becomes increasingly important. I was surprised to find even my 24" short barrel Browning 20 gauge was breaking targets at the 27 yard line!

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2.   The shoot ended around suppertime when we cleaned up and shut down the range.

1.   That evening Long had his stag party which was hosted by Bill at his house in Paradise where refreshments and awesome snacks were enjoyed well into the night!

Cheers, MIKE

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