Taft Shooter's Challenge 2012 Event

[+elrojo14]

Please click the link for a much easier to read Geocache listing. Please feel free to share with your local Geocaching crews and be sure to represent your area with a team. This one should be fun!

 

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All firearms and ammunition will be provided for your use with your registration fee (will be kept low just to cover ammunition and target costs).

 

This is the Taft Shooter's Challenge 2012 (TSC 2012)! This will be a challenging, timed Geocaching race where the fastest time wins!

Event Details

Shooter registration will begin at 7 AM and the first shooting will begin at 8 AM. Four wheel drive participants will not be allowed to register later than 12 PM and two wheel drive contestants cannot register later than 2 PM. The actual event will take place at Hot Stone Pizza at 407 Finley Drive in Taft. A no host dinner will start at Hot Stone Pizza at 5 PM and awards will begin at 6 PM.

 

The event will use a running clock format. Shooters will start at the Range Master Table (RMT) then proceed as a team to their first assigned shooting stage. One participant will shoot the stage and will not receive a stage envelope containing the stage Geocache coordinates until all targets are broken and/or knocked over. The team will then go find the Geocache, sign the log, grab a Geocache ticket, and return to the RMT to be assigned a new shooting stage. This will continue until all stages are complete.

 

After participants are finished, they are welcomed to Geocache beautiful Taft, CA and the surrounding area. The area is full of quality Geocaches just waiting for you to find. Additionally, once all participants have finished the shooting portion of the match, the range will be open to shoot the stages you were not able to shoot during the team phase. There will be plenty to do in this fun filled day.

 

Geocachers do not have to participate in the Taft Shooter's Challenge 2012 nor show up to the range to attend, sign the event log, and participate in the dinner event at Hot Stone Pizza.

 

Shooting Stages

All firearms used will be .22 LR in caliber. Rifles or pistols will have either iron sights, an electronic sight, or a conventional scope. Targets will include steel, clay targets, reactive targets, and whatever else we can think up between now and September 29, 2012. All targets will break or fall down. There will be no paper targets. Distances will vary from a few feet to a maximum of approximately 40 yards. Expect approximately 20 targets per stage.

 

Event Fees

Team entry fee is $40 per team

 

Dinner cost is variable. Please see menu.

 

There is no spectator cost for the shooting event nor the dinner event. Fees have been kept to a minimum to pay for range fees, target cost, ammunition cost, and awards and prizes.

 

You can pay the day of the match using cash or check. You can pre-pay using your credit card through Pay Pal for no additional charge.

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Rules

Shooters must compete in teams of one to four participants. No age limit, but failure to safely handle firearms will result in disqualification of the entire team. All shooting will be from a stationary point. Please observe the 180 degree rule and the Four Rules of Gun Safety.

 

All ammunition and rifles will be provided for participant use. Participants will need some sort of GPS receiver or a mobile phone with GPS coordinate finding capabilies and some sort of transportation.

 

Every member of a team must shoot one of the stages. In teams of four, each member will shoot one stage. In teams of two or three shooters, the team may choose who will shoot twice. Single member teams will shoot all four stages.

 

Please observe all traffic laws and Geocache safely.

 

All shooters will start together at the Range Master Table (RMT), check in together after finding a stage Geocache at the RMT, and finish together at the RMT. Team members will not be allowed to work on more than one stage at a time (and actually this won't really be possible anyway).

 

Team time will be kept by a running clock displayed at the range. The safety officer of each stage will determine when a stage is safe to shoot with the start of a competition timer after the comands "shooter ready? Standy by...*beep*". In the case of ties, the team with the fastest overall shooting time as reported by the competition timer wins. If a team cannot start a shooting stage because of another team in front of them, their time will stop. Their time will restart when the stage is clear and the Range Master tells them to leave the RMT for their next stage.

 

Competition Divisions

There will be two competition divisions.

 

Two Wheel Drive Vehicle (any vehicle could make it)

Four Wheel Drive Vehicle (only a 4x4 or ATV or dirt bike will make it to the Geocaches)

 

Participants can enter both divisions, but they will have to pay two entry fees and complete both challenges. There will be four unique Geocaches for each division for a total of eight new Geocaches planted for this event. Participants can claim FTF (First to Find), so if you are on the FTF hunt, you will want to arrive early.

 

Safety officers and event staff will be allowed to compete the day before the match under full match rules, but will be ineligible for FTF prizes, can only enter one division, and will log the finds as beta finds (if they are even Geocachers). Only the Range Master is ineligible to participate.

 

Awards and Prizes

Each division will have 1st through 3rd place tophies. There will be FTF awards in the conatiners for each stage. Everyone who signs the event log at the awards dinner at Hot Stone Pizza will receive a raffle ticket for a prize table.

 

Post Match Shooting

If you would like to shoot any of the stages over again after all participants are finished shooting, the cost will be $5 per stage per person to cover ammo and target costs.

 

As more details about the match unfold, we will update this Event Listing. The match will be shot rain or shine! Do you have what it takes to win, let alone finish the Taft Shooter's Challenge 2012?

[+Philley]

Less than a month away!!!

 

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[+elrojo14]

Less than a month away!!!

 

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I am getting everything all organized. It is coming along quite nicely. There will be a few creative hides for this one and the challenge in itself is going to be awesome. This is an event you do not want to miss!