"ATA Delegate Newsletter"
by ED WEHKING
Utah ATA Delegate
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ED WEHKING
Utah ATA Delegate
January 2025
It's already 2025; it is hard to believe Y2K was a quarter century ago. I remember that period very well; everyone assumed computers would crash since there had been zero programming on the computer calendar to transition from the 1900s to the 2000s.
Oh well.
Since my last article, I have attended several meat shoots before Thanksgiving, one before Christmas, as well as Purgatory Gun Clubs' two-day December shoot. Purgatory Gun Club is in Hurricane, Utah, in the southern part of the state. Thus, temperatures are usually a little warmer than elsewhere in the area. I had never been to the December shoot because I always opted for the March shoot instead. The state association promoted the shoot very well. In attendance were shooter(s) from CO - 1, ID - 2, MI-1, MT - 6, NV - 16, and 32 from UT. There was such a good turnout for this shoot that the first day's doubles had to be completed under the lights!
Following is some of my useless trivia. The term doldrums usually refers to a description of a maritime or atmospheric location. It refers to the area just five degrees north and south of the equator. The prevailing winds above and below the equator tend to offset each other. Thus, the old-time sailboats had tiny, if any, breezes to move the ships. The ship's movement could stall for long periods. I digress. With Utah entering the regular deep freeze of winter, similar to the doldrums, there isn't much shooting on the horizon. About all we have to look forward to now is spring.
