Georgia State '09 Last 5 Stages and Team Match

On Saturday we finished up our last 5 Stages then we burned up lots of ammo in the Team Match. We had great weather for the entire shoot, a little brisk in the mornings but beautiful as the day progressed. Last year they said it was a little damp, but God smiled on us this year and gave us fantastic weather.

Every Cowboy Shoot I've ever been to starts out with a prayer, and I think when it's over we should end by thanking God for blessing us with the ability to play the game we love.

Saturday Night Karaoke, Georgia State '09

After all the shooting was over we had time to go back to the Motel and clean up before a good dinner catered by Outback Steak House.
Following dinner T-Bone Dooley, Nuttin Graceful and Ringo fire cranked up the Karaoke. There were lots of good singers in the crowd, but one of the best was our own Marshall Red Stockburn.
T-Bone , Ringo Fire, Nuttin Graceful, Fish Creel Charlie and the rest of the Dooley gang really know how to throw a party. We stayed late and had a great time.

I almost forgot between dinner and Karaoke T-Bone and the Dooley Gang did Side Match Awards.

Congratulations to Buck Dodgers, winner of the Speed Pistol and Speed Rifle side matches.

Georgia State '09 Awards

Sunday Morning brought out the Awards Ceremony. We didn't stay for the Top Gun Shoot-Off on Sunday afternoon.

I don't have names for many of the pictures, some I didn't know and some I just couldn't think of (CRS kicks in sometimes).



Olin Winchester, Levi Creed, The Throwdown Kid

This is the future of our game, we need to strive to get more young men and young ladies involved.

We had an excellent time at The Georgia State Championship and if anyone looking at where to go in 2010, take a long hard look at this one.

Wartrace Shoot 4/4/09

God blessed us with a great day for a Cowboy Shoot. Thanks to Very Old Barton for getting Jim Scoutten aka 10 Ring host of The Outdoor Channel's, Shooting USA, producer Mark Shafer, cameraman Chris Gerlach, Mike Irvine aka Black Bottle Mike and Mark's son Justin Shafer, to come to our range and do a segment on our club.

10 Ring and Black Bottle Mike shot 3 Stages with us as well. I also found out that Justin shot a six-gun for the first time while here.

We would also like to thank Gray Rat , a friend of Very Old Barton, for driving down from South Dakota to shoot with us.

We shot from the Gallows, Grafton's Saloon, Wells Fargo Bank, the Depot and the Marshall's Office. Whiskey Hayes put together some fast and fun stages with no procedural traps (although I got one from a senior moment).

We had 63 cowboys and cowgirls defending Wartrace today

The top five shooters were Will Reilly, Papa Dave, Jailbreak Jake, Whiskey Hayes and Shaddai Vaquero. They will make up the Shootist Category next month.

12 shooter shot a clean match, way to go.

Vaquero Jake celebrated his 12th birthday with us today, thanks for the cake.

J B Little bit shot his first clean match today and was presented a Silver Dollar by Birdgun Quail for his accomplishment.

We hope everyone had a good time and comes to our first mid-month shoot of the year April 18th. Some of us will be shooting The Georgia State Match that weekend. Our next main month shoot is May 2nd, and I think the next Wild Bunch match is May 30th.

If you missed this you missed a good one, don't miss the next one.

I will hopefully find out in a few weeks when the Shooting USA segment will air.

I'll try to link the scores as soon as they are up.

SCORES

Alamo

Well it rained on us at the Alamo but not too hard, many of the inside areas don't allow photographs, so I don't have many pictures of the Alamo. It was smaller than I had visualized it. There were quite a few Tennesseans at the Alamo.

The Live Oak Tree pictured was planted there when it was 40 years old, back in horse and buggy days.

Buckhorn Saloon And Museums

We had lunch one day at the Buckhorn Saloon. They have a cafe, bar and museums upstairs including a Texas Ranger Museum (most of which was behind glass cases and wouldn't photograph very well) and a very large collection of about any kind of animal (Taxidermy) you could think of.

The first several pictures you see are made from Rattlesnake rattles, it seems the founder of the saloon would trade Rattles for a drink, looks like he made lots of trades.

