Wartrace Regulators 3/15 Cowboy/ Wild Bunch Match

31 Cowgirls, Cowboys and Wild Bunch Shooters rode into Wartrace for a great day of shooting. We were blessed with fantastic weather, the best we've seen in quite a while. The day started with me getting to do a walk thru with a Buckaroo preparing to shoot his very first Cowboy Match, welcome Mustang Lewis.

Whiskey Hayes welcomed us and had the Safety Meeting, then Jagged Rock offered a prayer and led us in the pledge. The Cowboy shooters shot the same stages as the March 1 Match and Papa Dave modified them for the Wild Bunch shooters.

We shot the stages in the Old Town, Train, Depot, Wagon, Livery and KO Corral. The stages were fast and fun. I especially liked the Corral where we had 20 knock down targets and the Texas Star. On this stage you started with your hands on your hat, Pistols loaded with 5 rounds each, holstered or staged on the table in front of you. Rifle loaded with 10 rounds and staged on the table, shotgun oped and empty and staged on the table. At the beep you could shoot any target with any gun, you had to fire 10 rifle, 10 pistol and 5 shotgun rounds. Any targets still standing could be made up by reloading any guns, you just couldn't end with the rifle. The only way to have a miss on this stage was to run out of ammo and you could stage as much ammo as you wanted on the table prior to starting the stage. Duck River owned this stage shooting it in  22.08 seconds, much faster than I could type this.

Cumberland Drifter was the Top Gun Cowboy of the day, followed by Duck River, Randy Saint Eagle, Whiskey Hayes, Dodge City Dixie, Sheriff Frank Canton, Tom Cassidy, Branchwater Jack, Scrub Oak Willie and Reno Mustang rounded out the Top 10.

Dodge City Dixie was the Top Cowgirl, followed by Alchemist Belle, Garnet Gal and Ida Shot'em.

CW Knight was the Wild Bunch Top Gun, followed by Sunflower Kid, Frank Buckshot, Jagged Rock and Gunbutcher rounded out the Top 5 Wild Bunch.

Doc Kay B May was the Ladies Wild Bunch Top Gun.

Congratulations to the Clean Shooters for the match, Branchwater Jack, Cumberland Drifter, Ida Shot'em and Whiskey Hayes for the Cowboys and CW Knight for the Wild Bunch.

Complete Scores

Thanks to Dodge City Dixie and Reno Mustang for the pictures and videos from the match. Also Dixie sent me a link to 3 videos from the March 1 Match.

March 1 Videos

Reno's Videos

Dixie's Videos

Dixie's pictures from last years State Match

You can also see other match pictures by clicking on other album links, Thanks Dixie.

The next match at Wartrace will be the Long Range March 22 and the next Cowboy Match will be April 5th.

For more info always check out our Website.

If you're looking for some matches to travel to don't forget the Tennessee State Championship is the final leg of the Triple Crown this year. You can get 3 Great matches for only $300. Click on the Triple Crown in this State Match link.

Happy Trails until we meet again.

Ocoee Rangers 2-22-14 Cowboy Match

Sheriff Frank Canton drove the stage over to my spread well before the crack of dawn. After loading my gear I took over the reins and we headed to Manchester to meet up with Cumberland Drifter and Papa Dave. After some careful packing we were able to get everyone's guns and gear loaded and head on the Cleveland.

We rolled into range and pulled up beside Dodge City Dixie and Reno Mustang. It was looking like a beautiful day and a crowd was gathering. It had been over a year since I was able to make the trip so I was glad to be back. As always they started with a Prayer and the Pledge and a Safety Meeting. Then we divided into 5 posses and started shooting.

T-Bone wrote some good stages and we were able to see some things we don't normally see. 72 Cowgirls and Cowboys were there to test their skills. The Ocoee Rangers allow 1 re-shoot per shooter for ammunition or gun problems and on our posse several shooters needed it. Unfortunately there is not a re-shoot for dumb mistakes and before the day was done I needed that.

It was good to see lots of Cowgirls and Cowboys I hadn't seen in awhile. Yankee Dutchman was our Posse Leader and did a good job. Tom Cassidy, Tarheel, Bad Eye Tom, Hurricane Charley, Dirt Water Fox, Typhoon Bob, Delta Desperado and all the Wartrace gang along with Yankee made up posse 5. I probably left out someone and if I did I apologize.

Reno Mustang and I both managed to get Stage DQ's for different things but we'll both remember not to do those things again.

Unpleasant was the Top Gun of the day followed by Cumberland Drifter, Hurricane Charlie, Marshall Too Tall, Pleasant, Ocoee Red, Clancy O'Connell, Tabasco Jot, Barkeep Casey and Purly rounded out the Top 10.

Cumberland Drifter definitely fared the best of the Wartrace crowd with 1st 49'r,  2nd Overall.
Papa Dave 1st Cattle Baron,  17th Overall.
Dodge City Dixie 1st Ladies B-Western,  25th Overall.
Reno Mustang 4th Senior Gunfighter,  31st Overall.
Sheriff Frank Canton 1st Silver Senior,  32nd Overall.
Randy Saint Eagle 1st Senior Duelist,  39th Overall.

Complete Scores

With a small posse I was only able to take a couple of videos.

Thanks to Ocoee Red and all the Ocoee Rangers for welcoming us for a great day of Cowboy Action Shooting. If you find yourself in East Tennessee on the 4th Saturday check them out.

The next Wartrace Match will be this Saturday March 1 and I hope we have close to as nice of weather.

Hope to see you at a match.

Wartrace Regulators Feb 1 2014 Cowboy Match

39 Cowgirls and Cowboys rolled into Wartrace to help Yosemite Sam in his exploits both good and bad. Due to the iffy weather this time of the year Whiskey Hayes wrote some fast stages with not a lot of movement. 4 of the 5 stages were shooters choice on the gun order.

At the Gallows you had to double tap the 5 rifle targets and 5 pistol targets and only 2 shotgun knock downs. Vaquero Jake had the fastest time  with a 16.21.

Stage 2 you quad tap each outside pistol target then single tap each inside pistol target, same sequence with rifle on the rifle targets and 4 shotgun kd's any order. The starting line for this was "I'm the fastest gun" and Vaquero Jake was with a 14.79.

At Grafton's you started behind the bar with the rifle on 1 window shelf and shotgun on the other, pistols were holstered and could be shot from either window. You shot the rifle and pistols in a progressive sweep on 3 targets (1 on target 1, 2 on target 2, 3 on target 3 and 4 on target 2, then 4 shotgun kd's any order. Vaquero Jake was again fastest with a 16.94.

At the Cemetery you started behind the table with pistols holstered and shotgun and rifle staged the table. With the rifle you had to put 10 shots on 2 targets any way you wanted, same with pistols and 6 shotgun kd's any order. Many of us decided to do 9 and 1 and as you can imagine with a dump on 1 target a few of us messed it up ( I thought I could count to 9). Cumberland Drifter had no trouble counting and shot this in a 21.42.

Stage 5 Wells Fargo Bank, you started behind the center gun shelf with pistols holstered and both long guns staged on the shelf. You had a 9 shot Nevada sweep on the 3 rifle targets, 2 5 shot Nevada sweeps with pistols and 6 shotgun kd's in any order. Shaddai Vaquero pulled out all the stops and shot this in a 19.37.

Cumberland Drifter was the "Top Gun" of the day followed by Shaddai Vaquero, Vaquero Jake, Double Nickle, Papa Dave, Duck River, Ben T Iron, Leadbone, Da' Lighnting and Randy Saint Eagle rounded out the Top 10.

Dodge City Dixie was the "Ladies Top Gun", followed by Doc Kay B May.

Congratulations also to Ben T Iron, CW Knight, Double Nickle, Duck River, Frank Buckshot, Papa Dave, Papa Oso, Randy Saint Eagle and Tennessee Roadrunner for shooting "Clean Matches".

Complete Scores

We were blessed with a great day, however the the wind kept it feeling a little cool. I was able to get a few Videos

The next match at Wartrace will be the Feb. 15 Cowboy/Wild Bunch Match. For more info always check out our website.

