Regardless of Conference Mizzou Shooting Team a Winner
November 9, 2011 by Jenny Romanin · Leave a Comment
Mizzou Shotgun Team hosted their annual Tiger Open Shoot for the Midwestern Circuit of collegiate shooting. This event was held October 29th & 30th at the Prairie Grove Shooting Sports in Columbia, MO. This competition brought together approximately 50 shooters from University of Missouri, Missouri S&T Rolla, Missouri State University, Kansas State University and University of Wyoming. This was a 300 target shoot; 50 American Skeet targets, 50 International Skeet targets, 50 American Trap targets, 50 Modified International Trap (MIT) targets and 100 Sporting Clays targets.
While the mornings were chilly, the weekend was filled with beautiful autumn days. Ryan Mason swept this competition by breaking 269 targets out of 300 and earning High Over-All Male. He placed 1st in Sporting Clays (85/100), 1st in American Skeet (49/50), 1st in International Skeet (41/50) and shot a perfect score leading to 1st place MIT (50/50). He also placed 4th in American Trap. His hours of hard work and practice lead to his 21 target lead. Finally, he and fellow teammate, Ian Love, won the flurry. We would also like to congratulate Ian Love and Daniel Perotti who tied for Runner Up High Over-all Male by breaking a respectable 248 targets our of 300.
Sassy Shooters….Do You Know One?
November 3, 2011 by Jenny Romanin · Leave a Comment
Written by CollegiateCamo Pro-Staff Jenny Romanin
More and more women are being seen in the outdoors and they are an audience that is a hot topic. Times are changing and while shooting is typically seen as a male dominated sport and industry, ladies are making their stiletto tracks and adding their special touches. There have been an increase amount of ranges across the country that provide a “Ladies Day,” conservation groups that sponsor hunts for the female gender and there are more women run organizations within the sporting industry. Manufactures have found a new niche and are producing items that are more “female friendly” to help those estrogens infused individuals.
I grew up in the outdoors and have always had a passion for the fresh smelling scent and the pursuit of critters. In that time I have seen a swell in women’s hunting apparel, gun education and safety classes geared towards ladies and an overall more initiative for us ladies to get involved. These aspects have definitely helped reduced the intimidation factor and accommodate our differences from males. Us girls can go out with our pink nail polish and sparkly earrings and still be our feminine selves in a male dominated sport and industry.
In collegiate shooting I have seen bedazzled out apparel, zebra print guns, pink grips and countless other creative and unique touches to bring a gal’s style to the field. These accentuates have helped make the shooting sports more appealing to ladies, especially since you don’t have to look or smell like a guy to enjoy it.
Remember ladies… Keep it Sassy!
University of Northern Iowa Shooting Team Making History
October 25, 2011 by CollegiateCamo · Leave a Comment
The UNI Trap and Skeet Team is kicking off the New Year by making history with more members than ever starting practice early in this warm September.
This year is off to a good start for the team.
The team is looking forward to this year’s competitions traveling to the University of Kentucky shoot (second week in November) and the Colorado State University shoot in early spring.
The UNI team will make another mark in the history books next spring when they host the first annual UNI shoot that honors of one of their past team members who passed away in 2010.
”We are looking forward to this year and we hope that you will follow us and our achievements throughout this year.”
CollegiateCamo will be sure to follow the UNI Shooting Team and support the university with sales on officially licensed UNI items.
“Mizzou Tiger Open” Benefit Shoot a Successful Fund Raiser
August 23, 2011 by CollegiateCamo · Leave a Comment
School is upon us, and it’s a great time to hit the shooting range. At Mizzou, the shooting team will have a few more dollars at its disposal to recruit new members to the University of Missouri Shooting Team.
The “Mizzou Tiger Open” Benefit Shoot was held July 30, 2011 was a huge success. Many local shooting sports fans came out to join in the fun of the Benefit Shoot, as well as one family that traveled from as far as Florida to attend!
