"Here, point and shoot."" These words from his father propelled Buz Fawcett's shooting success as a child, gaining him a number of High Gun awards at local trap clubs by the time he was fourteen. Because of his success, his father awarded him his grandfather's Model 1912 Winchester, which he mastered, even though it "kicked the whey" out of him. However, his amazing shooting abilities as a kid didn't follow him into adulthood. Fawcett entered into what he calls his "Dark Ages" of shooting after accepting an associate editor position at" Sports Afield" in New York City, where he had to read and edit what other gunmen were writing about shooting techniques.