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Volume 2, Issue No. 6 June 2004
JUNE SHOOT — A Day of Action, Families & Enjoyment
The June shoot was … well, it was a good one. The Rev. Adam Jones, who showed up in a new hat, said that it wouldn’t rain. And it didn’t, even though it had rained all week. The day began with Marshal Too Tall’s Buffalo Shoot. Too Tall won that event, both categories: .22 cal and real rifle. Then Tabasco JOT conducted the 1st side stage practice shoot. 22 shooters participated in that event. Pleasant placed 1st in that shoot, followed by Diamondback Dennis and Lucky Larry.
But there were other things worth mentioning. Carolina Gem looked real nifty in a buckskin skirt and vest and new hat. With a big smile, as usual, she said, “This is my Mule Camp outfit. This is the first girly outfit that I’ve worn.” And then she proceeded to shoot her 2nd consecutive perfect match (no misses), won the cowgirl competition and placed 10th overall.
Fast Harley was accompanied by a cowgirl who shot her 2nd Cowboy & Cowgirl Shooting Match and had 1 of the
Gracious Gringo & His Little Rustlers
Last Kiss
catchiest alias that has appeared on our range; Last Kiss. Gracious Gringo was accompanied by his gang of little rustlers, 1 of whom was very proud of her cowgirl dress. And 3 generations of the Colonel Allison clan were participants. Colonel Allison didn’t shoot, but he manned a loading table all day. His son, Ruckus Roy, and grandson, Slim Jim, both shot.
How’d the shooting go? Well, the competition at the top was fast and furious. When the smoke cleared (the Catoosa Kid, Coffee Joe, Dead Beat, and Deadfoot were shooting black powder), Diamondback Dennis was the Top Gun, followed closely by Curly Bill and Ocoee Red. 5 shooters shot clean matches/no misses: Carolina Gem, Horseshoe John, Owlhoot Hardin, Dustin Clays, and Deadman.
Out on the Range – Some Thorns & A Rose
the Thorns, L – R: Ruckus Roy, Colonel Allison, Slim Jim, with other range cowboys.
the Rose: Carolina Gem shoots all the targets … all day long.
Shooting results – June
TOP GUN – Diamondback Dennis
TOP 10 SHOOTERS: (1) Diamondback Dennis (2) Curly Bill (3) Ocoee Red (4) Dustin Clays (5) Cruel Hand Luke (6) Pleasant (7) Tabasco JOT (8) Unpleasant (9) Whiskey River Nelson (10) Carolina Gem.
|
Traditional 1. Diamondback Dennis 2. Cruel Hand Luke 3. Unpleasant |
Cowgirl 1. Carolina Gem 2. Hixon Vixen 3. Deadeye Daisy |
Modern 1. Awful Close 2. Limp Along Charlie 3. Rev Adam Jones |
Senior 1. Dustin Clays 2. Tabasco JOT 3. Sheriff Donald |
|
49er 1. Curly Bill 2. Ocoee Red 3. Marshal Too Tall |
Gunfighter 1. Pleasant 2. Keystone 3. Pyro |
Black Powder 1. the Catoosa Kid 2. Yuma Trueheart 3. Coffee Joe |
Duelist 1. Horseshoe John 2. Owlhoot Hardin 3. RIP Overland |
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The Ocoee Ranger page 2 June 2004
The Reel West, The Real West & The West Of Our Imagination
The Reel West – RONALD REAGAN
Ronald Reagan had an unusual career. As a young man, he started out in radio, announcing ball games and other such work. Later, he went to Hollywood and became a movie star. During his movie career, he made war movies, a football movie about some little religious school, and others. But … ta-ta … he also made Western movies, and he was pretty good in them. I know, he didn’t win an Oscar for his cowboy performances, but very few folks have ever won the little gold men for playing Western roles. His gun work looked ok, but he could ride horses. He did a lot of that over the years, even when he wasn’t on camera. Later, he hosted a TV series about the West.
Then one day, Ronnie (that’s what he was called) was bitten by a bug, not just an ordinary bug, a bug that he couldn’t swat and forget about. The bug bite gave him political fever, and he entered politics. Elected Governor of California twice, he went on to become a 2-term President of the U.S.
In his Western movies, Ronnie played good guys who got the bad guys. That’s what cowboy heroes in Western movies are supposed to do. He tried to do that as President. Did he succeed? Well, that depends on your point of view. He tried. (We don’t talk
Ronald Reagan
Politics, pro or con, in The Ocoee Ranger.)
