Volume 5, Issue No. 7                                July 2007

 

What Happens When It Rains?

 

What happens?  Shucks, cowboys & cowgirls get wet.  And before the July Shoot, it rained buckets – it really poured. But it stopped just before a delayed registration, and it didn’t rain during the shoot.  It looked like it would, but it didn’t. And Ol’ T-Bones’ scenarios were good, even if several of us had procedurals.

 

There was a bit of oratory from that silver-tongued devil Owlhoot Hardin. He made his pitch thusly (How’s that for a lead-in Owlhoot?): “Several of us would like to shoot black powder duelist and have it recognized.” Then he said that the illustrious shooters for that day included himself, Kenesaw & Long Gulch. Impressed by his oratory, and by the fact that there were 3 shooters who would shoot BP Duelist, Deadman spouted an eloquent answer: “Ok.”

 

And following the 3 P’s, shooting began: (Pledge, Prayer & Posse Assignment). All totaled, 47 shooters participated. There would have been 2 more, but 2 had to leave just before shoot time.

 

L-R: Owlhoot Hardin & Kenesaw demonstrate deadly determination as Black Powder Duelists

 

The Buffalo Shooters gathered, as usual, but it was raining. Either they didn’t shoot, didn’t bother to record results, or didn’t report results. S.A. Pondwater was the Top Gun of the day, shooting Modern.  Only 2 cowgirls participated in the shoot, Yazoo City Gal and Last Kiss, both shooting Lady Gunfighter:  Last Kiss placed 1st. The Top 10 Shooters were as follows: (1) S.A. Pondwater (2) Rusty Spur Slim (3) Marshal Too Tall (4) Unpleasant (5) Ocoee Red (6) Judge’m All Duncan (7) Pleasant (8) Double Eagle (9) Tabasco JOT (10) Lightning McCoy. Did you note that there are 2 father-son teams in the Top 10 shooters: S.A. Pondwater and Tabasco JOT; Unpleasant & Pleasant.

 

12 cowboys shot no-miss matches, and 4 of them were in the Top 10 Shooters: S.A. Pondwater, Marshal Too Tall, Judge’m All Duncan, and Lightning McCoy. The other no-miss cowboys were: T-Bone Angus, Grey Rider, Wildcat Wilkey, Tennessee Hawk, Deadman, Owlhoot Hardin, Calibre .45, and Outlaw Tracker.

 

Did any other significant event happen? You bet. Big was back.  He’d had a heat related injury at an Oak Ridge shoot a couple of months ago and had to be hospitalized.  But he’s back in the saddle.  Ol’ Linc was present, although he’s scheduled for surgery on Aug. 7. Keystone reported that Dagnabit Deb is making progress in her chemo treatment, although she couldn’t be present. And then to consider something a bit more light-hearted: Pleasant showed up WITHOUT HIS BEARD! Yep! He’d had

Pleasant – The Beardless Cowboy

it 14 years and then said, “Good bye Beard.” Why? Here’s how he explained it: “My wife said it scratches.” He may not be macho, but he sure knows his priorities.  Mesquite Millie commented: “You look a lot younger without it.” And getting rid of it didn’t hurt his shooting: he placed 7th in overall competition and 1st among the Gunfighters

 

Good Bye, Buckshot   L-R: Pleasant & Buckshot   Shortly before the July Shoot, we learned that Buckshot, AKA James Allen Ware, joined the posse in the sky on February 5, 2007.  Buckshot’s been an Ocoee Ranger in spirit for years, but his health hasn’t allowed him to shoot with us since 2000. He’s kept up with us through our newsletter.   Buckshot’s wife, Jean, informed us about his passing and said that she has his gun cart that he never got to use in competition, and she’d like to sell it.  If you’re interested in buying it, call Jean at 423-472-4336.   Good bye, Buckshot. You were a good cowboy.

Linc – Ailing Cowboy   Linc – Miracle Cowboy   Linc has received bad news from his doctor.  He’s scheduled to have cancer surgery on August 7th.He and his better half, Nancy, have asked that they be remembered in your prayers   Linc is 1 of our Miracle Cowboys. That means that he is a regular cowboy who sets up the range on Fridays, before we shoot on Saturdays.  Some folks probably think every month a miracle occurs, and the targets just appear on the range.  Well, it ain’t so. Linc and his pardners perform the Miracle.

 

SHOOT RESULTS

 

TOP GUN – S.A. Pondwater

 

49er 1. Marshal Too Tall 2. Ocoee Red 3. Double Eagle

Black Powder Duelist 1. Owlhoot Hardin 2. Long Gulch

Black Powder Cart. 1. Judge’m All Duncan

 

B-Western 1. T-Bone Angus 2. Dusty Clay

Duelist 1. Rusty Spur Slim

Lady Gunfighter 1. Last Kiss

 

Gunfighter 1. Pleasant 2. Widowmaker 3. Keystone

Outlaw 1. Badlands Beck 2. Loose Cinch

Senior 1. Tabasco JOT 2. Purly 3. Deadman

 

Silver Senior 1. Wildcat Wilkey 2. Tennessee Hawk 3. Linc

Traditional 1. Unpleasant 2. Festus D. Deputy 3. Grey Rider

 

 

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