For the first time in many years the Pulaski County shooting sports program is on the rise once again. With the start of the first trap program in recent history here in Pulaski County the numbers for shooting sport participation is going up. In the first year the Pulaski County Clay Breakers exceed expectation, not only on the numbers of participants that come out for the team, but also the success of those kids and the overall involvement from the community. 

 In the first year we expected to have 10 to 15 kids take part in this program, at the end of the first year we had surpassed that number with 32 kids coming to practice at least twice a month and 15 of those competing at the state contest this year. Even with this being the first year we also had the talent to put together teams that were able to win a couple of invitational shoots and place high at the state level. This program has giving Pulaski County the ability to reach out and offer another program that helps not only get youth involved on multiple levels but it give us the ability to help build other important life skills.

The success of the trap team has also helped us open doors for other parts of shooting sports to regain footing here in Pulaski County. We have been able to get 5 new people trained to become Archery instructors for the fall of 2019 and are actively recruiting volunteers to get an Air rifle team back up and going here in the county. Without the support of the Friends of the NRA, Extension District Board,4-H Council and the Pulaski County Sportsman’s club this program would not have been able to surpass all goal set in just the first year. We look forward to the contained growth and success of the shooting sport program here in Pulaski County