TOM KNAPP'S MEMORABLE MOMENT: You never know what 
"the shooting star," Tom Knapp, has up his sleeve 
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Tom Knapp, a world-renowned exhibition shooter, has 
been performing for crowds since 1987. At EXPO 2006, 
we had the opportunity to ask the "Shooting Star" about 
one the most memorable moments of his career. 	

One of the most memorable moments I've had really doesn't 
pertain to a live show, it pertains to a TV show that I was a guest 
on. The professional fisherman, Bill Lance, he's got a national 
fishing show. I was fishing with him, and he didn't know it and it 
was not on the script, but I had my 22 rifle- I shoot a 22 Magnum. 
He knew that I was going to shoot various objects from mid-air, 
like apples, potatoes, oranges, and even an aspirin tablet, but Bill 
did not know that I was going to ask him to cast his Stripe-King 
lure and try to hit a stump in the water with it at 30 yards 
distance. Bill didn't want to turn the cameras down, and so he 
thought he'd run it off-the-cuff. He just played along, and he 
didn't know what I was going to do. And so when I asked him 
'How close you can cast your lure to that stump?,' he says 'Well 
watch this!,' and I said 'I'm watching!' And as he prepared for the 
cast, I grabbed the rifle, came along side of him, and when he 
casted the lure to the stump, I shoot the lure out of mid-air before 
it could get to the stump ... (laughing) 1:01

That's our show for today ... with research and writing 
assistance from Loren Seeger ... For Texas Parks and 
Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti


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