Honoring our Veterans

The United Clay Busters of America honors all Veterans and U.S. Armed Forces on this beautiful Memorial Day weekend. Thanks for your service and all the sacrifices you and your families have made. I celebrated my freedom this morning by participating in a 100 clay target salute at Oregon Sportsman Club. What an awesome club and a great morning of clay busting.

Week 2 Report

Week 2 came and went with a few bangs and a handful of lost birds. The UCB was hoping for a strong season on this our 5th year of shooting but so far it hasn't been the case.

Mike broke the most birds tonight so lets give him a nice round of applause.

The big story of the evening was our endurance 500 card game. Or as I heard it described from the bar "Iowa's version of Euchre." We only played one game tonight but that game ended up having 29 hands. The game lasted into Wednesday morning.

Team Harper/Krull were victorious in the end. Good game gentlemen.

Team Shotguns. Part 1 of a 5 Part Series

As I was cleaning my gun I realized that I haven't featured any of the UCB • Local 505's shotguns on this blog. This trap season I promise to feature everyones iron. With that said, say hello to my Browning Citori Sporting 525. This gun is a real Clay Hater® and it is certainly a pleasure to shoot. Thanks John M Browning for such a well built hammer and as for the nails, well another thanks to Remington for the hard-hitting STS loads.

2010: In Like a Lamb

The United Clay Busters of America • Local 505 kicked of the 2010 season a little ugly tonight. We had a great team score after the first round thanks to Harps 25. We handicapped back to the 23 yard line and the wheels fell off the bus. The beautiful pink sunset at around 8:20 p.m. did not do us any favors. You know the birds are hard to see when the guy scoring for you recruits a co-pilot to help him spot hits and misses. On a brighter note, team Kriefski/Krull dominated the 500 card table with big comeback win. Thanks for playing Harps and Cale.

Shawn crushed a perfect first round and Mike was the Week One Top Gun. Congrats.

#$%&@ Bank Night

The 2010 season is officially under way as the UCB Local 505 shot their first bank scores tonight. We shot more like the Rusty Clay Busters but no worries because our soft cotton, pink shooting shirts should arrive any day now. Special thanks to Cale, the 2009 Club Champion and sometimes good friend, for scoring for us. We shot in the missing man formation this evening and look forward to Curt joining us on the line next week.