Nope! It Didn’t Rain. The Sun Even Came Out And

Shined On Us.

Some of us were complaining about the rain, as we unlimbered our gear, but the Rev. Adam Jones said, “Quit complaining. It’s not shoot time yet. It’ll stop before we shoot.” And it did. The sun even came out, and for the 61 shooters who came and stayed to shoot, 1 left, it was a good shoot. The stages were fast, and more than 1 Gunfighter said that the stages were really good for Gunfighters. And there were lots of Gunfighters: 8 of them, including Last Kiss. She shot in the Gunfighter class. In fact, she placed 3rd in Gunfighter competition and 6th overall. Of the 61 shooters, 7 of them were lady shooters.

A Cowboy & His Lady: Husband & Wife Team Wichita Colt & Wichita Filly

Widowmaker, a Gunfighter, was the TOP GUN of the day, and Last Kiss was the Top Lady Shooter. The Top 10 Shooters were: (1) Widowmaker (2) Marshal Too Tall (3) Festus D. Deputy (4) Polecat Carl (5) Ocoee Red (6) Last Kiss (7) Grimy Dan (8) Unpleasant (9) Clancy O’Conall and (10) Double Eagle. 12 shooters shot matches with no misses: Widowmaker, Festus D. Deputy, Grimy Dan, Double Eagle, Pleasant, Lightning McCoy, Outrider, Bad Arm Slim, Wildcat Wilkey, Sundance McNeyman, Deadman and Owlhoot Hardin.

Winners of the Buffalo Shoot Competitions were: Long Range Pistol – Tin Pot …. Long Range Single Shot Rifle – Marshal Too Tall, after a shoot off with Fast Harley … Long Range Lever Action Rifle – Marshal Too Tall, after a shoot off with Sundance McNeyman … .22 Cal. – Marshal Too Tall.

When you see category winners, remember that if only 1 person registered to shoot in a category, we placed them in the closest category that matched, in the judgment of the administrator. For example 4 Lady Shooters were grouped in the class Lady Shooter, because there weren’t enough shooters in their individual categories. And speaking of Lady Shooters, Calico Nicole was grouped in that group, and she’s a Buckaroo. That surprised this Word-scratcher. From Calico’s presence and maturity, he and his able assistant thought she was a Young Gun. This young Lady Shooter is a credit to herself, her father (Bad Arm Slim), her grandfather (Bad Eye Tom) and good shooting companion to us all.

Shooting Category Winners: … TOP GUN – Widowmaker …. Top Cowgirl Shooter – Last Kiss

B-Western: (1) Randy Saint Eagle (2) T-Bone Angus (3) Sundance McNeyMan

Classic Cowboy: (1) Lightning McCoy (2) Wichita Colt (3) Dustin Clays

Duelist: (1) Horseshoe John (2) Tennessee Hawk

Gunfighter: (1) Widowmaker (2) Last Kiss (3) Ziggy the Kid

Lady Shooter: (1) Yazoo City Gal (2) Sassy Motchie (3) Wichita Filly

Lady Traditional 49er: (1) Amorous Ali

Outlaw: Tennessee Tombstone

Traditional Cowboy: (1) Unpleasant (2) Clancy O’Conall (3) Marshal W.D.

Traditional Wrangler: (1) Polecat Carl (2) Grimy Dan (3) Tennessee Mongo

Traditional 49er: (1) Marshal Too Tall (2) Festus D. Deputy (3) Ocoee Red

Elder Statesman: (1) Tenn Critr

Traditional Senior: (1) Purly (2) Sheriff Lord (3) Tucson Tuco

Traditional Silver Senior: (1) Tin Pot (2) Outrider (3) Rev. Adam Jones

Next Shoot: February 28 – Buffalo Shoot 8:00 am – Registration 8:30 am – Posse Leaders’ Walk Through 9:15 am – Safety Meeting 9:30 am – Shoot Afterwards

THERE WILL BE NO MARCH OCOEE RANGERS SHOOT, in order not to interfere with the SHOOT-OUT AT OAKRIDGE, which the Oak Ridge Cowboys host annually and which many Ocoee Rangers participate in. WE WILL SHOOT 2 TIMES IN APRIL: APRIL 4 & APRIL 25.

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