If you're a Wartrace Regulator don't forget it's time to renew your dues.

It's also time to start planning your travel matches. This year The Tennessee State Championship,at Wartrace, Oct. 16-18, will be the final leg of the Triple Crown of Cowboy Action Shooting, Smokin' Guns at Rabbit Ridge in Byhalia, Mississippi, May 23-25 will be the first leg and Midwest Classic in Sparta, Illinois, Sept 12-14 will be the 2nd leg. This will be a great series and a bargain way to shoot these 3 matches. For more info click on Triple Crown. Also read about the matches and special door prizes on the SASS Wire Thread.

Well, I'm sure you're tired of reading by now so Happy Trails until we meet again.

Wartrace Regulators Jan. 4,2014 Cowboy Match.

22 Cowgirls and Cowboys didn't worry about the cold and came out for a great day of shooting. If you were dressed for it it was a really nice day.

We started the day with something I was almost a year behind on doing. For the last few years we've recognized the Wartrace Regulator who shoots the most "Clean" matches at Wartrace. Papa Oso shot the most "Cleans" in 2012 and we presented him with his Eagle Eye Award today. Hopefully I won't be as far behind on the 2013 award.

Papa Dave gave the Safety Meeting and reminded us of the new ruling on Long Guns closing on re-staging.
Cheyenne Thornton offered up a prayer and led us in the Pledge.

Whiskey Hayes wrote some fast and fun stages. I especially liked stage 4, The KO Corral. You started with the rifle safely pointed down range, pistols holstered and shotgun staged on the table in front of you. There were 20 knock down targets in a figure 8 pattern. At the beep you started on a center target and went clockwise or counterclockwise around for 10 shoots then continued around the figure 8 with pistols for 10 rounds. Any targets still standing were cleaned up with the shotgun. The fastest on this stage were those who cleaned it without having to use the shotgun ( I wasn't one of them).

We also shot stages at the Fort, Jail, Mine Shaft, and Livery. I think all the stages payed tribute to Cash Jackson.

Cumberland Drifter was the Top Gun of the day. He was followed by CW Knight, Ben T Iron, Randy Saint Eagle, Papa Dave, Sheriff Frank Canton, Whiskey Hayes, Frank Buckshot, Slug Vermin and Fort Knox rounded out the Top 10.

Ida Shot'em was the Ladies Top Gun, followed by Itchy Vermin.

Congratulations as well to CW Knight, Cheyenne Thornton, Cumberland Drifter, Dirtwood Dobber, Fort Knox, Sheriff Frank Canton and Slug Vermin for shooting "Clean Matches".

Complete Scores

We had 2 small posses so I wasn't able to take any pictures or videos.

Papa Dave went to the SASS Convention and accepted the 2013 Club of The Year for Wartrace and here is a video of him accepting the Wooly Award.

Happy New Year to everyone and Happy Trails until we meet again.

Wartrace Regulators November Cowboy/ Wild Bunch Match

30 Cowgirls, Cowboys and Wild Bunch shooters rode into Wartrace for a great day of shooting. By the time we started it was warm enough not to need a jacket and cool enough not to sweat. We shot the 5 new stages with the cowboys shooting the same stages Whiskey Hayes wrote for the Main November Match. Papa Dave modified the stages for the Wild Bunch shooters.

I really like the new stages and all the movement that is possible. I decided it was time to have fun and break out some different guns. I shot two-handed, Senior Category, and used my mat stainless Vaqueros with regular hammers, Spur Marlin rifle and my usual SKB shotgun. With no big matches coming up it was fun to play a little.

We had 3 new shooters, Buckshot Peterson shooting Cowboy and Gun Butcher and Doc Kay B May shooting Wild Bunch.

Reno Mustang changed and shot Senior Gunfighter and Birdshot Pete, a Buckaroo, decided Chickamauga  Slim was having so much fun, he changed and started shooting Outlaw.

Buck Dodgers and Duck River slugged it out all day swapping 1st and 2nd on all the stages. In the end Duck River was the Top Gun of the day, followed by Buck Dodgers, Randy Saint Eagle, Dodge City Dixie, Vaquero Jake, Reno Mustang, Shaddai Vaquero, Tombstone John, Imis Twohofon and Jailbreak Jake rounded out the Top 10.

Dodge City Dixie was the Ladies Top Gun, followed by Ida Shot'em. Dodge city Dixie also shot her first ever Clean Match.

Congratulations to all those who shot Clean Matches, Buck Dodgers, Dirtwood Dobber, Dodge City Dixie, Duck River, Ida Shot'em and Reno Mustang.

Papa Dave was the Wild Bunch Top Gun, followed by Shaddai Vaquero, Frank Buckshot, Papa Oso, Gunbutcher, Tom Horn and Doc Kay B May.

Papa Oso shot a Clean Match.

Complete Scores

 Dodge City Dixie, Reno Mustang and I were able to take some Videos.  

The next match at Wartrace will be the November 23rd Long Range Match, also on the 23rd will be a Womens Only Advanced Defensive Handgun Class. The next Cowboy match will be December 7th.

Happy Trails until we meet again.                                                                                                                                                                                      

2013 Southwest Regional, Comin' At Cha

Cheyenne Thornton, Papa Dave and I loaded Cheyenne's covered wagon early Wednesday morning and headed to Dixon to meet up with Sheriff Frank Canton, Tombstone John and Buck Dodgers and head to Texas. This was my second trip to Comin' At Cha in English Texas and we knew it would be a Great Match. T-Bone Dooley, Ringo Fire, Nuttin' Graceful, Honey B. Graceful, Ellie Gant and all the folks at The Bar 3 Ranch really know how to put on a match.

We met up with Dodge City Dixie, Reno Mustang, CW Knight and Linda at the range. When we got there it was raining, same as last time we got to the Bar 3, but we were able to get our trailer backed into the yard and head for the bunk house. We stayed at The Red River Inn 15 minutes from the range, if you want fancy, it ain't, but if you want close it's the only game in town.

Thursday morning started cool but the rain was gone and it turned out to be a beautiful day for side matches. Here you can shoot the side matches as many times as you want but you have to declare which one you want for score, before you shoot it. They also have a Cowboy Yard Sale in the Big Barn and it was packed.

Dodge City Dixie won the Ladies Speed Double Barrel and Vaquero Jake won the Junior Men's Speed Pistol, Speed Rifle and Speed 87/97 shotgun side matches.

We shot the early wave on Friday morning and it started a little cool but it turned into another great day. I started the first stage with a miss so I didn't have to worry anymore about a "clean match". If you've never been to the Bar 3, they have lots of Chicken targets and I think I saw on the SASS Wire where this year they had 200% more chickens. The starting line for every stage had something to do with chickens. I had 3 misses for the match, all my own fault, and only 1 was on a chicken target.

We shot stages 6 thru 10 and they were fun stages. Stage 6 was rifle and pistol only from the Big Wagon and I mean BIG, the wheels alone are probably 12' tall. Here you had 3 huge buffalo targets and 1 little chicken, you started with rifle pointed safely down range. At the beep you put 2 shots on the chicken and 3 each on the buffalo in any order which means you had a rifle reload and you had to fire the first 10 before the reload. Next you had to put 1 shot on the chicken and 3 on each buffalo with your pistols. Next to the buffalo that chicken looked really small but very few on our posse missed the chicken. On stage 9 you had 2 pistol plate racks and 8 shotgun knock downs, no rifle. You started at either front window, engaged a 5 target plate rack with 1 pistol, moved to the other window and engaged the second plate rack. Then pick up your shotgun and engaged 2 knock downs each from 4 different doors down the hallway of the barn. Any pistol targets or shotgun targets still standing could be made up on 2 gong targets at the end of the hallway.

After both waves were finished stages 2-4 were set up for the Shoot and Scoot, if you're ever at Comin' At Cha you have to try this. All you need are 100 rounds of 38 special ammo and a belt full of shotshells. Guns are set up all along the 3 stages and you don't know what they are till you get to them. The only rules are 2 shots with each shotgun at shotgun targets, all other guns are loaded with 5 rounds each and rifles shoot rifle targets and pistols shoot pistol targets, no double taps. At one table there were 8 pistols and at he end was a 4 barrel shotgun. You had a jeering section along the way to "help" you out, it was a HOOT.

