Bob R. Boswell Jr.

Bob Boswell Jr. started trapshooting in 2007–2008 with a simple purpose: to sharpen his skills ahead of quail season. A friend suggested they practice before the hunt, and the two made their way to Tom Lowe Shooting Grounds. What began as occasional preparation for live-bird hunting quickly grew into a lasting passion. “I fell in love with the sport,” Boswell has said. Early results were inconsistent because he shot only sporadically, so he committed to nearly nightly practice sessions. Largely self-taught through that dedicated work, he later refined both his technique and his understanding of the game’s etiquette after Bill Smith and David Witt invited him to join the Sunday Trap League.

His equipment evolved alongside his ability. He started with a 20-gauge and light loads chosen to give the quail a fair chance, progressed through a Remington 1187 and a hard-worked BT-99 that carried him to multiple championships, and eventually moved to Berettas and high-end Kohler guns valued for their reliability. Competing primarily on weekends, Boswell compiled an impressive record. In 2011 he won the Dixie Grand American singles title in a shoot-off and claimed the Georgia State Singles Championship. He repeated as state singles champion in 2013—the same year he earned the AA-27-AA pin, a distinction no Georgian had achieved in more than a decade. All-American Team honors followed in 2015 and again in 2017.

Those accomplishments brought recognition, yet Boswell is candid that early intensity came at a cost. Taking the sport too seriously strained friendships and created pressure that eventually taught him a deeper truth: trapshooting is first about camaraderie. A five-year hiatus from 2018 to 2023, devoted to family health concerns and business responsibilities, only reinforced that perspective. When he returned, the frustration of diminished skills was real, but so was a renewed appreciation for the people standing beside him on the line.

In recent months Boswell has spoken of the losses felt across the Georgia trapshooting community—Russ Wright, Lexi Salvanaro, Joe Doris, and Andy Ledford among them—and of how those absences underscore the need to celebrate friendships every day. He continues to encourage younger shooters so the sport’s close-knit culture endures.

Today the Georgia Trapshooting Hall of Fame inducts Bob Boswell Jr., joining his longtime squad mates Boone Butler, Michael Wasielewski, Mike Reed, and Mike Bolling—a Georgia Trap Squad for the ages. He accepts the honor with characteristic humility, noting that he never shot with induction as a goal and that he remains, above all, “just a regular shooter.” His guiding belief—“You don’t have to win to be a champion”—captures a career measured not only by targets broken but by the relationships formed and the example set. For Bob Boswell Jr., those friendships and the memories they create have always been the real prize.

Lifetime Targets as of enshrinement: 

26350 Singles (97.23%)

19700 Handicap (88.90%) 

19200 Doubles (89.77%)

Enshrined September 12, 2026