On Target Two Monthly Idaho PITA Newsletter Issue # 6. July, 2014 July PITA shooting in Idaho started with the midweek Multiplex shoots and was followed by the Twin Falls shoot July 5 th and 6 th. Pocatello and Ontario both had shoots on the 12 th and 13 th and then over 45 Idaho shooters finished the month by attending the Grand Pacific at the Evergreen Gun Club in Washington. July Multiplex Shoot. 246 shooters and 27 clubs took part. Idaho had shooters from Boise, Caldwell, Culdesac, and Pocatello and they hit the Lewis Purses a total of 16 times. Lewis Class Pay-Offs: Event 1 50 Singles. 50 - $39.50, 47 - $14.81, 45 - $24.25, 42 - $33.86. Idaho Winners 50 Chuck Terry, Chester Carter and Thor Fin-Kelson - Boise. 47 Mickey Hewitt and John Kennedy - Culdesac. 45- Bob Finnell- Culdesac. 42 Kathy Connerley Boise. Event 2 50 Handicap. 50 - $227. 45 - $20.64. 42 - $21.62. 39 - $32.43, Idaho Winners 45 Gary Miller and Kent Harris Boise. 42 Liz Harris Boise. 39 Ron Frieze and John Hrnjak Boise. Dan Boe Culdesac. Event 3 50 Doubles. 50 - $84. 44 - $30.55. 40 - $56. 36 - $37.33. Idaho Winners 50 Kent Harris Boise. 44- Wayne McCulley Culdesac. 36 Bob Murphey Caldwell. Terry, Carter, Fin-Kelson, and Harris all pick up 6 State Team All-Star points. July 5 th and 6 th Twin Falls. 63 shooters took advantage of a nice weekend to fire at 25,600 registered targets and post some really fine scores. Nick Krause took the singles championship with a score of 199 after a three-way shoot off with David Poseley and Spud Storey. The Saturday handicap was won by Chuck Terry as he blasted a perfect 100. Nevada shooter Mike Gregersen captured the doubles event with a great 99. 100 s in handicap are rare in Idaho and people were still talking about Terry s score from Saturday when Dave Poseley went out in the Sunday Preliminary handicap and crushed 100 from 27 yards to edge Ron Stoltenberg by one target. Poseley also captured the H-O-A crown by one target over Storey with a 582 score. Storey won the final handicap with a 97 and a shoot-off win over Jeff Wright. Jeff used his 97 to win the Twin Falls Golden Pheasant buckle for the combined high score of 193 on the event 2 and 5 handicaps. Winners and High Scores. Event 1. First Half Singles. 43 Entries. AA Dave Poseley 100 Brian Nielsen 99 Kent Harris 99 Spud Storey 99 A Nick Krause 100 Jeff Poseley 97 Jeff Scott 97 Brian Stoa 97 B Juan Goitiandia 98 Bob Birch 95 Joe Turner 95 C None shooting D Quinn Harsh 90 Josh Wallace 89 Vet John Keppinger 96 Sr. Vet Gail Jones 98 Elder Al Connerley 96
Lady Janet Merrill 94 Lahoma Hooft 94 Jr Jared March 93 Event One Second Half Singles. 43 Entries. AA Spud Storey 100 Brian Nielsen 99 Dave Poseley 99 Kent Harris 99 A Jeff Poseley 100 Nick Krause 99 Brian Stoa 99 B Joe Turner 99 Bob Birch 96 Juan Goitiandia 96 C None shooting D Quinn Harsh 91 Art Hammer 87 Vet John Keppinger 97 Sr. Vet Gail Jones 98 Elder Al Connerley 95 Lady Lahoma Hooft 94 Jr. Jared March 92 Total 200 Singles. 