4.   Fall is here, and it has been a busy one to say the least. Garage construction work continues at Mark's house, hunting trips are in full swing, all being juggled with family life & full time jobs! This weekend Mark French and his Dad are in Glenwood Moose Hunting, so I decided to take a run out to the Rod and Gun Club for the weekly Sunday Trap Shoot. Even though we are nearing the end of October, temperatures were still in the mid teens. Monty and I set up the trap equipment, and by lunchtime there was a pretty decent crowd out for the shoot. Throughout the day people came and left so we had a consistent dozen or so shooters participating. On most Sunday Shoots, people can drop by and shoot a single round, stay and shoot every round and anything in between.

3.   My day went very well. This event was just the 2nd time shooting with my new Browning Citori 725 over and under shotgun, and I'm still getting a feel for it. My Benelli Super Nova Pump has been officially retired from regular Trap Shooting duty with over 4600 rounds of rounds fired. I'm sure it appreciates the break!

2.   I started the day with two scores of 18/25, followed by a 21, and a 22. On my last round of singles it was shaping up to potentially be my personal best as I cleared each station with no missed targets. On my last station with heart racing in anticipation I broke all of the final five targets for a perfect score 25/25! It's not an easy feat to conquer for the first time as I've been chasing this score for almost 2 years now!

1.   Keeping with tradition, when a Trap Shooter makes your first 25 straight, your fellow shooters get to shoot at your hat. (not while your wearing it of course!) I rarely wear a hat so I grabbed one from my truck, loaded it up with a few clay targets and threw it up for the squad. Bob, Troy, Andrea, Paul and Jimmy all fired and I'm pretty sure no one missed as the hat is now in hard shape!

What an excellent way to spend the day!

Cheers, MIKE

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