Cokato Minnesota's Rainbow Sportsman's Club hosted its first Appleseed Event this last weekend ^:)^ and with only three weeks to promote we still had a respectable turnout of 11 shooters. The Rainbow Sportsman's Club was particularly picturesque with the fall foliage along the Crow River bottom.
Dane Madsen, a local member of the club, was responsible for setting this up and as a Rifleman was willing to take the Orange this weekend. O0 He spent considerable time on the line coaching new shooters and his efforts paid off when one of his charges, who happens to be one of his daughters, managed to get the coveted Rifleman's Patch with a score of 210. She of course was "baptized", ::) the honors going to her father, congratulations Emily! Emily is a hard charger and agreed to help her dad as an orange hat instructor also. Dane's wife Wendy and other daughter Aliesha turned in some very respectable targets with Wendy cleaning the Redcoat target Saturday afternoon, very well done! O0 Some good "seeds" planted here, looking good for that area west of the Minneapolis/St Paul metro area.
Dane was responsible for most of the turnout with his family comprising four of the attendees and his neighbor Dale, his son and grandson another three and Rose, Corey, and Donna also. Brad came out from Minneapolis on his ROC Saturday and was doing good and should be picking up the Rifleman's Patch in short order.
All in all, it was a perfect weekend for the shoot the weather and scenery couldn't have been better. The company was the best. Look forward to seeing all of you again on the Appleseed Trail.
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Congratulations Emily! And many thanks to you and your Dad for stepping up!
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Congratulations to you Emily. :) And thanks to Dane and Emily for joining the ranks of volunteers...welcome aboard O0
Here are the pictures...
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Getting started on Saturday morning
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Dane accepts the orange hat. Thanks for grabbing a bucket!
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Listening to the history.
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Working on the standing position.
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Emily earns her Rifleman patch. Nice job Em! :bow:
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Her score of 210 gets her a dousing with water from the North Bridge. ;D
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Em accepts an Orange Hat. Father, Daughter IITs from this shoot! ^:)^
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Dave earns a patch with a 241!
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Sunday line.
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NPOA drill.
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Wendy, Aliesha, and Emily. Wendy can shoot like a girl! She shot a clean Redcoat in seated position. Aliesha made great progress through the weekend.
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Kevin gets some trigger time on a "bolty"
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Our young shooters. Aliesha and Oliver
What a great weekend. Thanks to all the shooters for spending your weekend with us. :bow:
Buzz
Thanks for posting the photos BuzzG, makes all the difference in the world. Thanks also to you and Kevin for your fine instruction this weekend. O0
Congratulations Dave..missed you on my first post...great score! Looks like that first shoot in Cokato was a smashing success ^:)^
It was good to work with Sven again. and always good to work a shoot with BuzzG.
Dave, thanks for getting us a shoot at a new range, and for all your work for Appleseed. Congratulations to you and Emily for taking the orange hat.
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