43 Entries. Champ Nick Krause 199 won s.o AA Dave Poseley 199 won ct Spud Storey 199 A Jeff Poseley 197 Brian Stoa 196 B Joe Turner 194 Bob Birch 191 C None shooting D Quinn Harsh 181 Art Hammer 174 Josh Wallace 174 Vet Juan Goitiandia 194 John Keppinger 193 Sr. Vet Gail Jones 196 Chuck Terry 193 Lady Lahoma Hooft 188 Janet Merrill 187 Jr. Jared March 185 Jack Nelson 159 Event 2. 100 Handicap. 45 Entries. Champ Chuck Terry 100 Short Geoffrey Dustin 96 Janet Merrill 95 Mid Norm Foster 96 Larry Ranstrom 95 Long John Keppinger 97 Dave Poseley 96 Vet Jeff Scott 95 Sr. Vet Terry Cook 91 Elder Virgil Perry 92 Lady Janet Merrill 95 Lahoma Hooft 95 Jr. Jared March 89 Event 3. 100 Doubles. 32 Entries. Champ Mike Gregersen 99 AA Spud Storey 97 Kent Harris 96 Chester Carter 96 A Gail Jones 97 Thor Fin-Kelson 96 B Jeff Poseley 95 Brian Stoa 93 C Dave Poseley 93 Ron Stoltenberg 93 D Lahoma Hooft 87 Norm Foster 86 Vet Jeff Scott 87 Elder Al Connerley 90 Lady Tina Wright 84 Jr. Jared March 77 Event 4 100 Handicap. 47 Entries. Champ Dave Poseley 100 Short Janet Merrill 95 Steve Spencer 94 Tina Wright 94 Mid Ron Stoltenberg 99 Brian Stoa 96 Thor Fin-Kelson 96 Long Joe Turner 98 Jeff Poseley 97 Terry Cook 97 Vet Norm Foster 93
Sr. Vet Gail Jones 90 Elder Al Connerley 92 Lady Lahoma Hooft 91 Jr. Jared March 86 Event 5 100 Handicap. 46 Entries. Champ Spud Storey 97 won s.o. Short Steve Spencer 94 Janet Merrill 92 Mid Layne Rasmussen 95 Robert Birch 94 Long Jeff Wright 97 Brian Stoa 95 Scott Abo 95 Vet Dave Poseley 94 Sr. Vet Gail Jones 94 Lady Lahoma Hooft 94 Jr. Jack Nelson 89 Golden Pheasant Buckle Combined scores from events 2 and 4. Champ Jeff Wright 193 Dave Poseley 190 Scott Abo 190 Spud Storey 189 Lahoma Hooft 189 High-Over-All Winners Champ Dave Poseley 582 AA Spud Storey 581 Jeff Wright 569 A Jeff Poseley 570 Brian Stoa 569 B Joe Turner 552 Norm Foster 549 C None shooting D Art Hammer 528 Tina Wright 513 Idaho All-Star Team Points from this shoot category. Bob Birch 10. Joe Turner 24. Quinn Harsh 12. Josh Wallace 6. John Keppinger 4 and 12 category. Gail Jones 3 and 18 category. Al Connerley 12 category. Janet Merrill 8 and 7 category. Lahoma Hooft 8 and 18 category. Jared March 21 category. Art Hammer 15. Chuck Terry 7 and 4 category. Jack Nelson 7 category. Norm Foster 11 and 3 category. Larry Ranstrom 2. Terry Cook 3 and 3 category. Virgil Perry 3 category. Chester Carter 2. Thor Fin-Kelson 5. Ron Stoltenberg 6. Tina Wright 8 and 3 category. Steve Spencer 5. Jeff Wright 16. Layne Rasmussen 3. Scott Abo 5. 33 Idaho shooters won All-Star team points at this shoot. Pocatello July 12-13. The weather was hot and it took its toll on shooter numbers, especially the second day. 43 shooters registered 19,700 targets and there were good scores in every event. Utah shooter Brian Nielson put a pair of 99 s on the board to take the doubles championship with his 198. Jeff Scott and Jeff Wright fired 99 s to lead the Saturday singles and 96 s topped the Saturday handicap as Trevor Ogle, Jim Hoover, and Brian Stoa topped their yardage groups. Willis Norton had the only perfect score of the weekend