The Game Itself Is Just Newsworthy!

Spirit Ridge Rifle Golf continuously receives recognition for the uniqueness of the sport and its incredible location. This month Christian Arms Hunting Illustrated Magazine wrote an amazing article capturing the detail the sport deserves.

The author of the article, Tom Austin, wrote, “After a short drive up Interstate-15, I soon found myself at Spirit Ridge overlooking an amazing, vivid, life-like, selection of black silhouette animal targets with bright white, highly visible gongs in lace of their vitals. The targets were nestled among hip-high Western sagebrush, choked with reddish-brown foxtail chess and green cheat-grass. Just like in practical hunting scenarios, some targets say level with the solid shooting benches as well as several uphill and downhill angles to factor into the shot. I shifted the Predator and other shooting paraphernalia from the Rhino to a shooting bench and began to shoot the course.”

Now check the article our yourself:

http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/hunting_illustrated/hi49predators/2011030101/#36

For all you veterans of SRRG, let us know if you think Tom Austin accurately described what it is like shooting at SRRG. Just make your comments on this post.

Top Gun Finalists

Last year was an incredible season! We saw many old friends along with a few new ones. As a way to create a little friendly competition amongst our league, we would like to announce last year’s top shooters who are now eligible to compete in this season’s Top Gun tournament. As a reminder, one of the main requirements of Top Gun is the shooter had to post at least (2) qualifying scores throughout the previous season. If we do not have enough top scores who posted two scores we then go to the highest single scores.

The goal is to have 25 shooters in each class. We hope to combine both groups into a single day on July 9^th. If your name appears below, please contact us immediately so we can get you signed up. (435-764-6980) We will also be mailing out registration forms and info packets to all qualifiers.

Congratulations!

We look forward to seeing you all out at the range in July!

Masters FY 11

Dee Long

Matt Blackhurst

Mike Norman

Tyler Schofield

Jared Adams

Derrick Doutre

Rusty Hall

Rich Reeder

Vic Wheeler

Josh Wiliams

Steve Netzman

Tim Wayment

Eddie Crookston

Clark Carlile

Flint Adam

Jake Page

Kim Rappleve

Colton Long

Dave Atkinson

Jeremy Crookston

Craig Bingham

Bill Doutre

Danny Blackhurst

Landon Gines

Classic FY 11

Craig Jones

Chris Russel

Clark Moss

Danny Blackhurst

Eric Williams

James Christensen

Jeremy Crookston

Thomas Christensen

Destrie Hansen

Ed Crookston

Jamie Swanson

Kori Russel

Leo Williams

Jake Barlow

Travis Hobbs

Brett Dolph

Paul Kendall

Ben Negus

Corey Brown

Jared Lunceford

Jon Sorensen

Jim Hiatt

Jake Hales

Jesse Rowe

Congratulations to all qualifying shooters! We look forward to another great year

Hunting Expo

The Hunting Expo was a definite hit this year. We were thrilled to see many "veterans" to SRRG as well as new faces, and no they were not all men, we had countless women and children stop by our booth who are just as excited as the men to see it swing and hear it ping!!

At the expo, we posted the dates of finalized tournaments for the coming season.

Top Gun Tournament - July 8th and 9th

African Safari Tournament - August 13th

Monthly Tournaments - September 10th, October 8th, November 12th

Along with these tournaments, we will be hosting a youth tournament and a women tournament. The dates will be finalized within the coming months.

DRAWING

We also had a drawing at the booth so all who entered had a chance to win a free round of rifle golf. We will be drawing six names on Monday. The names will be posted online Monday and the winners will be notified personally.

Thank you again for all who attended the expo. Hope you are all just as excited as we are for this coming season!

AR Guns and Hunting Story on Spirit Ridge

Late last fall AR Guns and Hunting sent a field writer out to Spirit Ridge to do a story on the new sport. The article was recently published. We hope you enjoy the read.

AR Guns and Hunting :: Spirit Ridge Rifle Golf

Sportsman's News Video featuring SRRG

Spirit Ridge is gaining publicity through its Sportsman Warehouse partnership. On January 15th the new Sportsman's News DVD will hit check stands which contains a 15 minute profile story on Spirit Ridge Rifle Golf.

Jeremy Sage, the regional director, visited Spirit Ridge with his camera man, Mike Demming to capture the atmosphere, landscape, rules and enjoyment of the sport rifle golf. After a half-day visit Sage was fascinated with the quality of the course and the next-to-real-life-hunting experience he received.“The confidence that a guy can gain from coming out here and shooting,” Sage said “Actually engaging these targets at unknown ranges or different ranges, using his own equipment and making hits on vital-size targets. This really gives a guy confidence to go out there when hunting season comes around and make a shot on that 300 yard bull.”

Along withbuying this video at any Sportsman Warehouse in the area, you can check out a preview online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0R8pQbQCEM.

2011 Hunting Expo Feb. 3-6 in SLC

Spirit Ridge will have a booth at the Hunting Expo, Feb. 3-6, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Salt Palace Convention Center, 100 S West Temple, SLC.

This expo is sure to draw all “outdoors” men and women. Not only will SRRG be there, but 500 outfitters, guides, and manufactures will be giving away free things and prizes. Over 200 hunts will be given away, including 20 sheep hunts. Free seminars will also be held. To receive $10 off of your ticket, and for more information about what the expo will entail, visit http://www.huntexpo.com/

This is sure to be a huge event with countless hunting opportunities available. Be sure to save the date and attend the 2011 expo!

Nikon Video

Check out this Youtube video done by Nikon, one of Spirit Ridge's sponsors. Although SRRG was not the main focus, it deffinately was highlighted throughout the video.

Watch the Nikon Video

Safari Tournament Results

Burrrr the tournament was cold, but Mike Norman left boiling with excitement. The men’s shooting skills were put to the task. Their situation couldn’t have been more realistic. The targets were located at various slopes, distances and angles, but the biggest challenge was fighting from shivering in the cold and reading the wind changes.

“This was identical to hunting in a real live situation,” Brian ___ said. “This helps you prepare for hunting more than anything.”

Although it was a tough shootout, men came back to a warm and delicious African meal, raffles and the announcement of the prize winner.

There we were, sitting in the club house, huddling by the heater to keep warm. We had just finished the raffle drawing and all men were anticipating who was going to win the African Safari hunt. Every man had an equal chance of winning and no one knew their final score, so the tension was high. Then they heard the announcement…

Fourth place, and winner of a $100 Sportsman Warehouse gift card is Jared Adams

Third place, and winner of a Vortex scope, Danny Blackhurst

Second place, and winner of a $600 Sheep Hunt, Landon Gines

First place, and winner of an $8,000 African Safari hunt for two, and two companions, Mike Norman

Congratulations to all shooters. I know the day was exciting and full of tension, but everyone left being a better shooter and making loads of memories.