Friday night was another "included" dinner and side-match awards. Once you get to Comin' At Cha you don't have to spend much money unless you find stuff at the vendors you can't live without. Included in your entry fee are 2 lunches, Friday night dinner and Saturday night Banquet dinner.

Saturday we shot the second wave starting at 12:30 pm so we had plenty of time to check out the vendors. We had 5 more fast stages including Stage 4 where you shot an 18 shot figure 8 with your rifle and pistols then moved to your shotgun for 4 knock downs. Fire N Fallback was our Posse Marshall and he was on fire. He shot the best Frontiersman match I've ever seen, 25.28 average for the 10 stages.  Cleve was our Assistant Posse Marshall and we had a great posse, everyone worked and things went really smooth. We got to shoot with some new friends, Jersey Sue and Pecos Pav from New Jersey, Canadian Two Feathers and Canadian Black Magic from Canada and Coffin Sam.

Saturday night brought on the awards and the costume contest with you guessed it, a chicken theme, there were some folks in interesting costumes.

Prestidigitator was the Top Gun of the match, followed by Missouri Lefty, Vaquero Jake, You Bet, Phantom, Justin Parker, Naildriver, Jake Cutter, Roys Creek Dan and Buck Dodgers rounded out the Top 10.

Bent Barrel Betty was the Ladies Top Gun, followed by Sixgun Sallie, Missouri  Mae, Dew R Dye, Spur Broke, Nellie Blue, Sunny Girl, Sierra Starr, Canadian Two Feathers and Diamond Kate rounded out the Ladies Top 10.

Wartrace Regulators fared very well;

Vaquero Jake        Junior Boys Champion     3rd Overall
Buck Dodgers       Wrangler Champion         10th Overall
Shaddai Vaquero   3rd Duelist                      73rd Overall
Randy Saint Eagle  Senior Duelist Champion  83rd Overall
Papa Dave            Range Boss Champion     119th Overall
CW Knight           15th Silver Senior             126th Overall
Reno Mustang       8th Senior                        147th Overall
Dodge City Dixie   2nd Ladies B-Western     156th Overall
Tombstone John    22nd Silver Senior            173rd Overall
Sheriff Frank Canton  13th Senior                 196th Overall
Perfecto Vaquera    5th Ladies B-Western    210th Overall
Cheyenne Thornton  6th Classic Cowboy      283rd Overall
Blackwater was at the match but under the weather all weekend and didn't shoot.

Complete Scores

With only 16 on our Posse I  wasn't able to get any videos or action pictures, but thanks to Dodge City Dixie and Sheriff Frank Canton I have a few pictures.

Pictures

If you're looking for a Fantastic Match check out Comin At Cha, The Southwestern Regional, T-Bone and the gang will make sure you have a good time.

The next Cowboy Match at Wartrace will be the November 16th Cowboy Wild Bunch Match, for more information always check out our website.

Happy Trails until we meet again.

Regulators Reckoning, The 2013 SASS Tennessee State Championship.

The Tennessee State Championship for 2013 is in the books now and what a fantastic one it was. This was our biggest State Championship to date and God blessed us with terrific weather for the entire weekend. We had 185 Cowboys and Cowgirls actually shoot the match.

We started on Thursday with the standard speed and long range side matches. Since this is October we had a "Are You Tough Enough To Wear Pink", "Cut The Rope" stage going on as well. We collected $322.20 for the American Cancer Society at this and donations at the Banquet. We had the Pig Iron Lane inspired target at 30 feet and you could shoot the 1/4" rope with a rifle or pistol or both.

We had quite a few shooters who were able to cut the rope with a rifle including; Asup Sleeve, Frank Buckshot in 2 shots, Cheyenne Thornton, Cassalong Hopidy, Da Lightning, Sudden Sam, JD Bullet, Mortimer Smith in 2 shots with a Spencer, Kid Nama, Fast Harley, Last Kiss, Dew R Dye, Pants A'Fire Meyer and  Harman Hammer.    Pleasant, Yankee Dutchman and I (Randy Saint Eagle) each cut it on our first shot.

We also had quite a few cut the rope with a pistol including; CW Knight, Trail Bandit, JD Bullet, Pleasant shooting duelist, Harman Hammer and Slippery Stew.  I cut one each right and left handed duelist.
I'm sure I probably missed someone and if so I apologize.

After all the shooting was finished on Thursday Chas B Wolfson and Apple Annie, who drove all the way from Arizona to shoot our match, treated everyone still at the range to Southwest Chile and pinto beans and boy was it good. We're trying to talk them into moving here so we can have it more often.

Friday Morning started out with Whiskey Hayes welcoming everyone who came to spend the weekend with us and introducing our special guests Judge Roy Bean SASS #1 and his lovely bride Justice Lily Kate SASS #1000. Papa Dave gave the Safety Meeting and reminded us that the 170 degree rule is probably the most important rule in SASS. Whiskey lead us in a prayer and the Pledge and then it was off to your respective stages to let the fun begin.

Since last year Wes Outlaw and his crew have added 5 new stages including a Cantina, The Jersey Lily, a new Fort, new Marshall's Office and a Mine Shaft and totally changed the look of the range.

Whiskey Hayes wrote some really fun and for some really fast stages . The top 3 shooters averaged under 20 seconds a stage for the entire match.

The first 5 stages were shot and 30 minutes after the last posse finished we started our Team Match. We had a Texas Star and a plate rack for the rifle, a Texas Star and 5 knock downs for the pistol and 2 kd's and anything left standing for the shotgun. Everyone who wanted to play put their badges in a hat and we drew out the teams. We had the most participation we've ever had and it was a ball. Kid Ziggy, Slick's Sharp Shooter and Pine Ridge Jack were the winning team with a time of 24.57. Thanks to all the teams that made this such a fun match. After the winning team was decided, shooters picked their own teams and no "Dream Team" beat the winning team on their first try. We had so much fun we almost missed the Friday night dinner.

After dinner we had the Side Match Awards starting with the Wild Bunch Match; Duck River Traditional, CW Knight Modern. Black Powder Match was won by Silver City Rebel, next we moved on to Long Range Single Shot; off bags Chickamauga Slim, off sticks Dirtwood  Dobber, offhand  Dirtwood  Dobber; Lever Action Rifle Caliber; off bags Duck River, off sticks Wes Outlaw, offhand Wes Outlaw; Pistol Caliber, off bags Wes Outlaw, off sticks Dirtwood Dobber and offhand Duck River.

Next we went to the speed events starting with Speed Pistol Traditional 3.63 Unpleasant, Duelist 4.86 Shaddai Vaquero, Gunfighter 3.83 Unpleasant; Ladies Traditional 4.92 Slick's Sharp Shooter, Duelist 10.16 Mae Berry, Gunfighter 7.96 Last Kiss; Speed Rifle Men 3.23 Prestidigitator, Ladies 4.0 Slick's Sharp Shooter; 3 Gun Men 8.41 Prestidigitator, Ladies 10.59 Slick's Sharp Shooter; '97 Men 5.59 Prestidigitator, Ladies 8.33 Dew R Dye, Hammerless Double Men 6.17 Duke Skywalker, Ladies 7.34 Slick's Sharp Shooter, Hammered/'87 Men 8.56 Ben T Iron, Ladies 18.22 Alchemist Belle.

Next we gave away enough door prizes that everyone present got something. Included was a SR 1911 from Ruger, a 22/22mag Heritage revolver from Franklin Gun Shop and lots of Jack Daniels Whiskey as well as stuff from stage sponsors, vendors and many others.

Saturday started off with the final 5 stages and another beautiful day.  Some Cowgirls and Cowboys were shooting some really fast times and before you knew it the days shooting had come to an end.

This year our Banquet was moved to the Tullahoma Events Center, which allowed us to raise our shooters capacity. I have always worried about moving because we always had such good food. This year the Bell Buckle Cafe catered our Banquet and to me it was probably the best food we've ever had.

