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Here we are with a week to go in March and here comes April. Pollen and bugs and sweat and shooting in and around North Carolina! This is a great time of the year when the state shoots start and money starts getting spent.

The Florida State shoot just wrapped up and NC had four shooters registered including Tiffany Decker, Brad Barnett, Bob Schultz Dan Johnson. Not sure of the attendance but they had a bunch of folks shooting. Tiffany won Lady I Runner-Up in the Sunday doubles and Dan Johnson broke a 197 Saturday only to lose in a 5-way card off for AA Singles. Former NC resident Kim McKinney won Lady II singles Saturday and great shooting. There were only three 200’s broken Saturday and one was by PA shooter Richard Milbert and it was his first 200. I shoot with Richard at the Konne-Yaut Indian shoots in July in PA. Congrats to Richard on some great shooting.

Two shoots over the weekend including a CCLEOA BIG50 Friday and Old Hickory Rocky Mount on Saturday. Looks like Karole Miller won the singles with a 96, Tim Gallagher handicap 86 and Allan Davis doubles 83 and HOA 261. Marty would like to thank everyone that showed up to shoot and help run the event. Hopefully we will get a shoot report from CCLEOA and we will report that next week.

Charlie Brown is hosting a BIG50 this upcoming Sunday the 30th. There are still folks that have never shot at Charlie Browns and this is the week to get that off your bucket list. The program is posted on this site so take a look. Weather is looking good with mid 70’s and winds 5-10. Also, I was just informed by Horace Best that Charlies son passed away so keep him in your prayers this week.

Put Tommy Brown on your prayer list this week. He has been dealing with ongoing medical issues and has a meeting with the VA in a few weeks. He has been having issues shooting and his condition might be what is causing it. Tommy would really like to get back to shooting and we hope he can real soon.

April 24-27, 2025 is the Georgia State Shoot. It will be held at the South River Gun Club in Covington Georgia. I got to shoot there one year and went with Ronnie Manuel. That is a big trap club on a big hill is all I can say. We had a great time and would really like to attend this year. For more info here is their great website. https://www.gatrap.com

Then pack up and head to the North Carolina Homegrounds for the South Carolina & NC Hall of Fame shoot April 30th – May 4th. Last year the SCSS/NCHOF was held in April before the Georgia State shoot and was well attended. I mean I like to shoot in Spartanburg but at the Homegrounds you don’t have to walk up that hill. And I do miss the fish fry on Saturday night that was delicious. Pre-Squad is open for the event so go check it out.

Update from the Watauga Gun Club. Morgan reached out to me Sunday night and let me know they were able to clean out trap 3 and that trap is chucking targets. The weather cooperated and allowed them to get some real work done. Now all they are waiting on the PAT traps and some equipment from Bob Schultz and they might get to do some practice before the SCSS/NCHOF.

That is going to do it for this week. It looks like rain early in the week and the weekend looks better. Have a great week and hello to Scott, Ronnie, Cowboy, Tim, Bobby, Phil, Mac, John, Barron, Art, Will, Tim, Thea and Anne and until next week……smokem

Picture of the Silver Dollar Gun Club courtesy of Jerry Bryant - Thanks Jerry