as he won the Sunday singles with his 100. The preliminary handicap was won with a lone 97 by H.E. Hewett and the main handicap was led by Harvey Harpster with 95. Harpster led scoring on the combined scores of the two Sunday handicaps with his 187 to edge out Steve Spencer and Earl Ward by two birds. Norton fired 666 to win the H-O-A championship by one target over Jeff Wright. Dave Poseley 42 and 3 category. Spud Storey 33. Nick Krause 16. Kent Harris 8. Jeff Poseley 29. Jeff Scott 3 and 6 category. Brian Stoa 24. Juan Goitiandia 5 and 6
Winners and High Scores. Event 1. First Half of the Doubles. 28 Entries. High Brian Nielson 99 A Willis Norton 97 Jeff Wright 96 B Gil Miller 95 Jeff Scott 95 C Ray Ogle 94 H.E. Hewett 91 D Trevor Ogle 90 Art Hammer 86 Vet Juan Goitiandia 97 Lady Tina Wright 86 Event 1. Second Half of the Doubles. 28 Entries High Brian Nielson 99 A Jeff Wright 98 Randy Adams 96 B Bill Windels 95 Gill Miller 94 Jim Kuntz 94 John Berthelson 94 C Jack Merrill 89 Ray Ogle 87 D Tina Wright 92 Trevor Ogle 88 Art Hammer 88 Vet Juan Goitiandia 94 Lady Janet Merrill 71 Event 1. Total 200 Doubles. 28 Entries. Champ Brian Nielson 198 A Jeff Wright 194 Willis Norton 192 B Gill Miller 189 Jim Kuntz 187 Joe Hollifield 187 John Berthelson 187 C Ray Ogle 181 H.E. Hewett 178 D Trevor Ogle 178 Tina Wright 178 Vet Juan Goitiandia 191 Lady Janet Merrill 148 Event 2. 100 Singles. 38 Entries. A Jeff Wright 99 Willis Norton 98 B Jeff Scott 99 Juan Goitiandia 98 C Geoffrey Dustin 96 Trevor Ogle 93 Quinn Harsh 93 D H.E. Hewett 91 Patricia Lords 91 Vet M. Page 97 Lady Janet Merrill 95 Event 3. Handicap 33 Entries. High Trevor Ogle 96 Jim Hoover 96 Brian Stoa 96 Short Alan Palmer 95 Ray Ogle 93 Gil Miller 93 Mid Larry Ranstrom 94 Lloyde Herbst 90 Long Randy Adams 94 Willis Norton 94 John Berthelson 94 Vet Jeff Scott 90 Lady Janet Merrill 90 Tina Wright 90 Event 4 Singles. 22 Entries. High Willis Norton 100 A Jim Hoover 98 Jeff Wright 96 John Berthelson 96 B Joe Hollifield 99 Harvey Harpster 98 Bill Windels 98 C Lloyde Herbst 97 Trevor Ogle 94 D H.E. Hewett 96 Tina Wright 88 Vet Greg Panter 96 Lady Donna Kirkdorffer 87
Event 5 Handicap. 25 Entries. High H.E. Hewett 97 Short John Workman 94 Steve Spencer 93 Mid Earl Ward 94 Bill Windels 92 Ron Green 92 Long Willis Norton 93 Joe Hollifield 91 Vet Ray Ogle 90 M. Page 90 Lady Donna Kirkdorffer 88 Event 6. Handicap. 21 Entries. High Harvey Harpster 95 Short Steve Spencer 92 Quinn Harsh 92 Donna Kirkdorffer 92 Mid Larry Ranstrom 92 Greg Panter 92 Long Jeff Wright 94 Joe Hollifield 93 Vet Ray Ogle 90 Lady Tina Wright 90 Combined Scores Events 5 and 6. Champ Harvey Harpster 187 Short Steve Spencer 185 Trevor Ogle 182 Mid Earl Ward 185 Larry Ranstrom 183 Long Jeff Wright 184 Joe Hollifield 184 Vet Greg Panter 182 Lady Donna Kirkdorffer 180 High-Over-All Winners Champ Willis Norton 666 A Jeff Wright 665 John Berthelson 652 B Joe Hollifield 654 Ray Ogle 642 C Trevor Ogle 643 Lloyde Herbst 621 D H.E. Hewett 626 Tina Wright 619 Vet Greg Panter 642 Idaho All-Star Team Points