We watched the weather forecast all week and all week it was the same. Wind and rain. Not unusual for Kodiak where the average year gets almost 70 inches of rain. Oh well.
Agent Orange and AK 84 spent a good part of the day flying back-and-forth between Anchorage and Kodiak,trying to get a weather window to land and finally made it in about 430.
The rain and wind held off pretty well while we got set up on Saturday morning and then as the weatherman promised it started to rain and blow. Velma and some other volunteers from Kodiak Island Sportsmans Association had spent two days cleaning up the range and it looked beautiful. Thanks Velma and KISA
Most of the 14 shooters that signed up got to the range and cheerfully donned their rain gear. The shooters got a great lesson in perseverance. They passed the test.The wind was blowing hard enough that we needed six or seven sandbags to hold down each target.25/35 mph. But the shooters hung in there.Tom, on his fourth Appleseed,scored a 224 to earn his rifleman patch on the first AQT in a driving rain.
Sunday start it out with a light rain and it got drier as the day went on. Doc qualified again and so did Tom. Craig made great progress and came pretty close with a 205. Gene, in a lot of pain from a recent surgery pushed on and made good progress. Zayde 7 years old, cheerfully made good progress as well and so did Tony.
I can't say enough about the great job the instructors did and the shooters. These were tough conditions but the Alaskans carried on. They all enjoyed the history of the three strikes and the dangerous old men. It was a great weekend
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It was a great shoot, and thanks for getting it all set up and organizing with everything you did to get it ready Mike! Had a great time at the shoot even with the windy weather. Those Kodiak shooters are no joke! They didn't let anything stand in their way. Looking forward to next years shoot!
Pictures from the shoot
The guys who get it done