Bullhook Bottoms Black Powder Club spring shoot held

Press release

Eighty-nine shooters participated in the 39th annual Bullhook Bottoms Black Powder Club Spring Shoot held May 26-28 at historical Fort Assinniboine south of Havre. The weather was excellent with little to no wind and temperatures in the high 70s and 80s and shooting conditions were rated as excellent.

Cameron Griggs, Havre, captured the Overall Aggregate trophy with a score of 210 in five matches including 25-yard offhand, 50-yard offhand, 100-yard offhand, 50-yard cross sticks and 100-yard cross sticks. Griggs also took the Offhand Aggregate with 125 points and Cross Stick Aggregate with 85 points on two targets, 50 and 100 yards.

The Pistol Aggregate went to Dick Hanson, Havre, with 163x points on two targets, 25-yard and 50-yard both scoring a possible 100 points each.

The Women's Aggregate was claimed by Lacey Huseby, Havre, with 125 points on three targets, 25-OH, 50-OH and 50 cross sticks.

In the black powder cartridge events Jim Litzinger, won the Men's Cartridge Aggregate with 157xxx on four targets; Women's Aggregate went to Kathy Lynch, Havre, with 103 and the Junior Aggregate was won by Lacey Huseby, Havre, with 105. The cartridge events consist of four targets including 25-yard offhand, 50-yard offhand, 100-yard offhand and 100-yard cross sticks

Tom Brown, Havre, won the Primitive Aggregate event with a score of 114. 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 Pete Huseby, Havre, with a string of 4 hits on the four longest 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 Nick Owens, Helena, and for juniors Ty Owens, Helena, was the winner.

The Frying Pan Throw for women was won by Amanda Owens, Havre, 54 ft. 1 in.; seniors division went to Jolene Hanson, Havre, 41 ft. 11 in.; juniors division was won by Paige Parsons, Havre, 29 ft. 6 in.; pee-wee division went to Leighton Owens, Havre, 46 ft.

The fire starting/pancake race was won by Kayla Griggs and Nic Harvie at 1:30 minutes and Todd Owens and Jacinta Hedstrom at 1:11 minutes.

The list of match event winners are listed below. (X) indicates a bullseye:

25 Yd Offhand Cartridge, Men - 1st: Robert Sparks, Havre 43x; 2nd: Pete Huseby, Havre 41; 3rd: Dick Hanson, Havre 41

25 Yd Offhand Cartridge, Women - 1st: Kathy Lynch, Havre 31; 2nd: Tina Bender, Great Falls 24; 3rd: Amanda Owens, Havre 23

25 Yd Offhand Cartridge, Juniors - 1st: Lacey Huseby, Havre 44x; 2nd: Caleb Huseby, Havre 39; 3rd: Travis Huseby, Havre 30

25 Yd Pistol - 1st: Dick Hanson, Havre 93x; 2nd: Jim Litzinger, Havre 86; 3rd: Tom Brown, Havre 85

25 Yd Women's Offhand - 1st: Amanda Owens, Havre 46x; 2nd: Lacey Huseby, Havre 43; 3rd: Julie Sparks, Havre 40

25 Yd Offhand - 1st: Andy Owens, Havre 44x; 2nd: Gary Jones, Fairfield 42; 3rd: Scott Somerville, Sweetgrass 42

Jaden Griggs Memorial 25 Yd Sub-Junior X-Sticks (11 yrs. and under) - 1st: Noah Barrett, Havre 47; 2nd: Sidney Griggs, Havre 45; 3rd: Kodi Sparks, Havre 45; 4th: Caleb Huseby, Havre 41; 5th: Kaehl Owens, Helena 41; 6th: Berlyn Griggs, Havre 37; 7th: Gage Chapman, Havre 35x; 8th: Jared Toth, Great Falls 30; 9th: Mackenzie St. Marks, Havre 29; 10th: Lexi Sparks, Havre 28; 11th: Travis Huseby, Havre 27; 12th: Triptyn Chapan, Havre 26; 13th: Hadley Owens, Helena 21; 14th: Asics Hipple, Havre 19x; 15th: Leighton Owens, Havre 16; 16th: Nic Harvie, Havre 16; 17th: Rhiannon Harvie, Havre 7; 18th: Avyn Hipple, Havre 7; 19th: Jacob Toth, Great Falls 6

50 Yd Hunter 5 Sit/5 Ramrod 1st: Scott Somerville, Sweetgrass 91; 2nd: Cameron Griggs, Havre 89x; 3rd: Garret Berry, Havre 87x

50 Yd Women X-Sticks 1st: Lacey Huseby, Havre 47; 2nd: Samantha Griggs, Las Vegas 47; 3rd: Tammy Griggs, Marysville 46

50 Yd Chad Doney Junior X-Sticks (up to 18 yrs) - 1st: Lacey Huseby, Havre 42; 2nd: Clint Owens, Havre 42; 3rd: Kodi Sparks, Havre 39; 4th: Gabby Bender, Havre 37x; 5th: Ty Owens, Helena 35

50 Yd Offhand Cartridge-Men - 1st: Pete Huseby, Havre 42x; 2nd: Scott Somerville, Sweetgrass 42; 3rd: Tom Griggs, Marysville 41

50 Yd Offhand Cartridge-Women - 1st: Kathy Lynch, Havre 37; 2nd: Tammy Griggs, Marysville 33; 3rd: Tina Bender, Great Falls 31

