Ninth Annual Boomershoot set for Teakean-Cavendish

The typically tranquil community of Teakean-Cavendish will be shaken up as nearly 200 people gather in North Central Idaho for a weekend of explosives and guns at the 9th annual Boomershoot, April 28-30.

"It's a magical experience to see, hear, and feel an explosion," says Joe Huffman, event director. "The Boomershoot is a Magic Kingdom for precision rifle shooters and spectators."

At the April 30 shoot, 600 reactive targets containing over 1,000 pounds of high explosives will be detonated-enough to be heard over seven miles away, causing cars and houses to shake within two miles from the range.

Exploding Fireball targets are created from a special recipe developed Huffman and Assistant Event Director Ry Jones. Upon detonation, Fireballs produce colossal blazing explosions. "So fiery hot, you can feel it on your skin, 50 yards away," said Huffman.

Huffman, a software programmer, started Boomershoot in 1998 to give people a safe space in which to enjoy the recreational pleasure of guns and explosives. He is also a certified firearms instructor and has an ATF license to manufacture high explosives.

Boomershoot includes a precision rifle seminar that will be taught on April 28 & 29 by Major (Retired) Gene Econ, formerly an officer in the U.S. Army Special Forces. Econ is currently a marksmanship instructor for the 1st Brigade of the 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) at Fort Lewis.

For more information, please contact Huffman at 208-301-4254, JoeH@Boomershoot.org or Stephanie Sailor at Steph@Boomershoot.org . Visit Boomershoot's website at http://www.Boomershoot.org.