OUTDOORS: Bullhook Bottoms Black Powder Shoot featured great scores

There were 103 shooters who participated in the 40th annual Bullhook Bottoms Black Powder Club Spring Shoot held May 25-27 at historical Fort Assinniboine south of Havre.

Shooters came from as far away as New Jersey, California, Oregon and all parts of Montana.

Robert Sparks of Havre, captured the Overall Aggregate trophy with a score of 198 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 117 points on three targets.

Bob Doney of Havre, took the Cross Stick Aggregate with 86x points on two targets, 50 and 100 yards. The Pistol Aggregate went to Dick Hanson of Havre, with 158xx points on two targets, 25-yard and 50-yard both scoring a possible 100 points each.

The Women's Aggregate was claimed by Amanda Owens, of Havre, with 124x points on three targets, 25-offhand, 50-offhand and 50 cross sticks.

In the black powder cartridge events, Dick Hanson won the Men's Cartridge Aggregate with 173 on four targets; Women's Aggregate went to Kathy Lynch of Havre, with 135 and the Junior Aggregate was won by Wesley Bauer of Helena, with 75. The cartridge events consist of four targets including 25-yard offhand, 50-yard offhand, 100-yard offhand and 100-yard cross sticks

Cameron Griggs of Havre won the Primitive Aggregate event with a score of 151. The event includes 20 different fun shots such as cut a playing card, cut the strings, split the ball on an 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 Wesley Bauer who is just 10 years old, with a string of three hits. 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 Andy Owens and for juniors, Caleb Huseby of Havre was the winner.

The Bonita Griggs Memorial Frying Pan Throw for women's division was won by Julie Sparks of Havre, 68 ft. 3 in.; seniors division went to Kemi Velk of Havre, 49 ft. 4 in.; juniors division was won by Addi Golie of Havre, 59 ft. 1 in.; pee-wee division went to Lexi Sparks of Havre, 29 ft. 3 in.

The fire starting/pancake race Heat 1 was won by Ty Rankin and Todd Owens of Helena at 1:56 minutes and Heat 2 went to Sidney and Kendall Griggs of Havre at 1.52 minutes.

Bullhook Bottoms Black Powder Club 40th Annual Spring Shoot results - 103 shooters

25 Yd Offhand Cartridge, Men

1st: Pete Huseby, Havre, 45

2nd: Dick Hanson, Havre, 45

3rd: Scott Somerville, Sweetgrass, 43

25 Yd Offhand Cartridge, Women

1st: Amanda Owens, Havre, 39

2nd: Kathy Lynch, Great Falls, 38

3rd: Kaci Hipple, Havre, 35

25 Yd Offhand Cartridge, Junior

1st: Wesley Bauer, Helena, 43

2nd: Caleb Huseby, Havre, 30

3rd: Travis Huseby, Havre, 27

25 Yd Pistol

1st: Dick Hanson, Havre, 96xx

2nd: Pete Huseby, Havre, 88

3rd: Tom Brown, Havre, 84

25 Yd Women's Offhand

1st: Julie Sparks, 42

2nd: Christina Plum, Havre, 40

3rd: Amanda Owens, Havre ,38x

25 Yd Offhand

1st: Tom Brown, Havre, 44

2nd: Robert Sparks, Havre, 44

3rd: Skip Owens, Havre, 44

Jaden Griggs Memorial 25 Yd Sub-Junior X-Sticks (11 yrs. and under)

