73rd Annual One Shot Antelope Hunt

Sept. 14-18, 2016 Lander, Wyoming

A special publication of the Lander Journal

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76 years of One Shot history

Content provided by One Shot
The Lander One Shot Antelope Hunt is
one of the most unique sporting events in
the world today.
The event was born around a campfire
high in the Rocky Mountains in 1939.
Seated around the fire were two hunters,
Harold Evans, of Lander, and Hank Dahl,
of Golden, Colo. The two men, along with
their companions, had finished a hard day
of hunting and were letting their dinners
settle before settling in for the night.
As much western talk goes, the conversation finally came around to the pioneers,
who crossed this wild desert and mountain
country a century before. The talk turned
to the difficulty of hunting in those early
days, with the old muzzle-loading rifles,
where only one shot was possible before
the game would disappear from sight.
Thoughts of the American Indians,
hunting with bow and arrow, conjured a
mental picture of the same predicament.
Evans and Dahl challenged each other to
such a hunt, choosing the wily, swift antelope as the game to harvest with one bullet.
The two men talked more of their idea,
and when the hunting trip was over, Evans
went back to his home in Lander where he
formed a committee.
By the fall of 1940, the Lander One

Shot Antelope Hunt became a reality.

The first One Shot Antelope Hunt took
place in the Lander area on Labor Day
weekend in 1940, and consisted of just two
teams: Wyoming and Colorado. Each team
had five members. Colorado emerged the
victor with their team members scoring
three harvests against the Wyoming teams
one harvest.
The next year, a team from Texas joined
the Wyoming and Colorado teams, but
from 1942 to 1945 the hunt was suspended due to WWII. It resumed in 1946 and
has been a much-anticipated annual event.
Since that first hunt in 1940, One Shot
has become world renowned and had
spawned several similar events in North
America and Africa.
Hunt rules
Hunt rules are basically the same as they
were in 1940. Changes enacted by the
board of directors are designed to further
the basic purpose of the hunt. That purpose is to promote the ideals of good
sportsmanship and game conservation with
emphasis on comradeship, ability in the
field and accuracy with a big-game rifle.
Teams
Teams from practically every state in the
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another. Teams made up of entertainers,

diplomats, foreign dignitaries, businessmen, astronauts and cosmonauts have
taken part in the event. While it was not
the practice in the early days of the hunt,
the governors of their respective states are
now required to serve as the captains of
their teams.
Teams are selected to participate on the
basis of challenges issued either to the One
Shot Clubs board of directors or through
the governor of Wyoming.
Three teams are automatic entries in
each years hunts: a Wyoming team, a Colorado team and a team sponsored by the
Past Shooters Club (but not consisting of
Past Shooters). Qualification for challenges
may be obtained from the One Shot Club,
P.O. Box 95, Lander, WY, 82520.
In recent years, rule changes have established eight three-man teams. The hunt is
always held on the opening day of antelope
season in the vicinity of Lander, with all of
the team members gathering on the day
before the hunt.
Ceremonies
Pre-hunt ceremonies include sighting in
rifles, along with some competitive shoot-

ing for the team members.

In the evening, an American Indian ceremony is held in which the hunters hear
the Legend of the Hunt and are made
blood brothers of the Shoshone American
Indian Tribe. Each hunter is given an
American Indian name, which usually corresponds to his vocation. He is also given a
sacred American Indian medicine bag and
has his bullet blessed for the hunt.
Following the first days ceremonies, the
hunters generally retire early. At 4 a.m.
Saturday, they receive a knock on their
door for a call to breakfast prior to the
days great hunt.
Hunting parties make every effort to be
in the field by dawn, which is around 6:30
a.m. at this time of year. Some of the antelope hunting grounds are between 40 and
50 miles from Lander, so this means an
early start for the hunters and their guides.
Two vehicles, each with a hunter and a
guide, comprise a hunting party. Since the
two hunters in each party are on different
teams, they are indirectly competing with
each other. A drawing is held to determine
what hunter will shoot first. If the first
hunter has not had a shot within the first

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hour, then the second hunter has his turn.