The reunion with the 1971-72 Mizzou Shooting Team and the current team was a huge success. Only one member from the former shooting team lineup was unable to attend.
It was a scorching Missouri July with the temperature reaching the upper ’90s, but no one seemed to let the heat get them down.
CollegiateCamo’s own Pro Staffer Jenny Romanin traveled from Colorado to be a part of the event. She was on that day, and placed 2nd in Sporting Clays in the 50 target division.
Two of the 1971-72 team members placed, too – Denny Spurling and Bill Fretwell. Oh yeah, they still have it!
The following talented shooters won awards at the Mizzou Tiger Open Benefit Shoot:
- CHAMPION Sporting Clays – Ralph Gates
- 1st Place Sporting Clays 50 Targets – Jon Doolittle
- 2nd Place SPorting Clays 50 Targets – Jenny Romanin
- 1st Place Sporting Clays 100 Targets – Garret Benskin
- 2nd Place Sporting Clays 100 Targets – Warren Pinson
- 1st Place American Trap – Denny Spurling
- 2nd Place American Trap – Bill Fretwell
Congrats to all our winners and best of luck to the 2011-2012 Mizzou Shooting Team!
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- 1971-72 Mizzou Shooting Team Reunion
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- Mizzou Shooting Team Benefit Shoot – ’71 Team Captain Larry Houston
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- Mizzou Shooting Team Benefit Shoot – Jenny Romanin
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- Mizzou Shooting Team Benefit Shoot – Ryan Mason & Kim Heiman
4th Annual “Shoot for Alex”
June 9, 2011 by CollegiateCamo · Leave a Comment
Written by CollegiateCamo Pro-Staff Jenny Romanin
Last Sunday, June 5th, I got to be a part of a wonderful event and cause. This shoot is one that touches everyone’s heart and reminds us to love thy neighbor. The lighthearted atmosphere, countless shotgun games and generosity of the surrounding community helped to make this fundraiser such a success! This year they raised over $3500 for a local family who has a son struggling with seizures and has recently gone to Germany for health care.
“Shoot for Alex” began in 2008 when one of the founding volunteers was informed that their cousin’s baby was diagnosed with cancer prior to turning a year old. They decided to put together a trap shoot in order to give the loved family a little money to “forget” about their struggles for a day. This shoot originally started with 12 teams and has grown to over 35 teams this year!!!!!! Each year their numbers increase and it keeps getting bigger and better. Their single and most important mission is to provide a charitable donation to a needy family who has been affected by a childhood disease. They hope to find a new family every year that fits their mission and to help them as much as they can.
This single cause brought together such an array of shooters from those with minimal experience to avid competitors. I’m very excited to report that there were shooters from the University of Wyoming and Colorado State University Shotgun Teams (both alum and currently active). There were many donated awards for the winners of the Main Event, Annie Oakley, Top Shot and the Sweetheart Shoot. The organization was superb and the generosity spread through the crowd. They plan on hosting the 5th Annual “Shoot for Alex” next year, June 3rd 2012, with location to be determined. Their cause is on Facebook, so be sure to check it out!
Mike Irvine Places at US Steel Shoot
April 24, 2011 by CollegiateCamo · Leave a Comment
Mike Irvine at U.S. Steel Shoot
There is no season for our pride! Here at CollegiateCamo we always take great pride in our Pro Staff when they compete and place in competitions. Our own Pro Staffer Mike Irvine finished second place in the media division at the US Steel Shoot!
The US Steel Shoot is the official steel shooting national championship. The match is made up of 8 stages. These are the official 8 stages of Steel Shooting. Mike competed with limited division gun, Smith & Wesson 1911 Pro Series in 9mm.
Stay tuned for full coverage of the match that will be aired soon on Shooting USA on the Outdoor Channel.
Mike’s next match is the Bianchi Cup, May 25 to 28. We’ll be sure to cheer him on! The Bianchi Cup is considered the most prestigious match in all handgun sports.
