The Shoot was held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Saturday was an unexpected sunny day out of weeks of rain and a good thing too because Harry Vanderweide, host of the Northeast Journal television show and editor of the Maine Sportsman Magazine visited and shot a segment to be shown in the future. He and his co-host Mike not only interviewed shooters but spent time shooting the course. As to when the segment will be aired, you will have to check their website at this link:
http://www.northeastjournal.tv/
I shot the Main Event Sunday and the weather did not cooperate with us.
Denise and Staff set 14 stations of thought-provoking targets. The use of the existing terrain was extraordinary. There were shots in wooded areas, over ponds and from towers. "JT" the Target Setter challenged shooters with angles and target speed. He took many shooters our of their comfort zones. You found yourself doubting your "plan of attack" for that station. These were great 'technical targets.'
I shot with David Grody, Matt Stevens and Mark Herbert and planned to try my hand at FITASC but opted out due to the increasing downpour of rain Mother Nature heaped on us. All in all approximately 58 shooters participated this year. Some came from Nova Scotia, Montreal, Texas, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Denise; always trying to improve your 'shooting experience' provided participants with online registration and golf cart rental via IClays.
Saturday night a buffet was served featuring spiral ham, baked beans, lasagna, salads, strawberry shortcake and chocolate cake. On Sunday a chicken barbeque was available.
Detailed results of this Shoot can be found on IClays.com. http://www.iclays.com/
For those who are not aware, IClays is a website that far surpasses any other when it comes to providing information about Sport Shooting scores. What is very unique is your ability to view what a shooter scored at each station. There are a variety of options available too involved to go into here. So click on the link above, take your time and look around for a much fuller experience.
The sports men and women in Maine are really blessed to have such a unique facility in their state. "This Sporting Life" blogger raises his glass to Denise Murchison and her Silverton Sporting Ranch!
Click below to visit the Silverton Sporting Ranch website and see the many additional options available year-round other than Sporting Clays:
http://www.silvertonsportingranch.com/
Click below to see photos of the Silverton Lodge:
http://silvertonranch.blogspot.com/
Here is a slideshow of the few photos I was able to capture. I hope you enjoy!
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