The two hunters will then alternate each
hour until one of them has a shot.
When a hunter has taken a shot,
whether he has harvested an antelope or
not, the other hunter then has the shooting
privilege for the balance of the day.
At 6 p.m., the hunt is over for another
year and scores are tallied by calculating
the elapsed time of each hunter. Only buck
antelope, harvested with one shot, are credited in the hunt.
That evening, hunters, past shooters,
local members and guests gather for a victory banquet normally attended by more
than 500 people. During the banquet,
awards will be given to the hunters and
past shooters for their prowess in the competitive shooting held the previous day. All
of the hunters have the opportunity to tell
the audience of the impossible shot they
made to achieve their harvest or to explain
the adverse conditions causing them to
miss.
Only about one-third of the hunters
score harvests, so there is much talk about
high winds, long distances or running
shots, and innumerable other excuses ...
some of them quite original.
While many of the hunters are expert
marksmen, the pressure of upholding team
reputation, plus the fact three people are
looking over his shoulder, is enough to

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Wyoming Gov. Matt Mean at the 2015 One
Shot Antelope Hunt banquet.
Photo by Kelli Ameling

unnerve the most skilled shooter.

During the more serious side of the victory banquet, those hunters who scored a
harvest are awarded a plastic-encased silver
bullet. A laughing antelope plague is given
to those who missed the wily pronghorn
with their first shot.
To climax the evening, members of the
winning team participate in a victory dance
with the American Indian braves. The winning team is determined by the highest

number of harvests. In the event two or

more teams have an equal number of harvests, the team with the best elapsed time is
designated the winner.
The women who accompany the team
shooters to Lander are also kept busy during the day. The Hunt Clubs board of
directors wives, and/or members of the
Hunt Club, treat the ladies to brunch and
escort them on scenic and historical tours
in the Lander area.

The feeling of sportsmanship and camaraderie is felt throughout the hunts activities and a bond is renewed each year as
hunters on the past teams return to Lander
for three days of fun and competition each
year. A hundred or more past shooters
return each year to hunt and renew old
acquaintances with other hunters and the
residents of Lander. The past shooters have
formed a club, and it goes without saying
the membership is quite exclusive.
Incorporated in this elite membership
list are some very famous names, including
the late, great operatic tenor and screen star
Lauitz Meichior; the famous movie star
and TVs greatest cowboy singer Roy
Rogers, as well as the ace fighter pilot
responsible for first breaking the sound
barrier, Gen. Chuck Yeager. Other famous
people who have been shooters include
music, movie and television stars, astronauts, cosmonauts, foreign dignitaries, generals and businessmen from around the
world.
Famous people ... and the wily and fleet
pronghorn ... brought together each year
by an idea born around a lonely hunting
camp fire, and nurtured by the hospitality
of the citizens of Lander. The Lander One
Shot Antelope Hunt ... one of the great
sporting events for men in whose hearts
the pioneer spirit still lives.
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Hunt Club
When the Wyoming Game and Fish
Department would no longer be able to
furnish the guides for the hunt, and the
governor would no longer furnish the
licenses for the participants, the local sponsors were left with the task of determining
how to continue the event. A group of
local people met and decided to form a
club of 100 members to perpetuate the
hunt.
On Aug. 23, 1949, the One Shot Antelope Hunt Club was incorporated. This
membership of 100 is still maintained
today along with an associate membership.
The hunt has had few changes since its
inception. The number of team members
varied greatly until 1966 when it was
decided to limit a team to three hunters.
Todays One Shot Antelope Hunt Club
functions nearly the same as it did in the
early years of its inception. The board of
directors is composed of 16 members: six
directors serve three-year terms; five directors serve one-year terms; and four directors are appointed, plus the past president.
The president is elected for a two-year
term but stands for re-election each year of
his term. The president and the board of
directors coordinate all the activities related
to the hunt each year.

Teams participated in the Blessing of the Bullet ceremony during the 2015 One
Shot event.
Photo by Kelli Ameling

Past Shooters Club

During the years of the One Shot Antelope Hunts existence, many people of
notoriety have participated as team members.
These participants of the One Shot
Antelope Hunt enjoyed the continuing
camaraderie and competition with their
fellow shooters. Many past hunters choose
to return year after year to renew old

friendships, develop new ones and enjoy

the activities of the One Shot Antelope
Hunt.
By 1955, there were a sufficient number
of Past Shooters who were interested in
developing their own club.
The organizational meeting was held
Sept. 2, 1955. Hanison Johnson was elected president and George Case, of Lander,
secretary treasurer. This position was
later changed to executive vice-president

and is always held by a Lander Past Shooter.

