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Publisher Doug Frey Editor Debbie Frey Red Chute RedRed Chute Chute Gazette Gazette Gazette VolumeVolume 12, 12, Issue Issue 1111 NovemberNovember -- DecemberDecember 2020 2020 Inside this issue: A Word from the Publisher 2 Milestone Events 3 - 5 Hartmann’s Hints 9 Monthly Targets 12 - 15 Funnies 17 Upcoming Skeet Shoots: Skeeter’s Ponderings 18 Buy Sell or Trade 19 - 23 Most of the Skeet shoots for this year Dining On The Road 26 - 28 are history. Clubs are planning their 2021 shoots and as we get flyers, we Reason For The Season 30 - 31 will post them on our website. Our Recipe of The Month 32 purpose is to promote the sport of Skeet. If we can help you promote Club Contacts 33 - 38 your club’s Skeet shoots send us your Red Chute Gazette Deal 39 flyers. See flyers on our website: www.redchutegazette.com Why are your shoots not listed on our website? Send us you flyers and we will help you get the word out! A Word From The Publisher Wow, what a year. Who would have thought 2020 would be so eventful. When it came time to change our clocks to go off Daylight Savings Time, I did not want to do it. I wanted to wait until 2 AM on New Years Day. Why would we want 2020 to last an extra hour? We were invaded by the Chinese Origin Viral Infectious Disease aka COVID19 which took lives, destroyed businesses and generally ruined the year for everyone. While it may end up with a death toll lower than a Flu epidemic, losing anyone to a disease is not good. I know we lost relatives, friends and acquaintances that we will miss. It has been the most contentious election year of my lifetime. As I write this, the Presidential election is still undecided. Thank you Florida for getting your act together! No more hanging chads for you. Louisiana has been hit by 5 named storms. That is a record we did not need to break. I really do not like being in the area designated as the cone of uncertainty. Come to think of it, this year has been like living in the cone of uncertainty. All in all, I am glad we are getting to the end of this year. I think we are all looking to 2021 with the hopes that things will be much better. Those of us who plan Skeet shoots are busy doing just that for the 2021 Skeet Year. We are working hard to make next year the best it can be. The last few days we have had beautiful clear skies with very pleasant temperatures. I have really enjoyed being out there in it. The forecast is for more good weather for the next several days and I am planning to enjoy some of it on the Skeet field. It has been a great time to reflect on the blessings of life. We do not know how many days we each have left to enjoy here. I am making an effort to be thankful for the ones I have had and not waste those daily gifts. Each day really is a gift. Since it is Thanksgiving Time, I want to thank our readers and our advertisers for their support. Until I see you again on the Skeet field or in the pages of this publication, I am wishing you and yours a wonderful Thanksgiving, a Very Merry Christmas, a Healthy, Happy and Prosperous New Year and, as always, a COVID Free 3@8. Doug Frey Red Chute Gazette Volume 12, Issue 11 Page 2 MILESTONE EVENT Congratulations to the 2020 World Skeet Main HAA Champions Is JR shooter Jacob Moore the youngest shooter to take HAA at the World? CH Jacob Moore 547/550 RU Riley Chaddock 546/550 3rd Clay Baldwin 546/550 Page 3 Red Chute Gazette Volume 12, Issue 11 HAT SHOOT EVENT “If you have pictures of a Hat Shoot Event, or a Milestone Achievement please send them to us. We love to share success stories!” Page 4 Red Chute Gazette Volume 12, Issue 11 HAT SHOOT EVENT The shooting sports have a tradition that does not appear to be replicated anywhere else, “The Hat Shoot Event”. Since most of our readers shoot clay targets and many compete in Skeet, Trap or Sporting Clays, most of them know about this tradition. It started long before I started shooting Skeet and I have not yet determined the origin of this tradition. If you know, please enlighten me. For those who do not know, the first time a shooter shoots 25 straight or 50 or 100 straight, his or her shooting friends want to shoot their hat to celebrate. Some clubs have prohibited this practice for safety reasons. Others celebrate it and you will find lots of shot up hats hanging on the walls or from the rafters. Each hat usually has the name of the shooter, the number of targets being celebrated and the date. Most of the clubs (if not all) I shoot at in Louisiana celebrate shooters successes in this manner. Some clubs have implemented some common sense safety rules to protect every one. Here are the rules I use when hosting Skeet shoots. 