Wartrace Regulators June 5 2010 Match

We had a great day for a shoot, it was hot but not as hot as it will be in August. We had 70 registered shooters including our friends from East Tennessee, Alabama and Kentucky.

It was a good day to defend Wartrace against all manner of ruffians, I used to say Outlaws but we have some pards who are Outlaw Shooters and while none of them made it Saturday we welcome them anytime.

Whiskey wrote and set up 5 fast, fun and Gunfighter, actually any shooter, friendly stages. Thanks mostly to our pards from the east we had 5 Gunfighters.

Papa Dave was the Top Gun for the day and he continues to always impress me. Papa was followed by Shaddai Vaquero, Vaquero Jake ( an impressive Buckaroo), Clancy O Connal, and Marshall Too Tall will make up the Shootist Category for July. Kid Ziggy, Pleasant, Lil' Marshall W.D., Duck River and Marshall Red Stockburn round out the Top 10.

I'd also like to congratulate Cheyenne Thornton, Demented Frenchman, Gringo Gordo, Hardluck Hudgens, Judge Injury, Papa Dave, Perfecto Vaquera, Pleasant, Sheriff Frank Canton and Swifty Waters for all shooting Clean Matches.

I'd also like to welcome "First Time" CAS shooter and our newest Wartrace Regulator, Branchwater Jack.

I'd like to thank everyone for their patience Saturday morning as a wreck on I-24 caused us to get started a little late, Cowboys and Cowgirls were having a hard time getting to the range.

I'd also like to say a VERY SPECIAL thanks to Shotgun Schoolmarm for doing registration and scores.

Buck Dodgers has the scores posted on our website.

Our next Mid-month Match will be Cowboy and Wild Bunch combined on June 19, hope everyone can make it.

Also don't forget about the State Championship in October.

There is a work day at the range this Saturday June 12, for more info on this go to our website.

I think I have worked out the bugs with my slideshows, hopefully everyone can see these pictures.

Shoot Straight and May All Your Bangs End With A Clang.

Wartrace Regulators Cowboy/Wild Bunch Match 5/15/10

28 Cowboys and Cowgirls decided not to join the FWSA ( Fair Weather Shooters Association) and came to Wartrace instead of believing the weather forecasters. They made the right choice, although it was overcast and humid there was no rain. Due to the construction in the "Old Town", the entire match was shot on the "Hill".

I had to work and got to the range just as the mostly Cowboy Posse was finishing up. The mostly Wild Bunch Posse was just preparing to shoot their last stage, the Outlaw Cabin. I was able to take some pictures, however that is not the best stage to take pictures in. I suggested to Gringo Gordo that he might want to shoot this stage right handed since I had a better angle for right handed shooters. He wasn't very receptive of the idea.

We had 12 Cowboy shooters and 18 Wild Bunch shooters slinging lead down range. When it was over all the Outlaws had been run out of Wartrace one more time. Thanks to Papa Dave Wild Bunch is growing at Wartrace.

After the last shot was fired Hot Lead Dancin' told me he had a Clean Match, Feisty Mama disagreed. Hot Lead said it was clean in his mind anyway, that might be the easiest way for me to shoot a clean match as well.

The Top Cowboys were, Two Clicks, Latigo Jim, Sheriff Frank Canton, Johnny Bodock and Dobber.

Top Wild Bunch were Emmett Moon, Marshall Red Stockburn, Duck River, Frank Buckshot, and Deadwood Miner.

Congratulations also to our Clean Shooters; Wild Bunch, Emmett Moon and Deadwood Miner.

Cowboy and Cowgirl; Doc Holly Mae and Evil Butch.

Don't forget we are hosting the 2010 Tennessee State Championship Oct. 7-9 for more info go to the State Match Link on our website.

We will need to have several work days in preparation for this, I'll send out e-mails as the dates become available.

Our next Cowboy match will be June 5th, it will be great fun and I hear we'll be having several guests from the north, east, south and west. I think many are planning to shoot with us on Saturday and North Alabama Regulators on Sunday.

Hope to see you in June.

Cowboy Scores

Wild Bunch Scores

Wartrace Construction 5-12-2010

I just wanted to let everyone know change is in the air at Wartrace. The Old Hotel and Old Saloon are gone. We have new berms at the Train, The Depot and The New Stage which may see our Wagon back in action. This will give us more opportunities to shoot the Texas Star and The Pigeon Flippers instead of just at The Corral. It will also add many other possibilities in stage design. The work looks GREAT!

