I took the day off so Hubby and I could do some charity work.
One of Hubby's co-workers asked him if we would like to help raise money for Ronald McDonald House. All we had to do was lay down some cash and shoot at a couple of clay targets at the Ben Avery Clay Target Center. No Problem!
Little did I know that we would be using a 12 gauge shotgun and have to shoot the thing 50 times. AND try to hit these little orange targets that were flying thru the sky every which way.
Now, I must tell you that I come from a "hunting" family. Yes! Deer, elk, javalina, doves, quail and more than a few cans have lost their lives because of my family. Personally, I have only "killed" cans and targets but the MEN in the family have harmed little Bambi's mommy and daddy and some of his extended family.
I use to be a pretty fair shot. I say "use to be" because I haven't had a gun in my hand for ohhhh 10 years or more. Unless you count the paintball gun that I used on my honeymoon 8 years ago --- but that is another post.
So the set up was 5 different stands. At each stand you got 10 shots and 10 clay targets. The first 4 shots were single shots and the last 3 were two targets at a time. You had to be quick.
Hubby made me go first. His mistake. The first stand I got 9 out of 10 shots. Yeah! You heard me right. I only missed one bright orange clay target. Hubby was sweating. He managed to get 8 out of ten.
The exhilaration was short lived though, as he took the lead at the third stand. So for the next two hours we were shooting at these clay targets going from left to right and right to left and from here to there and there to here. And don't forget the double targets that went from here to there AND there to here at the same time.
After all was said and done, I ended up with 32 dead clay targets out of a possible 50 and Hubby had killed 38. Since I was one of 2 women shooting, I think all the "good ole boys" that were running the place, were impressed by my skills.
I also have a tweeked neck and I bet I have a bruise on my shoulder in the morning. But what the heck! It was for a good cause.
Kudos to anyone who does charity work, especially when our lives seem so busy and sometimes self absorbed this time of year.
Hope the bruise goes away soon! Sounds like y'all (heehee) had a good time over all.
Good for you, honey!!!! Those little buggers are really hard to hit cause you have to be able to see them first! Dad was prolly thrilled to watch. Congrats to Rick, too!
Good for you, honey!!!! Those little buggers are really hard to hit cause you have to be able to see them first! Dad was prolly thrilled to watch. Congrats to Rick, too!
Wow, that sounds like a lot of fun. I have only done clay pigeon shooting a couple of times, and I really enjoyed it each time.
Looks like you are a bit of a markswoman!