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CREATING A LEGACY OF QUALITY, COMFORT AND INNOVATION SAYS BILL ELLIOTT
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wenty some years ago Wild Hare Shooting Gear CEO and President, Steve Kawamoto, was in his freshman year at Ohio State University. While a student working on his undergraduate degree, in his spare time Steve was also tinkering with leathercrafting. When his father complained about the weight of his shotgun during long days of pheasant hunting, Steve came up with an ingenious solution to the problem. “My dad was planning a pheasant hunting trip and expressed how his gun often gets CLAYSHOOTINGUSA
heavy. He needed a support of some kind, as it gets heavy mile after mile. I could not find anything out there on the market, so I developed the Quick-ShotTM holster — and he loved it.” Steve was not even seriously thinking at the time about taking his new idea to a business level. Then when he went to a friend to seek patent advice, it hit him. The friend urged him to go into business. The rest, as they say, is history. It’s been over 20 years ago now, since Wild Hare Shooting Gear,
then known as Wild Hare Sporting Clays, arrived on the scene with gun slips, shooting vests and an assortment of other shooter gear. It didn’t take long before Wild Hare’s clay shooting related products could be found on courses throughout the country. Today the Wild Hare line up of shooting gear, all field tested by experienced shooters for their valuable feedback, is quite extensive. Wild Hare, along with partner company MizMac Designs, now fall under the umbrella of Peregrine Outdoor Products,
representing some of the finest shooting related products on the market.
A Look At The Product While On The Course When the idea to do this product spotlight came about, I thought an authentic setting on the sporting clays course was a must. As informed consumers, we tend to try on athletic shoes or hunting boots for feel and comfort before