Earned at this shoot. Willis Norton 32. Jeff Wright 36. Jeff Scott 6 and 3 category. Ray Ogle 19 and 6 category. H.E. Hewett 26. Trevor Ogle 31. Art Hammer 4. Juan Goitiandia 3 and 15 category. Tina Wright 11 and 9 Category. Randy Adams 5. Bill Windels 7. Jim Kuntz 6. John Berthelson 17. Jack Merrill 3. Janet Merrill 15 category. Joe Hollifield 23. Quinn Harsh 5. M. Paige 6 category. Jim Hoover 8. Brian Stoa 5. Larry Ranstrom 10. Lloyde Herbst 11. Harvey Harpster 17. Greg Panter 3 and 18 category. Donna Kirkdorffer 6 and 9 category. John Workman 4. Steve Spencer 13. Earl Ward 11. Ron Green 2. Ontario July 12 and 13. If it was hot in Pocatello for the weekend it was even hotter in Ontario with the temperatures well over 100 degrees both days. 30 shooters fought the blistering heat for two days to register 9,000 targets. Dave Poseley won the singles championship with 199 which edged out Jim Fultz by one. Poseley also topped the doubles with 94 and took the H-O-A champion with 467. Both handicaps were won by 27 yard shooters with Terry Cook breaking 93 on Saturday and Fultz having 94 on Sunday. Event 1. First Half of the Singles. 21 Entries. High Dave Poseley 100 AA Jim Fultz 99 Kent Harris 97 A Jeff Poseley 96 Darel Holcomb 96 B Norm Foster 96 Terry Cook 95 C Bob Murphey 95
Mike Strong 87 D Brodie Garner 89 Blake Parker 85 Event 1. Second Half of the Singles High Dave Poseley 99 Jim Fultz 99 Jeff Poseley 99 AA Kent Harris 96 A Darel Holcomb 98 B Norm Foster 98 John Fulghum 96 Taylor Dominguez 96 C Bob Murphey 93 Mike Strong 92 D Brodie Garner 89 Noah Navarrete 86 Event 1. Combined Scores For Singles Champ Dave Poseley 199 AA Jim Fultz 198 Kent Harris 193 A Jeff Poseley 195 Darel Holcomb 194 B Norm Foster 194 Terry Cook 190 Taylor Dominguez 190 C Bob Murphey 188 Mike Strong 179 D Brodie Garner 178 Noah Navarrete 166 Vet Virgil Perry 188 Event 2. Handicap. 21 Entries. High Terry Cook 93 Short Norm Foster 92 Taylor Dominguez 90 Mid Kent Harris 92 John Fulghum 90 Long Jeff Dupuis 88 Dave Poseley 85 Vet Virgil Perry 89 Jr. Noah Navarrete 78 Brodie Garner 78 Event 3. Doubles. 11 Entries. High Dave Poseley 94 AA Jim Fultz 92 Kent Harris 83 A None B Vaughn Kelly 89 Rich Wehren 81 C Gary Miller 87 Taylor Dominguez 86 Event 4. Handicap. 16 Entries. High Jim Fultz 94 Short Mike Strong 92 Taylor Dominguez 90 Bob Birch 90 Mid John Fulghum 89 Kent Harris 86 Long Dave Poseley 89 Terry Cook 88 Vet Norm Foster 88 Jr. Brodie Garner 84 High-Over-All Winners Champ Dave Poseley 467 AA Kent Harris 454 A Rich Wehren 426 B Norm Foster 457 Taylor Dominguez 456 C None Shooting D Brodie Garner 390 Idaho All-Star Team Points won at this shoot. Dave Poseley 37. Jim Fultz 21. Jeff Poseley 13. Kent Harris 25. Norm Foster 25 and 3 category. Darel Holcomb 9. Terry Cook 13. Bob Murphey 12. Blake Parker 2. John Fulghum 7. Taylor Dominguez 18. Brodie Garner 21 and 6 category. Virgil Perry 9 category. Jeff Dupuis 3. Vaughn Kelly 3. Rich Wehren 11. Gary Miller 3. Bob Birch 2. Eighteen Idaho shooters earned Idaho All-Star team points at this shoot.
