BILL RILEY: This is the Mounted Shooting Competition.
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JOE CAFFERY: Mounted shooting is precision shooting with colt 45 revolvers on horseback.
We have a core set course, and we shoot five balloons, holster, pull out your second gun
and shoot your second five, all for time.
JACEE BALL: I got started in this sport simply because I grew up riding horses, and I also
grew up shooting guns, and this sport encompasses both of those.
It's great, desensitizing your horse, and on top of it, the people in this sport are
absolutely amazing.
KRISTI TRAVIS: So everyone around here, there's probably over 20 people wearing blue shirts,
and they're all the Travis family.
The Travis family is from Creston, Iowa, and we're probably the majority here today, and
we're all wearing blue shirts to match so they can tell us apart.
KADEN BOLTON: There's 30 of us shooting in Creston now.
We went to a clinic one time, and we decided we wanted to do it.
We all had guns and horses, so what better idea to combine the both of them?
It humbles you very fast.
You can have a great stage, and then the very next stage, you can miss one and completely
throw you off.
So it's a very humbling sport, but it's a lot of fun.
Everybody's super encouraging here.
You make a lot of really good friends and are able to have a great time.
JACEE: Oh, I think the horses absolutely love it.
When they go in the arena, they know exactly what they're about to do.
As you can see, he hears is shooting, and his ears start perking up and his feet start
dancing.
JOE: You got to take care of them.
They're working hard for you out there.
So it's constantly making sure they're healthy and good to go and just go out there and you
have that connection.
JACEE: It takes a lot of courage.
And it takes a phenomenal animal, great horses.
Takes an army to do this sport because you have your friends that help you out.
You have your guns, all your equipment that you have to bring to every event, make sure
that you are prepared and ready to go because it can be a dangerous sport any time you're
dealing with horses, somebody can get hurt, but we always hope for the best.
Like I said, it just takes a village for this sport.