After dinner we had the Best Dressed Awards and there were lots of folks dressed to the 9's. I failed to get a copy of who won the contests. Next the State Champions in each Category were announced and received their plaques. You can pick them out on the Category List on the scores page. Then we moved on to the Overall Awards.

Through the course of the night we gave away 3 guns, a Uberti single action pistol, a Stoeger coach gun and an 1873 Uberti Rifle donated by our Match Sponsor The Outpost Armory, check them out and thank them for sponsoring our match. We also gave away 325 rounds each to 3 lucky Buckaroos and a free shoot to the 2014 Georgia State Championship to Kell Raiser, complements of the Georgia Young Shooters Fund.

Top Gun of the match was Missouri Lefty, followed by Prestidigitator, Vaquero Jake, Unpleasant, Mose Spencer, Silver City Rebel, Missouri Traveler, Cumberland Drifter, Fast Eddie and Duke Skywalker rounded out the Top 10.

The Ladies Top Gun was Slick's Sharpshooter, followed by Dew R Dye, Dodge City Dixie, Elpaso Susie, Lefty's Lady, Tenshot Tammy, Perfecto Vaquera, Last Kiss, Witch Doctor and Kid Nama rounded out the Ladies Top 10.

For those of you who don't know Missouri Lefty is a 13 year old Buckaroo, quite an impressive showing.

Complete Scores

 I only got a couple of  Photos, but Gringo Gordo took lots of pictures.

Gringo's Photos

Birdshot Pete and I took a few Videos.  and thanks to Boondock Saint for the picture below.

John Stokes who works with Wes Outlaw put this Video together.

Thanks to everyone who made this a great match we hope all will come back next year and do it again.

The next  match at Wartrace will be the November 2nd Cowboy Match, come and join us if you can.

Happy Trails Until We Meet Again.

Ambush, Alabama State Championship

A week ago, Sheriff Frank Canton and I loaded up my buckboard and headed to the North Alabama Regulators range in Grant. We met up with Papa Dave, Cumberland Drifter, Wild Jill Hickok and Duck River. Whiskey Hayes met us at the range and we joined up with Alchemist Belle, Branchwater Jack and some of the NAR shooters for their workers shoot-thru. They had some good fast stages with no "P" traps and I really enjoyed shooting them.

Ambush this year was the last leg of the Triple Crown of Cowboy Action shooting. Several of us were in the Triple Crown and I have to say a big Thank You to Lick Skillet Charlie for setting it up so we could shoot their workers shoot-thru. Their regular match is the same weekend as our workers shoot-thru so this was the only way we could do it. The North Alabama Regulators had enough members show up so the shoot-thru posse didn't have to do any work, just shoot. This was a great help when you shoot 10 stages in one day.

Duck River and I went up for the side matches on Friday and met up with Alchemist Belle, Branchwater Jack, Tom Horn, Dodge City Dixie, Reno Mustang, CW Knight, Ben T. Iron and Da' Lightning. Those of us that shot the Triple Crown got free side matches and two free lunches. I couldn't make it to the Banquet Saturday night due to shooting 10 Stages at Wartrace so I'm not sure what anyone else did in side matches but Duck River won Men's Traditional Wild Bunch and I won the Duelist 3 gun.

I went back to the Award Ceremony today and got there in time to watch part of the match. It's really amazing to watch some of the top shooters shoot, I can't count as fast as some of them can shoot. At the award ceremony Mose and Bella recognized the Triple Crown Winners. The Triple Crown helped boost the number of shooters to 219 this year.

  The Wartrace Regulators won a lot , Papa Dave, Range Boss; Dodge City Dixie, Ladies B-Western; Reno Mustang, 49'r; Alchemist Belle, Cowgirl; Branchwater Jack, Frontier Cartridge Duelist; CW Knight, Silver Senior; Randy Saint Eagle, Senior Duelist; Ben T Iron, Classic Cowboy;  I didn't write anything down so I hope I didn't miss anyone.

They recognized the Alabama State Champions, which I like, before they did the full awards.
Sidekick and Sugah were the Alabama Overall State Champions.

Lead Ringer was the Overall Champion, followed by Prestidigitator, Blackfish Kid, Sidekick, T-Bone Dooley, Duke Skywalker, Cumberland Drifter, Tuff Stuff, Shell Stuffer and Mose Spencer rounded out the Top 10.

Slick's Sharp Shooter was the Ladies Overall Champion, followed by Dew R Dye, Annabel Lee, Lefty's Lady and Dodge City Dixie rounded out the Ladies Top 5.

The Wartrace Regulators did very well :

Cumberland Drifter, 1st 49'r 7th Overall

Randy Saint Eagle, 1st Senior Duelist 23rd Overall

Papa Dave, 1st Range Boss 34th Overall

Reno Mustang, 8th 49r 35th Overall

CW Knight, 6th Silver Senior 48th Overall

Duck River, 2nd Frontier Cartridge 55th Overall

Da' Lightning, 4th Cowboy 67th Overall

Dodge City Dixie, 1st B-Western Ladies 68th Overall

Sheriff Frank Canton, 12 Silver Senior 86 Overall

Branchwater Jack, 3rd Frontier Cartridge Duelist 92nd Overall

Whiskey Hayes, 3rd Classic Cowboy 111 Overall

Ben T Iron, 5th Classic Cowboy 128th Overall

Wild Jill Hickok, 4th Cowgirl 146th Overall

Alchemist Belle, 5th Cowgirl 148th Overall

Tom Horn, 9th Elder Statesman 184th Overall

If you were at Ambush you know what a good match it was if you weren't you missed a good one. If you're looking for a good match the first weekend in October check this one out.

North Alabama Regulators

Complete Scores when available can also be found at the above link or on the ACES website.

ACES

We all need to promote youth in this great sport as we are an ageing  group as proven by the fact that Silver Senior was the largest Category with 25 shooters. If you have an opportunity try to get your children or grandchildren involved.

Once again I'd like to thank Mose and Bella for the Triple Crown and all of the Alabama Regulators and everyone else involved in Ambush at Caverns Cove for making this a Great Match.

I got very few pictures but here is a link to them.

Ambush Pictures

I also got a few Videos.

Ambush Videos

Classic Impression was the pro photographer and will probably have photos posted soon.

Thanks Sugah for taking pictures throughout the entire event, once she gets them together I'll add a link. here is one of the Wartrace Triple Crown Winners that were present.

Here are all the Triple Crown present.

Pictures By Sugah

Don't forget the Tennessee State Championship is this weekend and it will be our biggest one ever.

Happy Trails until we meet again.

Wartrace Regulators September 21 Cowboy Match

15 Cowgirls and Cowboys braved the weather and rode into Wartrace for the last match before the Tennessee State Championship. We had light rain right up until Safety Meeting time. We shot mostly the same stages as we shot on the Sept. 7 match and they were fast. We did not offer Wild Bunch at this match, it will be back on the mid-month on Nov.16th.

We actually started on stage 5, Corral, today and helped Wyatt Earp take down the Cowboys. Next we moved to the Livery Stable and fought the Indians. On this stage we shot Nevada Sweeps with the rifle and pistols and just 2 shotgun kd's. Just as we were finishing this stage the rain started back up so Whiskey came up with another scenario and we shot another stage at the Livery, this 2nd stage replaced the Train as the loading area was under water. This stage called for at least 3 single taps on each rifle target, same directions for pistols and again just 2 shotgun kd's. The rain stopped before we finished this stage. There are several ways to shoot this stage correctly and if you don't think it out before you start you may get a "P". Done correctly this is a very fast stage.

Next we helped the Marshall stop a prisoner trying to escape at the Wagon. Starting with the rifle you shot a double tap sweep on 5 rifle/pistol targets, then double tap sweep the same targets with the pistols, then move to the shotgun for 2 kd's. These P/R targets were a little farther back than we normally shoot pistols so you had to take time to aim.

We finished up at the Depot where some local bushwackers demanded your money. your line to start the stage was "here's my lead". You started with 1 long gun staged outside the Depot and the other staged inside. Starting with the rifle single tapped the 4 rifle targets for 10 rounds engaging each target at least once. Then from the rifle location you engaged the 4 pistol targets with single taps for 5 rounds engaging each target at least once, then move to the shotgun location and repeat for the next 5 rounds. Then 2 shotgun kd's. We ended up having a fantastic day, the first one in a long time where you weren't wiping sweat every few minutes and we were blessed to be able to stay dry.