Near-Disaster at ACUI Nationals Turns to Win
April 19, 2011 by CollegiateCamo · Leave a Comment
Disaster turned to accolades! Ryan Mason of Mizzou and the CollegiateCamo Prostaff has a story of determination to share regarding his competition at the ACUI Nationals this year. Talk about a will to win! I interviewed Ryan about his experience and it goes like this:
On the first day at the tournament Ryan’s prized gun left him in the worst of predicaments. His Browning stock which had been repaired in the past failed him. It “busted” about a quarter inch from the repair. This is the gun he had counted on numerous times to win in competition. Ryan tells how he was devastated; how nothing worse could have happened at this place and time. He talks about how every emotion filled his mind; anger (he could have slammed the gun against the ground), defeat (he traveled all this way to compete and this happened) and despair (how could this happen to me).
That night he called the gunsmith that was working at the tournament when he couldn’t think of anything else or anywhere to turn. The gunsmith said for him to meet up the next morning and he would “take a look.” Ryan had a back up gun, but it had not performed like the Browning. In his frustration at the range the next morning before having to shoot International skeet and in front of his entire Mizzou team he yelled “I cant believe this, AND NO ONE ON THIS TEAM HAS A CITORI WITH AN ADJUSTABLE COMB!”
Curiously enough one of Ryan’s team mates stepped up and said, “Yes.” They literally made the 2 guns fit into 1! The buddy’s gun had an adjustable comb which was perfect to fit to Ryan. The two guns should not have worked, but they did. Ryan’s gun was a citori XS Skeet and his friend’s gun was the XT trap model. He affectionately called it the “Frankenstein” gun. The trappers even came to know the story.
Little did they know what would happen that day. Ryan asked the range manager if he could have a practice shot telling him his horrific story. Lo and behold the gun (twice spliced together) worked like a charm. Ryan went on to shoot a 25 straight in International skeet not an hour later, a very difficult feat. When the dust settled and all the targets had been counted Ryan had taken Combined Trap Events National Champion and the title of All American with the gun that shouldnt have worked.
This is a true life story and moral that we should never give up and remain to be solution oriented. His buddy’s backup gun had become a lifesaver! Kudos to Ryan for expecting the best even with a pieced together gun. Just shows you that you don’t have to have the most expensive gun, coach or background, you just have to have the right attitude and the will to win!
Congrats to Ryan for his super achievement even in the face of adversity.
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Kansas State Wildcats Trapshooting Team
November 29, 2010 by CollegiateCamo · Leave a Comment
CollegiateCamo is the proud sponsor of the Kansas State University Trapshooting Team! We are proud to profile a few of the members of the team for all of our followers to get to know. CollegiateCamo’s founding university is Kansas State, home of the K-State Wildcats, where we began our company as “CamoCat” more than five years ago.
The K-State Trapshooting Team competes with several schools, including Fort Hays State University, Colorado State University, Oklahoma State University, Texas A&M, University of Kentucky, University of Wyoming, University of Missouri and Missouri University of Science & Technology. (CollegiateCamo has camo decals and apparel for many of these colleges as well.) This year the Wildcats have been performing very well, with several team members taking top positions in many shooting disciplines.
At this time of year we give special thanks to Kansas State for a great beginning to CollegiateCamo. Don’t forget to follow the Kansas State University Trapshooting Team on Facebook.
