Day 138- Day 1 Primary Children's Shoot

Saturday morning was the first day of the Primary Children's Benefit Shoot

I had to be there bright and early at 8am

It started raining Friday night and rained and rained and rained!

When I woke up Sat I let Chris and Kennedy stay in bed because it was still pouring rain

I wasnt sure if I would be sent home once I got there and they might as well stay warm and cozy!

When I got there a river was running down the range!

It was a rough morning..

Me, Todd, Roy and Kathy hung out in their camper watching hunting shows on TV

Jana showed up with donuts, muffins and Betos!

By around 10 there were a few shooters who had on their rain gear and braved the course!

We stayed where it was nice and dry.. they werent over run and had a lot more help than need for it

Chris and Kennedy showed up

Kinlie, Liz and Kyle were there

Then Ash and Rybug came too

All the kids played in the camper

Chris and Todd had their rain gear on and were making sure all the targets were good

Tim, Manny, Erin and Matt holding down the registration booth

Bob cooking up burgers and dogs

The rain finally let up some, the skies cleared

Liz, Todd, Kyle and I all went to donate our money and shoot the course

Its hard to tell but all the targets are at different yardages, anywhere from 13 to just over 60

You aim for the little orange dot

Its worth 12 points

If you hit anywhere in the circle foam body part around that its worth 10

If you hit the body outside of that its worth 8

and a miss is a 0

There was a total of 30 targets to shoot.. which equals a total amount of  360

Liz shooting

Me

Kyle

Liz and I

Me and Todd cheesin

Liz and Kyle

Todd

My new hoody I couldnt resist and HAD to buy..

I love it!!

I had never shot the Mantua course before

                                                                           I LOVE IT
                                                                     ITS AMAZING!!!!

Its all surrounded by trees.. all kinds of different terrain

Uphill shots, down hill, sideways, across the river

Its absolutely beautiful

Todd was being a smartass on this one!

This was a 52 yard shot and he nailed it for the 12!

Liz and Kyle shooting the jackalope

Some reason some of the super close shots like this one are the hardest!!!

Your bows are set up (most)

with a pin sight at 20 yards, 30 yards, 40 yards, 50 yards and 60 yards

So if its close or further or not exactly on you have to guess roughly where to shoot

So 45 yards you have to split the pins between the 40 and 50.. and adjust for strong up hill or down hill

This was a blast to shoot!!

For the weather being bad we still had a good amount of shooters, sold a bunch of dogs and burgers and raised some money for a good cause!

I ended up shooting a 262 and Todd shot a 288