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This Month In Clay Target Nation

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The April issue of Clay Target Nation has plenty of great content that will help you improve your game as the skeet and sporting clays season start opening.

In our Training Tips, don’t miss instructor Tim Short’s advice on why shooting relaxed is powerful, and his tips on how to relax your body while you shoot. On the sporting clays side, Gil and Vicki Ash have some insight into how to train your brain to point in front of something instead of directly at it.

Still having trouble finding ammo and reloading components? Bryce Towsley got in touch with several of the big companies to give you an update on why shelves still aren’t always full. Victoria Stellato has some tips for the upcoming NSSA Kolar U.S. Open, while Tim Le Cras takes you on a tour through the history of shotgun shells and how they’ve developed and advanced over the years. We also have a profile on Zoli, and don’t miss our interviews with Shelby Moon, Karen Miles and Andy Duffy on how they prepare for big tournaments.

Lastly, this issue also features the complete lists of the 2023 NSCA Krieghoff All-American Teams, the NSCA 12-Gauge FITASC All-American Teams, the NSCA American Field Sporting All-American Teams, and the 2023 NSCA High-Volume Shooters.

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Houston Deshotels Wins HOA at 2021 World Skeet Championships

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2021 World Skeet Championships HOA winners, left to right: Steven Wood, third; Houston Deshotels, champion; and Taylor Nicosia, runner-up

The NSSA congratulates Houston Deshotels, who won both HOA and HAA at the 2021 World Skeet Championships, held October 4-8 at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio.

Deshotels was perfect going into Friday’s .410 bore event, where he dropped only one target to finish the World Skeet Championships with a score of 449. Taylor Nicosia, who had dropped a target earlier in the week in the 28-gauge event, shot 100 straight in the .410 to tie Deshotels at 449 for HOA. Deshotels was the victor in the shoot-off, giving him his first HOA World Skeet Championship. He was also Triple-Sub Champion. Nicosia finished as HOA runner-up and Lady Champion. She also won Lady Champion in the Wayne Mayes Championship event, Lady runner-up in the 20-gauge and the .410, and Lady third in the 28-gauge and doubles.

Steven Wood, Cooper Oliver and Dessislav Ivanov battled it out in a shoot-off of 447s for the third spot on the HOA podium; Ivanov went out first and finished AAA1. Oliver went out next, finishing AA1, which left Wood as HOA third. Other class winners were Katie Hunt, A1; Tim Robinson, B1; Katie Lackey, C1; Michael Rykaczewski Sr., D1; and Steve Scales, E1. Katherine Adams was Lady runner-up, and Lauren Burge was Lady third.

With a score of 549, Deshotels was also HAA Champion, with Nicosia runner-up (547) and Ivanov third (546).

Also winning World Championships were Josh Poole, doubles and .410 bore; Robert Hicklin, 12-gauge; Michael Schmidt, 20-gauge; and Ryan Smithart, 28-gauge.

The previous weekend, at the Mini World, HOA winners included Alessandro Vitale, champion; Mike Woolard, runner-up; and Riley Chaddock, third. Vitale was also HAA Champion. Taylor Nicosia won doubles, Edward Smith won the 12-gauge, Michael Rykaczewski Jr. won the 20-gauge, and Josh Poole won the .410 bore. Wayne Mayes Championship winners were Ivanov, champion; Paul Newman, runner-up; and Nicosia, third.

Attention Referees: We’re Hiring for the World Shoot

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The World Skeet Championships will be here before you know it, and we’re busy making sure we have enough staff on hand to make it run smoothly. The NSSA is looking for well-qualified referees to officiate the event, held from October 1-8, 2021. To attract the best referees, we’re offering excellent pay, hotel accommodations for non-local refs, a travel stipend for full-time refs working the Mini and Main, daily lunch, and a fuel stipend for local referees. Referees wanting to work the Mini World October 1-3 and shoot the Main events on October 4-8 are welcome to apply. You can apply to work the Mini, the Main or both.

Applicants should note that for 2021, we are not using the Briley wand, as a sanitation precaution.

 

Download 2021 World Shoot Referee Information

Download 2021 World Shoot Referee Application

Get Your Krieghoff K-80 Raffle Tickets

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K-80 Raffle GunThe annual Krieghoff K-80 raffle is underway, and tickets are selling fast! Krieghoff has upgraded its raffle gun this year, donating a K-80 San Remo shotgun valued at $28,495. The winner will have a choice of Pro Sporter or Standard Sporter models with 30″ or 32″ barrels.

The drawing will be held in October during the 2017 National Sporting Clays Championship at the National Shooting Complex. You do not have to be present to win.*

Tickets are $100 each, and only 600 will be sold. To buy your tickets, contact Lori Hartmann (NSCA), 210-688-3371 ext. 116 or Michelle Lee (NSSA), ext. 107.

You can also  purchase tickets from the NSCA trailer at NSCA Championship Tour events. Remaining events this year are:

September 6-10, 2017 – South Central Regional, Providence Hill Farm Sporting Club, MS
September 27 – October 1, 2017 – Southeast Regional, The Fork, NC
October 21-29, 2017 – National Championship, National Shooting Complex in TX

In addition to the Krieghoff K-80 raffle, you can buy tickets for a Blaser shotgun and two E-Z-Go shooting carts.

Proceeds will benefit NSSA-NSCA All-American programs and NSCA USA Sporting Clays Team.

* Krieghoff shotgun winner must have a valid U.S. social security number, as NSSA-NSCA must collect tax and report the winning value to the IRS. We cannot ship firearms outside the U.S.

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