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Many years ago back in Northwestern Pa (Bradford area) lived a shooter named Clyde Taylor. He was a frequent traveling partner of my original trapshooting mentor, Harol Kiser. Those two would travel all over Pa, Ohio and NY state.

Clyde was one of the best singles shooters I have ever seen. He had ...

A couple of encounters with a Mythical Beast- The Dreaded Sandbagger!

It was a fresh Spring day with comfortably cool temperatures, abundant sunshine and minimal winds, ideal conditions for breaking good scores in all events.

We were engaged in a typical 300 target program, singles first followed ...

When you pulled into the NC Home Grounds in June of 2003 you had to avoid a flatbed trailer parked along the right side of the driveway just short of the target building

Mr. Jim Brown was a truck driver out of Iowa enroute to deliver a rather large church steeple to its destination. While planning ...

Where did he get off to?

Several years ago at the Spartanburg Gun Club in South Carolina during the doubles event there was an unexpected pause in the shooting.
This was the last event of their regular scheduled monthly shoot. We had shot the singles and handicap events without issue and were ...

With the recent start of the 2025 Dove Season, I was reminded of a few of the many times I had hunted doves and “other” critters

The characters in this adventure included Lou Carter and me. Others were Terry the dentist, Paul the medical doctor, Frank drove a box truck, Rusty was a co worker, Alan ...

Program was received in the mail with invitation to attend the inaugural registered trap shooting tournament at the Fort Bragg Clay Target Center in March 2002.

This was exciting news. A brand new shooting facility had been constructed just off of Manchester Blvd in Spring Lake, NC. At the time ...

Years ago in Warren County Pa. several of the local Gun Clubs would hold Turkey Shoots starting in the Fall.

Representatives from these clubs (I feel I’m omitting 1 or 2 more) Brokenstraw, Sugar Grove, Pine Grove, Kalbfus, Cornplanter, Tidioute, would gather and set dates for these events so we ...

NC Home Grounds Championship Singles

I don’t remember for sure the exact year this little episode took place but I’m guessing 2003 maybe 2004

At the time, there were only about half the trap fields we have today in Bostic. The clubhouse was nonexistent. The administrative duties were taken care of ...

Goshen County Gun Club Torrington, Wy

I put the address into the GPS for the Gun Club and headed out to find the place and see how long it would take from the Air BnB. Pulled out of the driveway onto a very dry dirt road and headed out. There were 3 miles of dirt road before I got on pavement, 8 ...

After spending the week with the kids I headed for Yoder, Wy where I had reserved an Air BnB for the remainder of my Wyoming adventure.

This place was everything it should have been. It had been advertised as a bunkhouse and yes, it was. With every amenity needed and an outstanding host. When I ...

Mary’s and my youngest son is in the USAF, stationed at Frances E Warren AFB in Cheyenne, Wy.

Anthony has been in for 7 years at this time. Though he has come home every year so that he and I can travel to Pa to play in a memorial golf tournament, I had never been to Wyoming.

During his most ...

The heat wave that descended upon us the last few weeks has had me wishing for cooler temps and reminiscing about shoots that took place when it was down right cold

On January 10, 2004 Rockingham County Gun Club hosted a typical 300 target program. It had snowed recently and the temperature was in ...

Boone has always been good for some big scores. The background is quite consistent with the traps all facing the mountain. Targets are always well set and they do aim to please.

As regularly happens at trapshooting events, there are often ties in at least one of the disciplines. This little story ...

I don’t remember exactly how long ago this took place, but I definitely recall the event and some of the subsequent results.

There is a 3 hole club in Kittrell, NC known as the Charlie Brown Gun Club. This is a nice, well maintained facility. CBGC throws a very good target and a lot of very high ...

Cayson Clayton brought his AA game to the Big 50 at Buckhorn on 5/28/2025.

Slightly overcast skies, no wind and low 70 degree temps made for perfect conditions at the Mebane Senior Center.

Cayson hammered the 50 Singles and didn't stop there! He went right back out on field 2 for the Handicap ...