Randy Saint Eagle was the Top Gun of the day, (don't get to write that very often), followed by CW Knight, Reno Mustang, Sunflower Kid, Whiskey Hayes, Birdshot Pete, Fort Knox, Deadwood Miner,  Dodge City Dixie and Cheyenne Thornton rounded out the Top 10.

Dodge City Dixie was the Ladies Top Gun, followed by Ida Shot''em.

Congratulations to CW Knight, Ida Shot'em, Randy Saint Eagle, Reno Mustang, Sunflower Kid and Whiskey Hayes for shooting "Clean Matches".  Interestingly the top 5 shooters shot clean.

Complete Scores when available. 

Thanks to everyone who came out and shot with us today, for everyone else, you missed a good one.

The next match at Wartrace will be the Long Range next weekend Sept. 28.

The Tennessee State Championship will be Oct. 10-12. We should have a great match with several vendors for the 3 days including an earplug vendor, something we haven't had for a few years.
Come and join us, spectators are welcome as well.

Also take a look at the Alabama State Championship Oct. 3-6

Happy Trails until we meet again.

Wartrace Regulators Sept. 7 2013 Cowboy Match

48 Cowgirls and Cowboys rode into Wartrace for our monthly cowboy Match, and it was a great day for it. It was hot but not as hot as it could have been and there was no rain in sight. After today there is only 1 more match at Wartrace before the 2013 Regulators Reckoning, the Tennessee State Championship.

We shot in the Old Town today and Whiskey Hayes wrote some really fast stages for the hot weather and 3 shooters were under 100 seconds for the match. We had shooters from Kentucky, Alabama and East Tennessee come to join us in a day of Cowboy fun. We had at least 1 new Cowboy Action shooter, welcome Nantahala Ned.

Congratulations to Shaddai Vaquero the Top Gun of the day, it's not often we have a Duelist shooter as Top Gun. Shaddai was followed by Cumberland Drifter, Barkeep Casey, Vaquero Jake, Marshal WD, CW Knight, Ben T Iron, Randy Saint Eagle, Buck Dodgers and Papa Dave rounded out the Top 10.

Perfecto Vaquero was the Ladies Top Gun, a family sweep. Perfecto was followed by Dodge City Dixie and Buxom Boo.

Congratulations to Barkeep Casey, Deadwood Miner and Dirtwood Dobber for shooting "Clean".

Once again I had to work early and got to the range late so I didn't see some of the cowboys until the match was over and didn't get to speak to some of them. Thanks to everyone for letting me jump in as needed to catch up. I did manage to get a few videos.

Randy's Videos

Complete Scores when available

Thanks again to everyone who came to shoot with us.

The Tennessee State Championship is getting close so if you plan to shoot with us, get your entries in as soon as possible.

The Tennessee State Championship

If you'd like to see who is signed up check out the Shooters List or the Category List.

The next match at Wartrace and the last Match before the State Championship will be the Sept. 21 Cowboy Match, we will not offer Wild Bunch at this match. They're will also not be a Long Range Match in September. The range will be closed from Sept 23rd until October 14th for any shooting except the State Championship.

For more info always check out our website.

Wartrace Regulators

Hope to see you at a match.

North Alabama Regulators Sept. 1 Match

Sheriff Frank Canton and I caught the early morning stage south to help the  North Alabama Regulators clean up their town. We met up with Alchemist Belle, Branchwater Jack, Dodge City Dixie, Reno Mustang, CW Knight and Dirtwood Dobber and tried to help run all the outlaws out of town. We also wanted to get a chance to shoot before the Oct. 4-6  Alabama State Championship. We were a little concerned as we ran through lots of rain on the way down, but once we got there all the water was sweat.

Ben T Iron is now writing the stages and we shot everything from a continuous Nevada Sweep at Desoto Jim's Barber Shop to 10 shot rifle and 10 shot pistols dump on Big Ned. The stages were fast and fun with no "P" traps, although I had more misses than I can count (I must learn what that bump on top of my barrels is).

Barkeep Casey was the Top Gun of the day followed by Double Nickle, Buck D Law, Reno Mustang, CW Knight, Waco Jim, Ben T Iron, Six String, Dodge City Dixie and Graver Bill rounded out the Top 10.

Dodge City was the Ladies Top Gun followed by Sugah, Tullamore Dew, Two Ponies Gal and Alchemist Belle rounded out the Ladies Top 5.

Reno Mustang was the Top Wartrace shooter, 4th overall, 2nd 49R followed by,
CW Knight 5th overall, 1st Senior
Ben T Iron 7th overall, 1st Classic Cowboy
Dodge City Dixie 9th overall, Top Cowgirl
Randy Saint Eagle 14th overall, 1st Senior Duelist
Sheriff Frank Canton 16th overall, 2nd Silver Senior
Branchwater Jack 20th overall, 1st Frontier Cartridge Duelist
Alchemist Belle 35th overall, 1st Cowgirl
Dirtwood Dobber 39th overall, 4th Classic Cowboy.

Complete Scores when available

Thanks to Alchemist Belle and Branchwater Jack for taking videos for me.

Videos

We had a great time shooting and some of us stayed for lunch and the awards. I think Reno Mustang was the only Wartrace shooter to have a "Clean Match".

Our next big shoot after the Alabama State Championship will be
The Tennessee State Championship  Oct. 10-12, if you haven't signed up for either of these matches you need to hurry.

The next match at Wartrace will be the Sept. 7 Cowboy Match, for more info always check out our website.

Wartrace Regulators

Hope to see you at the Tennessee State Championship.
Happy Trails, until we meet again.

Wartrace Regulators Aug. 17 Cowboy/Wild Bunch Match

28 Cowgirls, Cowboys and Wild Bunch shooters rode into Wartrace on an overcast day to help rid the town of all manner of ner-do-wells. The clouds kept the temps  great for August and we only had a light mist of rain a few times, never enough to get you wet.

Whiskey Hays wrote the stages and as always they were fast and fun with no "P" traps. Papa Dave modified them for the Wild Bunch shooters. At the Gallows  with the rifle and revolvers you had a 5 round dump and then a single tap sweep with the remaining 5 rounds. You also had a split shotgun and the Wild Bunch while not splitting the shotgun had to also sweep the the rifle targets with the pistol for 5 rounds.

Cowboys and Wild Bunch all shot the Line Shack the same with gun order shooters choice. You single tap the center target and double tap each outside target and repeat. The same sequence with pistol and rifle and 4 shotgun kd's.

At Grafton's Saloon you confronted a bottom dealing gambler starting at the bar with shotgun in one window and rifle in the opposite. Gun order was shooters choice again,  pistols were shot from either window, other guns shot from staged location. With rifle and pistols you single tapped each outside target and had an 8 round dump on the center and 4 shotgun kd's.

At the Cemetery, rifle was staged on one coffin, shotgun staged on opposite coffin. Start at center table with hands on pistols. At the beep, rifle shot from staged location, triple tap R1, double tap R2, repeat. Move to shotgun and engage 6 shotgun kd's, it was difficult to set up where you could shoot 6 without moving most engaged 2 then moved to the table and shot the final 4, then from table shoot pistols same as rifle. Wild Bunch shot the same except the shotgun was stoked with 3 rounds, you shot 3 and moved, then were required to load 3 more before shooting the last 3. Single loading the shotgun for the final 3 was a "P".

At Wells Fargo Bank you stopped Fredrick Brown from locking up and stealing $10,000. You started with rifle and shotgun staged on shelf, standing at shelf with pistol pointed safely down range. At the beep double tap Nevada Sweep the 3 pistol targets, then same sequence with the rifle on rifle targets, then engage 4 shotgun kd's. After the shotgun the Wild Bunch had to double tap Nevada Sweep the 3 rifle targets with the pistol.

The Wild Bunch Top Gun was Frank Buckshot, followed by Branchwater Jack, Capt. Jo Walker, Papa Oso and Tom Horn.

