[Bocephas]

I shot less,much less.
Reason flood in the Midwest,I was a victim.
There is always next year.

Bocephas

 

[highflyer]

I shot more than ever. More skeet, more trap, and more sporting clays.

 

[Jeff P]

Me, too....more than ever.

And I'm planning on increasing again in 2009

 

[grnberetcj]

Pretty much the same....approx 8000 registered targets.

Curt

 

[hmb]

Shoot all day, reload all night. HMB

 

[dverna]

I shot more; but I don't count. I am a new shooter (third year) and still full of piss and vinegar.

When I get like the old pharts that shoot 0-2 rounds and spend their time playing cards I will lament how shooting has dropped off and the good old days are gone. I will tell the guys who support the club "They are killing this sport. Ammo used to be $80 a flat for the good stuff and you could get 11 rounds with a $40 shoot ticket. How can the club/sport survive when costs are out of sight"

Should be another 10-15 years before that happens - I hope.

Don

 

[Pocatello]

Interesting question. I checked the Shooter Information center, and my records for ATA targets the last five years are:

2004 - 4900

2005 - 8500

2006 - 6900

2007 - 7000

2008 - 7000

So the last three years I've been pretty much the same, but I suspect my totals will be down for 2009. One reason is that I likely won't be going to the SW Grand this year, where I've gone the last five.

 

[FRedmon]

About the same as 2007 with two extra months in 08. Down 6000 from 2006.

FR

 

[timb99]

I shot a lot less registered trap, but a little more sporting clays this year.

 

[Old Texas Marine]

More.

HBT

 

[Gary Waalkes]

Much more - registered nearly 17,000 targets

 

[CalvinMD]

I was a spectater more than a shooter this year...someone will have to show me which end of the gun is the dangerous one

 

[K80433SC]

I shot WAY less this past registered shooting season, primarily due to a reduction in discretionary income. My employer chose to hire "lower-wage ; no benefits" people to perform the majority of work that used to be overtime for us. The result was a loss of nearly 20K from the previous year.

I guess that has become the way of the world, but it certainly caused me to re-think my priorities. I have never shot ALOT of targets, but I went from 6300 registered birds in 2007 to 2600 in the 2008 target year.

 

[101voodoo]

2007 - 1500 registered targets
2008 - 6000 " "

Jim

 

[blade819]

18,000 registered for me thus far in 2008. However, that was when I was retired and living in the South. 2009 looks like 3 or 4 thousand working again in the cold Midwest. At least I'll save some $$.

 

[Old Cowboy]

About the same amount as recent previous years

John C. Saubak

 

[rennerize]

Lots less.
Don

 

[School Teacher]

More.

I shot 3600 registered targets and about twice that in practice and games.

Ed Ward

 

[JB Logan Co. Ohio]

I too looked up my previous amount of targets:

'08 2000 singles 1600 hdcp

'07 1600 singles 1700 hdcp

'06 1400 singles 1400 hdcp

'05 700 singles 700 hdcp

'04 1100 singles 1000 hdcp

I guess I can technically say that I'm shooting a bit more registered targets (plus alot more sporting clays this winter) but not all that much more. I don't have much time during the shooting season to get out to other clubs since I'm busy running our club. Only 4 Sat. nights off from May to Oct. in '08. I'm glad to have shot as many targets as I did in '08. Maybe more in '09!

JB=Jerry Beach 8503917

 

[391 shooter]

1/2 as much practice as 2007. Same amount of Toonaments.