Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
BRYAN MOODIE, a member of Mounted Justice, shows Mary Bichanich how to check the barrel of a pistol for ammunition during the mounted shooting clinic at the Iron County Fairgrounds in Saxon on Friday afternoon.
By MEGAN HUGHES
SAXON, Wis. - Area riders had an opportunity last weekend to see what it's like to ride a horse while also shooting.
On Sept. 7, members of Mounted Justice - a Wisconsin-based group - held a mounted shooting competition on the Iron County Fairgrounds in Saxon, Wisconsin, with a shooting clinic held the day before.
The Sept. 6 clinic aimed to teach local equestrians the basics of the sport of mounted shooting, including how to handle their equipment safely and how to begin the process of training their horses to tolerate the sound of pistol fire in the ev...
