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Clay Target Podcast with Host Justin Barker. We interview some of the best shotgun shooters, instructors, and coaches in the world, review products and talk about past and upcoming events.

#62 Cherokee Rose 12/16/2019

#62 Cherokee Rose The all-new Cherokee Rose Shooting Resort was purchased in 2019 by Dave (DD) Dalton and Jean Bostick. The revival of this old gun club that sits off minutes of I-75 in Griffin Ga has been a process that all shooters will be amazed at once you visit. Nestled in the woods on just over 120 acres is 2 full sporting clay courses that cater to all skill levels. One course (blue) is an easier course while the other course (red) has championship-level targets all set by Chuck Frasier. Cherokee Rose has a pr /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/12411674

#61 Haylyn Hanks 12/02/2019

#61 Haylyn Hanks Haylyn Hanks, 16 years old, is definitely one of the best junior shooters in the country. She has won several shoots from huge regionals to the silver medal in 2019 at the World FITASC Lady's division. Haylyn is a very dedicated and determined shooter and we look for big moves for this young lady in the future. In this episode she discusses her shooting goals, her new coaching career and what she wants to do once she graduates college. /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/12287270

#60 Tom Mack 11/14/2019

#60 Tom Mack Tom Mack has been on the All American Team for 15 consecutive years. He is an Official Shooting Instructor for Clay Shooting USA. In June 2013, Tom was inducted into the inaugural class of the Michigan Sporting Clays Hall of Fame. /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/12287279

#59 Fred Fanizzi 11/08/2019

#59 Fred Fanizzi Fred is a lifelong resident of the state of Florida and a graduate of the University of Florida College of Agriculture Animal Science Department. Bringing many years of land and wildlife experience to the team as well as a keen understanding of the hospitality industry, Fred has taken a lead role in bringing Quail Creek Plantation from its humble beginnings to where it is today. Fred is a level one sporting clays instructor and has traveled the world in pursuit of hunting adventure. Fred feels truly blessed /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/12287282

#58 Beretta 694 10/30/2019

#58 Beretta 694 Designed and tested in collaboration with the Beretta Shooting Team, 694 is the new over-and-under platform designed specifically for competition shooting, with a precise objective in mind: to help shooters increase their success rate. Thanks to a meticulous mechanical and ergonomic design process, the 694 represents a perfectly balanced over-and-under competition shotgun. Natural and immediate when shouldering, it features a precise swing and it’s easy to control. The new shape of the action and the stoc /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/12287285

#56 Grace Callahan 10/16/2019

#56 Grace Callahan Grace Started out hunting, and exploring a little in Olympic Bunker trap in high school, I soon learned that sporting clays would become my priority and main interest out of all the shooting sports! SCTP played a major role in my shooting career. I was on the varsity team and all four year of high school we went to Nationals in Sparta, Illinois. I won Lady Championship of my division all four years! I have recently expressed some interest in 3 gun and I would like to see where the future may possibly take m /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/12287288

#55 Todd Hitch 10/13/2019

#55 Todd Hitch Todd is 16years old, a junior in High School and lives in Maryville, TN which is in east TN about 30minutes south of Knoxville and about 45 minutes north of where Bill McGuire lives. Todd is Homeschooled which is a co-op set up so he has classes with other kids and they probably have as many options for clubs, teams & activities as a traditional school does. Shooting is a great motivator for Todd - if he doesn't have his homework done, he doesn't get to go to the shoot. /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/12287294

#54 Gary Fitzjarrell 10/02/2019

#54 Gary Fitzjarrell Gary Fitzjarrell is a name that everyone knows. If it is not from the range, then it is from his very popular facebook group, Clay Target Shooters with nearly 13k members and growing rapidly. Gary tells it like it is, but you can always count on a good laugh or a friendly handshake every time you see him. /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/12287297

#48 Cory Kruse World Champion 08/16/2019

#48 Cory Kruse World Champion The 2019 World English Sporting Championship is over and Cory Kruse brings home the title to Texas. Cory has been on fire all season and it shows at Northbrook Sports Club in Illinois. This episode is a conversation with Cory on what his thoughts were on the targets, the shoot, and the win. /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/12432050