Please be patient this slideshow is a little slow to load.

Wartrace Regulators Main May Match 5/1/2010

During the safety meeting Will Reilly announced that he had resigned as President due to opening a new gun store. Will had told the Board at the last meeting and had recommended Whiskey Hayes to take over as President, Whiskey accepted and was unanimously voted in by the board.

We would all like to thank Will for his service to the Wartrace Regulators and wish him the best of luck with his new business. We would also like to welcome Whiskey Hayes in as President and look forward to several years of his leadership. Whiskey will step down as Safety Officer and his replacement will be named at a later date.

For the complete story on this go to The Wartrace Regulators Website

24 Cowboys and 1 Cowgirl disregarded the bad forecast and came to Wartrace to join Butch and Sundance in fighting their way out of the Line Shack. Helped the Pinkertons go after Frank James at the Cemetery. Joined Marshall Dillon fighting drunken cowboys at the Train. Helped Jesse James fight the Pinkertons at the Corral and fought off Indians at Fort Sweeney. After a successful day of fighting we all lived to come back and do it another day.

We would like to thank Wampas Cat Willie for making his first trip to Wartrace and hope it won't be his last. We'd also like to thank Clancy O Connal, Lil' Marshall W.D., Outcast and Sledge for making the trip west to join us.

Considering the forecast, we were blessed and only had about 15 minutes of rain during the first stage, the rest of the day was great. We shot straight through due to the impending rain and then 9 of us made the trip to Bell Buckle Cafe for a late lunch. Anyone who hasn't tried Bell Buckle Cafe doesn't know what they are missing.

Congratulations to Clancy O Connal the Top Gun of the day followed by Whiskey Hayes, Buck Dodgers, Randy Saint Eagle and Sergeant Shooter rounded out the top 5. These 5 will make up the Shootist Category for our June 5th Match.

We'd also like to congratulate Dobber for shooting the only Clean Match of the day.

Our next match will be the combined Cowboy/ Wild Bunch Mid-Month Match May 15. Come join us if you can.

Scores when available

Wartrace Main Match April 3 2010

50 cowboys and cowgirls braved the rainy weather to come to Wartrace and help us defend the town. We had pards come in from Alabama, South Carolina, Kentucky and Missouri as well as all parts of Tennessee.

By shooting time it was down to just a drizzle and after the second stage that was gone, by early afternoon the sun was shinning. It turned into a beautiful day.

Buck Dodgers was the Top Cowboy followed by Will Reilly, Harman Hammer, Tabasco Jot and Papa Dave, these 5 will be the Shootist Category for our May Match. Congratulations as well to Tabasco Jot, Deadwood Miner, Imis Twohofon, Rail Dog Pete and MT Shooter for all shooting clean matches.

We had several shooters making their first trip to Wartrace, and one new, first match ever shooter, Tom Horn , welcome all I hope this won't be the last trip for any of you. We always like to encourage new shooter to come out and enjoy this great sport with us.

We'd like to thank everyone for coming out and shooting with us and hope many of you can make it back April 17 for the Mid-month Match, it will be a combined Cowboy/ Wild Bunch Match, headed up by Latigo Jim for Cowboys and Papa Dave for the Wild Bunch.

I would like to say a special thanks to Annie Marlin and Shotgun Schoolmarm for taking care of the registration and the stats.

Scores when available

Wartrace Wild Bunch/ Cowboy Match 3.20.10

8 Wild Bunch and 7 Cowboy Action Shooters came out to try their luck on this wonderful day. We had a nice warm day with enough cloud cover not to roast.

Papa Dave had 5 good fast stages, all on the hill. There were no "P" traps, although at the Cemetery, it would have been better if he had written it the way I shot it. Some people have no sense of humor so I earned a "P" for not shooting it as written.

If we'd had much more fun, I don't think we could have made it through the day. We had some spectators and one comment made to me was that we were just having TOO MUCH FUN, I told them if we weren't having fun we might as well be at work.

Top Gun of the day was Duck River (Wild Bunch) and he was the only one to shoot a Clean Match, 2nd was Buck Dodgers (Cowboy), followed by Randy Saint Eagle (Cowboy), Papa Dave (Wild Bunch) and Sergeant Shooter (Cowboy) rounds out the top 5. The top 6 had 3 Wild Bunch and 3 Cowboys so it seems like a pretty even split.

