Volume 4, Issue No. 7                                 July,  2006

 

IN MEMORIUM – SANTA FAYE

 

 

Santa Faye, a.k.a. Faye Mauney, joined the cowgirl & cowboy posse in the sky on Sunday, July 9th.  Although she never fired a shot in an Ocoee Rangers CAS match, she was and had been for several years an important member of our group.  Accompanying shooting husband, Loose Cinch, Santa Faye was an excellent scorekeeper, and she always had a smile and a cheery comment, even when health-wise she didn’t feel like smiling. She will be missed.  Goodbye, Santa Faye.  You’re a lady we’ve been proud to know.

 

 

73 Shooters Participate in July Shoot

 

Friday, it rained. Well, to put it bluntly, it stormed.  But that cooled Saturday off a bit.  Then, shooters and their pardners drifted out to the range, and the sun wasn’t to be seen…. Until Sunshine Billy arrived.  He was wearing the sun.  He had on bright yellow britches.  Shucks, you could close your eyes and see ‘em through your eyelids.  But they sure supported his shootin’:  he was the Top Gun of the day.  Last Kiss, shootin’ gunfighter style, held that honor in the field of lady shooters. Speaking of lady shooters, there were 10 cowgirl shooters, a record for the Ocoee Rangers. And the cowgirls shot in the following ladies’ categories: Gunfighter, Duelist, Traditional, 49er and Outlaw. We also had 2 junior shooters:  Deadeye Drew and Irish Jake. Both shot very well.

 

How’d the shootin’ go?  Well, 1 cowboy pretty much summed it up.  He said, “The worst cowboy shoot I ever went to was good, and the rest have been even better.” This 1 was very good. Just ask Fast Harley.  He walked away from the Buffalo shoot with a smile on his face and said, “I took the 100 yard pistol shoot from ol’ Too Tall.”  Of course Marshal Too Tall won all the rest: .22 cal.. Long Range Lever Action Rifle and Long Range Single Shot Rifle and he placed 8th in overall shooting. That ain’t bad for a feller with an injured arm, who couldn’t shoot 2 weeks ago.

 

All our shooting posses were special.  But 1 was a bit more special than the others.  A group of Loose Cinch’s shootin’ buddies rode out to shoot with him. And that entire posse, led by Last Kiss, shot very well. Of course Calibre .45 might smile at that remark.  He seldom misses with his pistols. But some silver- tongued devil slickered him into shootin’ Outlaw, and he missed 22 shots. That’s probably more than he’s missed in the previous 2 or 3 years. Maybe that’s why he’s trying to hide behind Abagail Rose in the picture below.  He’s deadly with a pistol.

 

 

POSSE NO. 1

 

 

Front Row L-R: Doc Duncan, Killin’ Time, Rusty Spur Slim, Cactus Red, DQ Jones

Middle Row L-R: Yellowcreek Johnson, Last Kiss, Yazoo City Gal, Abagail Rose

Back Row L-R: Judge’m All Duncan, Loose Cinch, Badlands Beck, Tennessee Tombstone, Fast Harley, Calibre. 45

 

 

The Top 10 Shooters for the day were: (1) Sunshine Billy, (2) Festus D. Deputy, (3) DQ Jones, (4) Doc Duncan, (5) Fiddleback, (6) Rusty Spur Slim, (7) Unpleasant, (8) Marshal Too Tall, (9) Dustin Clays, and  (10) Cherokee Maddog.  5 shooters had no miss matches: DQ Jones, Mr. Pistol, Bad Eye Tom, Deadman and Moonshine Roberts.  July Wranglers were Boondock Saint, Awful Close, Yellowcreek Johnson, DQ Jones, Red Neckerson, Lightning McCoy and Keystone.  Ocoee Ranger Wranglers are cowboys & cowgirls who put forth just a bit more effort in helping their posse conduct the shoot.

 

Here’s a summary of the July shoot results.

 

SHOOTING RESULTS

 

Top Gun – Sunshine Billy Top Cowgirl – Last Kiss   Modern  1. Awful Close 2. Sundance McNeyman

Buffalo Shoot: o       Long Range Lever Action – Marshal Too Tall o       Long Range Single Shot – Marshal Too Tall o       .22 Cal. – Marshal Too Tall o        100 Yard Pistol – Fast Harley

 

Traditional 1. Fiddleback              2. Unpleasant 3. Dustin Clays

Gunfighter 1. DQ Jones 2. Doc Duncan 3. Pleasant

 

49er 1. Festus D. Deputy 2. Marshal Too Tall 3. Double Eagle

Duelist 1. Rusty Spur Slim 2. Cherokee Maddog 3. Horseshoe John

 

Senior 1. Sunshine Billy 2. Mr. Pistol 3. Rev. Adam Jones

Outlaw 1. Badlands Beck 2. Loose Cinch 3. TN Tombstone

 

Classic 1. Lightning McCoy

Lady Duelist 1. Killin’ Time

 

Lady Traditional 1. Yazoo City Gal 2. Emerald Isle 3. Deadeye Daisy

Junior 1. Irish Jake

 

Remember, we only award category recognition and certificates when more than 1 person shoots in the category.  For example, Last Kiss was the Top Cowgirl Shooter, but she was the only cowgirl who shot in the Ladies Gunfighter category. So, Lady Gunfighter is not reported.