1. All celebratory hat shoots are held at the end of the shooting day after the competition and the shoot-offs end. This allows all who are interested to participate and/or watch in a safe and controlled manner. 2. The shooters are lined up across the field and are instructed to load only two shells. You may have to direct the shooters as to where to stand for best photographic and safety results. I find that laying down the pull cord can help with that. 3. The shooters are instructed to only shoot the hat in the air when it is thrown. Absolutely no shooting of hats on the ground is allowed. 4. The celebrating shooter, who shot their first straight, puts 3 clay targets in their hat and folds the bill under the back strap to keep it together. I recommend using clay targets or a full plastic water bottle and not rocks. 5. The shooter stands behind the line of shooters and pitches the hat underhanded up and over the heads of the shooters as high as they can, but with an arc that places the hat well out in front of the shooters. 6. Since I am taking pictures with my camera on automatic fast setting, I position myself 15 or 20 feet behind the shooters and crouch down and can press the button down to take multiple pictures which include the shooters and the hat being hit in the background. 7. The celebrating shooter is instructed to pitch the hat on my call of “Pull”. 8. Don’t forget to turn on the camera! If you have pictures of a “Hat Shoot Event”, please send them to us. We love to share success stories!” Doug Frey Page 5 Red Chute Gazette Volume 12, Issue 11 Please join us for the 2021 Briley Louisiana Open at the Lafayette Skeet Academy April 30 - May 2, 2021! The shoot flyer can be found at: http://redchutegazette.com/shoot-flyers.html If you have not already, please send your pre-registration and deposits in by March 1st to guarantee your spot as a returning shooter. Please take note of our new date! April 30 - May 3, 2021 We look forward to seeing you this year. See the flyer at: http://redchutegazette.com/shoot-flyers.html Red Chute Gazette Volume 12, Issue 11 Page 6 Red Chute Gazette Volume 12, Issue 11 Club Hours Come shoot with us! Yo u mu s t visit New Shot Noon to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana the club to Reclaimed Shot Dusk on AA & STS Shells get our low Tu e s d ay, Rio & Estate Ammo prices. Thursday & Steel Shot Shells Sunday Call Paul Williamson at (318) 453-0991 Come shoot to order Reloading Supplies. with us and 9 AM to [email protected] save big $ Dusk on Notice: Shooters must now enter the North Gate, on supplies. Saturday the Bodcau Gate or the West Gate (Main Gate). The Contractors Gate from Exit 23 is closed to Shooters. Red Chute Gazette Volume 12, Issue 11 Page 7 D.C. Pawn & Gun 516 Sibley Road, Minden, LA 71055 Phone: (318) 371-9606 Open Monday - Friday 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM Saturday 8:30 AM to 430 PM Come see our huge selection of new and used guns, bows, and crossbows. We sell ammunition, archery supplies, holsters, scopes, lasers, magazines, rings, mounts, powder, primers and a large selection of jewelry for the ladies. We special order and do gun transfers. Brands include: Benelli DPMS Ruger Taurus Beretta Glock Savage TriStar Browning Henry Smith & Wesson Walther Diamond Bows Martin Stoeger Winchester Red Chute Gazette Volume 12, Issue 11 Page 8 Hartmann’s Hints with Barry Hartmann - NSSA Master Instructor Rushing One of the errors that newer and some experienced shooters make is rushing their shots. An experienced shooter I shot with last weekend had that problem; you could see that he wasn’t ready when he called for low 8 in the last round of the 28GA. He missed it. You see young people rushing their shots a lot. At station 1, they load two shells, shoot the high house single and almost as fast as they can, they call for the low house. They miss the low house more frequently than they would if they just slowed down a little.