SHOOTREPORT
90
2021
MONTANA STATE SHOOT
127th
The Montana State Trapshooting Championships were held at The Great Falls Trap and Skeet Club July 7th through the 11th. The club offers 14 trap fields, nine of which are lighted and all of which use Pat Trap and Canterbury voice releases. There are 60 RV spots with power and water and a nice air conditioned clubhouse. There was a catered dinner with a live band on Friday night and Dan Vogel and Rick Dorr were both inducted into the Montana Hall of Fame.
PRELIMINARY WEDNESDAY The day started off with a 100 target Singles event and there were four Non Resident shooters that were able TRAPSHOOTINGUSA
to break them all. After the carryover Jason Folvag (ND) was the Out-ofState champion. The Residents had 99s for high scores and following the carryover John Brothers was the winner. Next up on the schedule was a 100 target Handicap event and Utah shooter Sean Hawley was high on the board with a 98 to win the Non Resident Champion award. John Brothers was the high shooter for the Montana Residents with 95. The final event of the day was a 100 target Doubles event. TJ Main of Washington led the way with a 98 in windy conditions to win the Non Resident Champion award. John Brothers was high again for the Montana shooters with a score of 95.
THURSDAY The Budweiser Singles kicked off at 8am Thursday morning and there were only three shooters that were able to break them all. Ethan Brosten, Ciaran O’Neill and Bret Preeshl, all
RICK DORR - HOF INDUCTEE
BY SEAN HAWLEY Montana Residents broke 100 straights to top the leaderboard. Preeshl would eventually win the carryover to secure the resident trophy.
DAN VOGEL - HOF INDUCTEE
