Amish Trapshooting

I see some Amish Trapshooters at the Cardinal Center. Some I am sure could shoot the ears off a squirrel. I was wondering what states have Amish trapshooters.

 

I am surrounded by Amish and don't know of any that shoot trap (what? pay money to shoot something they can't eat or sell?). All of the ones I know are blackpowder deer or small game hunters. And don't overestimate their skills...some of them couldn't hit a barn at 50 yards with a howitzer!

 

The trouble isn't their shooting. Most of them don't have the time to shoot the big shoots. They have to allow an extra week before and a week after a big event. How long do you think it takes to travel a few hundred miles in a buggy? Then there's the problem of finding a motel that allows pets in the room.

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I shot with an Amish shooter at the Cardinal Classic last year on a few practice squads. Fellow could smoke the targets. He was using a Browning Cynergy.

 

Before the Great Eastern Gun Club operated by Aden and Sue Kaufman closed down you would have several squads of Amish shooters there competing and they posted up some very good scores. One of note is Michael Wengerd who was coached by Aden personally. Micahel was the rookie of the year a few years back, completed his grand slam and on his 14th birthday at the Ohio State shoot when it was in Vandalia won the handicap champion in one of the events in a shoot off againt Leo Harrison. Yes these folks can shoot.

 

At a local sporting clays shoot in Indiana I seen Amish shooters un casingK80s in the back of the buggy.They took shooting pretty serious!

 

I have Amish friends that i shoot with on both sides of PA/N.Y. border.
One amish woman i know is amazing, using one of my old fixed choke citori's she ran 75 while shooting with me and her brother.

 

It has been my experience when shooting with Amish shooters that you better bring your A game.

There's a fellow that goes to the Crawford County Conversation League that shoots really well. I see him at Cardinal every year.

We've shot a lot of meat shoots through the years and you could count on the Amish being there, and taking home their share of the bacon too.