Shooting in warm weather conditions, Koenig posted a score of 480-45x at the Safariland Barricade Event on the first day of the event. Koenig, who had regularly posted scores of 480-48x at the barricade event in the past, felt that this “was not a good beginning to the match,” given the required x count necessary to win the match. After shooting a score of 480-45x at the Practical Event and a 480-48 at the Smith and Wesson Falling Plate event on day number two, Koenig entered the last day of competition “clean” but two x’s behind the leader. Given the precision nature of the event and the difficulty in making up x’s late in the event, Koenig stated that “although he had his work cut out for him, he was still in a good position.”

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On the third and final day of the match, Koenig fired a score of 480-41x at the Moving Target Event and waited on the score of the final shooter and leader. Ten minutes after Koenig fired his Mover stage, the match was over. The final results showed that Koenig was the only shooter to have fired a “clean” 1920 and he was declared the winner of his 12th National Action Pistol Championship – and the Bianchi Cup. Koenig’s aggregate score for the Open Championship was 1920-179x.

Koenig also competed in the Aggregate Championship and was the winner of the Multi-Gun Aggregate Award. Using a metallic gun with metallic sights, Koenig won the Multi-Gun Aggregate. The Multi-Gun Award goes to the competitor with the highest combined Open and Metallic scores. This was the first time that Koenig competed in the Aggregate Championship. Koenig, however, was not done at the 2010 Bianchi Cup.

The next morning, Koenig completed a sweep at the Bianchi Cup by winning the optional Speed Event. The Speed Event brings the top finishers from the match back to the range to compete on Saturday morning. Shooting at steel, the competitors shoot against each other in an elimination format. Koenig, riding a hot streak, shot his way to another win at the match. This was Koenig’s second straight Speed Event title.

Koenig has won national and world championships in pistol events, shotgun events, and rifle events. A professional shooter, Koenig has dominated competitive pistol shooting for the last fifteen years. Koenig has won sixteen Masters International Championships, three World Speed Shooting Championships, an IPSC World Championship, three World Action Pistol Championships (holds World Record Score), thirteen Sportsman's Team Challenge Championships, a World All-Around Championship, and twelve National Action Pistol Championships (Bianchi Cup).

Ralph and Vicki have done it all, from owning their own archery pro shop, to outfitting for deer, bear, and elk. They have worked from the bottom up to earn a reputation that is second to none in the hunting industry. It doesn’t matter to them if their names are up in lights, they would rather continue to grow the sport, than brag about their accomplishments. Their knowledge comes from the highest authorities out there, the animals themselves. They scout, hang stands, and do what we all do, just hunt. Ralph & Vicki believe that the best way to learn is from hands-on experience; and their TV shows, DVD’s, seminars, and articles all prove they are the REAL DEAL!

When he is not hunting or guiding hunters he splits his time between wildlife photography, freelance writing and trapping. Fred has worked in the archery industry for the last 24 years. His work history includes working for Bear Archery in Gainesville, FL, managing an archery shop in northern Colorado and working for Dart International (an interactive video archery system). On August 6th, 2007 Fred harvested a Stone Sheep to complete the North American Superslam with his recurve bow. He has also numerous African animals to his credit with a recurve bow. A prominent outdoor writer, Fred has written one book, “Bowhunting Western Big Game” and has been a contributor on many other outdoor related books. His articles and photos have appeared in Bowhunter, Bowhunting World, North American Hunter and Traditional Bowhunter magazines.

He resides in Trinidad, Colorado with his wife Michele, their three boys, eleven lion hounds, one black lab, seven horses, twenty chickens and an ugly cat.

He has traveled for weeks by dogsled with the Inuit in the high arctic and climbed the Sierra Madres of Mexico looking for Coues deer. He’s spiritually “smudged” with the Beaver Cree and traveled the water roads of the Northwest Territories searching for caribou with the Dene first nations people. Jim has learned his tracking skills from the Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert in Namibia, learned to live off the land from the Aboriginal People in the Australian Outback and has “faced his lion” with the proud Masai warriors in Tanzania.

During the course of his adventures, he has taken numerous muzzleloading world records, including, Stone’s sheep, bison, Roosevelt elk, Shirus moose, muskox, walrus, white-bearded wildebeest, Grant’s gazelle, steenbok and many more. He is the first and only hunter in the world to complete the “NORTH AMERICAN SUPER SLAM” and “ULTIMATE SLAM” using only a muzzleloader. Jim has published more than 1,000 adventure articles for virtually all the largest outdoor magazines, produces videos and hosts his own adventure television show on the Outdoor Channel.

Paul has been a turkey call designer and manufacturer for 28 years. He designed the cutter style mouth call, which remains the hottest call on the market to this day. Paul has been a turkey calling champion for 30 years, seminar speaker for 27 years and a professional hunting guide for 22 years. He has also been closely involved with Walker’s Game Ear for almost twenty years.