After filling up on BBQ, corn, taters and dessert teams shuffled outside for the 6th Annual IPC Rifle Contest. It seems lately everyone has figured out what to expect from the IPC Rifle Contest, nothing less than the unexpected. Some shooters struggled to initiate targets while others simply couldn’t acquire the ones that appeared right in front of them! The first ten shoots marked scores of 0/5 and 1/5 as driving snow blew in from down-range.
When the shooter from “Predator X” came up to the plate, a team with 2 Rifle Contest wins under their belt, the crowd knew some targets were going to fall. 3/5 was the benchmark set in just over 49 seconds. The next shooter failed to locate a single target, or fire a single round, but the following shooter would surprise us all! 3/5, including one running target, went down in just under 48 seconds securing the 2011 Rifle Contest win for the first time entry “Tail Chasers”.
Predator X:
Tail Chasers:
Long Shots
Flat Liners:
On Sunday morning, teams began shuffling in with tired eyes and sore muscles. The final check-in would result in some changes to the leader board. Predator X (2010 Champions), with their 1 coyote and runner-up position in the rifle contest would be bumped down the ladder by the Flat Liners who showed up with 2 more coyotes. Depending on what the Tail Chasers drug in, the Flat Liners were in position to take either 1st or 2nd.
As the Flat Liners fate would have it, the 2 time champions of other NPHA hunts would not get their first IPC Title this time, as the Tail Chasers showed up with another gray fox moments before the check-in closed. This sealed an IPC Championship, along with the Rifle Contest Title, for the Tail Chasers in their first ever IPC Appearance.
