2020 June Markham Newsletter

Markham Skeet, Trap, and Sporting Clays

Markham Park Gun Club Open for Practice Trap, Skeet, and 5-Stand Registered Shooting And Youth Program Still on Hold

South Florida Shooting Club ATA Trap Saturday June 13th NSSA Skeet Saturday June 20th 1

Club News - Magazine Review

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For Sale

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PRO SPORTING GOODS

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Club Calender

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Palm Beach Trap/Skeet Pro Shop—Sporting Calender

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Sporting Clays Program and Re- 22-23 sults 24-25 Skeet Program and Results FSA Skeet Calender

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Trap Program

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Trap Results

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Youth Program

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Contact info: Markham Skeet, Trap, and Sporting Clays 11873 NW 30th Street Coral Springs, FL 33065 954-857-5278 · ·

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Next General Meeting Thursday September 3rd Starting at 7:00 PM

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Magazine Review TrapShootingUSA – 2020 MAY/JUNE Larry Grenevicki gives us another interesting article this month on the history of our sport. This month it’s about the Dean Richmond Trophy and the Livingston Sportsman’s Cup. Wish we had more info about this era.

If you’re intrigued by the history of our sport, I suggest you get a copy of Capt. Bogardus’ autobiographical book,

Field, Cover and Trapshooting. Fascinating reading, especially if you’re from Illinois as I am. The towns near where he hunted are familiar to me.

Al Hague also has a nice interview with Dan Bonillas in this issue. Dan was one of the greats of trapshooting. I always stop by and have a chat with him at the Grand at the Perazzi building. Really a great guy to hang out with.

Ducks Unlimited – 2020 MAY/JUNE Phil Bourjaily wrote an article this month on duck hunting with a retriever. Introduce your dog to shooting at a safe distance. I brought my Labradors to Markham and walked around the parking lot and behind the traps to get them accustomed to shooting in the distance.

Eventually we were walking right behind the line. Ease them into the shooting experience. More shooters are shot by their dogs than fellow hunters.

Keep your safety on around the dog. Lots of stories out there about dogs knocking guns down and shooting their masters.

One final good idea, keep the dog behind the guns to prevent hearing loss. Don’t shoot over the dog if you can avoid it.

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Magazine Review SHOOTING SPORTSMAN – 2020 MAY/JUNE Chris Batha wrote a nice article this month laying out the basics of skeet and its value as a practice option for hunting and sporting clays. I don’t think I need to go into the specifics of skeet itself, so I’ll go into what he hails as the positive aspects of the game as a practice tool. Chris uses skeet to teach lead to his hunting students. The variety of speeds and angles present shooters with the same shots they see in the field. Outgoing targets on the skeet field are good proxies for flushing birds and incoming targets stand in for waterfowl coming into a decoy spread.

Chris believes most misses in the field and in sporting are low and behind. Skeet practice works on the shooter’s ability to judge speed, angle, distance, line, and lead. “If you start and finish on the line, you can miss only in two places: in front or behind.”

David Radulovich said he practiced exclusively on a skeet field before his last U.S. Open win (he’s won it three times with two Runners-up). Using the whole skeet field allows a shooter to step back off the stations and practice at varying distances and angles on skeet’s crossing targets. The 2020 All-American Super Veteran’s Team Captain Pete Hendrick can be seen practicing on the skeet fields at South Florida Shooting Club every weekend. It must work because he garnered nearly twice the All-American points as the Runner-up on the team. Give it shot and see if it doesn’t help your shooting!

How many times have you shot ducks in the STA’s and felt guilty about your plastic wads floating around after you’re done? To the best of the abilities hunters try to police them along with their empties. Tom Roster checked out the new Pro Eco Wad from Rio this month and presents some interesting results in this issue. Tom tested Rio’s claim their wad would dissolve within 24 hours of its use over water. Turns out within eight hours the wad decomposes fully! He even left some on a dike and checked on them three months later.

“Nothing left but a little pile of granules.”

