Catching up with Shooter and Trainer Kay Miculek – Jerry’s Other Half

Am Shooting Journal ^ | 9/18/2018 | K Miculek

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Kay Miculek, matriarch of the Miculek shooting family, was born into shooting. One might think that she came into it after marrying champion shooter Jerry Miculek. But she was raised by a dad who was a gunsmith and was himself a nationally ranked Bullseye shooter.
Miculek and her brother were on their high school rifle team. She moved away, but went back home to Louisiana in her 30s. Her brother suggested they shoot the Bianchi Cup, and that’s where she met Jerry.
They began traveling and shooting, having a wonderful time. Then a daughter, Lena, appeared late in life. "I was almost 40," says Miculek. "So Jerry and I had a decision to make. Quit shooting or take Lena with us."
It was an easy decision. Miculek homeschooled Lena and she traveled with them her whole childhood. “She was born into it more than I was,” laughs Miculek. She reports that Lena did some shooting, but didn’t take a big interest in it. Then when her parents told her she needed to get a job or go to school, she decided she wanted to do what her parents do. “She took to it well,” smiles Miculek.

MICULEK HAS TRAVELED AND competed for many years now. When asked how aging may affect a shooter, she replies, “Staying in some physical conditioning is important. The most different thing a person is going to run into is their eyesight, especially if you’re shooting iron sights. It’s a constant battle. At some point, there is no fix.”
“It’s not such an issue with a red dot, which is what I have used the most in my wins. But when I go to iron sights, it becomes an issue,” she explains. “I’m actually amazed at how blurry my front sight can be. For 30 years I’ve taught ‘front sight, front sight, front sight.’ I got a prescription where I could see my front sights really clearly, but then I couldn’t see the long targets. Read the rest of Kay Miculek here.

[Larry Lucido]

Do they shoot each other in the chest at point blank range like the other shooting families on your blog?

[Lurkinanloomin]

Jerry Miculek is coming to the store where I work in October for an event.
I am excited to meet him.
He is a shooting legend.