Miss Scarlet was the Top Lady Wild Bunch shooter.

Buck Dodgers was the Top Gun Cowboy shooter, followed by Cumberland Drifter, Cherohala Chase, Randy Saint Eagle, Ben T. Iron, Reno Mustang, Sheriff Frank Canton, Duck River, Scrub Oak Willie and Tombstone John rounded out the Top 10.

Dodge City Dixie was the Top Lady followed by Ida Shot'em and Dirty Nerdy.

Complete Cowboy Scores

Complete Wild Bunch Scores

I was able to take a few videos, mostly Wild Bunch.

My Videos

Buck Dodgers also posted a few videos.

Buck's Videos

If you're interested in the Tennessee State Championship, Oct. 10-12,  it's time to sign up now.

Tennessee State Championship

Hopefully someday I'll get to come to a match on time instead of going to work first so I'll see everyone. The last few matches when I see the scores I see someones name I didn't realize was there.
Thanks again to everyone who came and shot with us and those who came to watch and help.

For more info always check out our website.

Wartrace Regulators 

Happy Trails until we meet again.

Wartrace Regulators August 3rd Cowboy Match

61 Cowgirls and Cowboys rode into Wartrace for a fun day of Cowboy Action Shooting. We had several folks from East Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi and Alabama come out to join us.

 Whiskey Hayes wrote some fun stages with some different scenarios than we usually see. They were also written for summer with only one stage having a lot of movement. The stages were also very fast, the top shooter shot 5 stages in under 100 seconds. We had  overcast skies and a few very light showers, for August it was a great day.

I had to go to work early and got to the range just in time to be the last shooter on the first stage so I have to apologize to anyone I didn't get a chance to speak to. There were 3 posses and several shooters I didn't realize were there until I saw the score sheet.

Buck Dodgers was the Top Gun of the day followed by Unpleasant, Shaddai Vaquero, Boozy Creek, Duck River, Reno Mustang, Ocoee Red, CW Knight, Pleasant and Papa Dave rounded out the Top 10.

Perfecto Vaguera  was the Ladies Top Gun followed by Mrs Pleasant, Dodge City Dixie, Garnet Gal, Dirty Nerdy, Shez a Pistol and Ida Shot'em.

Congratulations also to these Cowboys and Cowgirls who shot Clean Matches; CW Knight, Deadwood Miner, Ida Shot'em, Jailbreak Jake, Mrs Pleasant, Ocoee Red, Pleasant, Papa Oso, Reno Mustang and Sheriff Frank Canton.

Complete Scores



Thanks to everyone who came out and shot with us and if you haven't sent in your application for the Tennessee State Championship  don't wait too long we have filled up and had to quit taking applications the last few years.

Thanks also to Tombstone John and Vaquero Jake for taking most of the videos I have this month.

Match Videos

We will be hosting RO I and RO II classes August 31st 2013, if interested contact Papa Dave.

Happy Trails until we meet again.

Wartrace Regulators June 15 Cowboy/ Wild Bunch Match

28 Cowgirls, Cowboys and Wild Bunch shooters rolled into Wartrace for some shooting fun. It was a beautiful day and we had some great stages to shoot. The cowboys shot the same stages as the first of the month and Papa Dave modified them for the Wild Bunch.

Brada Tat Tat had his friends from Italian Gun Grease come out and display and talk to us about their products.

Italian Gun Grease

Aaron and Gabe also donated about $125 gift pack each to the Cowboy Top Gun and the Wild Bunch Top Gun. Check out their website, I think you'll be impressed with their products.

I really enjoyed these stages, we had a lot of movement in 3 and not much in the other 2 so it was a good combination. I had to work that morning but got there in time to join in on the first stage.

Cumberland Drifter was the Top Gun for the Cowboys, followed by Big 6 Henderson, Randy Saint Eagle, Ben T Iron, Imis Twohofon, Sheriff Frank Canton, Fort Knox, Tombstone John, Grey Horse and Brada Tat Tat rounded out the Top 10.

Wild Jill Hickok was the Top Cowgirl, followed by Dirty Nerdy and Ida Shot'em.

Cumberland Drifter also shot a Clean Match, congratulations.

Branchwater Jack was the Wild Bunch Top Gun, followed by Duck River, CW Knight, Slug Vermin and Frank Buckshot rounded out the Top 5.

Itchy Vermin was the Top Lady Wild Bunch shooter and congratulations to Slug Vermin for shooting the only Wild Bunch Clean Match.

Complete Scores when avalaible.

I got a couple of videos.

My videos.

Aaron and Gabe with Italian Gun Grease took some pictures and videos and they can be seen on their

 Facebook page.

I also shared their video on my Facebook

My Facebook

Thanks again Aaron and Gabe.

Thanks again to everyone who came and shot and those who came to watch,  hope you all come back again.

The next matches at Wartrace will be the Long Range next Saturday the 22nd and our July Cowboy Match July 6th, for more info check out our

 website

If you're looking for a match next Saturday check out

The Ocoee River Rangers

Hope to see you at a range somewhere.

Happy Trails.

Wartrace Regulators June 1 Cowboy Match

45 cowboys and cowgirls rolled into Wartrace for our June Cowboy Match. I had to work and got there after shooting had started so didn't get to see everyone before the match. Some I didn't know were there until I saw the score sheet.

Lone Wolf Swain was there selling bullets. It was good to see Marshall Red Stockburn again, unfortunately he was selling off his stuff. We had shooters come in from Kentucky, Alabama and East Tennessee  to join us for some fun.

Whiskey had some fun and fast stages and if I'm not mistaken they were 5 of last years State Match stages. I started the day with 4 misses on the first stage and did't get much better as the day progressed. We had sunshine, cloud cover, about 10 minutes of rain, but we were lucky and had a good day.

Ben T Iron was having a great day until his rifle broke on the last stage, but he was lucky it didn't happen last weekend at the Ohio State Match. Most shooters were apparently  struggling some as only 3 shooters had "Clean Matches". Congratulations to  Captain Grouch, Cumberland Drifter  and Fort Knox.

Cumberland Drifter was the Top Gun of the day, followed by Vaquero Jake, Duck River, Shaddai Vaquero, Papa Dave, Captain Grouch, Ocoee Red, Lead Bone, Ben T Iron and Whiskey Hayes rounded out the Top 10.

Perfecto Vaquera was the Ladies Top Gun, followed by Dodge City Dixie, Alchemist Belle, Dirty Nerdy, Shez A Pistol and Russian Annie.

I was able to take a few videos so check out my

 You Tube link.

Scores when available

The next match at Wartrace will be the June 15 Cowboy/ Wild Bunch Match.

Wes Outlaw and his crew are making good progress on the new stages so hopefully we'll be able to shoot them a few times before the State Match.

The applications are available for the Tennessee State Match, we've filled up the last few years and had to start a waiting list so get your application in early.

Regulators Reckoning, The Tennessee State Championship.

See you at the range.

Happy Trails.

2013 Shoot-Out @ Hard Times, Ohio State Championship

Papa Dave and I loaded the wagon hitched up the team and made our first trip to the Ohio State Championship in Piqua Ohio. Once there we met up with several others from Wartrace including, CW and Linda Knight, Branchwater Jack, Alchemist Belle, Donald Duke, Ben T Iron, Dodge City Dixie, Reno Mustang, Blackwater Desperado and Shotgun Schoolmarm. Doc Eells and Mean Gun Mark promised good weather but when we arrived in the rain on Thursday afternoon I wasn't so sure, but they were right. The rain quit and we didn't get anymore till Monday morning when we were leaving. The weather was great for all match activities.

The shooting started out Friday morning at 8 am with the Wild Bunch Match. Branchwater Jack, CW Knight and Papa Dave shot  the match. I haven't gotten the hang of those new-fangled guns yet.  Most of the rest of us started with the regular side matches at 11 and the Warm Up Match at 1. There was a meet and greet potluck at 6 pm which included a fish fry, pulled pork and brisket along with about anything else you could want.