The clubs mission, then and now, is to
aid and assist the Lander One Shot Hunt
Club ... cooperate with and assist in
wildlife management and preservation
to foster and perpetuate reasonable and
controlled hunting of such wildlife in
accordance with good sportsmanlike practices and hunting procedures ... to encourage and demonstrate good sportsmanship
in the hunting of wild game.
By 1963, the organization had become
large enough and ambitious enough to be
established as a non-profit Wyoming corporation.
There are 12 directors serving three year
terms - with four directors elected at each
annual meeting in September.
The president of the Past Shooters Club
serves a two year term. The clubs membership is composed of Past Shooters of the
One Shot Antelope Hunt and is limited to
those who participated as team members or
alternate.
In 1979, the Wyoming legislature granted the One Shot Hunt Club a percentage
of antelope licenses in the areas near Lander. Licenses not needed by the One Shot
Hunt Team Members are made available
to Past Shooters and their guests.

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2016 Lady Events

The following ladies events are planned in conjunction with the 73rd
annual One Shot Antelope Hunt.
Friday, Sept. 16
Ladies luncheon, which will feature local musicians and artists,
noon, at the Lander Bake Shop, 259 Main St.
Saturday, Sept. 17
Whet Your Palette event will begin at 9 a.m. at the Lander Art
Center, 224 Main Street.
Brunch will be served at 11 a.m. at The Middle Fork Restaurant, 351 Main Street.

Hunting guides leading the way

Paul Fontaine
Carl Asbell
Mickey Asbell
Jack Scarlett
Tom Scarlett
Mike Lewis
Skip Hornecker
Phil McWain
Jake McWain
Darin Hubble
Tad Hubble
Terril Weston

Jason Teeples
Dave Fehringer
Wade Alexander
Chuck Brodie
Kent Schmidlin
Tim Gist
Dick Gist
Rick Bestul
Ken Persson
Ken Persson Jr.
Dave Meeker
Mike Bailey

From Staff Reports

Water for Wildlife is a conservation program designed to benefit the nations wildlife. Our
initial emphasis focuses on antelope preservation and management through the development of
supplemental water resources in selected areas where both the habitat and wildlife are being
impaired by lack of this vital resource.
Recognizing their joint responsibility to the animal, which gave them the name for the internationally famous One Shot Antelope Hunt, the One Shot Club of Lander, Wyoming and the
Past Shooters Club together asked the state of Wyoming how they might, in turn, benefit this
outstandingly unique American game animal, thus, Water for Wildlife.
Wyoming claims more than 50 percent of the antelope in the world. The antelope herds are
generally considered to be in excellent condition. However, certain herds can benefit from
development of permanent water resources.
These resources improve distribution of animals across summer range, as well as fawn survival, especially during drought years. These and similar conditions exist in other western states
in which the pronghorn is found.
The Water for Wildlife program, since inception, benefits many other animals such as
bighorn sheep, elk, mule deer, wild horses, grouse, rabbits, partridge, chukars, and doves and
most recently provides for the introduction of big horn sheep to a new area.
The various State Game and Fish Departments are responsible for the preservation and
management of wildlife. The Bureau of Land Management, and other agencies of the U.S.
Department of the Interior and US Forest Service are responsible for wildlife habitat management programs on federal lands.
With the cooperation of these agencies, Water for Wildlife, together with individuals and
environmentally concerned businesses financially support programs of water development by
constructing guzzlers. These guzzlers can be located wherever needed by collecting available
moisture from the atmosphere, and by developing underground water resources wherever avail-

See WFW Page A-11

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2016 One Shot Schedule of Events

