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Gil Martin Super Member
Joined: Jan 28, 2005 Posts: 1837 Location: Schnecksville, PA
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Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 4:26 pm Post subject: Youth Field Day |
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Yesterday was Youth Field Day at our local gun club. I usually ran the Outdoor Safety and Survival Training, but this year was shifted to the 50 yard rifle range. What a blessing. Savage Arms gave us 4 AXIS .223 bolt action rifles and scopes. A local gun shop provided a case of .223 ammo. My buddy and I sighted the rifles in last week and I made hundreds or bullseye and groundhog targets at work on the copy machine.
The Youth Field Day hosted 225 children and was divided into two sections; the younger kids number 125 and shot .22 rifles, went fishing, shot crossbows and did some map reading work. Our group was the older teenagers numbering 70 who shot muzzleloaders and our .223 course. There were six volunteers at our station and we had an instructor at each bench with each shooter. The youngsters fired three rounds at the bullseye target than went forward to check the results. They then fired three rounds at the groundhog target and retrieved their targets. Most of the shooters kept their targets and most were nice groups near or in the bullseye. Not one rifle needed any scope adjustment.
The NRA gave us 50 shirts, 100 pins and 100 gun safety brochures. All the best...
Gil
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radar Super Member
Joined: Oct 01, 2008 Posts: 1109 Location: North Island New Zealand
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Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 4:47 pm Post subject: Re: Youth Field Day |
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Thats awesome giving young people a chance to use firearms in a safe and safety promoted situation. Bet ya those kids will talk about it for the rest of their lives. And whats more they won't be "scared" if they do see firearms. Its alright to not like but you shouldn't fear something you don't understand
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15715 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 11:22 pm Post subject: Re: Youth Field Day |
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radar wrote: |
Thats awesome giving young people a chance to use firearms in a safe and safety promoted situation. Bet ya those kids will talk about it for the rest of their lives. And whats more they won't be "scared" if they do see firearms. Its alright to not like but you shouldn't fear something you don't understand
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+++++ 1 Radar. Excellent program Gil and an excellent post mate.
Cheers, Vince
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Elvis Super Member
Joined: Jul 27, 2008 Posts: 9253 Location: south island New Zealand
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 1:21 am Post subject: Re: Youth Field Day |
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keep up the great work Gil. those kids will never forget it some will go on to be the hunters of the future and will probably still have those targets tucked away for safe keeping.
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Bushmaster Super Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 11391 Location: Ava, Missouri
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 6:23 am Post subject: Re: Youth Field Day |
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A long time ago (well not that long ago) I used to volenteer to run a hunter safety course for the Boyscouts. To be honest. I'm not sure who had the most fun. Me or the kids. It was a blast...
GOOD WORK--GIL...Keep it up.
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stovepipe Super Member
Joined: Sep 25, 2008 Posts: 4877 Location: Pine, Az.
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:47 pm Post subject: Re: Youth Field Day |
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That's awesome man!
We need some of that out here!
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