#47 Heyward Cunningham 08/05/2019

#47 Heyward Cunningham If you follow us on Facebook and Instagram, you know why we named this "The Lost Episode". We are thankful that we were able to save this podcast with Heyward because there is a lot of facts about Promatic and how they make such a hard job look so easy. /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/12287300

#46 Brett Siebert 07/28/2019

#46 Brett Siebert Behind The Break discusses the HOT South Central Regional along with listening to why Alex Clark has decided to switch to a Beretta auto. /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/12287303

#44 Mike Luongo 07/07/2019

#44 Mike Luongo Mike Luongo has been shooting for over 18 years. At the young age of 17 he started teaching new shooters basic fundamentals, the proper stance, eye dominance, and gun mount. After college he took a job as the head instructor and sporting clays manager at the prestigious Nemacolin Woodlands Resort Shooting Academy. /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/12287306

#43 Dr. Richard Colo 06/28/2019

#43 Dr. Richard Colo In the 46 years that Dr. Colo has been in practice in CT, he has created a unique specialty niche related to shooting that has drawn both national and international shooters to his practice. Rich has developed a system of dominance evaluation that has been accepted as the benchmark among some of the nation’s top instructors. His role is not that of shooting instructor; rather, it is to maximize the visual efficiency needed to complement proper shooting mechanics. /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/11454743

#41 Malcom and Melanie Parker 06/20/2019

#41 Malcom and Melanie Parker Malcolm and Melanie Parker have been a shooting duo for several years. On the weekends you can normally find the Parkers shooting a local tournament or traveling to the next big shoot. Malcolm is a member of the Georgia Sporting Clays Hall of Fame and Melanie was inducted this year at Big Red Oak Plantation. After 20 years of shooting, their goals are still set high and plan on shooting for years to come. These are two of the friendliest people you will ever meet and we were glad to have them on the /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/12287309

David Stewart - Shotkam 06/19/2019

David Stewart - Shotkam A family-owned business established in 2010 in Boca Raton, Florida. This startup story features David Stewart, the innovative founder of ShotKam. From humble beginnings to now, ShotKam has created the world’s most powerful gun camera engineered entirely for you. /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/11454746

RE Ranger 06/11/2019

RE Ranger RE Ranger frames offer the best in comfort and target enhancement, with a variety of engineered advantages we’ve spent years perfecting. Our brand is driven by the same commitment to performance, precision, and comfort that has elevated our parent company, Randolph Engineering, to one of the most respected eyewear brands in the world. /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/11454749

#39 Joe Scull 06/07/2019

#39 Joe Scull Joe Scull purchased Cedar Creek Sporting clays in 1994 and for 22 years has been a dominating force in the sporting clays industry. He is a sought-after target setter at national and international shooting events. As an NSCA Certified Instructor and a Paragon Shooting School Certified Instructor, Mr. Scull focuses on shooters from the beginner to the advanced shooter using his knowledge of target tactics to enhance the student's ability to read the line of the bird. The emphasis is on doing your work an /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/12287312

#38 Tony Rivera 05/31/2019

#38 Tony Rivera A very funny guy and a man with a lot of stories. Tony Rivera is a National Champion and has been in sporting clays for a long time. He is ranked one of the best Veteran shooters in the US and continues to compete on a national and world level to this day. /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/11454755

#37 Keith Higgins 05/17/2019

#37 Keith Higgins Keith Higgins, a business man out of South Carolina, got into the sport early on and has grown into one of the names everyone recognizes in sporting clays. Keith shoots the Championship tour and was a pro on the PSCA. Keith is self taught and strives to be the best he can every time he shoots. /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/11454758

#36 Henry Hopking 04/23/2019

#36 Henry Hopking Henry Hopking is the founder of The Brain Training Company and developer of the Brainwave Conditioning System™. He is a leading authority on mental fitness training and is an advisor to high performance individuals, corporations and top sports personalities. His clients have gone on to achieve great success in their respective fields. /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/11454761

