SHOOTIN' SHIT :: PART 1 (pics)

I have a great group of guys that I hang out with.  Normally, we surf waves, bomb down hills on our skateboards, play a little guitar, or come up with random things that end up hurting each other in hilarious ways.  Well, Wednesday, we had a lot of fun in a little place called Ramona, CA.  Ramona is getting to “The Hills” of San Diego and they actually have a mountain out there that you off-road up, park, and can shoot whatever you want, with whatever you want!

So we piled into Ryan’s Range Rover, packed in Drew’s guns and ammo, found anything we could to shoot, and headed up the hill to Ramona.  Blasting country music as we drove the long dirt road up the hill prepared us to get a little gritty.  Here’s Ryan, very excited to shoot!

We had a TON of clay pigeons that Drew picked up.  Two boxes of 90 went very quickly!

Before Zogby arrived, we didn’t have the pigeon slinger, so we just frisbee threw them as hard as we could.  Worked splendidly!

Sweet action shot of Paul pullin’ for Drew.

This was Paul’s first time shooting a gun and he picked it up so quick!  At one point he knocked down 4/5 clays!

Good thing we had Ryan’s sweet Rover, because the trip up was pretty crazy!

Okay, the rest of us are all just a bunch of guys going to shoot the crap out of anything with shotguns, but Zogby… he’s serious.  When Zogby and his dad (also a Zogby) pulled in, they unloaded a couple of sweet game shotguns and a couple of INCREDIBLE 30-06 rifles!  They meant business!

Ryan’s BA shot in front of his Rover with Drew’s 12 gauge pump action shotgun!

Uh, yeah…  Makes me feel like kind of a bad ass… (ps- Vito is my nickname in the group.  It’s an Italian thing.)

Ryan fully looked the part of “Ramona Good Ol’ Boy” with his John Deere camo hat and bandana!

But it’s Drew that ultimately took the prize for “most natural holding a shootgun”.  Really, if you saw this dude coming, wouldn’t you run like hell?!  Well you should, because this dude has a SHOTGUN, and he knows how to use it.  Nor is he afraid to use it!

And finally, there was Paul, who before Wednesday had never shot a gun before.  Like I said, he picked it up like a champ and was blastin’ skeet in no time!  His man-ness was stepped up a level afterwards.  His voice dropped and a few new chest hairs sprouted.

This is Zogby’s dad shooting the 30-06 long range.  These two are pros!

I don’t think there’s really anything to say about this awesome looking picture.  Well, except that I’m going to have to punch Paul in the neck for aiming his gun at my camera!

If any of you are shooters out there, let me know and we can make a bigger group for next time!  This is definitely happening again!!!  Stay tuned for Part 2 and the VIDEO from my 5D Mark II.