OVERALL SCORES

Papa Dave started letting Cowboy Action shooters come out and compete at the Wild Bunch matches due to the bad weather this winter and limited shooting opportunities. It was decided last month that since this had worked so well, all Mid-Month Matches will now be Cowboy Action/ Wild Bunch combined matches. This will give people a lot more chances to shoot Wild Bunch and the other Cowboys and Cowgirls a chance to watch it and see if they want to give it a try.

Papa Dave also wanted to thank Sergeant Shooter for getting out early and helping him set up the stages.

We would like to Welcome, Tn. Roadrunner, who joined The Wartrace Regulators yesterday, I failed to get his picture for the Directory but I'll do that next month. If you are a member of The Wartrace Regulators please check the Directory and if your picture and info has not yet been added please get with me at the next match so I can add it.

Green River Gunslingers 3.13.10 Cowboy Match

Buck Dodgers and I decided at 6:30 this morning to take a chance on the weather and go to Bowling Green KY. to shoot the Green River Gunslingers match. I left my house in the rain, arrived at Bucks house in the rain an hour later, left Bucks house in the rain and got to within 20 minutes of the range before the rain stopped. It just goes to show God loves Cowboys and a good Cowboy Match. Although it was a cool day we had very little wind and NO RAIN for the entire match.

This was my first trip to the range and I thoroughly enjoyed it, it's always fun to travel to other clubs and see how they do things. Yak heads up this Cowboy Club and as an added benefit they had a cake and celebrated his birthday.

23 Cowboys and Cowgirls shot 5 fast and fun stages with no "P" traps. The range is set back in the woods and I'll bet it is really nice when the weather is warmer and the sun has a hard time getting through the trees to roast you. After shooting straight through, shooters choice, we had a very good meal, thanks to whoever did the cooking, and had time to visit with new friends.

I met a lot of really nice folks there and would like to mention a couple of them. Padre de Cinco was a really nice pard and had his family there with him, I understand he will have to change his alias soon, Congratulations. His son Campo Kid was shooting with him and what a great young man he is. This young cowboy is only 14 years old, but remember his name he will be a force to be reckoned with.

Thanks again to Yak and all the Cowboys and Cowgirls who showed us a great time and of course thanks to Buck for hitching up the Mules and hauling us up to the Bluegrass State.

1 W Buck Dodgers..111.78

2 Jr. Campo Kid…127.26

3 BW Randy St. Eagle.. 127.84

4 Du George Emmett..152.26

5 W Bushrod…166.57

6 W Leadbone…169.32

7 49 Poncho…193.13

8 F Fire N. Fallback…215.49

9 W Midnight….228.19

10 Fc Cleve…232.15

11 W Padre...248.81

12 LFC Lynn E Bird...256.13

13 S Dodge Boy…281.02

14 W Big Jake…282.16

15 Du Tuckassee…292.74

16 Du Shooter….294.13

17 F Burn em’ up… 299.44

18 W Line Rider….319.60

19 SS P I Parker….330.91

20 O Charlie Coyote….332.08

21 W Festus……….349.41

22 S Kaintuck…419.79

23 W Jimmy Ferrett…429.70

Wartrace Regulators March 6 2010 Match

59 shooters converged on Wartrace for a great day of shooting. The day started out in the 30's and sunny, but by the time the shooting started it was near 50 and mid 50's before we finished.

Through out the course of the day we rode out to the Line Shack with a purty gal, had a run in with a vaquero over King Fishers road, tried to board the Train after being falsely accused of horse stealing and found ourselves in the middle of the Sutton-Taylor Fued.

My Posse started out on the Train and that was appropriate since I started with a train wreck.

Next we moved to the Corral and tried our hand at the Texas Star with the rifle, alternating between the Star and a square plate. Anything left on the Star could be cleaned up with your Scattergun. Then we had 2 pistol dump targets.

Then we moved to the Fort and were accused of stealing horses for the second time today.

After taking a break for some grub we rode out to the Line Shack with a purty gal, only to be confronted by her irate, soon to be late, brother. We finished up our day at the Cemetery where we had to make a road over a ornery vaquero.

