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The Oklahoma State Univer- ACUI Collegiate Clay Target have to find work in the Stillwa-
sity Shotgun Sports Club is Championship based on solid ter area so he can remain there
among many groups nationwide shooting from members includ- and train for future successes.
that have jumped onto the wave ing Bryce Cook, Tess Decker, The club practices twice a
of popularity sweeping over Travis Hallum, J.T. Hearn, week to prepare for competi-
competitive shooting in the past Mitchell Jones, Kyle Smith, tions, with about 20 members
decade or so. Parker Smith and Sam Stingley, regularly attending practices.
Faculty adviser Nathan Walk- all of whom performed well Sutton’s interest in shooting
er, Ph.D., and founding mem- above their competition, Sutton sports started with hunting ex-
bers including Joe White and said. periences he shared as a youth
Trent Pribil organized the OSU “The Shotgun Sports Club with his father and his uncle.
team seven years ago. Now, the started with less than 10 mem- Sutton figured he
club has more than 70 shooters bers. Now was a pretty good
and is consistently earning hon- there is shot, so when he
ors at various shooting events well over entered high
across the Midwest. 70, thanks school, he joined
Club President Cody Sutton to the hard FFA so he could
of Beaver is hoping to land a work of participate in that
spot on the U.S. shooting team members group’s clay target
for international skeet shooting promoting program.
in the next Olympic Games. the club
and working to make us better He said the FFA shooting
“This season my goals are to every year. We travel to schools program is what sparked his in-
place in every shoot we attend,” as close as Wichita State and as terest in competing, and in per-
Sutton said. “For our collegiate far as the University of Wyo- haps someday representing his
nationals, I want to place in the ming, hitting about four shoots country in the Olym-
top 10 overall for all events.” per semester, all thanks to pics. The Oklahoma Depart-
Last spring, Sutton earned fundraisers, benefactors and ment of Wildlife Conserva-
medals in all four matches the club members. tion's Shotgun Training and Ed-
club attended. He shot his way “Thanks to all the help we’ve ucation Program is a major sup-
to wins in sporting clays; high received, plans have been made porter of FFA shooting events
overall in skeet, trap, sporting to build a shooting complex that across the state.
clays and wobble trap; and will help propel this club to new For more information about
twice in international skeet. heights in the state and hope- the OSU Shotgun Sports Club,
The OSU team placed eighth fully the nation,” Sutton said. If go online
out of 47 divisional teams at the that shooting range becomes to osushotgun.okstate.edu.
reality, he said he might just 28
sity Shotgun Sports Club is Championship based on solid ter area so he can remain there
among many groups nationwide shooting from members includ- and train for future successes.
that have jumped onto the wave ing Bryce Cook, Tess Decker, The club practices twice a
of popularity sweeping over Travis Hallum, J.T. Hearn, week to prepare for competi-
competitive shooting in the past Mitchell Jones, Kyle Smith, tions, with about 20 members
decade or so. Parker Smith and Sam Stingley, regularly attending practices.
Faculty adviser Nathan Walk- all of whom performed well Sutton’s interest in shooting
er, Ph.D., and founding mem- above their competition, Sutton sports started with hunting ex-
bers including Joe White and said. periences he shared as a youth
Trent Pribil organized the OSU “The Shotgun Sports Club with his father and his uncle.
team seven years ago. Now, the started with less than 10 mem- Sutton figured he
club has more than 70 shooters bers. Now was a pretty good
and is consistently earning hon- there is shot, so when he
ors at various shooting events well over entered high
across the Midwest. 70, thanks school, he joined
Club President Cody Sutton to the hard FFA so he could
of Beaver is hoping to land a work of participate in that
spot on the U.S. shooting team members group’s clay target
for international skeet shooting promoting program.
in the next Olympic Games. the club
and working to make us better He said the FFA shooting
“This season my goals are to every year. We travel to schools program is what sparked his in-
place in every shoot we attend,” as close as Wichita State and as terest in competing, and in per-
Sutton said. “For our collegiate far as the University of Wyo- haps someday representing his
nationals, I want to place in the ming, hitting about four shoots country in the Olym-
top 10 overall for all events.” per semester, all thanks to pics. The Oklahoma Depart-
Last spring, Sutton earned fundraisers, benefactors and ment of Wildlife Conserva-
medals in all four matches the club members. tion's Shotgun Training and Ed-
club attended. He shot his way “Thanks to all the help we’ve ucation Program is a major sup-
to wins in sporting clays; high received, plans have been made porter of FFA shooting events
overall in skeet, trap, sporting to build a shooting complex that across the state.
clays and wobble trap; and will help propel this club to new For more information about
twice in international skeet. heights in the state and hope- the OSU Shotgun Sports Club,
The OSU team placed eighth fully the nation,” Sutton said. If go online
out of 47 divisional teams at the that shooting range becomes to osushotgun.okstate.edu.
reality, he said he might just 28