1st: Kodi Sparks, Havre, 45x

2nd: Lexi Sparks, Havre, 44xx

3rd: Travis Huseby, Havre, 44

4th: Wesley Bauer, Helena, 43

5th: Berlyn Griggs, Havre, 42x

6th: Kaeden Litzinger, Havre, 42

7th: Leighton Owens, Havre, 42

8th: Sidney Griggs, Havre, 39x

9th: Hadley Owens, Helena, 39

10th: Caleb Huseby, Havre, 34

11th: MacKenzie St. Marks, Havre, 26

12th: Avyn Hipple, Havre, 26

13th: Asics Hipple, Havre, 25

14th: Triptyn Champman, Havre, 22

15th: Rankin Owens, Helena, 16

16th: Bailey Griggs, Havre, 16

17th: Luke Griggs, Havre, 7

50 Yd Hunter 5 Sit/5 Ramrod

1st: Tom Brown, Havre, 92x

2nd: Bob Doney, Havre, 90x

3rd: Robert Sparks, Havre, 87

50 Yd Women X-Sticks

1st: Kemi Velk, Havre, 45x

2nd: Tammy Griggs, Marysville, 45

3rd: Kayla Griggs, Missoula, 44x

50 Yd Chad Doney Junior X-Sticks (up to 18 yrs)

1st: Ty Owens, Helena, 41

2nd: Clint Owens, Havre, 40

3rd: Gage Chapman, Havre, 40

4th: Keiana Griggs, Simi Valley, CA, 36

5th: Kaeden Litzinger, Havre, 36

6th: Sidney Griggs, Havre, 30

50 Yd Offhand Cartridge-Men

1st: Dick Hanson, Havre, 45

2nd: Troy Brugman, Great Falls, 45

3rd: Cliff Plum, Havre, 42

50 Yd Offhand Cartridge-Women

1st: Lacey Huseby, Havre, 37

2nd: Tina Bender, Great Falls, 34

3rd: Kathy Lynch, Havre, 33

50 Yd Offhand Cartridge-Juniors

1st: Travis Huseby, Havre, 38

2nd: Caleb Huseby, Havre, 30x

50 Yd X-Sticks

1st: Nick Owens, Helena, 46

2nd: Gage Chapman, Havre, 45x

3rd: Bob Doney, Havre, 45x

50 Yd Offhand

1st: Tom Brown. Havre, 45

2nd: Amanda Owens, Havre, 41

3rd: Andy Owens, Havre, 41

100 Yd Cartridge X-Sticks-Men

1st: Troy Brugman, Great Falls, 44x

2nd: Donald Klinko, Malta, 41

3rd: Pete Huseby, Havre, 40

100 Yd Cartridge X-Sticks-Women

1st: Kathy Lynch, Havre, 34

2nd: Tina Bender, Great Falls, 30x

3rd: Lacey Huseby, Havre, 29

100 Yd Cartridge X-Sticks-Juniors

1st: Wesley Hauer, Helena, 8

2nd: Caleb Huseby, Havre, 6

Silhouette

1st: Scott Somerville, Sweetgrass, 11

2nd: Robert Sparks, Havre, 8

3rd: Paul Abel, Kalispell, 8

50 Yd. Pistol

1st: Tom Brown, Havre, 63

2nd: Dick Hanson, Havre, 62

3rd: Brad Bender, Havre, 56

50 Yd X-Sticks, Dwight Young Memorial

1st: Hondo Owens, Havre, 48xx

2nd: Robert Sparks, Havre, 48xx

3rd: Pete Huseby, Havre, 47xxx

4th: Scott Somerville, Sweetgrass, 47

100 Yd Cartridge Offhand-Men

1st: Dick Hanson, Havre, 45

2nd: Troy Brugman, Great Falls, 41

3rd: Mike Adamson, Great Falls, 40x

100 Yd Cartridge Offhand-Women

1st: Amanda Owens, Havre, 30

2nd: Kathy Lynch, Havre, 30

3rd: Tina Bender, Great Falls, 24

100 Yd Cartridge Offhand - Juniors

1st: Wesley Bauer, Helena, 24

50 Yd Musket

1st: Dick Hanson, Havre, 43

2nd: Kathy Lynch, Havre, 28

50 Yd Women's Offhand

1st: Amanda Owens, Havre, 42

2nd: Kaci Hipple, Havre, 39

3rd: Julie Sparks, Havre, 36

100 Yd X-Sticks

1st: Bob Doney, Havre, 41

2nd: Robert Sparks, Havre, 38

3rd: Tom Brown, Havre, 34

100 Yd Offhand

1st: Bob Doney, Havre, 42x

2nd: Robert Sparks, Havre, 38

3rd: Tom Griggs, Marysville, 32

Pistol Aggregate

Dick Hanson, Havre, 158xx

Women's Aggregate

Amanda Owens, Havre, 124x

Offhand Aggregate

Robert Sparks, Havre, 117

Cross Stick Aggregate

Bob Doney, Havre, 86x

Cartridge Aggregate - Men

Dick Hanson, Havre, 173

Cartridge Aggregate - Women

Kathy Lynch, Havre, 135

Cartridge Aggregate - Juniors

Wesley Bauer, Helena, 75

Over All Aggregate

Robert Sparks, Havre, 198

Primitive Aggregate

1st: Cameron Griggs, Havre 151

2nd: Scot Somerville, Sweetgrass 137

3rd: Tom Brown, Havre 124

4th: Skip Owens, Havre 120

5th: Robert Sparks, Havre 113

6th: Christina Plum, Havre 100

7th: John Hofer, Harlem 80

8th: Hondo Owens, Havre 75

Long Range Cartridge

1st: Wesley Bauer, Helena, 3

2nd: Pete Huseby, Havre, 3

3rd: Cameron Griggs, Havre, 3

4th: Donald Klinko, Malta, 2

5th: John Hofer, Harlem, 1

Hawk Throw, Adult

1st: Andy Owens, Havre

2nd: Jen Allison, Marysville

3rd: Mike Hipple, Havre

Hawk Throw, children younger than 15

1st: Caleb Huseby, Havre

2nd: Luke Griggs, Havre

3rd: Noah Barrett, Havre

Bonita Griggs Memorial Frying Pan Throw, Ladies

1st: Julie Sparks, Havre, 68 ft. 3 in.

2nd: Amanda Owens, Havre, 60 ft. 1 in.

3rd: Amy Owens, Helena, 58 ft. 9 in.

Bonita Griggs Memorial Frying Pan Throw, Seniors

1st: Kemi Velk, Havre, 49 ft. 4 in.

2nd: Mary Owens, Havre, 40 ft. 4 in.

3rd: Kathy Doney, Havre, 37 ft. 10 in.

Bonita Griggs Memorial Frying Pan Throw, ages 9-15

1st: Addi Golie, Havre, 59 ft. 1 in.

2nd: Keiana Griggs, Simi Valley, CA, 52 ft. 0 in.

3rd: Leighton Owens, Havre, 51 ft. 2 in.

Bonita Griggs Memorial PeeWee Frying Pan Throw, 9 and younger

1st: Lexi Sparks, Havre, 29 ft. 3 in.

2nd: Bailey Griggs, Havre, 26 ft. 11 in.

3rd: Berlynn Hartman, Tigard, OR, 24 ft. 2 in.

Pancake Race

Heat #1: Ty, Rankin and Todd Owens, Helena, 2 min. 56 sec.

Heat #2: Sidney and Kendall Griggs, Havre, 1 min. 52 sec.

Fun Matches

X Target, Caleb Huseby, Havre

Card Shoot, Tom Griggs, Marysville

Half Target, Brad Bender, Havre

Poker Shoot, Randy Owens, Havre

Gopher, Scott Somerville, Sweetgrass

High Card Draw, Auston McDonald, Missoula

Pie Plate, Keiana Griggs, Simi Valley, CA