Dead Eye Shooters open 2015 season strong

The Kimball Dead Eye Shooters 4-H Club has started its season off with a bang.  Several members of the club have participated in competition held in Rushville and Mitchell.  Youth participated in BB gun, Sporter Air Rifle and Precision Air Rifle events.  

“We are so proud of how well the kids are doing this year. They are really excited and we are looking forward to an outstanding season,” said Nicole Snyder, one of the club’s coaches and leaders. 

Not only are the kids participating in competitions on a local level but, in national level postal matches as well.  A “postal” match is one in which targets are sent by mail to the youth, and once the youth have shot the targets they are mailed back to the sponsoring organization.  Nine youth from the Kimball Dead Eye Shooters recently completed targets for the Civilian Marksmanship Program National Air Rifle Match and the American Legion National Junior Air Rifle Match.  These targets will be scored and ranked with hundreds of shooters from across the nation.  Local youth are hoping for an opportunity to move on to a second round of competition in both these matches later this spring. Local participant Madie Snyder earned the honor last year to participate in the final round of the American Legion National Junior Air Rifle Match final after placing in both the preliminary and second rounds of postal competition.  The final was held at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs last summer where she placed second overall in the Sporter category.  Submitting postal targets in this year’s events are:  Sporter – Jaren Winstrom, Bailie Brower, Shauntae Daily, Chris Foster, Jared Barnes, Ansley Grothusen, Braden Lukassen and Taylor Terrill; Precision – Madie Snyder.

For more information on the Dead Eye Shooters 4-H Club or to get your child involved, contact leaders Larry and Nicole Snyder. 4-H is a youth development program open to all youth ages 8-18.

Rushville results

BB – 8 year old: Jessica Terrill, first prone and first overall.

BB – 9-10 year olds – Julia Winstrom, first sitting and first overall; Chris Foster, first kneeling and third overall.

BB – 11-12 year olds – Ansley Grothusen, first kneeling and first overall.

BB – 13-14 year olds – Shauntae Daily, first standing and first overall; Taylor Terrill, first sitting and fourth overall; Jaren Winstrom, 12th overall.

Air Rifle – 8-10 year olds – Chris Foster, first prone, standing, kneeling and overall.

Air Rifle – 11-12 year olds – Ansley Grothusen, first prone, first standing and second overall.

Air Rifle - 13-14 year olds – Jaren Winstrom, second overall; Taylor Terrill, eighth overall.

Air Rifle – 14-18 year olds – Shauntae Daily, first in stand and third overall.

Mitchell results

BB – 8 year old – Jessica Terrill, first overall.

BB – 9-10 year olds – Julia Winstrom – first prone, first kneel and third overall; Chris Foster, fourth overall.

BB – 11-12 year olds – Ansley Grothusen, second overall; Jared Barnes, 10th overall.

BB – 13-14 year olds – Shauntae Daily, first standing, first prone, first kneeling and first overall; Taylor Terrill, sixth overall; Bailie Brower, seventh overall; Jaren Winstrom, eighth overall.

Air Rifle – 8-10 year olds – Chris Foster – first prone, standing, kneeling and overall.

Air Rifle – 11-12 year olds – Ansley Grothusen, first prone, first standing and first overall; Jared Barnes, eighth overall.

Air Rifle - 13-14 year olds – Taylor Terrill, first standing and third overall; Bailie Brower, first prone and fourth overall; Jaren Winstrom, seventh overall.

Air Rifle – 14-18 year olds – Madie Snyder, first prone, first standing, first kneeling and first overall; Shauntae Daily, fifth overall.

Precision Air Rifle – 11-12 year olds – Ansley Grouthusen, first overall.

Precision Air Rifle – 13-14 year olds – Jaren Winstrom, third overall; Bailie Brower, fourth overall.