GC3P7RK Taft Shooter's Challenge 2012 (Event Cache) in California, United States created by Taft Sportsmen's Club

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elrojo14: Finishing this one off and posting up a lot of photos. Thank you to everyone who attended and count on having another next year.

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Hidden : Saturday, September 29, 2012

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Geocache Description:

All firearms and ammunition will be provided for your use with your registration fee (will be kept low just to cover ammunition and target costs).

This is the Taft Shooter's Challenge 2012 (TSC 2012)! This will be a challenging, timed Geocaching race where the fastest time wins!

Event Details

Shooter registration will begin at 7 AM and the first shooting will begin at 8 AM. Four wheel drive participants will not be allowed to register later than 12 PM and two wheel drive contestants cannot register later than 2 PM. The actual event will take place at Hot Stone Pizza at 407 Finley Drive in Taft. A no host dinner will start at Hot Stone Pizza at 5 PM and awards will begin at 6 PM.

The event will use a running clock format. Shooters will start at the Range Master Table (RMT) then proceed as a team to their first assigned shooting stage. One participant will shoot the stage and will not receive a stage envelope containing the stage Geocache coordinates until all targets are broken and/or knocked over. The team will then go find the Geocache, sign the log, find the password and/or take a picture, and return to the RMT to be assigned a new shooting stage. This will continue until all stages are complete.

After participants are finished, they are welcomed to Geocache beautiful Taft, CA and the surrounding area. The area is full of quality Geocaches just waiting for you to find. Additionally, once all participants have finished the shooting portion of the match, the range will be open to shoot the stages you were not able to shoot during the team phase. There will be plenty to do in this fun filled day.

Geocachers do not have to participate in the Taft Shooter's Challenge 2012 nor show up to the range to attend, sign the event log, and participate in the dinner event at Hot Stone Pizza.

Shooting Stages

All firearms used will be .22 LR in caliber. Rifles or pistols will have either iron sights, an electronic sight, or a conventional scope. Targets will include steel, clay targets, reactive targets, and whatever else we can think up between now and September 29, 2012. All targets will break or fall down. There will be no paper targets. Distances will vary from a few feet to a maximum of approximately 40 yards. Expect approximately 20 targets per stage.

Event Fees

Team entry fee is $40 per team

Dinner cost is variable. Please see the Hot Stone Pizza menu.

There is no spectator cost for the shooting event nor the dinner event. Fees have been kept to a minimum to pay for range fees, target cost, ammunition cost, and awards and prizes.

You can pay the day of the match using cash or check. You can pre-pay using your credit card through Pay Pal for no additional charge.
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Rules

Shooters must compete in teams of one to four participants. No age limit, but failure to safely handle firearms will result in disqualification of the entire team. All shooting will be from a stationary point. Please observe the 180 degree rule and the Four Rules of Gun Safety.
All ammunition and rifles will be provided for participant use. Participants will need some sort of GPS receiver or a mobile phone with GPS coordinate finding capabilies and some sort of transportation.
Every member of a team must shoot one of the stages. In teams of four, each member will shoot one stage. In teams of two or three shooters, the team may choose who will shoot twice. Single member teams will shoot all four stages.
Please observe all traffic laws and Geocache safely.
All shooters will start together at the Range Master Table (RMT), check in together after finding a stage Geocache at the RMT, and finish together at the RMT. Team members will not be allowed to work on more than one stage at a time (and actually this won't really be possible anyway).
Team time will be kept by a running clock displayed at the range. The safety officer of each stage will determine when a stage is safe to shoot with the start of a competition timer after the comands "shooter ready? Standy by...*beep*". In the case of ties, the team with the fastest overall shooting time as reported by the competition timer wins. If a team cannot start a shooting stage because of another team in front of them, their time will stop. Their time will restart when the stage is clear and the Range Master tells them to leave the RMT for their next stage.

Competition Divisions

There will be two competition divisions.

