My love for shooting first was recognized in middle school. I remember buying my first gun from my father on

Shooting Instructor for Sporting Clays & Trapshooting On one trip to Cabin Bluff (which now I believe is owned by Beretta), I was told I shot an entire carton of targets without missing. Every day on that same trip, we drove past Fred Missildine giving skeet lessons near Sea Island, GA. I knew I wanted to shoot, but was told by my parents that it was too expensive. [Insert loud chuckle here!] As a freshman at Centerville High School, they would advertise during the morning announcements. “Come join the Centerville Sportsman’s Club and join Miamisburg Sportsman’s Club for one dollar.” So in the fall of 1978, I did just that. I joined and that was several “one dollars” ago! From that point on I shot nearly every Tuesday night (except during soccer season), until I graduated in 1982.