Vicksburg Bulldogs Clay Target Shooting 2018

  In the fall of Donny's 6th grade year, he decided he was going to try something new. He was going to try clay target shooting for his school. This is a fall and spring event. Something that was pretty new to the school. And definitely new to us. He went out there and did great for a new kid. A kid that had never held a gun in his life.   Each 'season' is 5 weeks long.

  He went out that first fall season and averaged 1 or 2 targets hit each night. We knew that it would be a slow start, but we also knew that he could do it. We took the winter off and started practicing again in April.

  The spring season came upon us and he was doing awesome. He would call me on his way home and tell me all about his night of shooting and he was always so proud with the number of targets he hit. That spring season came to a close and he averaged 8 targets. Quite an improvement from the 1 or 2 in the fall. During the spring season we found out that he could participate in State Tournament in Mason, Michigan. And we jumped on it and signed him up. We couldn't wait to see what he could do there. But we would have to wait until June for that.

 

This is an amazing sport to have in Vicksburg. And I am incredibly thankful that Donny is able to  participate and have his Dad right there by his side. Yes, I go whenever I can, but this is their thing. We have our thing, but for his Dad to be there is amazing. And I have seen his face light up when he sees the improvement that his son is making each and every time he goes out to shoot.


  We took the summer off due to different things, but we got right back out there when school started. And when the fall season came around, Donny was impressing us again. Calling me each night and telling me how well he did. Out of the 5 weeks, his highest was 23 out of 50 targets hit. And he was super proud of himself that night. He averaged 11.5 targets a night and we know that this will go up. Right now we are taking a break. We will be back at it come March. And I cannot wait to see what his average will be then.




State Tournament, June 2018, Mason, Michigan