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Holding the shotgun in my hands, I braced the butt of the gun into my shoulder and yelled out, "PULL!"

The orange, clay pigeon leapt out of the thrower and sailed through the air until...BAM!

How did I end up shooting gun in rural Seminole County?

Blame it on Michelle Ertel, Republican strategist and political commentator on News 13. Ertel lives in Geneva and suggested we shoot guns for the latest episode of "Catch Up with Busdeker."

A former print news reporter, Ertel, who's originally from Pennsylvania, moved to Central Florida in 2004, later helping launch the community newspaper theSeminole Chronicle.

Today, Ertel operates her own government relations firm - Florida Strategic Advisors - and is a political analyst on News 13 both appearing on TV and writing an online column.

(If the name Ertel sounds familiar, you may know her husband, Michael Ertel, the Seminole County Supervisor of Elections.)

On a recent morning, Michelle Ertel met me at the Danville Bed and Breakfast in Geneva to see who is the better shot. As we fired at clay pigeons and empty plastic jugs, we chatted about Florida politics, her job on News 13 and her thoughts on the upcoming election in November.

To see who hit more clay pigeons, watch the video "Catch Up with Busdeker: Michelle Ertel, straight-shooting Republican analyst."

And don't forget to check out the previous episodes of "Catch Up with Busdeker."

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Catch Up with Busdeker: Michelle Ertel, straight-shooting Republican analyst