Saturday brought on the first 6 stages of the main match. The targets were a little smaller than we've gotten use to at Wartrace, most pistol targets were 16" circles and the rifle targets were mostly squares with a few diamonds and cowboy shapes. The distances were good and everything was very hit-able. There was lots of movement and all stages were fun. Stage 7 had 2 pistol targets that were 10" circles, but they were "in your face", I don't think anyone on our posse had a miss on them. The match was based on the movie "Blazing Saddles" and had some great starting lines. Doc Eells and Mean Gun Mark really came up with some great stages.

As I said earlier this was my first trip the Miami Valley Cowboys range and it is real nice, shaped like a big horseshoe. The entire area between the stages is graveled, the loading and unloading tables are covered and most have some type of shield to protect from splatter. It's great to shoot in different parts of the country and see nice ranges and see how other cowboys and cowgirls do things.

We were on a really good posse and anyone who knows me knows I'm horrible with names but I'll try to list  members of Posse 10. Papa Dave, Stroud, Barkeep Casey, Ben T Iron, Randy Saint Eagle, CC Top,  Spittoon  Otool, Badger McNeely, Flush Draw, Korupt Karl, Short Term Emory, Branchwater Jack, Lickskillet Charlie, Alchemist Belle, Michigan Slim, Travelin Kid, Blackwater Bob, Dusty Deputy D, Jesse Jane, Willie Gitum, Baby Ruth and I'm sure I forgot someone.

After the 6 stages on Saturday we had a Shoot Off open to everyone who wanted to play. after several rounds of intense competition, Duke Skywalker was the Shoot Off Top Gun. Saturday night was a steak dinner, with great steaks, and side match awards. Papa Dave was 3rd Wild Bunch Traditional and CW Knight was 1st Wild Bunch 59'r.

Sunday morning started with Cowboy Chapel and then the final 6 stages. The final 6 were just as much fun as the first 6. One of the highlights of our final 6 was the Fort where the rifle targets were inside a stage coach, 3 targets, 1 in each window. Following the final stage it was time to head to the Club House for some Cowboy Trap. This was my first time to try trap shooting and it showed. 10 cowboys and cowgirls tried the trap and Papa Dave was the Trap Shoot Off  winner.

Sunday night was the Banquet, Costume and Main Match Awards at the Eagles Club in Covington.
Chicken and fish were served and like all the other meals it was really good. Ringo Fire, Doc Eells, Mean Gun Mark and Boaz Longhorn took care of the Awards.

Lead Ringer was the "Top Gun" of the match, followed by Deuce Stevens, Three Gun Cole, Sage Chick, Duke Skywalker, Doc Molar, Knob Creek Drover, Two Bit Drifter and Indy Kid rounded out the top 10.

Sage Chick was the "Ladies Top Gun", followed by KJ Stevens, Turkey Legs, Two Sons and Sunshine Marcie rounded out the ladies top 5.

Complete Scores

218 shooters completed the match.

Videos

Photos

Wartrace Regulators were well represented;

Papa Dave 1st Elder Statesman, 23rd Overall, Clean Match
CW Knight  5th Silver Senior,  50th Overall
Ben T Iron 3rd Classic Cowboy, 53rd Overall
Randy Saint Eagle 2nd Senior Duelist, 61st Overall
Reno Mustang 9th 49'r, 84th Overall
Dodge City Dixie 2nd Ladies B-Western, 136th Overall
Branchwater Jack 6th Frontier Cartridge Duelist, 141st Overall, Clean Match
Alchemist Belle 4th Cowgirl, 162nd Overall
Blackwater Desperado 5th Frontiersman, 212th Overall

Thanks again to Samuel Doc Eells, Mean Gun Mark, Boaz Longhorn and all the Miami Valley Cowboys involved in making this a really fun match. Also thanks to Lassiter, as Chief Range Officer, for trying to ensure stages were shot the same by all posses.

If you're ever in the area go and check out a really a really nice range and a fun bunch of Cowboys and Cowgirls.

The next match at Wartrace will be the June 1st Cowboy Match.

Don't forget to sign up for the Tennessee State Championship Oct 10-12 2013

TN. State Match

Happy Trails till we meet again.

Wartrace Regulators May 18th Cowboy/Wild Bunch Match

The threat of bad weather and graduation weekend kept many away, but we had 16 Cowgirl, Cowboys and Wild Bunch shooters. We were blessed with very good weather, it sprinkled lightly for less than 10 minutes. The rest of the day we had good weather.

Whiskey Hayes was anticipating the possibility of  bad weather so he wrote some very fast and fun stages with no "P" Traps. We are still shooting the stages on the hill due to range construction. Wes Outlaw and his crew have started building stages and if you haven't been here in a while you won't recognize 1/2 of the range.

CW Knight was the Wild Bunch Top Gun and shot a "Clean Match" as well, followed by Duck River.

Randy Saint  Eagle was the Cowboy  Top Gun, followed by Reno Mustang, Ben T Iron, Whiskey Hayes, Tombstone John, Dodge City Dixie, Birdshot Pete, Sheriff Frank Canton, Wes Outlaw and Da Lightning rounded out the Top 10.

The Cowboys shooting "Clean Matches" were Cheyenne Thornton, Randy Saint Eagle and Reno Mustang.

Scores when available 

A special thanks to Buckshot Peterson for taking most of the videos for me.

Videos

Some Regulators will be traveling to the Ohio State Match  and some will be heading to Smokin' Guns at Rabbit Ridge over Memorial Day weekend.

The applications are now online for the Tennessee State Championship, get your application in early, we've filled up and had to quit taking applications the last few years.

 Lots of good matches will be going on all year, if you haven't planned your year check out  the SASS Annual Matches.

The next Wartrace Matches will be Long Range May 25th and the June Cowboy Match June 1st.

Happy Trails until we meet again.

2013 Midwest Classic

Papa Dave and I loaded the wagon, hitched up the team and headed north to the Midwest Classic at The World Shooting Complex in Sparta IL., the first leg of  The Triple Crown of Cowboy Action Shooting. On the range we met up with Alchemist Belle, Branchwater Jack, Donald Duke, Cumberland Drifter, Dodge City Dixie, Reno Mustang, CW Knight, Blackwater Desperado and many of our old friends and made new friends while there as well.

We made it by high noon, in time for the side matches. In addition to the normal array of speed matches, they had a .22 Gallery with categories for 1911 pistols, revolvers and cowboy rifles and an Extreme Shotgun stage with 22 knockdowns including a Texas Star. It was a blast to shoot but it took me an hour to catch my breath afterwards. I had so much fun I had to do it again before the side matches ended. Your first score was recorded on side matches and if you felt like you could beat that score you could declare it before you shot and if it beat your original score it would be recorded. You could practice as much as you wanted but only declare once. I had never seen side matches done this way but I liked it.

Papa Dave, CW Knight, Alchemist Belle and Branchwater Jack also shot the Wild Bunch Match. After all shooting was finished on Thursday we had a fish fry on the patio of the range restaurant for $6, all you could eat, what a deal.

Friday morning following a brief Safety Meeting we started the first 5 stages of the Main Match. Mose Spencer had some really good stages with a good amount of choice on how you shot them.The morning started a little cool and later got a little damp, but not bad. After the Friday stages were finished we were treated to lunch on the range and then Team Matches. 3 person teams were picked on the range and shot 3 stages that included speed, long distance accuracy, team work and fun.

Friday night we were treated to a lasagna dinner before we moved to the Vendor Mall for Side Match Awards. Papa Dave won the .22 Gallery 1911 award and I won the .22 Gallery Revolver award. I was taking pictures so didn't get the award winners written down, but I took Sweet Sister Kit and Lead Ringers pictures several times each. I met Cowboy Carty  for the first time, who won Speed Rifle with a time of 2.64 shooting one of his Marlins. Missouri Lefty had to go to school on Thursday and got to the range 10 minutes before the side matches closed. He was talked into grabbing his rifle and loading up. He only made 1 try and won Buckaroo Speed Rifle with a time of 2.75. I'm sorry I left out many winners but as I said I didn't get it written down.

Saturday morning brought more threatening weather and the final 5 stages. We shot most of the day in a light rain but fortunately it never got too bad. Things were going pretty well till our last stage when Dodge City Dixie went down on a wet floor while shooting the Church stage. She hurt her knee and foot but never lost control of her guns. I hope it wasn't anything serious. Due to the weather, after the last stages were finished, Mose had the lunch on the range moved to the restaurant. After lunch we had time to head back to the bunk house and rest up for the banquet.

