Grew up shooting skeet at the local skeet club with his dad
Broke 18 of 25 skeet the first time he ever tried
Was part of a 5 man team from Mississippi that broke 496 of 500 targets in a world competition hosted in Savannah, breaking the world record for a group shoot by 1 target
Career
Military
Was added to the US Shooting Team and competed internationally after being deployed to Vietnam in 1966
Competed in the 1971 Pan American Games as part of the US Team
Was US International Champion in 1969, 1971, and 1972
Won the National Skeet Shooting title, an aggregate of four gauges, in 1970 and 1972.
Won the 1970 Grand Prix of Europe, his biggest international win
Ole Miss
Won 3 major collegiate championships while in Oxford
Olympics
Was a part of the 1972 Olympic team in Munich while a student at Ole Miss
Did not shoot well and placed 34th after being one of the favorites.
Professional Career
Competed worldwide in competitions while while being sponsored by Remington and working as rep for the company