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FFA students to test marksmanship skills
More than 350 students in from 44 state FFA chapters will compete in an FFA Sporting Clay competition from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday at Fort Supply Lake.
The FFA sporting clay shoot is a form of clay pigeon shooting administered by the state Wildlife Department. The Moose Lodge in Woodward has helped sponsor the event for the past few years.
Moose member John Lyon said that unlike trap and skeet shooting, which are games of repeatable target presentations, sporting clay targets are thrown from a variety of angles, speeds, elevations and distances. He said, “It’s a more interesting experience than trap shooting, students will be required to shoot either a single bird or a double bird and there are six different traps.”
Safety is an important part of sporting clays. Proper ear and eye protection and firearms safety procedures are required to be followed at all times.
“The kids like the challenge of the sport and it teaches them safe handling of firearms, but mostly they just like the competition,” said Moose Lodge member Jack Pierce.
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