The banquet theme was a Cattle Baron's Ball and many Cowboys and Cowgirls were dressed to the nines.
We were treated to a Prime Rib dinner and Mose said we should thank MJ for that. There were lots of door prizes and raffles but I didn't manage to win any of them. After dinner we had the Best Dressed Awards and then the Main Match Awards were handed out.

Missouri Lefty was the Top Gun of the match, followed by Prestidigitator, Lead Ringer, Cowboy Carty, Blackfish Kid, Frisco Red, Duke Skywalker, Copperhead Joe, Faygo Kid and Don Jorge rounded out the Top 10.

Dew R Dye was the Top Lady followed by Sweet Sister Kit, Lefty's Lady, Miss Hitem and Miss Behavin'.

Wartrace was represented well,

 Cumberland Drifter was 1st 49r.
Papa Dave, 1st Range Boss.
CW Knight, 6th Silver Senior.
Randy Saint Eagle, 1st Senior Duelist.
Reno Mustang, 6th 49r.
Branchwater Jack, 2nd Frontier Cartridge Duelist.
Dodge City Dixie, 2nd B-Western Ladies.
Alchemist Belle, 3rd Cowgirl.
Blackwater Desperado, 3rd Frontiersman.

Complete Scores Here.

I wasn't able to take any match pictures but here is a link to the awards photos.

Main and Side Match Awards

I just have to again congratulate Missouri Lefty for being the Overall Champion and shooting the match "Clean", quite an accomplishment for a Buckaroo and I know his Mom, Missouri Sweetie, and Dad, Missouri Traveller, are very proud of him.

After the awards were over T-Bone Dooley cranked up the Karaoke and it wasn't long before Blackwater Desperado was belting out some tunes and if you've ever heard Blackwater and his band Milkbone, you know he can sing.

Mose and Bella always put on a fantastic match and if you left hungry it was your own fault, every meal except breakfast was covered. Thanks also to the Kaskaskia Cowboys and all the others who helped make this a Great Match.

Don't forget the second leg of the Triple Crown is coming up in less than a month. Shootout at Hard Times, The SASS Ohio State Championship May 24-26 in Piqua Ohio. And the final leg, Ambush at Caverns Cove, The SASS Alabama State Championship October 4-6 in Woodville Alabama.

The next match at Wartrace will be the May 4th Cowboy Match, Safety Meeting at 9:30 for more info always check out our website.

Wartrace Regulators

Hope to see you at match down the road,

 Happy Trails, until we meet again.

Wartrace Regulators April 20th Cowboy/ Wild Bunch Match

25 Cowboys, Cowgirls and Wild Bunch Shooters rode into Wartrace for the mid-month shoot. We had 1 new to Wartrace shooter, welcome Payden Tolbert.  It was a pretty nice day but the wind was cool. I had to work in the morning so I missed the introductions, but got there before the first stage was finished.

The cowboy shooters shot the same stages as the first of the month and Papa Dave modified the stages for Wild Bunch. Several of us had a little trouble getting started , I had a pistol miss and jacked out a rifle round on the first stage, Buck Dodgers took 4 shots on 1 shotgun target, on stage 2 Cumberland Drifter took 6 misses due to a jammed up rifle. I think most settled down after a couple of stages. Cumberland Drifter was the fastest on 3 stages and Buck Dodgers won the other 2 and Papa Dave was second fastest on most of the stages.

Buck Dodgers was the Top Gun for the Cowboys, followed by Papa Dave, Ben T Iron, Cumberland Drifter, Randy Saint Eagle, Reno Mustang, Brada Tat Tat, Imis Twohofon, Tombstone John and Branchwater Jack rounded out the top 10.

Congratulations also to Ben T Iron, Buck Dodgers, Imis Twohofon, Paden Tolbert, Papa Dave and Reno Mustang for shooting "clean" matches. A special congrats to Payden Tolbert who told me this was his first ever "clean" match.

Complete scores when available.

C W Knight was the Wild Bunch Top Gun, followed by Frank Buckshot, Dirtwood Dobber, Papa Oso, and Tennessee Roadrunner.

Wild Bunch scores when available.

I didn't get any pictures but I saw a couple of videos Dirty Nerdy posted on YouTube.

Dirty Nerdy Videos

Buck Dodgers brought his youngest daughter, Thunder Rose, she spent all day picking up brass and also took a few videos. Here is Buck's YouTube sight .  Hopefully she'll be shooting with us by next year.

The next matches at Wartrace will be the April 27th Long Range Match and the May 4th Cowboy Match.
For more info always check out our website.

Wartrace Regulators

If you're looking for some good annual matches in the next few weeks check out the Midwest Classic April 25th thru 27th.

Midwest Classic

Also the Georgia State Championship May 2nd thru 5th.

Georgia State Championship

Happy Trails until we meet again.

Wartrace Regulators and North Alabama Regulators April Cowboy Matches

We finally got a break on April 6th and had a fantastic day for a Cowboy Match, and 48 cowgirls and cowboys rode in to join the fun. We had several new to Wartrace shooters including Scrub Oak Willie and his wife Garnet Gal, Mezcal Jack, Big Jim Vaquero, Da Lightning and Diamond Gal( at least the first time in a while). We had 2 new aliases, Dirty Nerdy (the cowgirl formerly known as Dora Dufran) and Brada Tat Tat ( the cowboy formerly known as Brad Manco).

As always Whiskey Hayes wrote some fast and fun stages with no "P" traps.

Buck Dodgers was the Top Gun of the day followed by Sean Clancy O'Conall, Papa Dave, Randy Saint Eagle, Wes Outlaw, Ben T Iron, Tombstone John, C W Knight, Scrub Oak Willie and Frank Buckshot,  rounded out the Top 10.

Garnet Gal was the Top Lady Shooter.

Congratulations also to 10 shooters who shot "Clean" matches; Ben T Iron, Brada Tat Tat, Branchwater Jack, Cody Kid, Dirtwood Dobber, Frank Buckshot, Ida Shot'em, Imis Twohofon, Papa Oso and Sean Clancy O'Conall.

Thanks also to Jersey Brat for helping with the scoring.

Sheriff Frank Canton, Fort Knox, Tombstone John and Buck Dodgers were trying to get some practice in before they head to Oklahoma for Land Run this week. If I left out anyone else heading west, I apologize.

Sheriff Frank had a rifle lay down on the last stage and Charlie Bowdre was gracious enough to loan him one for Land Run. After lunch at Bell Buckle Cafe we followed Charlie home to pick up the rifle.

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Frank and I decided it was such a nice weekend we would go to Alabama on Sunday and shoot with the North Alabama Regulators. Sunday was another beautiful spring day and NAR is a great range.

I think Tuff Stuff wrote the stages and they were fun and fast and no "P" traps although we had to think a little on some of them. North Alabama is in the process of covering and adding fans to all of their loading and unloading areas, that will be really appreciated about July and August.

We were on Buck D Law and Sugah's posse along with Waco Jim, Lefty Young Gun, Toolman (Tim Allen, talk about a fitting alias) and I can't remember all the others except Graver Bill. If you've never shot with Graver Bill you need to and look at his guns, he does some awesome work.

After shooting we went down to the pavilion and had lunch while the scores were compiled.
Sidekick was the Top Gun of the day followed by Barkeep Casey, Buck D Law, Marshall TKD, Waco Jim, Six String, Graver Bill, Ben T Iron, Lone Wolf Swain and Tuff Stuff rounded out the Top 10.

Sugah was the Top Cowgirl.

If you're looking for a place to shoot on the first Sunday of the month you can't go wrong with North Alabama Regulators. For more info and Scores check out their website.

North Alabama

Sheriff Frank Canton, First Place Silver Senior

It took Frank 3 rifles to make it through the weekend.

The next match at Wartrace will be the March 20th Cowboy/ Wild Bunch Match. For more info always check out our website.

Wartrace Regulators

Happy Trails until we meet again.