50 Yd Offhand Cartridge-Juniors - 1st: Caleb Huseby, Havre 35; 2nd: Lacey Huseby, Havre 25; 3rd: Travis Huseby, Havre 20

50 Yd X-Sticks - 1st: Jim Litzinger, Havre 47; 2nd: Jim Griggs, Havre 47; 3rd: Tom Brown, Havre 46xx

50 Yd Offhand - 1st: Christy Owens, Havre 45; 2nd: Tom Brown, Havre 44; 3rd: Jim Litzinger, Havre 44

100 Yd Cartridge X-Sticks-Men - 1st: Jim Litzinger, Havre 42xx; 2nd: Cameron Griggs, Havre 42; 3rd: Alan Dees, Havre 41

100 Yd Cartridge X-Sticks-Women - 1st: Tina Bender, Great Falls 16; 2nd: Amanda Owens, Havre 16; 3rd: Kathy Lynch, Havre 14

100 Yd Cartridge X-Sticks-Juniors Silhouette - 1st: Lacey Huseby, Havre 15; 1st: Tom Brown, Havre 7; 2nd: Hondo Owens, Havre 7; 3rd: Pete Huseby, Havre 6

50 Yd. Pistol - 1st: Tom Brown, Havre 72; 2nd: Dick Hanson, Havre 70; 3rd: Pete Huseby, Havre 67

50 Yd X-Sticks, Dwight Young Memorial - 1st: Nick Owens, Helena 48x; 2nd: Skip Owens, Havre 46x; 3rd: Jim Litzinger, Havre 46x; 4th: Andy Owens, Havre 46

100 Yd Cartridge Offhand-Men - 1st: Dick Hanson, Havre 43x; 2nd: Scott Somerville, Sweetgrass 43; 3rd: Pete Huseby, Havre 42x

100 Yd Cartridge Offhand-Women - 1st: Amanda Owens, Havre 34; 2nd: Tammy Griggs, Marysville 32; 3rd: Kathy Lynch, Havre 21

100 Yd Cartridge Offhand-Juniors - 1st: Lacey Huseby, Havre 36;

50 Yd Musket - 1st: Pete Huseby, Havre 45; 2nd: Scott Somerville, Sweetgrass 43x; 3rd: Jim Litzinger, Havre 42

50 Yd Women's Offhand 1st: Kathy Lynch, Havre 41; 2nd: Christina Rivera, Havre 39; 3rd: Lacey Huseby, Havre 35

100 Yd X-Sticks - 1st: Cameron Griggs, Havre 40; 2nd: Rich Gobin, Havre 36; 3rd: Scott Somerville, Sweetgrass 36

100 Yd Offhand 1st: Cameron Griggs, Havre 41; 2nd: Pete Huseby, Havre 34; 3rd: Randy Root, Havre 33

Pistol Aggregate - Dick Hanson, Havre 163x

Women's Aggregate - Lacey Huseby, Havre 125

Offhand Aggregate - Cameron Griggs, Havre 125

Cross Stick Aggregate - Cameron Griggs, Havre 85

Cartridge Aggregate-Men - Jim Litzinger, Havre 157xxx

Cartridge Aggregate-Women - Kathy Lynch, Havre 103

Cartridge Aggregate-Juniors - Lacey Huseby, Havre 105

Over All Aggregate - Cameron Griggs, Havre 210

Primitive Aggregate - 1st: Tom Brown, Havre 114; 2nd: Hondo Owens, Havre 110; 3rd: Robert Sparks, Havre 102; 4th: Cameron Griggs, Havre 100; 5th: Lauren Gobin, Havre 85; 6th: Randy Root, Havre 85; 7th: Jim Litzinger, Havre 81; 8th: Brad Bender, Havre 80

Long Range Cartridge - 1st: Pete Huseby, Havre 4; 2nd: Alan Dees, Havre 3; 3rd: Donald Klinko, Malta 3; 4th: Tom Griggs, Marysville 2; 5th: Ty Williams, Havre 2; 6th: Cameron Griggs, Havre 2

Hawk Throw (Adult) 1st: Nick Owens, Helena; 2nd: Randy Owens, Havre; 3rd: Kendall Griggs, Havre

Hawk Throw (kids under 15) 1st: Ty Owens, Helena; 2nd: Caleb Allestad, Havre; 3rd: Clint Owens, Havre

Frying Pan Throw (Ladies) 1st: Amanda Owens, Havre 54 ft. 1 in.; 2nd: Mary Brown, Great Falls 53 ft. 1 in.; 3rd: Lisa Berry, Havre 51 ft. 9 in.

Frying Pan Throw (Seniors) 1st: Jolene Hanson, Havre 41 ft. 11 in.; 2nd: Mary Owens, Havre 40 ft. 2 in.; 3rd: Shiela Bender, Marysville 36 ft. 7 in.

Frying Pan Throw (ages 9-15) 1st: Paige Parsons, Havre 29 ft. 6 in.; 2nd: Rhiannon Harvie, Havre 26 ft. 2 in.; 3rd: Kodi Sparks, Havre 23 ft. 7 in.;

PeeWee Frying Pan Throw (9 and under) 1st: Leighton Owens, Havre 46 ft.; 2nd: Bailey Griggs, Havre 31 ft. 2 in.

3rd: Berlyn Griggs, Havre 28 ft.

Pancake Race - Heat #1: Kayla Griggs, Missoula and Nick Harvie, Havre (1 min. 30 sec.); Heat #2: Todd Owens and Jacinta Headstrom, Helena (1 min. 11 sec.)

Fun Matches:

X Target - Kendall Griggs, Havre

Card Shoot - Scott Somerville, Sweetgrass

Half Target - Lacey Huseby, Havre

Poker Shoot - Todd Owens, Helena

Gopher - Skip Owens, Havre

High Card Draw - Christy Owens, Havre

Pie Plate - Tammy Griggs, Marysville