The Annual Sporting Clay Shooting Competition Tops Donations
in its Third Year
Watch Tim Talk About this Year’s Success on Fox & Friends HERE
Country rocker and bearded businessman Tim Montana today shares that his third annual Tim Montana & Friends American Thread Sporting Clays Shoot held on Tuesday, October 4 raised over a quarter of a million dollars for military charities Special Ops Xcursions and Memorial 3 Gun Foundation. Each year the event donates even more than it did the last, bringing together a staggering number of supporters – including celebrity guests Lee Brice, Colbie Caillat, Tyler Farr, Tracy Lawrence, Aaron Lewis, Michael Ray, Sean Stemaly, Travis Pastrana, Streetbike Tommy and more – who competed on the sporting clays course to raise funds the best way possible, with guns – music – and tons of freedom!
Fox & Friends was onsite prior to the kickoff of the festivities to speak with Montana and retired Green Beret Corey Birchfield: WATCH HERE.
“Veterans Day is every day in my mind,” says Tim. “I’m fortunate to do what I do for a living because of those that sacrifice their lives for our freedom. Giving back is so important and I’m honored to be able to help.”
Held at the Nashville Gun Club, the event featured a special performance of the National Anthem by Veteran Donnie Reis as SOCOM Para-Commandos sky divers carrying patriotic flags landed in the field, appearances by active duty Army Special Forces from Ft. Campbell (including an ODA Green Beret team and a MH-6 Little Bird helicopter), dinner courtesy of Traeger Grills, a live auction hosted by World Livestock Auctioneer Championship second-place winner, Ted Odle and plenty of sporting clay shooting before closing the night with performances from Colbie Caillat, Michael Ray, and Tyler Farr.
Special Ops Xcursions provide active-duty SOF service members, their teams, and families with outdoor adventures. Events include hunting, fishing, shooting trap and skeet, archery range days, family retreats and intro to the outdoors programs, African Safaris, music writing getaways with Nashville recording artists, camping, and more.
Memorial 3 Gun Foundation remembers, honors and memorializes fallen Special Operations soldiers through the world of competitive shooting. The foundation wants the families to know they are not alone during and after this tragic time. During the competition, the fallens’ stories are shared, so all can remember who these heroes were and the lives they led.
The name of the event ties into Tim’s previous album, American Thread, as the Montana native blends Country with Rock electric guitar and influences from the West to create music that embraces hard and fast living – the American experience and the blue-collar way. His music is unapologetic, relatable, and raw and embraces the everyman and folks who ain’t afraid to do the dirty work.
Montana is a true Renaissance man, moonlighting as a TV personality, marksman, father, husband, foodie, hell-raiser, businessman and budding actor. In addition to starring in his own show, “Tim Montana’s Wild Side” on Velocity Outdoor Channel, Tim has many brand partnerships in addition to his own companies Whisker Bomb Original Foods (with ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons), Tim Montana’s Vigilante Cigars (with Big Sky Cigars) and Ol’ Boy Apparel.
2022 sponsors included: Color Burst Landscapes, Centurion Stone, Ravin, Black Rifle Coffee Company, King’s Camo, futureshirts, Freshline Moto Adventure Club and Traeger Wood Fired Grills.