Outdoors notebook: Oklahoma County skeet shooters win

By ED GODFREY, Outdoors Editor, egodfrey@opubco.com Comments 0
Published: October 4, 2009

Oklahoma County skeet shooters win

The Oklahoma County 4-H shooting squad won first place in the senior division at the State 4-H Skeet Shoot last weekend at the Oklahoma City Gun Club.

Team members were Logan Ward, Michael Horsman, Preston Foreman and Janel Byrd. Ward also was the top male shooter in the competition and was first in the 16-and-older age division.

In the junior division, the Oklahoma County team of Adam Dreyer, Justin Lewis, Daroux Foreman and Noland Malloy placed third.

Individually, Horsman finished third in the ages 14 and 15 group, while Dreyer placed fourth in the ages 10 and 11 division.

Writing contest open to students

Oklahoma students ages 11 to 17 can enter an outdoor essay contest sponsored by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.

Students must write a descriptive essay or short story on the theme of "Hunting: Sharing the Heritage” or "Archery: What I like about Archery in the Schools and Bowhunting.”

Applicants must have successfully completed an Oklahoma Hunter Education course by the entry deadline, which is Nov. 20. There are two divisions: ages 11 to 14 and ages 15 to 17.

One boy and one girl in the ages 15 and 17 division will win a guided antelope hunt in New Mexico.

For more information and contest rules, visit www.wildlifedepartment.com.