Skeet Journal
Event: 2011 Kosco Tippe Targets
Location: Kosco Conversation Club - Warsaw, IN
volume 9
Tom Pavlack
Otsego, Michigan
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Date: Monday, August 22, 2011
Darcy & the kids (Samantha & Luke) rolled back home last night from a "great-fun" weekend
at the Kosco Gun Club. If you didn't know already, there is another remarkable club in Indiana
besides the St. Joe Gun Club and it's in Warsaw. This happens to be the home club for our
NSSA president - Jim Gast. The club again went "out of its way" to make everyone feel "at
home". There has been a new addition since my last visit and that is a sporting clays
course...first class - 13 stations - brand new trap machines and an automated target counting
system.....I didn't get a chance to shoot it but some of the guys did and they thought it was a
"great track" Ok, now let us review the weekend......
We pulled in the club Friday morning to set up the motorhome and the grounds looked
spectacular!!
Setting up the
"homestead"
The kids - Luke - the
wonder dog and
Samantha.....
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We
shot
doubles
Friday
afternoon....and the winner is???
- Dennis Trice - ground out a
99 - a Hoosier but we don't hold
that against him....great shooting
Dennis!!
After
all
that
we got down to some realbusiness - EATING!!! Can you
say FISH-FRY - Gary Lowe and
Bill Wainscott have been fishing
all summer on Lake Erie and
they were gracious enough
share some of their bounty!!
Pretty tasty "vittles" - perch,
small mouth bass and walleye thanks guys!!
And as good as that was....it was just a "warm-up" for Saturday's dinner....I will get to that a
little later...
Everyone truly enjoyed the
meal!!!
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There were almost (40) 4-gun shooters. Saturday held the 12 and 20 gauge events and
the weather was pretty good...at least when we shot. There was an overcast sky and no
wind - PERFECT!! Our squad was again "tough"....I know that I am repeating myself but here
I go again..... "You have to beat the guys on our squad if you even think about winning the
event" and today
was no different
...Bruce Christian
and
Dave
Schiebel
both
scored 100's in
the 12 gauge....
and in the 20
gauge it was
Dave
Schiebel
and
Christian
Elliot that ran
100's .........these
guys are tough!!
There
was
"some rain" in the
afternoon,
but
that didn't stop
other shooters
from
running
100's.
There were (4) 100's in the 12 gauge - Bruce
Christian ended up the event champ - nice
shooting Bruce!!
Hi Betty!!! By the
way...Betty celebrated
a birthday this weekend
- Happy Birthday
Betty!!
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This is a very busy page...so pay close
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attention...my wife is detailed....
PSA Update - AGAIN:
Here I go again...being the "public servant". After reviewing the "Shorts Situation" with
Denny Meinert, and "NO" he didn't wear shorts at this weekend's event - go figure!!.......this
is now officially "Shorty-Gate" and we will get our way. Denny is going to the US Open in
Waco Texas and the temperature there has been a 100 + for the last 1000 days or
something like that....
he has to wear shorts
Even Denny's squad mates are in total dis-believement!! John is locking up the knuckles
in that weather - don't
thinking "I hope he is drinking lots of water".....and Denny Tanis is wondering....well I'm not
"chaa" think??? Now I
sure what he is wondering but I'm sure his "core" temperature is cooler than the "other
need to enlist the
Denny"....are you thinking what I'm thinking...to many Denny's on this squad..
skeet
shooting
core
community and task
them to this simple
assignment:
Approach Denny and
ask - "Denny, aren't
you hot in those long
pants?
Wouldn't
shorts be cooler? and
last (but not least) What
would your mother
say
seeing
you
dressed like this in this
hot weather?"
On another note....who is the "cat
person"....who uses a "kitty-litter" container
to haul shells around???
Doesn't Darcy look "spectacular" in her
This is some of the "HUGE-AUDIENCE"
that watched the shoot-off's
Army shirt...she has a great story to tell
regarding how she got it at the World last
year ....and she is wearing her newest
acquisition (special thanks to Bruce
Christian) - a West Point Skeet & Trap hat.
Luke - the wonder dog....one of
the few moments where he is
"sitting" still
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Now how can it get any better than
this?......We
were going out for a
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pontoon ride and the girls (Trish &
Bailey is our lookDarcy) decided to "prep" the boat by
out....
removing the covers & stuff....nope can't get any better than this!!
Doesn't'[everyone
use a torch to light
the grille??
You are putting on your
seat belt - right??
Jim & Diane Gast were kind enough to let us use their boat & Lake cottage....
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20 gauge shoot-off-s - 100's - Dave Schiebel
was the eventual winner....At this point - Dave &
Dennis Trice are both 2 x 2 - not bad for a
couple of northern Yankees!!
Hey - L.P. check it out...I am
wearing one of your hats!!
