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October 18-20, 2024 – Woods Walk and Camp Event and Results

What a beautiful Fall weekend for our event! Mike Briscoe setup our range and woods with 21 shooting target stations with distances ranging from 15-50 yards. These are mostly steel targets but they are Rendezvous style targets that include clay birds, splitting a round ball on an axe blade, shooting from a saddle, shooting through a window, and many more. Mike has done a wonderful job putting together great targets and setting up a very fun event. You do not need to be a Gemmer club member to participate, but just an invitation from a Gemmer club member. Camping is optional. Primitive and modern campers allowed. Congratulations to Darren Heaton for winning the match with 24 points, only missing 2 targets. Great shooting!

Rules:

Rifles or smoothbores, with percussion or flintlocks, are allowed. You will need to shoot a maximum of 25 round balls to complete this match. Loading from a pouch is required because you will be walking from station to station with no loading benches.

Cost:

$25 blanket prize is the cost to participate.

Schedule:

Friday Morning: Camp Setup

Friday Afternoon 2pm to 5pm: Clay Bird Shooting

Saturday 9am – 3pm: Woods Walk Line is Open. Takes about 2 hours to shoot and can start anytime during this period.

Saturday 5pm: Blanket Prizes and Scores given out.

Sunday Morning: Camp Breakdown

Clay Bird Shooting

Scores:

1st: Darren Heaton – 24

2nd: Mike Briscoe – 23

3rd: Ron Lawrence – 22

4th: Bob Coffelt – 20

5th: Grant Metzler – 18

6th: Bob Vogt – 18

7th: Glenn Baer – 17

8th: Fred Engelhard – 16

9th: Dean Hahn – 16

10th: Dean Venardos – 13

11th: David Brandenburger – 13

12th: Jim Feeney – 12

Bryan Johnson – Didn’t Shoot

Over the Log World Championship – Oct 12, 2024 Results

There was a total of 11 shooters for this year’s event. We had a great time and we thank Joel Gard for hosting the event again this year. This is a 10 shot event, shot prone from a chunk of wood at a target 60 yards out.

Scores:

1st: Tim Turnbull – 5.340”

2nd: Joel Gard – 5.483”

3rd: Dave Brandenburger – 6.924”

4th: Bob Browner – 7.253”

5th: Bob Vogt – 10.677”

6th: Rick Weeks – 10.990”

7th: Sam Gard – 11.416”

8th: Walter Fett – 11.686”

9th: Tom Goden – 13.528”

10th: Collin Kitzerow – 17.959”

11th: Clint Cummings – 17.988”

Sweetest Shot: Sam Gard – 0.031”

Scores
Gemmer Group
Shooting During the Event
Tim Turnbull – World Champion
1st – Tim Turnbull
2nd – Joel Gard
3rd- David Brandenburger
4th – Bob Browner
5th – Bob Vogt
6th – Rick Weeks
7th – Sam Gard
8th – Walter Fett
9th – Tom Goden
10th – Collin Kitzerow
11th – Clint Cummings
Prizes

October 6, 2024 Hunters Match Results

What a beautiful day for the Hunters Match. This match is shot offhand at 25 yards. Two shots are taken at each of the six animal targets. Congratulations to Darren Heaton for winning the overall match with a score of 103/120. Congratulations to Dennis Quinn for winning the Super Senior Match with a score of 47X. Congratulations to Ron Lawrence for winning the Smoothbore Match with a score of 46. This was a cash prize event that paid out to the top 5 scores on each of the six animals.

We also have our Schuetzen Match this month which consist of each shooter taking one shot at the target made by last year’s winner. Darren Heaton had the privilege of making this years target and he choose the Hawken Classic and the Missouri State Rifle as the theme for his target. The hidden bullseye was the 0 in 2024 along the bottom. Bob Downs shot was closest to the hidden X so he is the Winner and will make our 2025 Schuetzen target. Congratulations Bob!

The 50/50 was won by Rick Weeks ($43), and the Schuetzen Black Powder Giveaway was won by Rick Weeks and Stan Pontius. Big THANK YOU to Schuetzen for supporting our club again this year with your powder donation!

Random pictures from the event:

Thank you to Rhonda Buckowitz for grilling and providing the food and drinks for the event. Brad also brought a couple beaver tails that were grilled up. I did try a small piece of that fatty tail and can honestly say, I’m not a big fan. Beaver meat on the other hand was pretty good from last year.

SCORES
Open Sight Match

Bear:
1st: Ken Hubbman – 20X
1st: Art Buckowitz – 20X
3rd: John Ross – 20
3rd: Brad Dickinson – 20
3rd: Dave Brandenburger – 20

Deer:
1st: Don MacChesney – 20
1st: Darren Heaton – 20
1st: Greg Grimes – 20
4th: Ron Lawrence -18
4th: Dave Brandenburger – 18

Groundhog:
1st: Bob Browner – 20
2nd: Ken Hubbman – 19
2nd: Darren Heaton – 19
4th: Bob Vogt – 18
4th: Brad Dickinson – 18

Woodchuck:
1st: Ron Lawrence – 20
1st: Bob Vogt – 20
3rd: Darren Heaton – 18
4th: Bob Browner – 17
4th: Joe Kelly – 17

Squirrel:
1st: Greg Grimes – 19
2nd: Joe Kelly – 18
3rd: Brad Dickinson – 18
4th: Bob Vogt – 17
5th: Bob Coffelt – 15

Fox:
1st: Darren Heaton – 20
2nd: Dave Brandenburger – 19
2nd: Bob Vogt – 19
2nd: Bryce Stroup – 19
2nd: Rick Weeks – 19

Overall Total Scores:
1st: Darren Heaton – 103
2nd: Dave Brandenburger – 100
3rd: Bob Vogt – 99
4th: Brad Dickinson – 98
5th: Greg Grimes – 95
6th: Joe Kelly – 90
7th: Ron Lawrence – 88X
8th: Bob Browner – 88
9th: Ken Hubbman – 75X
10th: Art Buckowitz – 69X
11th: Bob Coffelt – 67
12th: Don MacChesney – 66
13th: Rick Weeks – 65
13th: Bryce Stroup – 65
15th: Stan Pontius – 61
16th: Clint Cummings – 52
17th: John Ross – 51
18th: Rhonda Buckowitz -50
19th: Robert Downs – 34

Super Senior Match:
1st: Dennis Quinn – 47X
2nd: Carl Jokerst – 38X
3rd: Dave Williamsen – 35
4th: Ted Sanders – 33X

Pistol Match:
1st: Darren Heaton – 46

Smoothbore:
1st: Ron Lawrence – 46
2nd: Clint Cummings – 38X

Top 10 2024 Aggregate Scores (Preliminary and Subject to Change)
1st: Bob Vogt – 617
2nd: Brad Dickenson – 585
3rd: Bryce Stroup – 549
4th: Mike Briscoe – 543
5th: Joe Kelly – 534
5th: Bob Browner – 534
7th: Ken Hubbman – 527
8th: David Brandenburger – 525
9th: Ron Lawrence – 520
10th: Art Buckowitz – 495