We'd like to thank our Pards who came over from East Tennessee and also several who came up from Alabama to help up clean up Wartrace.

As always Whiskey Hayes wrote some fast and fun stages with "No P Traps" but with ample opportunity to get over confident and to exceed your speed limit.

Papa Dave was on a roll and was our Top Gun for the day, followed by Buck Dodgers, Will Reilly, Whiskey Hayes and Scattergun Kid. These 5 will make up our Shootist Category at the April 3rd Match.

Congratulations also go out to Slim Jim Dandy, Hardluck Hudgens and Pond Creek Pete for shooting Clean Matches.

Papa Dave, who heads up our Wild Bunch Matches opened them up to Cowboy shooters as well this winter due to weather related limits on opportunities to shoot. After trying this for 2 months with no problems our Mid-Month Match will now be a combined Cowboy Action/ Wild Bunch Match.

This will give those who like Wild Bunch plenty of opportunities to shoot. Cowboy shooters will get to see what Wild Bunch is all about. For more info click on Wild Bunch .

We'd like to thank everyone who came to shoot with us and invite all to come to our Mid-Month Cowboy Action/ Wild Bunch Match on March 20.

We had several spectators that came out to watch and would like to remind everyone to invite your friends to come out and see what Cowboy Action Shooting is all about.

Grey Horse came by to see us, it was great to see him again. Hopefully in a couple of weeks they will be able to put his knee back in. Latigo Jim was back shooting with us, good to see his "Smiling" face again. Cash Jackson was also shooting and it's always a pleasure to see him. Please keep these folks and Hot Lead Dancin's wife in your prayers.

And last but certainly not least, a special thanks to Annie Marlin for taking care of registration and stats.

Until next time Keep Your Powder Dry.

SCORES

Wartrace Regulators Wild Bunch/ Cowboy Match 2.20.10

On Saturday Feb. 20, 12 Wild Bunch and 5 Cowboy shooters got together to try to rid Wartrace of bushwackers, horse thief's, crooked lawmen and injuns. It turned out to be a beautiful sunshiny day with temps passing 60 degrees, it was by far the best weekend we've had in 2010.

Papa Dave wrote some good stages, nothing too complicated and most had enough movement to keep it interesting. It was especially fun to shoot the Texas Star with our 1911's. Many of us found that we should zero our auto's to find out exactly where they're hitting, Texas Star plates are a lot smaller than what we usually shoot. The misses on the star had everyone laughing, but Papa Dave wrote the stage where we could clean up the star with our scatter guns if needed, so no one had a miss on the star.

The weather was so nice I hated for the day to end, this would have been a great day to shoot 6 stages.

In the end Duck River was the top shooter of the day shooting Wild Bunch Open, Papa Dave allows 3 Wild Bunch Classes, Traditional and Modern, per SASS rules, and Open which permits any semi-auto except .22 cal. and any SASS main match rifle. That way folks who shoot .38's can still compete without having to buy a new rifle.

Marshall Red Stockburn came in 2nd shooting Wild Bunch Modern.

Congratulations to Crooked Penny and Rockwood Ranger for shooting clean matches.

Complete Scores or check out The Wild Bunch Page on our website.

I was disappointed that we didn't have a better turnout on such a great day, hopefully we'll have just as good weather for our March Cowboy Match, March 6 2010 I hope everyone will make plans to attend that match.

After the match I decided to make a trip to one of my favorite places in Bell Buckle, Designz By You. Joe Sheetz can do some great things with his Laser. I decided to see what he could do with my shotgun stock, it already had some checkering, but I wanted to add something else. My daughter had already made me a Randy Saint Eagle logo for my cards, so Joe modified it some and laser engraved it into my gun stock. It turned out great, I would urge everyone to go by and see what Joe can do. His rates are very reasonable and the quality is excellent.

To see more of Joe's work check out this earlier post. More Info

Wartrace Regulators Feb. 13 2010 Cowboy Match

Photo from last year

This report was written by Cheyenne Thornton.

On Saturday, February 13th, Cowboys, Lawmen, the calvary, and an outlaw or two formed a posse to shoot the February match. We fought rustlers, hard headed judges, and pursued justice, along with coping with cold temperatures. The sun never materalized as promised by our weather forecasters and that coupled with the wind chill caused the Regulators to decide going home early to sit by the fire made more sense than slinging lead, so our match stopped after 3 stages.

