Troop 772, Marietta, GA

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Monday, April 11, 2005

4/9/2005 - SHOOTOUT!

Scouts: Peter McKenna, David Forman, Brennen Graessle, Ian Graessle, Jeremy Drennan, Alex Drennan, Brian Flamm, Ram Vedagiri, Alex Smith, Peter Gill, Brian Corbett, Everett Smith, Emery Smith, and Martin Kaido
Scouters: Rick Farber, Eric Flamm, Dan Forman, Don Gantt, Dave McKenna, Ed O'Brien, Sean O'Brien, Taylor Hall, James Long, Tim Holahan, Ellis Smith and Pete Corbett

To say this is our most favored trip of the year is an understatement. We have consistently had a great turn out of scouts and scouters. This year we needed to get 6 scouts qualified for Shotgun and Shooting Merit badges. We would not be able to achieve this feat if it were not for the use of the Gantt farm and the continued support of past troop scouters Ed and Sean O'Brien who help us run the event for the weekend.

We typically blast away more than 2200 rounds of shotgun ammunition and untold numbers of 22 shells for the weekend. At all times keeping safety our number one priority. If my memory serves me correctly all 6 scouts qualified on shotgun and two qualified on 22. This would not have happened if each one of those scouts did not diligently keep at it the entire weekend, and all of them had the bruises on their shoulders from the gun butts to prove it. The remainder of the scouts honed their shooting skills to unbelievable. Not many if any clay pigeons got past the older scouts Saturday afternoon and especially Sunday morning

The Scouts and Scouters always eat very well on this trip. The Golden Eagles, Roadkill and Silver Foxes impressed all the leaders with their skills of outdoor meal planning and cooking.

This year the heat stayed at bay but the whippoorwill keep us company from sundown to sunup! Sunday morning we blasted away some more, cleaned up the field of all the clay pigeons and shells, had a nice worship service and made it back to the ATL before mid afternoon.

Great weather, Great fellowship, Great scouting.

Scoutmaster Corbett


Mr. O'Brien explains the structure of a shotgun
shell to an interested audience.
All quiet on the range during the safety briefing

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