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Patrick Flanigan Believes His Hunting Roots Produced the Outdoor Career and Life He Now Lives

The history of my being a professional shooter and putting on shows all over the world has its roots in my hunting background. My hunting career started with an unloaded .410 shotgun walking behind my dad, Michael Flanigan, and my Great Uncle Zeke, when they went hunting.

Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Blades, Firearm

Patrick Flanigan’s Life Was Changed by a College Professor and a Pastor

I became a professional shooter as the result of a college assignment in my business marketing class. One of my business professors challenged our class by giving us an assignment at the first of the semester, saying, “You have to turn yourself into a product and sell that product. How well you're able to accomplish this assignment will help determine your final grade.”

Small Game, Waterfowl, Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Blades, Firearm

Patrick Flanigan Shoots Cowboy Action

I realized at an early age that I was a competitor. For instance, if one of my brothers could shoot a can off a fence post from 20 yards with a .410 shotgun, I’d try to shoot the can off the fence post at 50 yards with the same .410 shotgun. I believe that when you grow up with four brothers you naturally become a competitor.

Small Game, Waterfowl, Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Blades, Firearm

A Gun Show Not to Be Missed

Patrick Flanigan, a native of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, holds nine world records for exhibition shooting. He's been shooting exhibitions for 15 years and has traveled the world shooting exhibitions for the last 12 years. But Flanigan’s more than an exhibition shooter – he’s an Xtreme Sports shooter. This year he’ll be putting on shows in Europe, Peru and all across the U.S. Each year he participates in 60 to 75 live exhibitions. “I try not to

Small Game, Waterfowl, Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Blades, Mossy Oak, Firearm

Allen Treadwell’s Best Buck Deer Scored 164

We were hunting in Oklahoma and had talked to some bowhunters who had seen a big buck on the edge of a milo field. They said there was no way they could hunt this good deer with their bows. One of the problems with the word “a good deer” is the person that’s qualifying the size of the deer. “A good deer” by some hunter’s standards may be a buck that scores 110 inches. When

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak Obsession

Allen Treadwell Tells Us How 30 Days of Preparation Enabled Him to Take the Big 8

While hunting in Kansas, one of the toughest bucks that I ever took was Big 8. I found him in the early season. My outfitter saw Big 8 in a part of the ranch that he never had seen him before. The buck was with a doe during the rut. So, the first thing we did was to put out some trail cameras to try and define Big 8’s home range

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak Obsession, Mossy Oak, Firearm

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