Cardinal Center hosting Ohio State Shoot this week

The Ohio State Trap Shoot­ing Cham­pi­onships invade the Car­di­nal Cen­ter at Marengo this week.

It is the pre­mier event in the state if you are trap shooter and you couldn’t ask for a bet­ter place to have it. We really are blessed to have such a won­der­ful facil­i­ties like the Car­di­nal Cen­ter right here in our back yard.

Whether you are a com­pet­i­tive shooter or just a novice, the week-long activ­i­ties are some­thing you will want to check out. There are numer­ous events and com­pe­ti­tions held each day start­ing with the youth team cham­pi­onships on Mon­day and it ends with the hand­i­cap shoot on Sunday.

New this year is the chance to win a beau­ti­ful Kolar shot­gun on Sunday’s hand­i­cap. One lucky shooter will ride home on a brand new Harley David­son motor­cy­cle fol­low­ing Saturday’s sin­gles championship.

Wednes­day will be Agri­cul­tural (AG) Day. The AG Day spon­sors have gen­er­ously donated $9,000 to be used for added money for purses on Wednes­day. John Deere is back this year with another awe­some lawn trac­tor to be given away on AG Day.

Back for this year’s shoot is the extremely pop­u­lar Blaser Hand­i­cap Event and shoot-off where one win­ner will receive a new Blaser Super Trap Combo shot­gun. Brit­tain Motors has donated $1,000 added money for this year’s President’s Handicap.

Also added to the fun and excite­ment of the EZ-GO Golf Cart raf­fle is a 2nd prize of a Rem­ing­ton shot­gun, and a great 3rd prize – a spot in a Har­lan Camp­bell Jr. shoot­ing clinic. Rio Ammu­ni­tion will be spon­sor­ing Friday’s con­tests and pro­vid­ing Rio shells with the day’s trophies.

For more spe­cific details about enter­ing a shoot­ing event and see­ing a detailed cal­en­dar of the daily events, check out the web­site www.ohiotrap.com and remem­ber the park­ing and admis­sion is free!

• Hunters want­ing to par­tic­i­pate in Ohio’s fall con­trolled deer and water­fowl hunts have until July 31 to sub­mit per­mit appli­ca­tions for a ran­dom drawing.

These spe­cial hunts are held on selected pub­lic areas to pro­vide addi­tional hunt­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties for Ohio’s hunt­ing enthu­si­asts. All appli­cants, youth and adult, must pos­sess a cur­rent hunt­ing license and meet the age require­ments in order to apply for a con­trolled hunt.

Hunters can apply for the con­trolled hunts by com­plet­ing the appli­ca­tion process online using the Wild Ohio Cus­tomer Cen­ter at www.wildohio.com or by call­ing 800-WILDLIFE (945‑3543) and request­ing a mail-in appli­ca­tion. There is a non-refundable appli­ca­tion fee of $3 per hunt.

Hunters will be ran­domly drawn from sub­mit­ted appli­ca­tions. Suc­cess­ful appli­cants will be noti­fied and pro­vided addi­tional hunt infor­ma­tion by U.S. mail and email. Appli­cants are encour­aged to visit the Wild Ohio Cus­tomer Cen­ter at www.wildohio.com to view the sta­tus of their appli­ca­tion and if selected, print their con­trolled hunt permit.

More spe­cific infor­ma­tion about hunt dates and loca­tions, includ­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties ded­i­cated to youth, women and mobility-impaired hunters, can be found at www.wildohio.com.

Until next time, Good Hunt­ing and Good Fishing!

Posted by Rob Hamilton on Jun 20 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.