As usual Whiskey Hayes created interesting stages that were easy to follow which was a blessing since our brain power was compromised by the wind and cold.

Once again Papa Dave killed the most outlaws in the quickest time. Buck Dodgers was 2nd, which was impressive since he had not been able to be with us since last fall.

Next Saturday, February 20th, will be the Wild Bunch match and Papa Dave has opened the match to any Cowboys shooters who want to particpate.

Our next scheduled Cowboy match is the first Saturday in March. So load up on ammo, get your horses shod, check the wanted posters and join us as we rid the west of varmits and other unsavory charcters.

Remember our regulators who have health issues, especially Greyhorse. Keep them in your prayers and drop them a card or give them a call.

Until next month keep your eye on the horizon and nose to the wind.

Overall Scores

Thank you Cheyenne for filling in in my absence.

Wartrace Regulators 1-16-2010 Wild Bunch Match

11 shooters came out to the Wild Bunch/ Cowboy Action Match at Wartrace. To my knowledge this was the first combined Wild Bunch and Cowboy Action Match for Wartrace. Papa Dave heads up the Wild Bunch matches and decided that since there had been some matches cancelled this winter due to bad weather, he would open this Wild Bunch Match to us Cowboy Action shooters as well. We had 5 fast stages and the match went really well and I saw no problems in mixing the two disciplines. I still think on main month match should be Cowboy Action only, but see no problem with combining Wild Bunch and Cowboy Action for the Mid-month match, if people wanted to do that rather than have 3 separate matches.

I, for one, was a little disappointed in the turnout. I thought with the first day this year starting out above freezing and a forecast of near 50 degrees, more folks with "Cabin Fever" would come out to shoot.

I decided to play today , so I shot 3 stages Gunfighter, 1 stage Double Duelist because we had to move between pistols, and the last stage I shot traditional. After 3 misses on the first stage and not shooting any stages clean I knew I needed to practice. Most of us had misses, gun problems or brain fades, except for Gringo Gordo and Deadwood Miner who both shoot "Clean Matches".

Frank Buckshot decided to test his marksmanship skills on one stage and shoot the rifle targets with his pistol.

We had 6 shooting Wild Bunch and 5 Cowboy Action shooters. Papa Dave was the Top Shooter followed closely by Sgt. Shooter. I think everyone in attendance had a good time and God blessed us with a dry day.

The scores from this and all Wild Bunch Matches will be posted on the New Wild Bunch page on our website.

http://wartraceregulators.com/Wild_Bunch.html

Buck Dodgers is doing a great job with our website including the New Traders Post page.

http://wartraceregulators.com/TradersPost.html

If you are wanting to buy or sell any Cowboy gear contact Buck.

sccoates@yahoo.com

Hopefully by our Feb. match we will be having better weather. Check out our website for updates on upcoming matches and remember we will be hosting The Tennessee State Championship this year.

http://wartraceregulators.com/index.html

Also annual dues are due now.

I would like to thank Frank Buckshot for helping me take pictures and apologize to Feisty Mama and Deadwood Miner for not getting pictures of them. My camera batteries died.

We've Lost A Great Cowboy

12/16/09

At approximately 3:40 this morning Fatback Slim (David Moffitt) went to claim his reward in Christ. I will forever miss my shooting pard and my big brother. Services are Sat. at 2:00 at the Robertson County Funeral Home in Springfield Tn.
Visitation is from 10:00 til 8:00 p.m. Friday and 10:00 til 2:00 Saturday with the funeral at 2:00.
His beloved shooting partners at Wartrace Regulators are honorary pallbearers. No one loved this sport more than Fatback.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the American Cancer Society will be appreciated. continue to pray for us as we adjust to this loss.

Joe K.
Steve Mofitt

The Wartrace Regulators will miss having Fatback Slim among our ranks, he was a good friend to many cowboys and cowgirls. We offer our condolences to Joe K another good Cowboy and all of Fatback's family.

TWFMSSABSCATS '09

Nine Wartrace Regulators made the trip north to

"The World Famous Second Annual Blazing Saddles Cowboy Action Turkey Shoot."

