Two officers, four members, and two guests (nine total participants) had a great time at the 6/28/08 Ducks Unlimited Fun (Sporting Clays) Shoot at the Texas Disposal Systems Ranch and Pavilion near Creedmore. For round one, Kenneth Kidd came in first place with 36/50, Tim Price came in second place with 35/50, and Chris Kidd came in third place with 34/50. He was followed by Van Short with 32/50, me (Randy Rowley) with 31/50, Bruce Crockett with 22/50, and Regina Kidd with 15/50. Buddy Allen did not remember his and his son Dustin's scores. For round two (a different course), Kenneth and Tim tied for first place with 38/50, I came in second place with 36/50, and Chris Kidd came in third place with 23/50. There was a mix of easy and hard targets.
In addition to sporting clays some participants shot a flush game. An automatic thrower throws a random bird from one of three traps. Shooter one shoots the first two birds and then starts to reload. Shooter two then shoots birds three and four and starts to reload and son on. The catch is the thrower is throwing one bird per second! It threw a total of 30 birds. Tim and I came in first and second place with 22/30 and 17/30. We shot the 17 first, which was the highest score of the day at that time. While we were waiting to shoot again two men tied our score. We then shot the 22/30. Van Short and Bruce Crocket came in third place with 14/30. They also shot a 12/30 and a 9/30. Kenneth and Chris Kidd shot a 12/30 and 11/30.
The 1700 acre TDS Ranch is beautiful with dozens of African, Indian, and other exotic animals. We saw Blackbuck Antelope, Axis Deer, Kudu, Gemsbuck, Oryx, Impala, Zebra, Red Deer, a Giraffe, and a rhino!
Lunch consisted of big pork chops, new potatoes with onions, green beans with bacon, blackberry cobbler, and sweet tea! It was yummy!
We used the tickets that we got from shooting sporting clays and that we won from shooting flush to try to win various prizes but were unsuccessful. They also had several silent auction items and a chances to win a pistol in a drawing and the door prize - a Remington 1187 shotgun.
Check out the Clay Target Shoots Scorecard for history, finishes, and averages.