Neils Lausten of Blackfalds fires at balloons from horseback during Western Canadian Shootout competition in Westerner Park’s sand ring Thursday.
The four day event which ends today was hosted by the Canadian Cowboys Mounted Shooters Association and drew about 30 competitors, many of them Central Albertans.
The event featured riding and shooting events as well as two days of seminars by Tammy Townsend of Darby, MT, one of the United States’ top mounted shooters.