Mose, Bella, MJ and the Kentucky Regulators know how to put on a Great Shoot. The hospitality was fantastic. To my Knowledge this is the best one day shoot going. For those who made it on Friday night I understand they had a party including T-Bone Dooley and The Dooley Gang Karaoke and for those who could stay Saturday night I understand another party was on the agenda.

Papa Dave, Marshall Red Stockburn and I headed out early Saturday morning for our first trip to TWFMSBSCATS and we were in for a treat. We met up with the rest of the Wartrace Gang, Memphis Gunslingers, Kentucky Regulators, Ocoee Rangers, Smokey Mountain Shootists, North Alabama Regulators and many others.

92 shooters shot 6 stages based on the movie Blazing Saddles. The stages were fun and fast with some unique props. I think a few folks, including me , had a little trouble with the Kentucky Sweep on stage 5, The Gallows. You dumped 20 rifle and pistol rounds on one large target and 4 shotgun rounds at dummies that didn't have to fall and some of us tried to go too fast. Not Tator though, he ran this stage in just over 11 seconds, I can't even count to 24 that fast.

After we finished the match we were treated to lunch consisting of smoked turkey legs, brisket, baked beans and lots of desserts. Following lunch we had team shoots. Everyone who participated had fun, but in the end, my team including Lefty's Lady, Copperhead Joe, Mountaineer Lefty and Randy Saint Eagle, didn't win.

Following the team shoot was the man against man shoot consisting of 5 pistol KD's and 2 shotgun KD's . Tator took this with just over 5 sec., MJ Spencer was only .3 sec. slower, but he forgot to knock down the pistol targets.

The awards followed with Tater being the Top Gun and Dew R. Dye being the Top Lady.

This shoot had the largest Smokey Mountain Outlaw/ Outlette Posse I know of at one place. 11 Outlaws and 5 Outlettes, Top Outlaw was T-Bone Dooley, Top Outlette was Yazoo City Gal.

The Top 5 were Prestidigitator, Boomerang, Blackfish Kid, Buck Dodgers and More Guns Massey. The Wartrace Regulators fared well;

Buck Dodgers, 1st Wrangler 4th Overall

Randy Saint Eagle, 1st B-Western 11th Overall

Papa Dave, 1st Elder Statesman 12th Overall

Will Reilly 1st Duelist 14th Overall

CW Knight, 1st Senior 18th Overall

Tombstone John, 2nd Senior 21st Overall

Marshall Red Stockburn, 2nd Classic Cowboy 33rd Overall

Blackwater Desperado, 1st Frontier Cartridge 79th overall

Shotgun Schoolmarm, 3rd Ladies 49'r 89th Overall

Congratulations to all the Regulators and thanks again to Mose, Bella, MJ and all the Kentucky Regulators for a great match. The biggest winners were the kids, toys were collected for Toys For Tots and the cowboys and cowgirls were generous.

Scores when available.

The next match at Wartrace will be Sat. December 5th, registration 8:30, Safety meeting 9:30, start shooting 10:00.

Smokeout In The Hills

The Tn./Ky. Black Powder State Championship, Oct. 23-25 2009 hosted by The Highland Regulators at Possum Trott.

Sheriff Frank Canton, Marshall Red Stockburn, Papa Dave and Randy Saint Eagle caught the early morning Stage in Middle Tn. and headed to Smokeout In The Hills. Shortly after noon we met up with, Will Reilly, Blackwater Desperado, Shotgun Schoolmarm, Blue Boy and Imis Twohofon, the rest of The Wartrace Regulators who made the trip to the Best Black Powder Shootout that I know of.

We arrived just in time to check into our cabin, sign in and have lunch (which was included in the price of the shoot) and shoot the afternoon side matches (also included). If you've never been to Possum Trott you've missed the "Ringers Humdinger" side match. 10 guns, throw a spear, throw a tomahawk and cover a lot of ground. My only complaint was I needed an oxygen bottle by the time I got to the end (Ringer said he'd try to work on that for next year).

We finished in plenty of time to check out the vendors and shoot the breeze with some pards we haven't seen in a while before dinner (also included). There was a Chili Cook-off which became part of dinner. There was also a best Home Brew contest, a Best Liars contest and a Pumpkin Pie eating contest, won by our own Blackwater Desperado.

Possum Trott '09 Saturday

Saturday Morning ,after breakfast (also included), saw a drizzle of rain for the first of 6 Main Match Stages. The stages were good but on a few you had to think and count, not one of my strong points. The rain moved out by lunch (also included, do you see a trend here?) and by late afternoon we saw some sunshine.

