Jerry Eckhart takes aim Saturday before pulling the trigger during the Colonel Tom Kelly Legends of the Spring Clay Shoot at Camp Seminole in Starkville. Eckhart told The Dispatch he joined a team for “the fun and the jokes.” “Not the shooting apparently,” he said, after a particularly tough round. Emma McRae/Dispatch Staff

Benny Larence reloads his shotgun Saturday during a shooting competition at Camp Seminole in Starkville. Participants in the second annual Colonel Tom Kelly Legends of the Spring Clay Shoot tested their skills on both airborne clay pigeons and fast-moving ground targets called rabbits. Emma McRae/Dispatch Staff

District 15 Sen. Bart Williams prepares to shoot a high-flying target Saturday at the Colonel Tom Kelly Legends of the Spring Clay Shoot Camp Seminole. Funds raised by the event will go towards maintaining the camp, paying staff and keeping scouting affordable for youth members. Emma McRae/Dispatch Staff

Tony Carley marks down a teammate’s score Saturday at the Colonel Tom Kelly Legends of the Spring Clay Shoot at Camp Seminole in Starkville. Competing either individually or in teams of four, shooters rotated through 12 shooting stations during the annual fundraiser for the Natchez Trace Council, which oversees Scout troops in northeast Mississippi. Emma McRae/Dispatch Staff

Tyson Langston lines up his shot Saturday at Camp Seminole during the Colonel Tom Kelly Legends of the Spring Clay Shoot. Langson and his father, Steve Langston, joined the competition for the first time this year. “We wanted to support the Scouts and come out and have some fun,” Tyson Langston said. Emma McRae/Dispatch Staff