Given you’re shooting nontoxic shot these are truly eco-friendly. Now all you have to police is the empties.

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Magazine Review TRAP & FIELD – 2020 MAY I think Bob Palmer puts too much emphasis on winning and not enough on improving shooting skills, but that’s what he does.

He’s a mental coach and his thing is entering the zone as part of the skills needed to succeed and win. That being said, Bob wants us to “evoke the joy” of our best shooting experience to activate the zone when we practice and compete. He’s not wrong.

Find a coach is Jim Blevins bottom line this month. Advice around the picnic tables at your local club is worth exactly what you pay for it! Get a qualified coach and stick with any advice he gives you for at least 500 targets.

Have someone video you shooting is another good suggestion. Flaws miraculously appear on video.

Feel the euphoria you experienced the last time you were successful on the shooting field and hold onto it when you shoot. Imagine (visualize) the conditions you may expect when you go to the line. Make the images as vivid as possible, even the excitement and adrenaline rush. Done correctly, all negative self-talk will fade away and your confidence will rise as you now look forward to each shooting event.

In this social distancing world we live in today many of us are still waiting to get to the clubs we love so much. In this off-time Ian Darroch suggests we keep busy with shooting related activities. Clean your gun, especially those barrels with choke tubes where plastic builds up. Wire brush the plastic out of your barrels. Stay in shape by walking which seems to be the new norm during this crisis. Never seen so many people walking around! Practice your mount at home to keep your arms and back in shape.

Finally, read shooting related articles and books and do some reloading while you wait to get back to the club.

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a shooter’s speed to the target and the prevalence of misses. Misses occur on shots taken 0.015 to 0.025 seconds faster than normal. This is all about visual focus on the target. Moving too quickly throws off your normal shooting routine and visual focus is lost when this happens.

Phil Kiner applies actual scientific method to his coaching. I started using a stopwatch on students over five years ago and Phil does the same thing. What he’s found is a correlation between

Moving too quickly makes your eyes lock on the barrel/beads rather than the target. Inevitably this leads to stopping. See the target, move to it not move with it. You need visual lock first. Learn to discipline yourself to get visual lock before you commit to the target. Phil calls this timing, I believe it’s more about the rhythm of your shooting. Semantics, regardless, see the target, then move to it.

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Magazine Review CLAY TARGET NATION – 2020 May Some shooters never learn how to transition effectively to a second target in trap and skeet where the gun isn’t lowered between shoots.

This also true for second shots in sporting where the two targets are close to each other.

Paul Giambrone III cautions skeet shooters to break the first target in the designated area for doubles. This is two-thirds of the way to the center stake of 21 feet before the stake. Break the target in this zone and the second target should come into your field of vision as the gun follows through to the center stake. Your eyes should leave the gun and look towards the center stake after the first shot.

Break the first target and look to where the hoop would be. For better visual pick up of the second target swing the gun down slightly during the follow-through. Practice by breaking single first targets then shifting your eyes to the critical area where the hoop should be. Paul cautions at the beginning of the article about learning this technique incorrectly. You can’t unlearn an incorrect technique! You must rewrite the correct one into your subconscious before the bad technique goes away. A long and arduous process, learn it correctly.

Army Markmanship Unit (AMU) skeet shooters use random practice to hone their skills. Random practice means they don’t just practice the same shot repeatedly. The may step onto the station, shoot some pairs then they step off of it and shoot pairs a step or two to the right of it, a step or two to the left, in front of the station, and behind it. Golf coaches tell their students to do the same thing. Don’t hit to the same spot over and over again. It’s better to hit each shot to different areas of the practice range. For an 8 iron, pick a spot to the left, to

the right, back to the left, etcetera.

Gil and Vicki Ash emphasize the same idea this month. Random practice teaches you more about shooting than Blocked practice where you shoot one target repeatedly. At some point your brain shuts down during blocked practice and stops learning. Random practice keeps your learning process active and ingrains what you’re really trying to do. I do the same thing in trap doubles. I step to the right or left of the post to see the first target differently. This prepares me for differences in target setting and makes the first shot more actively engaged rather than passively looking for the target to appear in the same spot every time.

