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Boone Butler becomes the twenty-second person inducted into the Georgia Trapshooting Hall of Fame. Boone’s trapshooting career began 1989 and his many shooting accomplishments since that time include:
1989 Dixie Grand “D” Class Open Champ
1992 Georgia State Peach State Handicap 22-23 Champ
1993 Dixie Grand High All Around ”C” Class Champ
1993 Georgia State Peach State Handicap 24-25 Champ
1993 Georgia State Doubles Championship “C” Class Runner Up
1993 Georgia State Handicap Championship 25 Champ
1995 Boone won “C” Doubles with 91x100.
Between this “C” class win and the next State Shoot, Boone learned something about shooting doubles, because at the 1996 State Shoot, Boone became the first person to win the Georgia Doubles Championship with perfect score – 100 straight.
1996 Georgia State Doubles Champ* (100 Straight)
1999 Georgia State HoA “B” Class Champ
2000 Georgia State Doubles Championship “A” Class Champ
2000 Georgia State Handicap Championship 5th Place*
2001 Georgia State Singles Championship “A “ Class Champ
2002 Georgia State Singles Championship “A” Class Champ
2003 Georgia State Doubles Championship “AA” Class Champ
2004 Georgia State Doubles Championship Runner Up (Tied for Champ)*
2005 Georgia State Doubles Championship “AA” Champ
2008 Alabama Doubles Championship Open Champion
2008 Southern Zone Singles Championship “A” Champ with 200 straight
Boone has placed on the State Trap Team each year from 2003-2008.
These accomplishments alone qualify Boone for the GATA Hall of Fame consideration, but to go along with these many achievements, Boone is also being inducted for his service to the sport of trapshooting.
Regarding enshrinement for “Service to the Sport of Trapshooting”, the GATA Hall of Fame by-laws read “Each candidate selected on the basis of service to the sport of trapshooting must have demonstrated an overall exemplary and unselfish commitment and service to the sport of trapshooting within and without the state of Georgia over a period of years.” If Boone doesn’t reflect this statement, nobody does. He has given of himself unselfishly, serving as South River Gun Club representative for 10 years, GATA President since 2003, setting targets at local shoots, and performing shoot management duties at our Georgia State Shoot as well as other adjoining state shoots. Boone is one of the primary reasons our state shoot usually runs so smoothly. He works tirelessly making sure that when Murphy rears his head, everything that can go wrong has a remedial back-up ready for immediate service. And if you think working at these events doesn’t take away from your game, I challenge you to work side-by-side with Boone for just one major shoot.
It is with great pleasure I give you our 2009 GATA Hall of Fame Inductee: Boone Butler
Enshrined September, 2009
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