Winchester won the team event.
Overall, it was another first class event put on by the Hausman family, friends and the RST crew.
But for a couple hours of light rain on Saturday, the weather was wonderful all three days. I was told the number of shooters was up significantly each day over last year's crowd. I met groups of shooters from Michigan, Minnesota, the Carolinas, Virginia and throughout the northesast. The vendor tent was bigger and there were also a number of new vendors set up outside and in the covered shed. Overall, there were a lot more guns on sale than ever before. All good signs that event has really taken off and is growing fast.
Ernie made a number of changes to the course, including adding open field targets and an English style high bird to the targets in the thick woods and over the pond. Overall, the variety of hunting style targets was tremendous. I can't think of another place where you can shoot so many different types of targets set in such a wide variety of environments. As always, there were a couple of headscratcher stations that got the best of even the most experienced shooters.
The Bo Whoop long bird, Mad Jack, five stand and flurry games all seemed to be continuously busy throughout the week and were great fun.
Door prizes included a cased Galazan RBL shotgun and other guns and nice items contributed by the vendors. It was expecially nice to see a young new shooter who came with his dad win a shotgun donated by Steve Cobb.
It's really exciting to see this event continue to grow while keeping its fun, family atmosphere. Kudos and thanks to all involved in putting it on. I look forward to going back next year.