The shooting was over in plenty of time to clean guns and clean up before dinner ( you guessed it).

Blackwater Desperado and Milkbone provided the entertainment for the night, and if you've never seen this band you've missed a really good show. There was plenty of adult refreshment to go around also.

Possum Trott '09 Sunday

Sunday morning started with Cowboy Church, for those who got up in time ( I confess I wasn't one of them). Then breakfast (yes) and the final 4 stages. Sunday morning also brought sunshine, not so good for those of us starting on stage 9 and getting to stage 10 just as the sun came over the hill and right in our eyes ( but now we know what it is like for the folks who shoot black powder all the time). After finishing the last 4 stages we had time to pack up the covered wagon and have lunch (included) while they finished up the scores.

In case you didn't realize it yet, after paying your entry fee and cabin rental the only place you could spend money was with the vendors, everything else was included, plus everyone got a door prize. WHAT A DEAL!!!!!!!!

The Top 10 shooters were 1. Little Wing, 2. Ringer, 3. Black Tom, 4. Silver City Rebel, 5. Tall Drink A Water, 6. J.D. Brooks, 7. Copperhead Joe, 8. Shaddai Vaquero, 9. Isom Kid, 10. Black Jack Beeson.

Wartrace Regulators made a good showing and for the first time when I've been at a shoot everyone from Wartrace won an Award. The Smokeless shooters were not scored with the Black Powder.

Blue Boy 1st Smokeless Elder Statesman

All the rest are Black Powder Categories:

Will Reilly 1st and Tn. State Champion Duelist, 11th Overall

Randy Saint Eagle 2nd and Tn State Champion B-Western, 19th Overall

Papa Dave 1st and Tn. State Champion Elder Statesman, 23rd Overall

Marshall Red Stockburn 2nd and Tn. State Champion Classic Cowboy, 29th Overall

Sheriff Frank Canton 2nd and Tn. State Champion Senior, 41st Overall

Imis Twohofon 2nd and Tn. State Champion Josey Wales, 52nd Overall

Blackwater Desperado 5th and Tn. State Champion Frontiersman, 67th Overall

Shotgun Schoolmarm 1st and Tn. State Champion Ladies 49r, 72nd Overall

Congratulations to all who made the trip to Possum Trott. If you're looking for a really fun and cheap shoot , put this on your calendar for next year. If you want to rent a cabin talk to Tn. Triple B now to find out what you have to do. http://possumtrot.org/

Many thanks to all the Highland Regulators who make Possum Trott such a great shoot.

SCORES

Wartrace Oct 10 '09 Monthly Shoot

39 Cowboys and Cowgirls descended on Wartrace to rid the area of all manner of Outlaws and Holligans. The weather was less than ideal, but to those of us who were in Memphis for the State Shoot, A Gunfight In Dixie ( subtitled a Monsoon in Dixie), it seemed like desert conditions, we were dry before lunch and hardly even a drizzle in the afternoon.

Whiskey Hayes treated us to some good Stages, fast, and a couple that were like you might find at an annual shoot somewhere. I think Whiskey is doing a great job with interesting stages every month. For those who didn't know, stage 4 is the CAS World Record Stage, click on this link to see how you fared against the records.

We had some excellent shooters with us today and I'd like to welcome Prestidigitator, he's in school at MTSU and will be shooting with us for a while. He was also the Top Gun for the day.

I'd also like to give a special Congratulations to Vaquero Jake who finished 4th overall today and will be in the Shootist Category next month if he can make it back. This is a great feat for a Buckaroo shooter or anyone for that matter, it's not easy to get into the Top 5 at Wartrace.

Papa Dave and I shot Black Powder in our categories today in preparation for Possum Trott

Oct 23-25 '09. It gives you a much better appreciation for being able to see your targets.

The Top 5 were Prestidigitator, Whiskey Hayes, Will Reilly, Vaquero Jake and Lil' Marshall WD. I think it says a lot for the caliber of shooters we draw when you see the top 5 shot in 5 different categories.

Deadwood Miner and Randy Saint Eagle shot Clean Matches.

The next shoot, the mid-month, will be next Sat. Oct. 17th.

Until next time shoot straight and keep your powder dry.