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Magazine Review Rabbits, love ‘em or hate ‘em. Mark Chesnut provides some insights this month on rabbit targets. Mark believes and rightly so, most misses are because visual focus is lost during the shot. Set your hold point so you get good visual lock on the rabbit. Do this by setting the hold point 15’-25’ away from where you get good visual lock. Once you get visual lock let your subconscious take over and allow the shot to happen. Simple advice on a tricky target.

Why do we have a pre-shot routine? “To get you in a calm but focused state of mind.” Bill Elliot paints a thorough picture of the preshot routine this month and its purpose. Before stepping into the station get a good visual image of the landscape in your mind. Watch the look pairs closely for clues on how to tackle them. Go through the checklist, look

point, hold point, break point, speed, angle, and landmarks in the background. You may even dry fire the two targets after you get in the station, mounting the gun and visualizing both shots.

Before calling, visualize the whole line-offlight and fill your mind with positive thoughts about the line and break point.

Build a rhythm to the pre-shot routine. It will give you confidence in your choices for the shot. Shoot to your own tempo and rhythm between pairs. Deep breaths have always been a hallmark of good shooting whether rifle, pistol, or shotgun. Control your breathing and take a few cleansing breaths. Mark likes to stare down the second target’s break point before he calls.

Feed your mind the best information you can before you call for the target and you’ll certainly be more successful.

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Goals pull us forward. It’s what we use to pull us from mediocrity to mastery and John Shima advises us this month on how to do it. We may feel anxiety and tension when we think of the daunting progress required make for our goals to be fulfilled.

Use that anxiety and tension in a positive way. Use it to pull you towards your goal rather than blocking progress.

Thoughts of powerlessness and unworthiness may stand in your way.

Reset your thinking to cope with the beliefs stymying your progress.

Don’t lower your dreams or postpone them and don’t fall into the belief you can obtain your dreams by changing to new shooting glasses, a new gun, or a gun adjustment. These won’t fix any underlying psychological blocks. You must have the willpower to recognize what you need to succeed, then follow through on your vision. Look into yourself to discover what’s holding you back. Believe you have what it takes to progress to the next level and have the willpower to follow

through with it.

Stop focusing on the results of a score sheet and start focusing on perfecting the basics of your technique, eliminating problem areas, and building the confidence required to get you to your goal. Concentrate on improving the process of shooting.

Bring mindfulness into your shooting. Quiet your mind and let your adaptive unconscious take over the process.

It’s not about controlling your conscious mind, but letting the control fall to your subconscious.

What really is the goal? A higher average isn’t the right one. A higher level of shooting mastery is and it alone will bring success. Get to the level where you watch the target break rather than willing yourself to break it. This is where the true fulfillment from shooting comes!

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Beretta 682 Golden Skeet 30� barrels excellent condition Stock has a high gloss finish done by Pedro Bernal asking 3,500 Give a call to: Phil Keagy 954-258-0085 15

10704 Wiles Road, Coral Springs, FL 33076 954-846-2336

“Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears.”

Laird Hamilton

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Calender of Gun Shows:

Miramar National Guard Armory July 11-12th

Skeet this month: Markham

July 5th

So. Florida

June 20th

Trap this month: South Florida

June 13th

Markham

June 28th

Sporting This month: Quail Creek

June 21st

South Florida

June 13th

Vero Beach

July 4th

OK Corral

July 5th

Markham

July 11th

South Florida

July 12th

OK Corral

July 17th

Quail Creek

July 18th

“You are never really playing an opponent.

You are playing yourself, your own highest standards, and when you reach your limits, that is real joy.”