Two Wheel Drive Vehicle (any vehicle could make it)
Four Wheel Drive Vehicle (only a 4x4 or ATV or dirt bike will make it to the Geocaches)

Participants can enter both divisions, but they will have to pay two entry fees and complete both challenges. There will be four unique Geocaches for each division for a total of eight new Geocaches planted for this event. Participants can claim FTF (First to Find), so if you are on the FTF hunt, you will want to arrive early.

Safety officers and event staff will be allowed to compete the day before the match under full match rules, but will be ineligible for FTF prizes, can only enter one division, and will log the finds as beta finds (if they are even Geocachers). Only the Range Master is ineligible to participate.

Awards and Prizes

Each division will have 1st through 3rd place tophies. There will be FTF awards in the conatiners for each stage. The fastest shooter for each stage will also receive a trophy. Everyone who signs the event log at the awards dinner at Hot Stone Pizza will receive a raffle ticket for a prize table.

Post Match Shooting

If you would like to shoot any of the stages over again after all participants are finished shooting, the cost will be $5 per stage per person to cover ammo and target costs.

Match Procedures

Match registration will take place at the registration table next to the Range Master Table (RMT). You will select a team name, list the names and Geocaching names of your team members, and which class you are in: 2x4 or 4x4 class. Entry fee is $40 per team. It is highly recommended you review the courses of fire and decide which team member is shooting which stage at this time so you can pre-write in the name of the team member for each stage.

After registering, you will move to the RMT. Once your team is all there, the Range Master (RM) will assign you a shooting stage, write down your time, and you will go to that stage. Competitors are responsible for their time sheets. If a team loses its time sheet, they will be disqualified. Any unauthorized alterations to the time sheets will also result in disqualification.

Once at the stage of fire, you will hand the Safety Officer (SO) your score sheet and inform them of which shooter is shooting the stage. You will be briefed on the procedures for the stage if necessary (there will be stage descriptions posted at the registration table and at various places throughout the range) and be given the range commands "Shooter ready? (You answer yes if ready or no if not) Shooter is ready. Stand by. *beep*" At the start signal the shooter may complete the course of fire.

Some stages may require team spotters (if no spotter is available, we will hopefully have the range staff to accommodate you). Most stages may require reloading the firearm. In the event of a target malfunction it is the SO's discretion to call the target hit and the shooter may skip it. This is most likely to occur with the steel targets. However, be aware that steel targets if improperly hit will make a noise of being hit, but will not fall. Be sure to hit steel targets up high where the maximum amount of force will allow it to fall. Every effort will be made to make sure the targets are calibrated correctly and maintained throughout the match.

When you are sure you have completed the course of fire and the SO confirms you have, the SO will write down your stage time (for individual shooter trophies) and hand you back your score sheet and the Geocaching stage print out.

At that time the team will not need to check out or do anything else other than enter their vehicle(s) and proceed to obey all traffic laws en route to the Geocache. Once a team finds the Geocache, they can either write down the code word or phrase from the Geocache Log and/or take a photo of their team with the Geocache at ground zero (the GPS coordinates). They must put back the Geocache exactly as they found it. Anyone caught hiding a Geocache in a different location or better than they found it will be disqualified (and since the RM will be tracking generally who is on what stage and at what time, this will not be hard to do).

As the team returns to the RMT, they must have all members present to check in and have the code word or phrase and/or show their photograph. When this occurs, the RMT will write down their check in time and their time stops. This will allow the RMT to assess which stage the team needs next and allow any quick breaks or explanations. The RMT will not allow extended time to rest or to study up the next stage. This event is a race and will be treated as such. If the RMT determines a team is stalling for an unfair advantage, the RMT may restart the team once a stage opens up whether the team is ready or not.

Once the team's next shooting position opens, the RMT will write down the release time and tell the team to go to the assigned shooting stage. The teams will repeat this process for the next three stages.

After a team finds all four stages, their time will end when all team members are at the RMT with the final code word or phrase and/or ground zero photograph with the Geocache.

Your final time will be determined by subtracting your start time and any stoppage time from your end time. The fastest time in each class wins. The fastest individual time for each stage will also win a prize.