You can easily spend a few hours looking around their museums.

San Antonio Riverwalk

The Riverwalk is very nice, lots of shade and any type of restaurant you could think of. There are lots of nice old buildings to look at. Many of the restaurants have outdoor seating right on the river.
I got out early one morning and saw a boat with hydraulic arms with nets skimming the top of the river and another boat with a pressure washer cleaning the walls from the river up to the side walks. They also have a few fountains that help to circulate the water, all that helps keep down any stagnant water smell.
The boat driver we had on the vote tour was very interesting. He warned us all to use sunscreen, he said when he started this job he was a 6' 3" white white guy (see picture of boat driver). He also said he had relatives that fought at the Alamo. He said his Aunt and Uncle were there 3 weeks ago and got into a really big fight.

It's a nice area and in walking distance of the Alamo, so if you venture to San Antonio stay on the Riverwalk.

Joe Gish's Old West Museum

We drove to Fredericksburg, about 1.25 hours, because I didn't want to be that close and not go to Texas Jacks. Texas Jacks is the ultimate store for most Cowboy Action Shooters. I was a little disappointed that they had almost no B- Western clothing. I did find a Sheplers in in San Antonio though. While in Fredericksburg we found out about Joe Gish's Old West Museum. This is one man's private collection. An add in the local paper said when I'm home it's open, call or come on by. We were lucky and he was home.
Joe is 85 years old and he and his wife go to the gym and work out 3 times a week. He said he'd always been interested in the old west and just collected anything he found interesting.

If you ever make it to Fredericksburg go by and say hi to Joe and look around, it's worth your time. I don't think you'll find any Cowboy Action Shooter that wouldn't love to have such a collection.

San Antonio Bound

My wife, Lannie and I went to San Antonio Texas this week. We stayed on the Riverwalk which was very nice, you could walk out of our Hotel directly onto the Riverwalk. Cheyenne Thornton recommended this place to us and it was great. The Drury Plaza Riverwalk. This building was originally the Alamo National Bank Bldg. and it is a beautiful old bldg.

They serve a full hot breakfast, buffet style (included in room price) every morning. They have free cold drinks and popcorn about all day. You get a drink card when you check-in and every night from 5:30 to 7:00 they have a reception with drinks and snacks.
Your card gets you 3 free drinks per night, and they still have the free soda machine if you're not interested in Adult beverages.

I'll make this into several posts so the slide shows run better.

March '09 Wartrace Match

We had a damp start, but 65 Cowboys and Cowgirls came to shoot in spite of it. We had 1 new first Cowboy Match ever shooter.
I'd like to say welcome Flame, I hope you had a good time, I thought you did real well. Maybe Duck River won't teach you any bad habits.
I apologize for not taking many pictures, but I have a hard time concentrating on pictures, posse duties and shooting, so the pictures take a back seat.

Thanks again to Shotgun Schoolmarm, Sassy Lora and Annie Marlin for doing registration and stats.

Buck Dodgers is reworking our website and it's looking good.

Scattergun Kid has the scores posted

It turned out to be a great day with fast stages, but some that made you think. We also had a pistol and a rifle knock down, and a rifle reload stage. They seemed to be a little quiet about who wrote the stages, but I for one liked them, we need a change of pace sometimes.

Papa Dave is doing a Wild Bunch Match March 21 and our next regular match April 4. Don't forget the mid-month matches start back in April, with Latigo Jim heading them up.

Snow in Middle Tennessee, Mar. 1 2009

Sheriff Frank Canton, Papa Dave, Marshall Red Stockburn, Buck Dodgers and myself had planned to go and shoot with The North Alabama Regulators today. After checking the forecast Friday afternoon we decided to back out on the trip. I think we made the right choice. Snow, high 39, 22 mph Northwest wind, just don't seem like ideal conditions to shoot in.

Hope to see everyone in Wartrace March 7, hope to have a little better weather.

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1 week later it looks like a few of the blooms survived.