#35 FITASC, Coaching and the Night Stalker 04/07/2019

#35 FITASC, Coaching and the Night Stalker David Radulovich, Tom Seay and Bob Harrison discuss several things in this episode. Discussions include FITASC, coaching, what a student should expect when attending a lesson, the very limited Night Stalker event that is held once a year at Cross Creek Clays with a payout at over $40,000 to only 160 shooters and a lot more. Listen to the advice and ideas from a world champion, a world champion in the making and the gun club side of things. /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/11454773

#34 Gil Ash 03/20/2019

#34 Gil Ash Shooting, whether it be sporting clays, skeet, trap, or birds, comes naturally to Gil who has been shooting for over 44 years. An avid hunter and fisherman since early childhood, Gil demonstrates an unparalleled passion for shooting, and the psychology behind it. /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/11454776

Will Fennell - 3/3 03/10/2019

Will Fennell - 3/3 David Radulovich was traveling down to Florida to coach until the holidays and Will Fennell asked him to stop by for a few days to see him and his facility. After arriving, the weather changed and had David iced in for a few days and this series of podcasts was created. /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/11454782

#33 Rich Cole 02/17/2019

#33 Rich Cole Rich is a true artisan with a lifetime devotion to the craft of gunsmithing. Growing up in Washington D.C. in the late 60s and early 70s, with no video games to waste the days away, his spent free time building models and other hands-on projects of his generation. Rich was introduced to basic mechanics and machine tool theory and operation as a youth by his dad, who was a scientist at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics lab and a gunsmithing hobbyist. /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/11454785

#32 Mark Winser 01/30/2019

#32 Mark Winser Mark actually got into shooting by accident when he was 12 years old. He didn't come from a shooting background at all, so when his dad was invited to go clay shooting by a friend, he asked if Mark could go in his place instead. It was literally the first time Mark had ever seen a gun; He hadn't even held an air rifle before. But by all accounts Mark was a complete natural – no one believed that he had never shot before – so Mark was encouraged to take it up. His dad started taking him to the local clay /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/11454788

#31 Anthony Matarese Jr. 01/16/2019

#31 Anthony Matarese Jr. Anthony I. Matarese Jr. of Pennsville, NJ was born in 1984 and started shooting at six years old. At age 10 he started shooting competitive sporting clays and began studying the art of shooting under the guidance of Olympic Medalist Dan Carlisle. /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/11454791

#30 Andy Duffy 01/09/2019

#30 Andy Duffy Andy stopped in on his way to Florida for the start of the season and some scheduled lessons down at South Florida Shooting Club. We discussed bird hunting, more sporting clay tips and techniques as well as some helpful advice on how to keep and maintain a good attitude while shooting. As always, the advice that Andy has to offer is advice you can take to the bank. /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/11454797

Will Fennell - 2/3 12/26/2018

Will Fennell - 2/3 This is a continuation of the Will Fennell and David Radulovich interview. This is part 2 and our guests get deeper into the shooting style, techniques, untold stories, shooting abroad and a lot more. /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/11454800

#29 Pat Lieske 12/19/2018

#29 Pat Lieske Pat Lieske grew up in Davison, Michigan, a small town just east of Flint. As a youngster, he loved to fish and hunt with his parents and two brothers. Lieske got his first taste of clay target shooting as a teenager, when he attended a hunter's safety class at Williams Gun Sight in Davison. Returning to the clubhouse after trying a few targets, he noticed a flyer on the wall for a skeet shooting league – and signed up to participate. He shot skeet through high school, even delving briefly into the NSSA re /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/11454803

Will Fennell - 1/3 12/15/2018

Will Fennell - 1/3 David Radulovich was traveling down to Florida to coach until the holidays and Will Fennell asked him to stop by for a few days to see him and his facility. After arriving, the weather changed and had David iced in for a few days and this series of podcasts was created. /episode/index/show/behindthebreakpod/id/11454806

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