Brock Neville
- Hometown: Colwich, Kansas
- Member Since: 2009
- Major: Sophomore in Production Consulting Agronomy
- Game: Waterfowl, Turkey, Deer, Pheasant, Fishing
- Meat Gun: Benelli Super Black Eagle II
- Competitive Gun: Browning Cynergy
- Camo: Mossy Oak Duck Blind
- Shooting Events: 5 stand, Sporting Clays, Skeet
Scott Jones
- Hometown: Burlington, Kansas
- Member Since: 2009
- Major: Sophomore in Agriculture Technology Management
- Game: Ducks, Geese, Pheasant, Turkey, Deer
- Gun: Browning XS
- Camo: RealTree Max-4
- Event: Sporting Clays, Skeet
Bethany Boyer
- Hometown: St. Joseph, Missouri
- Major: Junior in Animal Science and Industry with Pre-Vet option
- Game to hunt: Ducks, Raccoons
- Gun: Beretta 390 Silver Mallard .20 gauge semi-automatic
- Camo: RealTree Max4-HD
Scott Griffin
- Hometown: Kansas City, Kansas
- Major: Agriculture Business
- Game: Ducks, Geese
- Gun: Browning Citori Lightning Sporting and Browning BPS
- Camo: Mossy Oak Shadow Grass
Will Kiser
- Hometown: Grand Junction, Colorado
- Major: Construction Science and Management
- Game to hunt: Prairie dog, elk, and ducks
- Gun: Berette DT10
- Camo: RealTree Advantage Max-4
Chris Sanders
- Hometown: St. Charles, Missouri
- Member Since: 2007
- Major: Grad Student in Landscape Architecture
- Game: Ducks, Geese, Deer, Turkeys
- Camo: Max-4
- Meat Gun: Beretta 391 Urika Optima Sporting, Ruger m77 Hawkeye .270
- Competition Gun: Rizzini s2000
- Favorite Event: Sporting Clays, 5-Stand
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Support the Kansas State Wildcats Trapshooting team when you buy K-State Wildcats Camouflage.
Shoot like a girl? Better hope you can.
August 5, 2010 by CollegiateCamo · Leave a Comment
Better be careful with how you answer that, because you might just be asking for more competition than you can handle, guys. History has proven that women can hold their own when it comes to firearms and beat even the toughest competition – men or women.
When you hear the name Annie Oakley, certainly you imagine scenes of the old west back to the late 1800s and early 1900s. You’ve seen the photos of Annie with her rifle, dressed in a long flowing dress and a smile on her face. She was quite the sharpshooter and exhibition shooter. Her talents gave her the title of first American female superstar acting in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show. It’s been told that Annie could with her .22 caliber rifle split a playing card 90 feet up and split it card edge on plus putting 5 or 6 more holes in the card before hitting the ground.
Then there were the other female shooting heroes of the Old West! Calamity Jane who was a sharp shooter and also a performer in Buffalo Bills show. It’s been told she liked her alcohol — wonder if that’s where the name came from? And then there was Belle Starr who liked to hang out with the desperados back then. Could she have been the originator of “Good girls have no fun”? She reportedly had several marriages and a bad temper. (I wonder which came first.) Importantly, though—she could shoot!
Now to bring us up to date with some of the modern gals that are the best of the best. Kim Rhode is our American hero. Four-time Olympian 1996, 2004 gold medalist,2000 bronze medalist,2008 silver medalist. Kim got her competitive start in American skeet, winning the championship at age 13 then becoming captain of the All American team at 14.
Our own Midwest gal Haley Dunn from Eddyville, Iowa started shotgunning competitively at age 12. When she was 14, she entered the Iowa State Sporting Cays Championship and won the Gold Medal. Haley was the youngest lady champion in the event’s history. From there she went on to claim the Iowa state championship three more times. Lucky for the University of Missouri, where Haley graduated with a degree in Agricultural Business Management in 2007, she was active with the Mizzou Shooting Team. There she won the Gold Medal and HOA Ladies Championship at the ACUI Intercollegiate Clay Target National Championships. Haley recently claimed her first Gold medal of 2010 at the shotgun World Cup in Lonato, Italy, taking her first step toward the 2012 Olympic Games. Impressively, she is ranked #1 in the USA, and is making her second appearance on the 2010 World Cup circuit. She smashed 73 out of 75 targets, and entered the Final with a one target lead over the rest of the field. Missing only one target in the Final, Dunn ended the day hitting 97 out of 100.
We will keep an eye out for great shooting achievements from all women who do “shoot like girls” and are proud of it.
