Lunch was served -- hot dogs, Venison, wild Boar, beans, and potato salad -- what a feed. The lunch guys scored a perfect 300 by feeding 150-200 people.

The afternoon brought everyone checking the scoreboards at headquarters. Towards the end of the tally, it was obvious the Jr.'s were in the hunt. Dale had committed the .22 to the Sr. division and OKYHEC had promised it as a grand prize, so in compromise and with the help of Bill's Sporting Goods, Enid made good and awarded the overall winner Hawk Bledsoe (a Jr. from Tulsa) a Ruger 1022. Doug Howard from El Reno won the Sr. division and won a new 1022 as well.

Thanks to the participants and parents for allowing OKYHEC to go through the growing pains of building this new, exciting, and important program. Dale not only provided us with our largest event (50), but he also exposed 20 new shooters (from Hunter's Camp) who otherwise may not have had the opportunity to be properly educated in the use of firearms and / or hunting. I urge you to take 20 new shooters to the range feed them lunch and encourage them to participate in next year's Enid YHEC event. If we all could do what Dale has done, we would not have to worry about firearm misuse and the future of hunting.

My applause go out to the Garfield Rifle Assoc., Cherokee Strip Archery Club, and the Grand National Quail Club Gun Range for a job well done.