A friend of mine with a long career in law enforcement has taken several courses over the years in which Secret Service Agents on the Reagan and other presidential protection details were in attendance. He asked them what they thought of this President, among others that they’d protected. Talking about Ronald Reagan, they said that they liked him and that he was friendly, very courteous and a good man. That’s what he portrayed on the screen in his movies, a courteous, courageous, good man.
Ronald Reagan died on June 5, 2004. He was 93 years old.
The West of our imagination …. FESTUS DIRT DOBBER
Festus has been a Cowboy Shooter for about a year. As with several other cowboys who shoot with the Ocoee Rangers, Shadrack Jones and Guns of Yester Year influenced him to become a cowboy shooter and an Ocoee Ranger.
How’d he get his alias? Well, he liked the name Festus, liked it real good. But he knew that he didn’t have a chance of getting it as an alias, unless he added something to it. The question was, what to add. Then he had a brainstorm. The guys at work called him dirt dobber, because his real world name is Dobbins. And with the crack of lightning that accompanied the brainstorm, Festus Dirt Dobber became a SASS cowboy.
What does he shoot? What else: .45’s. And he’s shootin’ better and better.
Festus
Al Sieber
The Real west … ALBERT SIEBER
Al Sieber immigrated to the US from Germany and grew up in Pennsylvania. But he wasn’t content to stay there. In his lifetime, he rambled, and prospected, and soldiered, and ….. Well, to put it simply, he became the Top Scout for the Army in the Southwestern US in the Apache wars. In fact, he was the chief of Indian scouts from 1870 to 1890. He had a reputation. The Indians knew that he wouldn’t lie to them. He also had a reputation as being grouchy as heck. The Indians said that was because he was old and crazy. Tom Horn, who worked for him, said that it was because he had been shot, knifed and arrowed a total of 29 times and that his arthritis made him grumpy. Wounded twice in the battle of Gettysburg, in the War of Northern Aggression, he would experience many more such tribulations in his lifetime.
It’s inconceivable that a man as adventurous as Al Sieber would die in bed, and he didn’t. In 1907, he was supervising a crew of Apache workmen building a road and was killed in a landslide. He was 63 years old. It seems sorta ironic that an old warrior who had been wounded in battle so many times would be killed by having a rock fall on him.
EDITORS:
Newsletter – Deadman & Mesquite Millie Website – Obadiah King
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The Ocoee Ranger page 3 June 2004
Ocoee Rangers to recognize Wranglers
Beginning with the June certificates, the Ocoee Rangers will award special recognition certificates to working Wranglers. Now you’re probably saying, “What the heck is a working Wrangler?” And I’m afixin’ to explain. When cowboys in the Old West rounded up their cattle and drove them up the long cattle trails to market, they depended upon their string of cow horses to keep them on the move and in control of the herd. And they depended upon Wranglers to look after the horses and keep them available for use. After all, a cowboy afoot was …… well, he was just about useless. So, the Wranglers were very important to the success of the cattle drives and the round-ups that preceded them.
It takes working Wranglers to have a successful Cowboy & Cowgirl Action Shooting Match. If you don’t believe it, just take a minute and think about all the things that have to be done on shooting day. Somebody has to pick up brass and count misses. And somebody has to man the loading table and make sure that the correct number of rounds have been loaded and that pistol hammers have been lowered on empty chambers. Somebody else has to man the unloading table to be sure that all guns are clear and unloaded when they leave that table. And somebody has to keep an accurate and legible score. And when the last shot is fired, the targets and props have to be disassembled, removed from the range and taken to the target house for storage. They don’t just wander down there on their own, shake hands with ol’ Horseshoe John and jump up on the storage shelf or rack. It takes working Wranglers to do all this stuff. And if you ain’t helping to do this, then, pardner, you ain’t doing you part to make a successful shoot, assuming you’re physically able to help. If you ain’t physically able, that’s ok. But if you can help, please do so.
So beginning with the June shoot, posse leaders may nominate people to receive Wrangler recognition certificates for helping conduct the match and close down the range when the shoot is over. From the nominations, certificates will be awarded to up to 5 Wranglers.
