Some of you that were bemoaning the demise of the Boy Scouts may be interested in a few observations that I have had in the last ten days here at the Whittington Center.
When I got here, there was a group of young people that were always wearing pink camo t-shirts. Some were girls some were not. They were getting instruction over the course of several days at trap skeet, 5-stand, and sporting clays. After several days, I finally passed them walking down the road and realized their t-shirts were emblazoned with Philmont Scout Ranch insignia. Obviously, there is some scouting activities coordinated with the NRA.
Today, we were up on the Blue Course shooting clays for fun, and a group of scouts headed to Philmont from Cleveland were coming out. We stopped to talk to one of the near-Eagle Scouts and his dad that had just experienced clay shooting for the first time. They were estatic about shooting shotguns. They were just hanging out at the center to acclimate to elevation for a few days before continuing to Philmont.
In any event, it looks like at least some scouts are getting into shooting. The end of scouting and life as we know it may not be imminent.
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