Certified Hunter

I just recently went to the local shooting club for a hunter safety course. It was two days long and at the end we got to shoot a .22 caliber rifle and a 20 gauge shotgun.

My brother and I do a Junior rifle club at a shooting range one town over. He and I have been shooting since 2oo5. My brother goes out with his friend, Chris, every Thanksgiving holiday hunting. So far he has only been able to be with Chris while Chris hunts. This year my brother can hunt with him.

Well, my dad, brother, and I went to the last class and went to the shooting part. We all did trap (you shoot clay pigeons). My brother hit 1 out of 3. My dad hit 1 out of 3. Me, I was scared of the kickback from the 20 gauge, but I hit 2 out of 3!!! I was so happy. After we all shot the .22 long rifle, we went inside the hall to take the test. The test had 100 questions: 50 true / false and 50 multiple choice. When we were done, we had to wait for everyone else to be done. As we waited, my dad was freaking out saying that he failed. My dad was the 2nd one done with the test. They called out the first person to get their scores – it just happened to the first person that had been done with the test. Then they went on without calling my dad’s name, 5 minutes later they called my dad. He got 99 correct. I told my dad that he did a great job failing. You need an 80 or better to pass. We all passed. I got an 85. Jake got an 84.

Once we got in the truck, I told my dad that I wanted a 20 gauge . . . I also want to shoot trap.

To learn more, go to http://www.ct.gov/dep/site/default.asp or www.nra.org.

This weekend, I’m off to take the Bow Hunting Safety Course.

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Of course that means the only one in the family not certified is Mama. I can only shoot you with a camera and I'm ok with that.

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