4-Hers attend state shoot

On July 5-7, guns were firing and arrows were flying in Douglas. This time it wasn’t the cowboys and Indians fighting, it was the Wyoming 4-H State Shoot. Among the competitors from Hot Springs County, William Clark placed first in the Intermediate Shotgun (Handicap) competition with a score of 45.

Individual scores from Hot Springs County 4-H competitors are:

Owen McCumber: Intermediate Air Pistol 265-3; Intermediate Outdoor Skills, 36; Intermediate Shotgun 30; Intermediate Muzzleloading, 117

Carson Williams: Intermediate Muzzleloading, 148; Intermediate Outdoor Skills, 32; Intermediate Shotgun 34th

Lexi Overfield: Intermediate Muzzleloading, 148; Intermediate Outdoor Skills, 76.17

Hayden Overfield: Intermediate Muzzleloading, 125; Intermediate Outdoor Skills, 62

William Clark: Intermediate Muzzleloading, 108; Intermediate Shotgun first

Patrick Chapel: Intermediate Muzzleloading, 81

Luke Dickey: Intermediate Muzzleloading, 17; Intermediate Outdoor Skills, 41.5

Eli Dickey: Senior Muzzleloading, 162; Senior Outdoor Skills, 61.16; Senior Shotgun (Handicap) 27; Senior Shotgun (Singles) 80th 35

Jeffry Clark: Senior Muzzleloading, 145; Senior Shotgun (Handicap) 13th 43; Senior Shotgun (Singles) eighth 47

Silas Dickey: Junior Outdoor Skills, 63.33

Seth Dickey: Junior Outdoor Skills, 60.83

Mac McCumber: Junior Outdoor Skills, 35

Tensie Verhasselt: Junior Outdoor Skills, 28

Hadley Johnson: Intermediate Shotgun, 39

Remington Ferree: Senior Shotgun (Handicap), 43; Senior Shotgun (Singles), 45

Team scores are:

Patrick Chapel, Mac McCumber and Silas Dickey: Junior .22 Rifle Sporter, 203

Kaia Galovich, Owen McCumber, Lexi Overfield and Carson Williams: Junior .22 Rifle Light Target, 449

Carson Williams, Mac McCumber, Seth Dickey and Tensie Verhasselt Junior Air Rifle Light Target, 226

Owen McCumber, Mac McCumber and Tensie Verhasselt: Junior Archery B, 608

Bridger Peil, William Clark, Lexi Overfield and Carson Williams: Junior Archery D, 1077

Hayden Overfield, Luke Dickey, Patrick Chapel and Seth Dickey: Junior Archery D, 635

Kaia Galovich, Carson Williams, William Clark and Lexi Overfield: Junior Muzzleloading, 404

Hayden Overfield, Owen McCumber, Luke Dickey and Patrick Chapel: Junior Muzzleloading, 323

Owen McCumber, Hadley Johnson, William Clark, Lexi Overfield and Carson Williams: Junior Shotgun, 296

“It was great to see the whole event come together after we put in so much work to get everything together,” state intern Joanna Harris said.

As temperatures reached 100 degrees on July 6, three college interns made multiple trips to take water to shotgun, .22, and muzzleloader ranges located outside of town. The archery, air rifle, and air pistol ranges were on the Wyoming State Fair grounds and stayed much cooler.

All of the different competitions and disciplines had one thing in common though, stiff competition.

“As a first time spectator at state shoot I was impressed with the quality of competition and the friendly environment,” Darci Tamlin, an intern of Converse County said. Tamlin competed with livestock while she was in 4-H and is happy to be learning about the numerous opportunities offered through the program.

Shooting sports is one of the most popular 4-H projects in Wyoming, and is proud to have immense support from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. The RMEF had a booth in Douglas all three days of the event offering membership renewals and a gun raffle fundraiser for 4-H.