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From Bullhook Bottoms Black Powder Club
Eighty-nine shooters participated in the 38th annual Bullhook Bottoms Black Powder Club Spring Shoot held May 27-29 at historical Fort Assinniboine south of Havre. The weather cooperated with gusty winds Saturday and Sunday and calm Monday with moderate temperatures.
Robert Sparks, Havre, captured the Overall Aggregate trophy with a score of 186X in five matches including 25-yard offhand, 50-yard offhand, 100-yard offhand, 50-yard cross sticks and 100-yard cross sticks. Sparks also took the Offhand Aggregate with 113 points.
The Pistol Aggregate went to Kelly Buxbaum, Savage, with 171xx points on two targets, 25-yard and 50-yard, both scoring a possible 100 points each. Buxbaum also won the Cross Stick Aggregate with 78 points on two targets, 50 and 100 yards.
The Women's Aggregate was claimed by Amanda Owens, Havre, with 121x points on three targets: 25-OH, 50-OH and 50 cross sticks.
In the black powder cartridge events Troy Brugman, Great Falls, won the Men's Cartridge Aggregate with 164x on four targets, Women's Aggregate went to Amanda Owens, Havre, with 130 and the Junior Aggregate was won by Leyton Shennum, Havre, with 101. The cartridge events consist of four targets including 25-yard offhand, 50-yard offhand, 100-yard offhand and 100-yard cross sticks.
Randy Root, Havre, won the Primitive Aggregate event with a score of 115. The event includes 20 different fun shots such as cut a playing card, cut the strings, split the ball on ax head, frogs on a log shot from a canoe and several long range shots.
The Long Range Aggregate for black powder cartridge was won by Rod Meier, Great Falls, with a string of three hits on the three middle targets. This event consists of an offhand target at 270 yards and four cross stick targets: a pig at 320 yards, turkey at 350 yards, ram at 368 yards and buffalo at 580 yards.
Hawk and Knife throw for adults was won by Todd Owens, Helena, and for juniors Clint Owens, Havre, was the winner.
The Frying Pan Throw for women was won by Julie Sparks, Havre, 64 ft. 4 in.; seniors division went to Kemi Velk, Havre, 51 ft. 1 in.; juniors division was won by Lacey Huseby, Havre, 38 ft. 11 in.; pee-wee division went to Bailey Griggs, Havre, 19 ft. 4 in.
The fire starting/pancake race was won by Kendall and Luke Griggs at 1:39 minutes and Robert and Lexi Sparks at 2:16 minutes.
The list of match event winners are listed below. An "X" indicates a bullseye:
Bullhook Bottoms Blackpowder Club 38th Annual Spring Shoot Results
2017 - 89 shooters
25 Yd Offhand Cartridge, Men
1st: Troy Brugman, Great Falls 45x 2nd: Cliff Plum, Havre 44x 3rd: Kelly Buxbaum, Savage 44
25 Yd Offhand Cartridge, Women
1st: Kathy Lynch, Havre 36x 2nd: Amanda Owens, Havre 36 3rd: Lacey Huseby, Havre 33
25 Yd Offhand Cartridge, Juniors
1st: Leyton Shennum, Havre 41 2nd: Caleb Huseby, Havre 32 3rd: Hondo Owens, Havre 26x
25 Yd Pistol
1st: Kelly Buxbaum, Savage 92xx 2nd: Tom Brown, Havre 92xx 3rd: Pete Huseby, Havre 90x
25 Yd Women's Offhand
1st: Lindsey Niedert, Havre 40 2nd: Julie Sparks, Havre 38 3rd: Christy Owens, Havre 37x
25 Yd Offhand
1st: Alan Dees, Havre 44 2nd: Scott Somerville, Sweet Grass 43x 3rd: Mike Litzinger, Havre 43
Jaden Griggs Memorial25 Yd Sub-Junior X-Sticks (11 yrs. and under)
1st: Kaehl Owens, Helena 45 2nd: Travis Huseby, Havre 43 3rd: Gage Chapman, Havre 41x 4th: Berlyn Griggs, Havre 40 5th: Noah Barrett, Havre 37 6th: Triptyn Chapman, Havre 35 7th: Jacob Toth, Great Falls 33 8th: Lexi Sparks, Havre 31 9th: Sidney Griggs, Havre 30 10th: Kodi Sparks, Havre 27 11th: Hadley Owens, Helena 25 12th: Asics Hipple, Havre 18 13th: Bailey Griggs, Havre 7 14th: Luke Griggs, Havre 6
50 Yd Hunter 5 Sit/5 Ramrod
1st: Mark Morton, Great Falls 90 2nd: Scott Somerville, Sweetgrass 89x 3rd: Robert Sparks, Havre 87x
50 Yd Women X-Sticks
1st: Christy Owens, Havre 45xx 2nd: Lacey Huseby, Havre 43 3rd: Amanda Owens, Havre 43
50 Yd Chad Doney Junior X-Sticks (up to 18 yrs)
1st: Hondo Owens, Havre 46 2nd: Clint Owens, Havre 44 3rd: Linzy Niedert, Havre 41 4th: Leyton Shennum, Havre 35 5th: Joey Bender, Havre 33 6th: Kaehl Owens, Helena 29
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