Volume 6, Issue No. 2                                              February, 2008

HORSESHOE JOHN LIED … HE SAID IT WOULD BE A SORTA WARM DAY … IT WASN’T

Horseshoe John ain’t to be believed, at least not all the time.  He told folks shoot-day-temperature would be 56 degrees. It wasn’t near that.  It started chilly, got see-your-breath-cold, and then went back to chilly-plus. But it didn’t stop cowboys & cowgirls from doing battle with the steel cowboy gang. And speaking of cowgirls, we had 6 cowgirl shooters: Last Kiss, Deadeye Daisy, Calico Nicole, Bourne Sassy, Carolina Gem and Dandy Diamond.

Front Row L-R: Dakota Chase, Widowmaker, Deadeye Daisy, Limp Along Charlie, Wichita Colt

Back Row L-R: Slater, Tio Don, Sheriff Donald, Owlhoot Hardin, Double Eagle, Tin Pot, Outlaw Tracker 

The stages were fast and fun, and we had a bit more movement than usual: several folks commented that was good. The targets were spread a bit more than normal: several shooters commented was good.  All in all, it was a good day. 11 shooters shot no-miss matches: S.A. Pondwater, Widowmaker, Ocoee Red, Marshal Too Tall, Lightning McCoy, Tin Pot, Limp Along Charlie, Rev Adam Jones, Deadman, Owlhoot Hardin and TN Hoss.

On 1 stage, the shooter had to put his/her shotgun shells in a box with his/herteeth, shoot a couple of shots, carry the box to shooting site 2, shoot a couple of shots, and carry the box to site 3 to shoot their last shotgun shots. The teeth were an extra set, and most shooters just wanted to ignore them and shoot through.  But not all shooters. Outrider must have been thinking about getting a new alias: 2 Smiles Outrider or 2 Jaw Outrider. (He must have been taking a page form the movie RED RIVER. Remember the Indian who won Walter Brennan’s store bought teeth in the poker game? He said he’d be known as 2 Jaw Crow, or at least it sounded like Crow.) In any event, Horseshoe John and Sundance told him to put the teeth back in the box.  He did.  We didn’t know if he did it because they didn’t fit, or because Horseshoe and Sundance were armed.

2 Smiles Outrider

The TOP GUN of the day was Diamonback Dennis. He and his family were back with us after many moons away.  Last Kiss was the Top Cowgirl Shooter. The Top 10 shooters were: (1) Diamondback Dennis (2) S.A. Pondwater (3) Widowmaker (4) Festus D. Deputy (5) Ocoee Red (6) Marshal Too Tall (7) Unpleasant  (8) Slater (9) Pleasant and (10) Lightning McCoy. Here are the other shoot results:

49er 1. Festus D. Deputy 2. Ocoee Red 3. Marshal Too Tall

Senior 1. Tin Pot 2. Purly 3. Deadman

Classic Cowboy 1. Lightning McCoy 1.    2. El Carrera 3. Dustin Clays

Gunfighter 1. Widowmaker 2. Pleasant 3. Fast Harley

Silver Senior 1. Tabasco JOT 2. Wildcat Wilkey 3. Outrider

Traditional 1. Diamondback Dennis 2. Unpleasant 3. Slater

Duelist 1. Judge’m All Duncan 2. Horseshoe John 3. Makers’ Mark

Modern 1. S.A. Pondwater 2. Limp Along Charlie    3. Sundance McNeyman

Lady Gunfighter 1. Last Kiss 2. Carolina Gem

Lady Traditional 1.  Dandy Diamond

Lady Duelist 1.  Bourne Sassy

Lady Jr. 1. Calico Nicole

Lady Silver Senior  1. Deadeye Daisy

B-Western 1. T-Bone Angus 2. Tio Don

Black Powder Duelist 1. Owlhoot Hardin

Black Powder Cartridge 1. TN Hoss

Outlaw 1.  TN Tombstone 2.  Loose Cinch

FEBRUARY BUFFALO SHOOT

Long Range Single Shot Colonel Mortimer … they had 4 shoot-offs and then flipped a coin to determine the winner Long Range Lever Action Rifle Marshal Too Tall

Long Ranger Pistol Tin Pot 22 Cal. Marshal Too Tall .. by default. Outrider didn’t shoot the shoot-off

JANUARY  BUFFALO SHOOT

A certain short cowboy forgot to give the shoot results in January. Tin Pot won the Long Range Pistol shoot.  Sundance won the Long Range Single Shot shoot. Outrider won the .22 Cal Shoot. Too Tall won the Long Ranger Lever Action Rifle.