Monday, September 11, 2006
That's my boy
Any trapshooters reading this will immediately know what this picture means. For all the other folks out there, it is a tradition in the trapshooting world to shoot a persons hat on the occasion of their first perfect round....25 out of 25. My 12 year old son Nathan broke his first 25 straight on the second trap of the morning handicap event at the Red Mountain Trap and Skeet Club on Sunday morning.
I was shooting on a long yardage squad two fields away when Nate did the deed, so I didn't get to watch. I knew immediately afterwards, though. I'm not sure which tipped me off first - the hole in his hat or the mile wide grin.
There were actually two kids from our SCTP group that shot their first 25 straight yesterday: Nathan and Brandon. Brandon got his in the second handicap event of the day. All of the kids were so excited that it was infectious. Even the grumpy old fogeys were smiling, and most of the conversations I heard started with the words "I remember..."
At last year's Arizona state shoot I made a deal with both of my kids. To fulfill my obligation, now that Nathan has broken a perfect 25 in competition, I will shoot my next competition event wearing these:
Look for me and my moose slippers on the line at Red Mountain on October 21st.
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