Marble Falls Daybreak Rotary aims to help local causes with skeet, tactical shoots
JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF
MARBLE FALLS — Shooters can hone their skills and help Highland Lakes causes at the same time.
The Marble Falls Daybreak Rotary Club’s 10th annual Skeet Shoot is Aug. 17 at Copperhead Creek Shooting Club.
The fundraiser also includes a tactical pistol shoot in addition to the skeet shoot. This is the second year the club has offered the tactical shoot.
Daybreak Rotarians also are selling tickets for a chance to win a Sig Sauer P938 and a three-night stay for two at Canyon of the Eagles. Tickets are $10 each or six for $50.
Jeffrey Bartz, president-elect of the club, said the skeet shoot is the primary fundraiser for more than a dozen groups benefitted by the event. However, one new project has the club aiming high.
Bartz said the Adoption Awareness project is a new program the club wants to help get going.
“We need to get to (a total of) $15,000, if we can. That’s our target,” Bartz said.
Shooting begins at 9 a.m., and a barbecue lunch is included.
The skeet shoot is $65 per person and includes shells. The tactical shoot is $35 per person, but participants must provide their own ammo.
Volunteer Mark McDonald is helping coordinate the tactical shoot and setting up the course.
The tactical course includes targets for participants to shoot as they move through a series of positions.
“You’re put in situations that will be more realistic to what could happen if you have to confront them,” McDonald said. “It’s just a little more aggressive and a step up from what most people are used to.”
McDonald said he and other volunteers will show shooters through the course and explain how each shoot should work. Scores are determined by a combination of accuracy on the target and the time to complete the course.
Registration is due Aug. 14 for skeet or tactical shooters.
Call Bartz at (830) 265-0850 for more information.
jared@thepicayune.com