THE FIRST 5 OCOEE WRANGLERS
|
Hixon Vixen |
Deadfoot |
Lightning McCoy |
Whiskey River Nelson |
RIP Overland |
What will it take to be nominated to be a Wrangler? To be nominated to be a Wrangler, a cowboy or cowgirl must be an active working member of the posse group, without having to be asked or told off & on all day to help. The nominated person will be someone who uses personal initiative and actively helps throughout the day.
Can non-shooters be nominated to be a Wrangler? Yes. Anyone in Western costume who helps and meets the above criteria is eligible to be nominated to be a Wrangler.
Who will decide who receives the Wrangler awards? Deadman will take input from posse leaders and if necessary discuss the information with Horseshoe John, the Range Master, and Ocoee Red, Captain of the Ocoee Rangers. Then Wranglers will be selected to receive the special certificates.
Do your part and help at the next shoot. Maybe you’ll be nominated to be a Wrangler.
SASS EVENT IN GATLINGBURG IN AUGUST – PLEASE REMEMBER OUR EVENT SPONSORS OF THE CHRISTMAS 2003 EVENT
If you attend the vendor portion of the SASS event to be held in Gatlinburg in August and buy cowboy/cowgirl stuff, please remember the generous sponsors who donated gifts that were awarded at our 2003 Christmas Event:
River Junction Trade Co. (River Junction has been very generous to us) … Starline Brass, Co. … Outlaw Enterprises, Inc. (makers of The Outlaw Trail game) … Ajax Custom Grips Co. … Eagle Grips Co. … Desperado Cowboy Bullets Co. … Shoot Magazine … True West Magazine … Ruger Arms, Co. .. and don’t forget Saddlebag Bullets Co. (Cool Waters)
If you buy from any of these fine folks, please tell them that you’re an Ocoee Ranger and thank them for being a sponsor of our annual December Shoot and Family Event in 2003. Maybe they’ll help us in 2004, if we help them.
DUSTIN CLAYS – 1ST PLACE SENIOR CATEGORY AT KENTUCKY CHAMPIONSHIP AT HOOTEN HOLLER ROUNDUP II
Dustin Clays, gentleman Cowboy Shooter, shot in the Kentucky Championship Shoot at the Hooten Holler Roundup II, a 2-day shoot, the 3rd weekend of June. When the results were tallied, he placed 1 in the Senior category and was awarded a nifty plaque, which he was kind enough to show some of the Ocoee Rangers at our June Shoot.
Congratulations, cowboy.
Dustin Clays
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The Ocoee Ranger page 4 June 2004
JUNE SHOOT RESULTS
|
Alias |
CL |
S-1 |
R-1 |
S-2 |
R-2 |
S-3 |
R-3 |
S-4 |
R-4 |
S-5 |
R-5 |
OS |
OR |
OT |
Miss |
CS |
Stgs |
|
Diamondback Dennis |
T |
32.32 |
3 |
21.26 |
1 |
29.48 |
12 |
31.02 |
1 |
26.03 |
4 |
21 |
1 |
140.11 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
|
Curly Bill |
49er |
29.09 |
1 |
45.27 |
9 |
12.23 |
1 |
42.04 |
10 |
25.16 |
3 |
24 |
2 |
153.79 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
|
Ocoee Red |
49er |
35.51 |
6 |
41.15 |
7 |
28.39 |
11 |
35.76 |
4 |
17.63 |
1 |
29 |
3 |
158.44 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
|
Dustin Clays |
Sr |
29.51 |
2 |
39.51 |
4 |
18.57 |
3 |
38.27 |
6 |
35.61 |
14 |
29 |
4 |
161.47 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
|
Cruel Hand Luke |
T |
36.99 |
8 |
48.92 |
11 |
20.36 |
4 |
35.75 |
3 |
27.93 |
6 |
32 |
5 |
