Gunning to be the best: Teens take part in local shooting league
Quincy Styles, of the Wad Squad, fires at a clay during a round of teal targets in the Pheasants Forever Youth Shooting League at the Flathead Valley Target Club on Saturday, Feb. 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Michael Marrinan, of the Wad Squad, fires at a clay target during a round of doubles in the Pheasants Forever Youth Shooting League at the Flathead Valley Target Club on Saturday, Feb. 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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The Wad Squad, from left, Nick DePoe, Quincy Styles, Michael Marrinan, Clint Liem and Chase DePoe look over their scores after a round of doubles in the Pheasants Forever Youth Shooting League at the Flathead Valley Target Club on Saturday, Feb. 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Nick DePoe, of the Wad Squad, fires at a clay during a round of teal targets in the Pheasants Forever Youth Shooting League at the Flathead Valley Target Club on Saturday, Feb. 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Quincy Styles, of the Wad Squad, fires at a clay during a round of teal targets in the Pheasants Forever Youth Shooting League at the Flathead Valley Target Club on Saturday, Feb. 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Jubilee McLean, of the Clay Commanders, fires at a clay during a round of doubles in the Pheasants Forever Youth Shooting League at the Flathead Valley Target Club on Saturday, Feb. 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Grayson Calles, with the Wing Nuts, loads his shotgun before a round of doubles in the Pheasants Forever Youth Shooting League at the Flathead Valley Target Club on Saturday, Feb. 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Logan Oswald, of the Wing Nuts, fires at a clay target during a round of doubles in the Pheasants Forever Youth Shooting League at the Flathead Valley Target Club on Saturday, Feb. 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Chase DePoe, of the Wad Squad, fires at a clay target during a round of doubles in the Pheasants Forever Youth Shooting League at the Flathead Valley Target Club on Saturday, Feb. 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Braidy Billington, of the Clay Commanders, fires at a clay during a round of doubles in the Pheasants Forever Youth Shooting League at the Flathead Valley Target Club on Saturday, Feb. 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Abbi Townsend of Kalispell leans into her shooting stance during a round of doubles trap with her team, the Lady Bird Busters, at the Flathead Valley Target Club on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. Townsend is one of the Pheasants Forever Youth Shotgun League's top shooters. (Hilary Matheson/Daily Inter Lake)
Standing with her feet hip-distance apart, Flathead Valley Pheasants Forever Youth Shooting League member Abbi Townsend leans into her slightly bent, forward-facing leg. Resting her cheek against the buttstock of her double-barreled shotgun she shouts, “Pull.”
Two neon orange clay targets are released into the gray sky. She fires — the clay target bursts into pieces. A scorekeeper shouts, “Dead!”
Without missing a beat, she shifts her shotgun to the right, aiming at the next clay sailing in the opposite direction. She fires and misses. The scorekeeper shouts, “Lost.”
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