Feb. 09 Wartrace Shoot

What a beautiful day for a Cowboy Action Shoot. I got up this morning and it was 51 degrees, I knew it was going to be a good day. 59 Cowboys and Cowgirls came to save Wartrace from all manner of Outlaws and Hooligans. We shot 5 fast and fun stages. The fastest times on the stages ranged from 17.38 to 26.49, we won't get into the slowest times.

The top 5 shooters were, Buck Dodgers, Duck River, Papa Dave, Shaddai Vaquero and Whiskey Hayes, They will make up next months Shootist Category.
Category Winners:
Shootist Buck Dodgers
Elder Statesman Papa Dave
Traditional Shaddai Vaquero
Classic Cowboy Whiskey Hayes
Junior Boys Lil' Marshall W.D.
Gunfighter Clancy O Conall
Duelist Emmet Moon
"B"-Western Randy Saint Eagle
Silver Senior Charlie Bowdre
Senior Imis Twohofon
Senior Duelist Birdgun Quail
Frontier Duelist Hatchie Kid
Double Duelist Willy McCoy
49'r Slim Jim Dandy
Buckeroo Vaquero Jake
Frontier Cartridge Joe K
Frontiersman Blackwater Desperado
Grand Dame Buxom Boo



Congratulations to all Category Winners and once again to Buck Dodgers for being Top Cowboy.

I would like to encourage everyone to thank Sassy Lora, Shotgun Schoolmarm and Annie Marlin for doing registration and scores.

Don't forget The Smokey Mountain Shoot-Out. and
The Georgia State Championship

Thanks to Buck Dodgers for taking many of these pictures.

Ocoee Rangers Jan. '09 Shoot

Cheyenne Thornton and I made the trip to the Ocoee Rangers today for their Jan. Shoot. It rained on us all the way there, but by the time we started to unload our gear the rain quit and the sky started turning blue. By the time we left today it was 54 and sunny. Never underestimate the power of prayer.
We were on Posse 3 lead by Yankee Dutchman, with Last Kiss, Fast Harley, Fast Honda, I mean Tombstone (you had to be there), Judgem All Duncan, Yazoo City Gal, Amorous Ali, Ziggy The Kid, Sassy Motchie, Sheriff Lord and I'm getting old , I can't remember who else.
It was a fun shoot with lots of Gunfighter Friendly stages, and Outlaw friendly ( except stage 2), I even tried Gunfighter on stage 2 without much success, but Fast Harley said I got some style points.
I saw many Pards from Ocoee, Tennessee Mountain Marauders and Smokey Mountain Shootist Society. They had 61 shooters today, a good turnout for a Jan. day that started out raining. I'll try to link the scored as soon as they are available.

I got very few pictures and it 2 sets of batteries to get them, I guess you should be wary of batteries that set in the gun cart all winter. Click on link below for scores.

Scores

Scores by Category

Cimmaron Model P

FOR SALE

January Shoot

I was unable to make the first shoot of the year due to a tragedy in our family, my daughter can say it better on her Blog than I can.

I hope everyone had a good shoot and the weather wasn't too bad. I would sure liked to have been there. I hope to see everyone in February.

Scattergun has the scores posted.

Merry Christmas!!!

I didn't take pictures at the December shoot, we had 30 Cowboys and Cowgirls show up to brave the cold weather and defend Wartrace against all manner of scallywags. We had 2 posses and shot 3 stages on the hill and 2 in town. Some of the guns didn't like the cold weather, but we got thru it. I think the consensus was that a cold day shooting was better than sitting on the couch and watching TV.



My wife Lannie decided I need a Cowboy Christmas tree so she rounded up some things and we put together a small tree on a table with a few awards from different shoots.






2008 was a great Cowboy Shooting year for me, I was able to travel to several matches with friends, Buck Dodgers, Will Reilly, Tombstone John, Latigo Jim, Duck River, Sheriff Frank Canton, Marshall Red Stockburn, Papa Dave, Tombstone Peacekeeper,and Two Moon Shining. I was able to meet new friends at matches and see many old ones again. I also had an old friend, Cheyenne Thornton, take up Cowboy Shooting and now have someone to ride to local matches with.