Scores when available

Ambush at Cavern Cove 2009

Papa Dave, Sheriff Frank Canton and I hitched up Papa Dave's wagon and made the trip to Ambush, The SASS Alabama State Championship, hosted by The North Alabama Regulators, Oct. 2-4, 2009

This was my first trip to Ambush because it is usually on the same weekend as the workers shoot thru for the Tennessee State Championship.

We got there just in time to check in, have lunch and shoot the afternoon wave of side matches.

They had the standard side matches plus The Cool Waters Secret Stage. It was a lot of fun and I, for one, am glad they made it a side match and not a main match stage.

Saturday morning started off with a safety meeting and a very interesting short presentation with some history about our flag.

We were on Posse 9, " The Absolute Best Posse there", Sidekick did an excellent job as our posse marshall, and everyone worked together making it as smooth running a posse as I've ever been on. We had 8 Category winners on our posse, as well as Sidekick the Ambush '09 Top Gun,

After 6 straight forward and fast stages we had plenty of time to visit the vendors, I've never seen so many vendors at a State Shoot, and clean up before the Sat. Night Banquet.

At the banquet we had a good meal, Best Dressed awards and door prize giveaways, I think they gave away 5 guns, but of course, none of us won anything.

There were ladies dressed in beautiful dresses and costumes as well as a lot of well dressed men. I was so stressed out over shooting bad I left my camera in my guncart at the range. See Sheriff Donalds Pictures.

I think I forgot to mention, the weather Saturday was fantastic. Papa Dave and I are still trying to think up a good excuse for why we shot so bad. I had 5 misses.

Ambush '09 Sunday

Sunday started with overcast skies for our final 4 stages. Apparently I do better when the weather is not perfect, I was clean on these.

We had just a slight drizzle just as we finished shooting, but it stopped before we got our gear packed.

We finished in plenty of time to visit the vendors again, eat lunch and visit with our old friends and some new ones.

The side match awards were given out as well as a Spirit Of The Game Winner from each Posse. Tennessee Triple B won it on our posse and no one was more deserving. That was followed by a brass auction to benefit the Boy Scouts who spent their weekend picking up and sorting brass and shotgun hulls. I would consider it a huge success as over $2100 was raised for them at the auction.

Next all the plaques were presented to The Alabama State Champions in each Category.

I apologize for my award pictures, it seems all the flashes were wreaking havoc with my auto focus. Again see Sheriff Donald's Pictures as they are better than mine.

Ambush '09 Category Awads

Next the awards were given to all the Category winners.

I'd like to congratulate The Top Gun, Sidekick, The Ladies Top Gun, Dew R Dye and all of the top 10 finishers.

2. Badlands Drifter, 3. Tall Drink A Water, 4. Prestidigitator, 5. Tuff Stuff, 6. Ozark Az, 7. Fast Eddie, 8. Harman Hammer, 9. SA Pondwater, 10. Sunshine Billy.

The Wartrace Regulators had a small contingent present, but those who made the trip fared well.

Papa Dave, 1st Elder Statesman, 21st Overall

Tabasco Jot, 4th Elder Statesman, 34th Overall

Randy Saint Eagle, 1st "B" Western, 36th Overall

Whiskey Hayes, 1st Classic Cowboy, 39th Overall

Capt. Jo Walker, 7th 49R, 46th Overall

Sheriff Frank Canton, 2nd Senior Frontier Cartridge, 111th Overall

Boothill Smoke, 6th Senior, 122nd Overall

Hot Lead Dancin', 8th Senior Duelist, 139th Overall

Blackwater Desperado 1st Frontiersman, 157th Overall

Frank Dalton,8th Frontier Cartridge Duelist, 201st Overall

Did I mention that Birdgun Quail came all the way from Huntsville Alabama just to shoot in the match. He also won the Spirit of the Game Award on his Posse, I think it's because he came from so far away.

I would also like to recognize , an outstanding young man, Levi Creed, 1st Buckaroo, 24th Overall.

To see where everyone finished, Overall Scores

We had a great time and I'd like to thank May Lillie

and all the North Alabama Regulators that worked

so hard to put on this match, with a special thanks to

Cool Waters for keeping me in bullets

Don't forget The Smokeout in the Hills, The Tn/Ky

Black Powder State Championship, Oct. 23-25, 2009

at Possum Trott.