** Events open to the public.
Wednesday, Sept. 14
Past Shooter Registration, 8
a.m. to 5 p.m., Past Shooter Office,
545 Main Street.
Past Shooters Past Presidents
council meeting, 3:30 to 5 p.m.,
Past Shooter Office, 545 Main St.
No Host Cocktail Party with
heavy hors doeuvres, 5: 30 p.m.,
Lander Community and Convention Center, 950 Buena Vista
Drive.
Official Drawings for Guides,
7 p.m., Lander Community and
Convention Center, 950 Buena
Vista Drive.
Thursday, Sept. 15
Past Shooter Registration, 8
a.m. to 5 p.m., Past Shooter Office,
545 Main St.
Past Shooters Club annual
meeting, 8 a.m., Monarch Room
of the Pronghorn Lodge, 150 E.
Main St.
Past Shooters Sight-In, 8 to
10:30 a.m., Lander Valley Sportsmens Range.
Competitive Shooting/Cowboy Action Shooting, 11 a.m. to 4
p.m., Lander Valley Sportsmens
Range.**
No Host Cocktail Party, 4:30
p.m., Lander Community and
Convention Center, 950 Buena
Vista Drive.
Benefactor/Water Project
Dedication, 5:30 p.m., Lander
Community and Convention Center, 950 Buena Vista Drive.
Past Shooters Banquet, 6:30
p.m., Lander Community and
Convention Center, 950 Buena
Vista Drive.
Live Auction for Water for
Wildlife, 7:45 p.m., Lander Community and Convention Center,
950 Buena Vista.**
Friday, Sept. 18
Water for Wildlife Foundation meeting, 8 a.m., Monarch
Room of the Pronghorn Lodge,
150 E. Main St.
Past Shooter Registration, 8
a.m. to 5 p.m., Past Shooter Office,
545 Main Street.
Team Members Registration,
10 to 11:30 a.m., Lander Community and Convention Center, 950
Buena Vista Drive.
Past Shooter License Issuance

The results from the 2015 One Shot Antelope Hunt.

(must be present), 10 a.m., Lander

Community and Convention Center, 950 Buena Vista.
Past Shooter Luncheon, 11
a.m., Museum of the American
West, 1445 Main St.
Teams Luncheon, 11:30 a.m.,
Lander Community and Convention Center, 950 Buena Vista
Drive.
One Shot Team Members
Only Sight-in, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.,
Sinks Canyon, below the warming hunt. **
Past Shooters Sight-In, 1:30 to
4:30 p.m., Lander Valley Sportsmens Range.
Past Shooters Silver Cup
Match, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., Sinks
Canyon, below the warming hunt.
**
No Host Cocktails, 5:30 p.m.,
Lander Community and Convention Center, 950 Buena Vista
Drive.
Western Barbecue, 6:30 p.m.,
Lander Community and Convention Center, 950 Buena Vista
Drive.
Team member introduction,
presentation of official scarf and
knife, 7:30 p.m., 950 Buena Vista
Drive.
Legend of the Hunt and
Blood Brothers Ceremony, 8 p.m.,
Lander Community and Convention Center Indian Village, 950
Buena Vista Drive. **
Saturday, Sept. 17
Reveille Team Members, 4
a.m.
Team Members Breakfast,
4:15 a.m., Monarch Room of the
Pronghorn Lodge, 150 E. Main St.

Past Shooters Breakfast, 4 to 7

a.m., The Oxbow, 170 Main Street.
Depart from hunting area, 5
a.m.
Official Start Time of Hunt,
6:30 a.m.
Don Nolde Memorial Sporting Clay Shoot, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
Lander Valley Sportsmens
Range.

Photo by Kelli Ameling

Chuck Wagon Lunch, 11:30

a.m. to 3 p.m., Lander Community and Convention Center, 950
Buena Vista.
Cocktales 5:30 p.m. Lander
Community and Convention Center, 950 Buena Vista Drive.
Victory Banquet, 6 p.m., Lander Community and Convention
Center, 950 Buena Vista Drive. **

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Eight teams to participate in 2016 One Shot

Wyoming Team

Longshots

Gov. Matt Mead: captain

Rorke Denver: actor, author, speaker, former Navy
Seal
Mike Yardas: lumber businessman

Andy Ammons: land developer, captain

Donald Stroud: insurance agent
Jonathan Phillips: senior VP Merrill Lynch

Colorado Team

Western Sportsmans Team

Gov. John Hickenlooper: captain

Don Woods: CEO insurance
Mark Turnage: CEO OWL Cybersecurity

Joe Glode: hardware store owner, captain

Doug Campbell: hotel owner
Randy Raymer: general contractor

Be safe out
there
hunters!
Best of
Luck!

