We had a great Appleseed at the Piqua Fish and Game. Beautiful weather made it a joy to be out improving our marksmanship and discussing the founding of this Great Nation! Normally August can be rather hot and humid here in Ohio, so we didn't have a lot of shooters signed up for this one, but that allowed the instructors to have a lot more trigger time, resulting in Doc Willi, Thomas F, and Coyote 217 re-qualifying as riflemen. We also had two former Riflemen re-qualify, Nalin P., with a 215, and Jim F., shot 213 with iron sights.
Lower attendance gave plenty of one-on-one instruction, and it also allowed us to give each shooter some time behind a laser rifle Sunday morning to work on NPOA.
We had one new Rifleman on Sunday, Cody G., scored a 219; this was his second Appleseed and he graciously accepted the Orange Hat. Cody's passion for history, and the relevance of that history in today's society, will be a great asset to the Appleseed mission.
For the instructors, it was an awesome weekend, new skills were learned and several promotions were earned; including the promotion of ThomasF to Instructor. Thanks to the great crew of instructors: Rattlehead, The Buckeye Trapper, Coyote 217, ThomasF, Doc Willi, purple_patch, and Haley Beth.
It was a wonderful weekend spent with an inspired group of fellow Americans!
Piqua photos
Piqua photos
Piqua photos
Another great Appleseed by the Piqua team. You guys rock. Glad the instructors got some trigger time too. It is a rare treat for our instructors to get behind a rifle instead of coaching.
Great job to all who worked this event and welcome to our new Orange Hat.
Corvette
I keep learning more and more with every Appleseed shoot I go to... thanks to Shep, The Buckeye Trapper, Coyote 217, Doc Willi, ThomasF, Haley Beth, & Rattlehead for their help and expertise!
ThomasF - that red hat is well earned!
Cody G - glad to have you as part of the team! You asked GREAT questions over the weekend - thanks for being involved.
Dale - I'm excited to see you at the next shoot! I love your attitude and I'm so glad you joined us over the weekend!
Jim F. - always a pleasure sir ;)
Well done everyone! It was a pleasure meeting some of you for the first time as well as seeing those who returned! Congratulations to Cody on shooting Rifleman and taking the orange hat, Huzzah!
photos by purple_patch
photos by purple_patch
photos by purple_patch