7th week of the Spring Trap Leauge

Hi,

The next to last week of the Spring Trap League.  I had a good night. Despite the windy conditions, gusts and breezes up to 25 MPH, I shot a 21 and a 19.  On a few of my shots the wind picked up the clay bird and carried it out of the way of my shot.  My husband had a 20 and a 22.  The others on the team did fairly well.  So much so that for the week we came in third.  Nice news but also bad news.  The bad news it that for next weeks shoot we have to shoot from the 17 yard line instead of the normal 16 yard line. I have a plan to help me shoot well from the further distance.  I've decided that I will use the no. 7 1/2 shots, a little more power should help me out.

One of our team members decided to shoot his Remington 870 pump.  He had had it out earlier in the day for fun, shooting trap and he did very well.  Good idea, to bad it did not pan out for him.  He shot one of his worst rounds of the season.  He is a good shot, so even though it was bad for him, it really was not bad shooting from my perspective.

Looking forward to next week which is the last for this league.  I'm still in first place for the ladies.  I've looked at my competition, and unless I do not show up and shoot at all, I should win.  In this time of short to non existent inventory of shells, winning 5 boxes of shotgun shells is pretty good.

My husband is shooting in a fun match over the Memorial Day weekend at the club.  He will be shooting two types of games that he has never done before.  The five station and wobble trap. He may find a new game for us to play.

Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday weekend.  Keep our troupes in your thoughts this Memorial Day weekend.  Without them we would not be free.

Take care,  good shooting and good hunting.
M.

Week 6 of the Trap League

Hi;

Unusual circumstances occurred Wednesday night.  One of our team members had a substitute set up to shoot in his stead.  The substitute had to bow out at the last minute.  We could not find anyone to step in. That meant that our team score would be so much lower because we were without one shooter!!  I really was expecting that we would be in 12th place (last) because of this.  I just found out that we are in 9th place. I am shocked.

I had an excellent evening, as did the three others on my team.  That helped our scores a lot, but it should not have been enough to only drop us one place.  The other teams must have had a really lousy night.

I shot a 20 on the first round and a 22 on the second.  I was and am very happy about that.  I was using a different load that night.  In the past I had been shooting a number 7 1/2 shot load.  This week I was using a number 8 load.  I'm going to have to use them again next week to see if it was a fluke (I sure hope not) or if I do shoot better with the lighter load.  We'll see.

The weather was wonderful on Wednesday, a slight breeze and around 78 degrees.  The humidity died down too.

Well that's it for this week.
Take care, good shooting and good hunting.
M.

Rained out

Hi!

Well, the down pours and steady rain on Wednesday caused the cancellation of our Trap League shoot.  I must say I am glad not to have had to shoot in the pouring down rain.  We got ready though.  The rain coats were in the car along with our hats. The biggest change would have been our guns.  No way were we going to subject our nice shotguns to that kind of weather.  My husband pulled out and got ready my Remington 1100, and his Remington 870.  Fortunately about an hour before the league was to begin we got the call.
Now our league will go one week more, which is okay.  That would be the week of Memorial Day.  I do hope we do not have team members going out of town that week. If they do they are allowed to shoot ahead some time between Friday and Tuesday. This means they can get someone neutral to score their rounds and the scores will count as if they shot on Wednesday evening.  But, I guess with our teams overall ranking, it really may not matter if we do not have a full squad, lol.

I am aiming for top lady and my husband is aiming for second in the men's.  If he can shoot a few 25's before the end, it is possible he may take the number one spot.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Take care, good shooting and good hunting.
M.

Rifle practice, getting ready for mule deer

Hi,

Yesterday we took advantage of a beautiful day and went rifle shooting.  I wanted to practice with my two rifles.  My husband thought that was a very good idea.  He too would bring his two rifles.

We are going to Colorado to mule deer hunt on a friends ranch in October.  Or at least we are pretty sure we will be hunting in October this year.  In Colorado you have to enter your name into a drawing for a deer tag.  If your name is picked then you can hunt in the section of Colorado you asked to hunt in.  In past years the section where our friend lives has been under subscribed.  Meaning there are more tags available than there are hunters.  So, we are pretty sure we'll be hunting mule deer this year.

Because I could take a shot of 300 yards or more at this ranch I feel that I need to practice at those distances a few time this summer.  My furthest shot in Colorado so far was at 289 yards, and my husbands was at 370 yards.  My closest shot was as 189 yards, my husbands was at 60 yards.  He only got this close a shot because the deer came up over the rise from a blind side at where he was hunting.  Other wise I'm sure my husband would not have let the deer get that close before getting a shot at it.

I took my Remington Model 7, both my rifles are a Model 7, 7mm08 and 270 WSM.  My husband took his 7mm and his 7mm08.  We started at 100 yards. With just a few adjustments to the scopes we were both shooting the targets about 1 inch high to the bulls-eye   Just were we wanted to hit.  Then we moved out to 200 yards.  My scope on the 270 has the marked redical for 100 yard increments.  The 7mm08 does not, so I'll have to make a mental adjustment for the further shots.  I shot both rifles very well.  There would be dead deer on the ground.  Same at 300 yards.  My husband did just as well. Our groups of three shots were with in 1 inch, and my husband had one group of 3 where they were touching each other.  We had a great time at the range.

I will probable take the 270 and my husband is planning on taking the 7mm to Colorado.  They are both good cartridges for out west. I am already excited and looking forward to our hunting trip.

Take care,  good hunting and good shooting.
M.

Trap League Week 5

Hi !!

I did it!  I finally shot more that a 19.  My second round on Wednesday was a 21.  I am so happy.  Now I can set my next goal:  a score of 23.

I have to tell you about my shotgun.  It was brand new last fall.  A Browning Citori Lighting double barrel. The gun is now fairly well broke in.  I remember last year it took time to break it in, get the parts smoothed out.  Originally it was difficult to break open the action.  It was difficult to take the fore arm off the barrels, and I had a sore palm from forcing the gun to open to eject the shells after shooting .  I did expect this because it was brand new.  It took about 20 outings with the shotgun, putting it through its paces before it became comfortable for me to operate.  Now I have no trouble taking down the gun for storage and cleaning.  I can easily open the action after shooting.  I do not feel like a dork any longer.  I just know that last year people were watching me struggle with the gun and wondering why I do not know how to operate it.  Now it is just second nature to load, shoot, unload and disassemble it.  I really do love this shotgun.

My husband had; in his words, a dismal night.  He shot a 23 and a 20.

My other team members on the second round also shot 20, 18, 13 and 20.  So, that means that I was top scorer for that round on my team.  LOL.  I am also still top lady in the league. But, my team is in 9th place.  We are only 2 points out of 8th place and 4 points out of 7th.  We can pull off a big move in positions at next weeks shoot.  Wish us luck.

Take care,  good shooting and good hunting.
M.