Whatever you do....don't miss at
Now...as good as these shoot-off's were and they were
great...went lots of stations....the shoot-off's that got the
"crowd" heckling, hoot'in & holler'in was the shoot-off's that I
was in....yeah, you are reading correctly, I did "stumble" into
a couple of shoot-off's. Now my record lately has not
been "stellar" in this department and my first shoot-off was
against Trish (the crusher) Magyar...which if memory serves
me correctly - my lifetime shoot-off record against her is
around 1&30+...and I may be exaggerating with the (1)
win....well, a sudden hush "erupted" when we approach
station #3...and that was kinda weird...but I digress....Trish is
first - and she "smokes-em"...(which is skeet slang for "notbad")...well, my job was easy, just break the first one and
then the second.....I only accomplished 50% of my task, my
lifetime record now....1&31+
station #3....please don't miss..
Ok,Ok, I have a couple more shoot-offs......time for
improvement - right?...lost every shoot-off until the last
shoot-off of the night...by this time, the crowd is getting
FYI - the "other photographer" is
"ugly"....it's a concurrent shoot-off with my squad mate the talented and lovely Darcy
Bruce Christian who had already put his gun away for the
night but asked to shoot with my gun.....boy, that puts me in a
bad spot....Bruce could beat me with my OWN GUN!!! So off we went, and it was UGLY, we both
broke the pair at station 3 and then Bruce did the unexpected - he missed at station #4....here is my
chance...and....missed - the crowd got even UGLIER (if that was even possible)...on to station #5,
Bruce misses AGAIN (I know it can't be the gun...has to be the pressure)...here's my chance AGAIN...
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hearing lots of "CAT CALLS" from the crowd...one in particular from Al Magyar, which was all the
motivation that I needed...called for the targets and quess-what???...I did it and broke the pair....I
finally won a shoot-off Thanks Al for the
Pavlack....you are giving me a "heart"special" support! (If
attack" with that performance!!
you are wondering what
words of wisdom Al
relayed, I can't repeat
what he said without
getting arrested)...........
I can't take much more
of this.... so let's go eat
dinner...
I submit this picture to "prove"
that I am not exaggerating the
fact that we did share my gun
for the shoot-off
Food Corner  
Now I have been telling everyone who would read this journal that one
of the major reasons for shooting skeet is the food and I have be to lots of skeet events this
year....and they have all been wonderful in the food department....HOWEVER, the food at the gun club
this weekend has been the best to date...maybe EVER!! Every year that I come down here, the
food is great but this year was spectacular!! The dinner menu Saturday night was....are you ready
for this???
Two salads (not one but two) - Fresh tomato salad and bok-choy salad (to die for and I
don't say that lightly because I am a "meat & potatoes" man)
Pulled pork w/barbeque sauce on the side
Barbeque chicken
Mashed potatoes & gravy
Green bean casserole
Aaaand the "bestest" and sweetest "corn on the cob" in the "whole world"
If you were still hungry, there was homemade cherry & peach cobbler - with vanilla ice
cream (of course).....it's was absolutely the most excellent ever!!!!
5 Star Performance!!
Thank-you, thank-you ladies for preparing this grand meal!!
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Odds & Ends
Jim...please come back....I just
want to share my "touchy - feely"
thoughts about station 1....
Tommy-Boy....you only missed
that target by this much....
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The "Michigan Boys" getting their "game-faces"
on....they look very intimating - don't they??
Skeet Drama Episode
What happened on Sunday??? To just let you know, there weren't any pictures of event
champ shoot-off's because I left early (my bad - sorry)...however there was an epic shootoff for the 28 gauge and it was between squad mates....the only 100's....and in this
corner...shooting for 40+ years, world champion, the master of disaster, Mr. "I love
shooting doubles"...AAAL (notice the triple "A" in his name - boy, what a guy!) MAGYAR....and
in the other corner...the younger and better looking rising skeet shooter , quick on his feet
and even quicker on the skeet field, who parties the night before and still stands (without
wobbling) to score 100's the next day......BRENT (the hammer) EDWARDS.......and from what
I understand, there was electric anticipation in the air...The Table is Set....the master and
young padawon (a little Star Wars lingo)..Sampson vs Hercules...are you getting a visual
yet???....and after all this "build-up", it was all over after the first station with Al Magyar
prevailing - nice shooting to both of you......this may be all the momentum that Al needs going
into the Michigan State shoot this weekend.
.410 - a lone 99 and the owner of this score was also the HOA champion (396) - Dennis
Trice - nice going Dennis!!!
Well....that pretty much wraps it up from Kosco....again it was a great time, next year you
should come down to see for yourself "what the fuss is all about".
Next event is this weekend....Michgian State Shoot....I look forward to seeing everyone this
weekend....drive safely to your next event....P.S. It's also the Indiana State Shoot next
weekend and good-luck to my Indiana squad mates - Jim & Bruce!!
See ya down the road....Tommy Boy...aka Mr. Clutch in a shoot-off!
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