169.95 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
|
Pleasant |
GF |
35.76 |
7 |
40.23 |
5 |
25.99 |
8 |
35.12 |
2 |
35.00 |
13 |
35 |
6 |
172.10 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
|
Tabasco JOT |
Sr |
33.24 |
4 |
45.82 |
10 |
17.27 |
2 |
36.86 |
5 |
40.05 |
18 |
39 |
7 |
173.24 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|
Unpleasant |
T |
35.16 |
5 |
40.88 |
6 |
21.87 |
5 |
42.99 |
11 |
40.09 |
19 |
46 |
8 |
180.99 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
|
Whiskey River Nelson |
T |
40.58 |
12 |
50.85 |
13 |
25.39 |
7 |
41.87 |
8 |
28.49 |
7 |
47 |
9 |
187.18 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
|
Carolina Gem |
F |
39.00 |
11 |
41.66 |
8 |
29.52 |
13 |
49.96 |
18 |
30.10 |
8 |
58 |
10 |
190.24 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
|
Marshal Too Tall |
49er |
50.99 |
20 |
39.02 |
3 |
27.97 |
10 |
50.84 |
19 |
32.83 |
10 |
62 |
11 |
201.65 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
|
Horseshoe John |
D |
41.31 |
15 |
52.04 |
15 |
25.22 |
6 |
43.24 |
12 |
36.67 |
15 |
63 |
12 |
198.48 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
|
Awful Close |
M |
43.79 |
16 |
49.44 |
12 |
27.68 |
9 |
44.32 |
13 |
37.22 |
17 |
67 |
13 |
202.45 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
|
Lightning McCoy |
49er |
40.60 |
13 |
55.90 |
21 |
36.20 |
19 |
40.61 |
7 |
34.56 |
12 |
72 |
14 |
207.87 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|
Fontana Vic |
49er |
54.49 |
22 |
29.40 |
2 |
49.14 |
33 |
45.78 |
14 |
26.10 |
5 |
76 |
15 |
204.91 |
7 |
2 |
5 |
|
Lucky Larry |
T |
37.54 |
10 |
60.01 |
23 |
39.16 |
24 |
50.98 |
20 |
23.58 |
2 |
79 |
16 |
211.27 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
|
Festus |
T |
37.39 |
9 |
51.99 |
14 |
42.71 |
27 |
41.87 |
8 |
45.72 |
25 |
83 |
17 |
219.68 |
6 |
2 |
5 |
|
Tucson Tuco |
49er |
48.84 |
18 |
52.14 |
16 |
32.87 |
15 |
46.09 |
15 |
40.68 |
20 |
84 |
18 |
220.62 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
|
Owlhoot Hardin |
D |
52.77 |
21 |
54.48 |
19 |
36.05 |
18 |
54.25 |
26 |
43.20 |
21 |
105 |
19 |
240.75 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
|
Limp Along Charlie |
M |
61.76 |
29 |
61.58 |
25 |
38.19 |
21 |
48.33 |
17 |
36.72 |
16 |
108 |
20 |
246.58 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
|
Keystone |
GF |
46.76 |
17 |
61.69 |
26 |
47.35 |
31 |
55.01 |
28 |
33.34 |
11 |
113 |
21 |
244.15 |
6 |
2 |
5 |
|
RIP Overland |
D |
58.58 |
27 |
62.20 |
27 |
37.65 |
20 |
54.62 |
27 |
44.16 |
23 |
124 |
22 |
257.21 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
|
Purly |
49er |
70.52 |
34 |
67.93 |
33 |
33.10 |
16 |
47.30 |
16 |
46.04 |
26 |
125 |
23 |
264.89 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
|
Catoosa Kid |
BPC |
55.48 |
23 |
53.87 |
18 |
38.91 |
23 |
65.58 |
37 |
48.66 |
32 |
133 |
24 |
262.50 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
|
Pyro |
GF |
41.18 |
14 |
69.28 |
34 |
54.85 |
36 |
51.78 |
22 |
46.2 |
27 |
133 |
25 |
263.29 |
7 |
1 |
5 |
|
Deadman |
T |
56.72 |
26 |
62.35 |
28 |
34.22 |
17 |
52.02 |
23 |
61.34 |
39 |
133 |
26 |
266.65 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
|
Linc |
ES |
67.71 |
33 |
54.93 |
20 |
54.59 |
35 |
74.26 |
41 |
32.06 |
9 |
138 |
27 |
283.55 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