Attilas Huns

Idaho Team
Gov. Butch Otter: captain
Russell Westerberg: retired military, accountant,
legislator
Doug Sayer: CBO Premier Technology

Zsolt Barna: director OTP Bank, captain

Dr. Zoltan Martonyi: managing partner, law firm
Dr. Robert Tamas: medical director

3 Shot Okies

Alan Hinkle: dentist, captain

Michael Johnston, civilian employee Navy aircraft
David Stowe: real estate, farming and timber

Andrew Drew Ewbank: lawyer, captain

Jason Turnbow: VP marketing director InterBank
David Craig: president Tops and Stripes vehicle
upfitter

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Mile High Marksmen wins

2015 One Shot with 3 harvests

Members of the Mile High Marksmen participated in a ceremony honoring them

for winning the One Shot Antelope Hunt on Sept. 19. Hunters included Jordan
Bonicelli, John Mansfield and Thomas Mansfield.
Photo by Kelli Ameling

By Kelli Ameling
Managing Editor
Only one team had all of its members
harvest an antelope during the 75th
anniversary of the One Shot Antelope
Hunt in Lander last year.
That team was the Mile High Marksmen consisting of hunters Jordan Bonicelli, John Mansfield and Thomas Mansfield.
The Colorado Team, comprised of
Gov. John Hickenlooper, Greg Maffei
and John Hereford, was the only team
that did not harvest a single antelope.
This resulted in the Wyoming Team,
consisting of Gov. Matt Mead, past One
Shot president Terry Martin and Todd
Helton, bringing home the traveling trophy between the two teams.
Its great to have it stay in Wyoming,
Mead told the Lander Journal.
Hickenlooper laughed and agreed the
trophy and the One Shot event was a
great tradition.
Sept. 19 marked the 72nd hunt in the
last 75 years of the event. Mead has participated in the last five years, and Hickenlooper has participated three times.

WFW

Its more than just a hunt, Mead

said, noting the friendships and brotherhoods that have developed through the
years.
Hickenlooper agreed.
The best part is the tradition, Hickenlooper told the Lander Journal, noting
the two states have held the friendly competition for 75 years.
Retired Colorado Rockies player Todd
Helton was the only member on the
Wyoming Team who did not harvest an
antelope in one shot, causing a little joking between the two governors. However,
Mead said he was honored to have the
Colorado resident on his team.
This was Heltons first year participating in the event, but he said he enjoyed it
and plans to come back in the future.
Its a great hunt and a well-run hunt,
Helton told the Lander Journal. A lot
goes on behind the scenes and they do a
great job.
When asked by Mead to be on the
Wyoming Team, Helton said It was an
honor.
I feel bad I wasnt able to harvest an
antelope in one shot, Helton noted.

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able and feasible.
Since 1977, the Water for Wildlife Program of the One-Shot Antelope Hunt Foundation has sponsored water projects designed
to benefit wildlife. The Foundation has supported over 400 projects in eleven western
states and South Africa. Cooperative funding
and implementation with state wildlife and
federal land management agencies provide the
working basis for the water development projects.
The antelope herds, as well as other big
game herds of the United States are depend-

ent on their habitat for water, feed and cover.

This conservation project provides additional
water sources for wildlife. With the help of
generous donations, more than 400 water
facilities have already been developed and
maintained in eleven states. In addition, the
future for all non-game animals, songbirds,
raptors and waterfowl, as well as, domestic
livestock will be assured. Our goal is to benefit our wildlife and environment in arid
regions of the West. We wish to create awareness for the public and private segments of
our society.

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New display of One Shot Antelope Hunt at Pioneer Museum

From the Pioneer Museum
For the month of September, and into early October, the museum is also feature a new lobby exhibit
on Landers famous One Shot Antelope Hunt.
The One Shot Hunt began in 1940 when Lander
resident Harold Evans was hunting with his friend
Hank Dahl of Colorado.
The two talked about how hard it was for the pioneers and Native American hunters who only had
one shot to kill a game animal.
They came up with the idea of a modern one shot
competition, and the One Shot Antelope Hunt was
born.
Only two teams, one from Wyoming and one
from Colorado participated the first year, but the
event quickly grew to become one of the premier
hunting events in the country and a major event
every September in Lander.

Many celebrities have been a part of the event.