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9 Skeet Night

10 Trap Night

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16 Skeet Night

17 Trap Night

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21 22 Sporting Youth Tourney Night

23 Skeet Night

24 Trap Night

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Skeet Tourney

28 29 30 Memorial Skeet Trap Tourney Day Night Closed

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6 Skeet Youth Tourney Night

7 Skeet Night

8 Trap Night

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14 Skeet Night

15 Trap Night

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21 Skeet Night

22 Trap Night

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27 Trap Youth Tourney Night

28 Skeet Night

29 Trap Night

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Sporting Tourney

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2020 Schedule of NSCA Sporting Clay Tournaments

Saturday - Jan 18

Snow Bird Open

Sunday - Feb 2

Honest Abe's Birthday Bash

Sunday - Mar 15

St. Patrick's Day Open

Saturday - Apr 25

CANCELLED

Sunday - May 17

Memorial Day Open

Saturday - Jun 20

20th Annual Sunshine State Classic

Saturday - Jul 11

Super Sizzle Open

Saturday - Aug 8

Summers End Open

Saturday - Sept. 12 Markham Fall Fest Shoot Sunday—Oct. 11

Pumpkin Blast

Sunday - Nov. 1

Richard Merritt Memorial

Saturday—Dec. 26 Bud Wolfe Classic 21

SPORTING CLAYS PROGRAM

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Lunch will not be served.

COURSE RULES: All shooters and spectators are required to wear ear and eye protection on the course.

MAXIMUM LOADS PERMITTED: 12GA, 3 DR EQ, 1 1/8 oz. Shot 7 1/2.

For additional information contact: Greg Ritch (561) 271-5319 email: gregsritch@gmail.com

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SPORTING CLAYS RESULTS

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MONTHLY SKEET PROGRAM Price per 50 targets includes $5/100 NSSA/FSA Fee

.410 gauge 28 gauge 20 gauge 12 gauge Doubles

50 Targets 50 Targets 50 Targets 50 Targets 50 Targets

$20.00 $20.00 $20.00 $20.00 $20.00

Shoots usually held the first Saturday of every month.

Gauges may be shot out of sequence with the permission of management. More than one 50 target program may be shot in the same gauge as a preliminary event.

AWARDS Break a 50, 75, or 100 Straight and get one of these guaranteed awards!

50 Straight Kennedy Half Dollar 75 Straight Eisenhower Dollar 100 Straight Morgan Silver Dollar 50 Straight Doubles Liberty Silver Half 24

Skeet Results Markham is scheduled for a Registered Skeet Shoot on July 5th. Hopefully this will happen.

South Florida Shooting Club is holding a skeet shoot on Saturday, June 20th.

Usual format, 50 targets each gun and 50 Doubles.

More than 50 targets are allowed per gun, to be shot as a Preliminary Event score (targets only).

Only 200 targets plus Doubles are allowed per shooter per day. Fees are $21 per 50 targets.

Congratulations to two Markham shooters!

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Trap Program: SPECIAL NOTICE

Trap Tournaments are usually the fourth Sunday of the month.

100 target 16 Yd, Hdcp and Doubles events.

First 100 targets. $40.00 (Includes ATA and FTA daily fees)

ATA SHOOT SCHEDULE 2019-2020

Additional 100 target events.

October 27th

$32.00

November 24th December 22rd January 12th February 23rd

See Joe Loitz for details: 954-857-5278

March 29th April 26th May 24th June 28th July 26th

August 23rd

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WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHOOTING IS STILL POPULAR WITH THE SHOOTERS. SIGN UP WITH STEVE NORRIS AND THE REST OF THE REGULARS AND TRY YOUR SKILL AND LUCK AT ALL THE GAMES.

Come out and join the fun!

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TRAP RESULTS

16 Yards

Trapshooting Tournaments are suspended until further notice.

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Handicap

Doubles

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Youth Program

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SPONSORS Professional and Industry Vendors

We are going to update this section of the newsletter on a continuing basis as requests come in.

If you would like to sponsor our newsletter: contact me at: jloit@bellsouth.net Joe Loitz at 954-857-5278

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