By the grace of God and with lots of prayers, my shooting improved this year and I am very thankful to all the folks who have given me pointers and helped me along the way. Hopefully next year I can hook up with Papa Dave for some regular practice.

Finally I'd like to say "Thank You" to everyone I've shot with this year for making it a Great Cowboy Year. May God be with you and bless you through the Holiday season and next year, and remember if it were not for the Grace Of God we wouldn't have this game we love.

Thanks to my wife Lannie for putting up with me for 29 years, daughters Allison ( Allison started this Blog for me) and Natalie, sons in law Matt and Chris, and granddaughter Jade for putting up with me and buying me a camera.

And a special thank you to Charlie Bowdre and Sassy Lora for getting Cowboy Shooting started in this area, without them I'm sure I wouldn't be enjoying this game now.

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year.

God Bless You.
Randy Saint Eagle

December Scores

Designz By You

I just had to show a few items from a really cool shop in Bell Buckle. Some of these are things I had made for me and some are just a few examples of what they donated for door prizes to The Regulators Reckoning. I should have taken pictures of all the door prizes , but I didn't think about it until it was too late. They can do amazing Laser Engraving on wood,glass and metal. If you get to opportunity go to Bell Buckle and see Joe and Debbie and check out the Custom Fly Tying by Little Joe. Tell them Randy sent you. Their website

Nov. 08 Wartrace Match

We had 57 Cowboys and Cowgirls come into Wartrace for our November Match. It started out a little cool but turned into a beautiful day, lower 70's and sunny. I think God was smiling on us. Whiskey Hayes put together some great stages, we had some movement and had to think on a couple of them. We had the same food vendor that was at the State Championship and the hamburger I had was great.
I've had to change the way I do my blog. click on the more pictures link below for pictures and a slideshow on Photobucket. A special thanks to Buck Dodgers for taking most of the pictures this month. Come and shoot with us in December.

Scattergun has the scores posted.

08 Smokeout in The Hills

The Tennessee and Kentucky Black Powder State Championship Of Cowboy Action Shooting.

Ringer getting us started

Blackwater Desperado always breathing fire

Senior Black Powder, Harry 3 Fingers 1st and Kentucky State Champion, Sheriff Frank Canton 2nd and Tennessee state Champion , 3rd Just Hoss

Smokeless Elder Statesman,  Blue Boy , He's the Wartrace Regulators inspiration at 89

"B" Western Black Powder,  1st and Kentucky State Champion Copperhead Joe,  2nd and Tennessee State Champion Randy Saint Eagle

7 Cowboys and 1 Cowgirl from Wartrace decided to head up to Possum Trott for The SmokeOut

It was a really fun shoot and a cowboy atmosphere. We had a little rain on Friday for the side matches, but with covered firing points it wasn't really a problem. Saturday was a fine day and we shot 6 stages. After that we had a BBQ dinner at the Winfield Community center. Back at the Saloon Blackwater Desperado and his band entertained until the wee hours of the morning.

Sunday morning started with Campfire church, followed by the final 4 stages. I think some cowpokes were having a problem with their heads after Sat. night. After all scores were compiled, they had an Awards Ceremony. It was a really fun shoot and many thanks to Ringer, Tall Drink Of Water, Iron Maiden , Tn. Triple B, Rowdy Bates and all the gang from Possum Trott for a shoot done well. Also thanks Ernie for a good breakfast every morning.

 I now have a better appreciation for being able to see your targets.

I plan to be back next year. Also thanks to Sheriff Frank Canton, Marshall Red Stockburn and Papa Dave for letting me ride and share a room with them.

Congratulations to all the Wartrace Regulators.

Imis Twohofon 1st and Tn. State Champion Josey Wells Category

Blackwater Desperado 3rd  Josey Wales

Shotgun Schoolmarm 2nd and Tn. State Champion Ladies Modern

Sheriff Frank Canton 2nd and Tn. State Champion Senior

Marshall Red Stockburn 3rd Classic Cowboy

Randy Saint Eagle 2nd and Tn. State Champion  "B" Western

Papa Dave 3rd Elder Statesman

and most of all to our inspiration at 89

Blue Boy 1st Smokeless Elder Statesman