Cowboy movie star Roy Rogers, actors Larry Hagman, Wilford Brimly, Edgar Bergen and Peter
Fonda, all hunted as did singer Roy Clark. Politicians such as Vice President Dick Cheney, governors
from all over the country, business leaders and others
have participated.
The exhibit will feature taxidermy, rifles, knives
and other memorabilia from the hunt. According to
Wise, many of the items are on loan from the EvansDahl Museum in Lander which is dedicated to the
history of the hunt. The Pioneer Museum will also
be hosting the hunters as they get their licenses for
this years hunt onSept. 16.
Call the museum at307-332-3373for more
information,
A new exhibit at the Fremont Count Pioneer Museum highvisitwww.fremontcountymuseums.com or visit the
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Past Shooters Club

By Christina George
Staff Writer
The Lander One Shot Antelope Hunt celebrates its 76thanniversary this year, and the
Past Shooters Club Board of Directors has
been hard at work assuring the tradition continues.
The nonprofit organization hired its firstever executive director last summer. The
board also continues to iron out operating
issues, said president Dick Gray.
Its a business and we run this like a business, he explained.The board is responsible
for setting policies that the president and executive vice president administer.
We make decisions that govern the activities of the president and executive vice president.
According to the One Shot website, the
One Shot Antelope Hunts Past Shooters
Club was formed in 1955 for the former team
members who return year after year.
Its mission then and now is to aid and
assist the Lander One Shot Antelope Hunt
Club... cooperate with and assist in wildlife
management and preservation... to foster and
perpetuate reasonable and controlled hunting
of such wildlife in accordance with good
sportsmanlike practices and hunting procedures... and to sponsor and control an annual
meeting or assembly of all members coincident with the holding of the (One Shot

Former Rockies baseball player Todd Helton spoke on behalf of the Wyoming team
in 2015.
Photo by Kelli Ameling

Hunt) each year... to encourage and demonstrate good fellowship and sportsmanship in

the hunting of wild game, the website stated.

Today, the board meets every June for the

Foo Foo Rah gathering and again during
the hunt festivities held in September.
At our spring board meeting, we also have
a day of fun at the range, Gray said. Its a
gathering of the board members and some of
the other members. We then have a meeting
at the hunt. If necessary, we have meetings by
telephone.
Officers are promoted in succession, starting in the second vice president position, then
moving to first vice president and then to
president. After two-year terms at each post,
the officer spends one more year as a board
member.
First of all, it takes someone that has a
passion for the club and for the hunt, and
someone willing to work and give time and
effort because its all volunteer, Gray said.
Gray, 77, is originally from Georgia who
now lives on a buffalo ranch between
Encampment and Saratoga with his wife,
Martha. Hes been involved with One Shot
since 2001 after learning about the organization through friends.
I was a new shooter the week that we had
the 9/11 tragedy, he recalled. The big question then was whether they were going to
have it or not. The governor couldnt get to
Lander. The Colorado governor couldnt get
there because we were in a state of emergency.
The hunt board decided we would go
ahead and have it, and we did, Gray added.

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Hunt Club
By Kelli Ameling
Managing Editor
With the help of many volunteers, the
hunt club helps to make the One Shot
Antelope Hunt possible each year, according to Travis Sweeney, president of the
One Shot Antelope Hunt Club.
Sweeney explained once the hunters
have been to the event and participated,
they become part of the Past Shooters
Club, which helps to promote conservation of wildlife and resource.
All a person has to do is pay an annual fee and volunteer if they would like to
help out the week of the hunt, Sweeney
said.
The exclusive Past Shooters Club has
included many famous names over the
years, including Tennessee Ernis Ford,
Steve Allen, Edgar Bergen, Bill Dana,
James Drury, George Montgomery, Joe
Foss, Charlie Daniels, Larry Hagman, Tex
Ritter, and Charlie Walker. The participants have included astronauts and cosmonauts, musicians, statesman, diplomats, editors and publishers and business
leaders. Opera star Lauritz, Melchior,
General Norman Schwartzkopf, General
Chuck Yeager, Roy Rogers and singer
Hank Thompson shot on more than one
team.
Past Shooters meet at the annual Sep-

Traditional American Indian dancing performed at the 2015 One Shot Antelope
Hunt.
Photo by Kelli Ameling

tember hunt and at a spring Foo Foo

Rah, an event based on the traditions of
19th century frontier trappers, traders and
Indians. The location and facilities of the
Foo Foo Rah may vary from year to year,
but the annual weekends always are devoted to fun and non-serious competition.
The Past Shooters Club held another

successful Foo Foo Rah and a good time

was had by all, Sweeney wrote in the
summer newsletter.
Day winners of the Foo Foo Rah
included Water Boil Rick Engstron,
Cowboy Auction Mickey Asbell, Sporting Clays Lee Harman and High Overall Kurt Lech.

Enjoy Wyoming
& good luck in the
One Shot Antelope Hunt!

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