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Last Sunday marked the date for the Chinook Rod and Gun Club's First Annual 22 Cal. Turkey Shoot. The newest event for the club was held at their shooting range three miles south of Chinook on the Clear Creek road.

The rules that were established by the club are as follows: For the youth division, the targets were placed at the 25 yard line and shooters were able to load and shoot 5 rounds. After the range was cleared the targets were tallied, a new set of targets was placed and the shooters could engage this set of targets with 5 more rounds for a total of 10 shots at two targets. The adults were a little different with only one target placed at the 100-yard line and 10 rounds of ammo provided.

The entries had a wide range of ages for the youth as well as for the adults. In the youth division ages 8-11 years old, Tasha Skoyen and Gage Skoyen were the shooters of the day with Tasha taking first and Gage shooting a close second. Tasha was the winner of the turkey in that round.

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Participants of the Chinook rod & Gun Club's First Annual Turkey Shoot include, (L to R); Elmer Zarn, Courtney Skoyen, Scott Skoyen, Bailey Skoyen, Kourtney Hanson, Jim Yates, Lily Surber. In front, Gage Skoyen and Tasha Skoyen.

The next age group was youth ages 12-14 years of age. Entries in the girls division were Bailey Skoyen, Lily Surber, Kourtney Hanson. After the gun smoke had settled and the scores were tallied the winners of this group were Kourtney Hanson with a score of 95 to win the turkey. Bailey Skoyen was second with a score of 94 and Lily Surber shot a 83.

This division was close, with a perfect score of 50 on 5 shots going to Bailey Skoyen, who won a turkey for the perfect score. High score and winner of the riffle and a turkey was Kourtney Hanson.

There were no entries in the 15-18 girls or boys so it was on to the adults. Entered in the women's division was Courtney Skoyen, who shot and scored to win a turkey.

In the men's the entries were Scott Skoyen Elmer Zarn, Jim Yates and Darin Hamilton. The winner of this group was Scott Skoyen shooting the best score to win the bird.

The club was gifted by the generous donations from Ace Hardware, Top Dog Performance, and Waddell and Reed. These folks donated targets, ammo and the grand prize of a 22 Cal. Riffle. The range was manned with the help of the club and the weather cooperated very well. Look for more activities to happen at the range as more of the range gets built.