Grand Pacific. Evergreen Gun Club. Littlerock, Washington. July 20 27, 2014. The weather was good (a little rain mid-week), the shoot attendance was up a considerable amount, and the shoot ran very well. Idaho was represented by over 45 shooters (probably the second or third largest crowd from Idaho to ever attend the Grand Pacific). There was a ton of stuff going on all week Mega-raffles, basket raffles, a beautiful trapshooting quilt raffle to benefit the Idaho PITA (Thanks Kathy), two or three silent auctions, draw score shoot-offs (although don t ask Kent and Liz Harris or Jeff Poseley how those went), visiting the PITA Hall of Fame, small gauge and vintage gun shooting, Buses to the Lucky Eagle Casino, and much more. Idaho Shooter Winner and Accomplishment List. Sunday Handicap Champion Ken Lobo 97 Veteran Mike Rinard 94 Sunday Doubles D class Winner Norm Foster 93 Monday Doubles Veteran Mike Rinard 98 D class Winner Norm Foster 90 Preliminary Days H-O-A Winners Veteran Mike Rinard 573 Tuesday Singles Veteran Mike Rinard 100 (won s.o.) Wednesday Doubles Veteran Mike Rinard 98 Wednesday Handicap 25-26 Yd. Wayne McCulley 96 Veteran Bob Birch 96 Thursday Handicap Champion Mike Rinard 97 Veteran Norm Foster 94 Friday Singles Championship In the first half Chester Carter broke 100 and in the second half Rick Erickson broke 100. Liz Harris and Dave Poseley represented Idaho in the Champion of Champions with Dave s 99 one bird short while Liz came in second of seven lady shooters with her 96. Idaho had enough shooters for three state teams. Thanks to Kathy Connerley for putting those together. On the total 200, Chester was in a 5 way shootoff for AA R-U with his 198. He ended up second after a great shoot-off when he missed #173. Liz Harris finished second in the Ladies with 193. Friday Handicap First Idaho Marvin Albright 96 Second Idaho Terry Roberts 94 Third Idaho Brian Ferry 93 Third 22 yds. Norm Foster 92 Third Vet Mike Rinard 93 Saturday Doubles Two Idaho shooters tied for champion R-U with fine scores of 99. Mike Rinard (#98) elected to take veteran and Rick Erickson shot off, broke 19, and ended up with the A class trophy. Randy Adams shot off for A class R-U with his 97 and broke 17 in the shoot-off. A R-U Rick Erickson 98 D class Norm Foster 90
Handicap Championship. July 26. Saturday. 27 Yd Brian Deatly 97 Veteran Norm Foster 96 Arlie Connerley also was the random drawing BT-99 winner. High-Over-All Veteran Mike Rinard 952 Shoot! Try to Win! Idaho All-Star Team Points from this shoot. Mike Rinard 37 and 36 category. Norm Foster 25 and 17 category, Ken Lobo 10. Rick Erickson 23. Wayne McCulley 6. Bob Birch 6 category. Chester Carter 14. Liz Harris 15 category. Dave Poseley 5. Marvin Albright 6. Terry Roberts 5. Brian Ferry 4. Randy Adams 9. Brian Deatly 11. Fourteen Idaho shooters earned state All-Star win points at this shoot. Our congratulations to Mike Rinard and Norm Foster on their outstanding accomplishments at the 2014 Grand Pacific. Mike had 9 wins and Norm had 6 during the week. For most shooters the Grand is a success if you can win one time while you are there. Well, that s it for the month of July lots of shooting and having fun! In August we have the last of the summer Multiplex shoots, and then the 31 st annual Gun Shoot at Pocatello from the 7 th through the 10 th. Twin Falls has a one day shoot scheduled for August 23 rd and several shooters are planning on going to the Winnemucca, Nevada two day PITA shoot September 6 th and 7 th to support a club that attended our state shoot (and others) very well this year. Have Fun! Shoot! Try to Win! Have Fun! Good Luck and Good Shooting, The Idaho PITA.