Saturday, October 20, 2012

Week Seven of Trap, only one more to go.

Hi!!

I really am surprised at the weather we've had over the past seven weeks.  I knew that we were going into fall with this league and shooting at night.  I just assumed that by now I'd be shooting with my coat on, long sleeved shirt and heavy pants and possibly my long johns. But Nooo.  It's been in the upper sixties all nights except one, where it was in the mid fifties.  I'm a very glad, because I'm not a fan of cold weather.

I did okay, shooting a 17 and a 16.  My husband shot 22 birds both rounds.  Unfortunately one of our team mates did really bad hitting only 9 targets in his first round.  And on the other hand, another team mate shot a perfect 25 out of 25 in his second round. We (my team and others in the league) can joke about our shooting, we can ponder what went wrong and how to try and fix it.   Overall, I think no matter what our scores are we are all having a good time.

I am feeling more assured, even though I know I need to practice more.  I am less awkward in my stance (that's how I stand and lean into the shotgun before yelling 'Pull'.  I also am not concerned any more about people watching me shoot.  That was one scary thought knowing that there is a crowd watching, that can and does put pressure on anyone.  I also think that shooting in the bowling pin matches has helped me overcome that pressure of knowing that many people are watching and critiquing how I did.

For this weeks team scores, we shot a better total score that the first place team did, Yeah!  But, they are so far ahead of the rest of us, I guess they can afford one bad night.  Oh well.  It still made us feel better for awhile.  Our standing unfortunately slipped to eighth place.  Only one week to go.  I'll let you know how that goes and the awards party after the last round is shot.

Take care, good shooting and good hunting.
M.

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