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Colleen Winfrey takes aim to tick off the colored balloons along the course and was one of the 20 shooters attending the Snake River Pistolers Mounted Shooters event.
The customary tradition of paying tribute to our United States by flying the flag during the opening the Snake River Pistolers Mounted Shooters event was carried out by rider Terri Gregg of Lewiston. The National Anthem played as she presented the flag.
POMEROY–The Snake River Pistolers held a mounted shooting event at the Garfield County Fairgrounds rodeo arena on September 11.
Twenty shooters ran through four stages of competition, each with a different pattern of target balloons. Tara Gokey of Ellensburg, Wash., was the winner.
The mounted shooters used black powder blank loads to burst the balloons, Snake River Pistolers president Debbie Bishop explained. The course was set with two colors of balloons. The five white balloons were set in various patterns and the five blue balloons were set for the run back to the gate. Each shooter used two pistols.
The balloons were reset after each ride by runners.
