Kya Funkhouser from Hobart, Oklahoma joins Rick and Zach. Kya has been shooting since 2018, with five 200s in singles, four 100s in doubles and spots on five-plus Oklahoma state teams.

It started with a water bottle at 12 to 15 feet and a 20 gauge H&R by flashlight. She shot a 14 at her first shoot and thought she'd suck, then drove back for the trophy. A 96 in handicap at the 2018 state shoot moved her back to the 19 and a half. In 2019, her sub junior year, she shot about 25,000 registered targets, still her most in a single year.

From there she made seven straight ATA All-American teams, 2020 through 2026, across five categories. Then her game: a one-eyed shooter whose arm is always up, how her stance changes for high and low targets, where her belly button points on posts 3, 4 and 5, the Zoli factory chokes she shoots for doubles and singles, and Rick's advice on setting the gun up at handicap and learning to shoot it in singles.

The back half is the mental game: taking notes, watching videos and reading the books, what she tells herself right before she shoots, why scooping ice cream at Lanny's between events helps her training, her goals for the 2027 target year, and her advice for new shooters: get a gun that fits you and get some professional help. Plus her favorite shoots: the Grand, and the Kansas State Shoot.

Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:24 Kya's story, first targets and the state shoot
21:58 Her game: stance, chokes and gun setup
47:41 The mental game, goals and advice

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