|
Sheriff Donald |
Sr |
81.43 |
45 |
63.37 |
30 |
29.81 |
14 |
56.28 |
29 |
43.21 |
22 |
140 |
28 |
274.10 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
|
Tellico |
T |
56.37 |
25 |
72.35 |
37 |
44.66 |
29 |
53.93 |
25 |
46.78 |
28 |
144 |
29 |
274.09 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|
Hombre Sin Nombre |
Sr |
56.21 |
24 |
60.96 |
24 |
40.74 |
25 |
51.24 |
21 |
84.62 |
51 |
145 |
30 |
293.77 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
|
Ruckus Roy |
T |
50.48 |
19 |
71.72 |
36 |
43.92 |
28 |
59.68 |
33 |
50.15 |
34 |
150 |
31 |
275.95 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
|
Tennessee Hawk |
Sr |
76.10 |
39 |
62.92 |
29 |
44.98 |
30 |
52.79 |
24 |
47.80 |
31 |
153 |
32 |
284.59 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
|
Jericho |
D |
66.59 |
31 |
70.85 |
35 |
55.21 |
37 |
58.82 |
32 |
45.54 |
24 |
159 |
33 |
297.01 |
11 |
0 |
5 |
|
Yuma Trueheart |
BPC |
78.48 |
41 |
66.65 |
31 |
38.20 |
22 |
56.79 |
30 |
72.27 |
45 |
169 |
34 |
312.39 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
|
Bittercreek Jack |
T |
64.98 |
30 |
75.98 |
42 |
47.67 |
32 |
57.27 |
31 |
57.29 |
37 |
172 |
35 |
303.19 |
7 |
0 |
5 |
|
Grey Rider |
T |
70.67 |
35 |
58.77 |
22 |
62.45 |
41 |
61.82 |
35 |
65.11 |
40 |
173 |
36 |
318.82 |
12 |
0 |
5 |
|
Rev Adam Jones |
M |
72.34 |
37 |
81.55 |
45 |
42.17 |
26 |
61.65 |
34 |
49.88 |
33 |
175 |
37 |
307.59 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
|
Hixon Vixen |
F |
60.19 |
28 |
53.80 |
17 |
103.72 |
55 |
94.77 |
53 |
66.23 |
41 |
194 |
38 |
378.71 |
8 |
2 |
5 |
|
John Daniel |
T |
71.16 |
36 |
92.37 |
47 |
57.47 |
39 |
78.47 |
46 |
47.63 |
30 |
198 |
39 |
347.10 |
8 |
0 |
5 |
|
Fast Harley |
D |
81.96 |
46 |
66.90 |
32 |
51.87 |
34 |
75.03 |
42 |
76.35 |
49 |
203 |
40 |
352.11 |
11 |
1 |
5 |
|
Bulldog Jim |
GF |
67.34 |
32 |
90.37 |
46 |
63.01 |
42 |
67.32 |
39 |
70.94 |
44 |
203 |
41 |
358.98 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
|
Blue Tick |
Jr |
89.30 |
49 |
74.59 |
40 |
63.27 |
43 |
77.66 |
44 |
47.13 |
29 |
205 |
42 |
351.95 |
7 |
2 |
5 |
|
Colonel Mortimer |
49er |
79.81 |
44 |
72.46 |
38 |
70.68 |
47 |
70.82 |
40 |
57.95 |
38 |
207 |
43 |
351.72 |
10 |
1 |
5 |
|
Coffee Joe |
BPC |
77.40 |
40 |
79.37 |
44 |
69.02 |
46 |
64.06 |
36 |
68.53 |
43 |
209 |
44 |
358.38 |
8 |
1 |
5 |
|
Slim Jim |
M |
72.40 |
38 |
93.10 |
48 |
87.13 |
50 |
75.22 |
43 |
57.20 |
36 |
215 |
45 |
385.05 |
14 |
0 |
5 |
|
Hat Creek |
T |
95.65 |
50 |
74.63 |
41 |
66.94 |
44 |
66.77 |
38 |
74.51 |
46 |
219 |
46 |
378.50 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
|
Gracious Gringo |
T |
99.48 |
51 |
72.70 |
39 |
91.55 |
51 |
83.14 |
47 |
66.56 |
42 |
230 |
47 |
413.43 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
|
Deadeye Daisy |
F |
79.34 |
43 |
114.23 |
51 |
57.27 |
38 |
92.77 |
51 |
74.66 |
47 |
230 |
48 |
418.27 |
13 |
0 |
5 |
|
Outhouse 2 |
T |
116.55 |
53 |
105.24 |
50 |
60.95 |
40 |
94.35 |
52 |
55.45 |
35 |
230 |
49 |
432.54 |
9 |
0 |
5 |
|
Cherokee Cass |
F |
79.06 |
42 |
79.18 |
43 |
92.45 |
52 |
91.78 |
50 |
78.28 |
50 |
237 |
50 |
420.75 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
|
Dead Beat |
BPC |
88.26 |
47 |
98.70 |
49 |
70.70 |
48 |
78.11 |
45 |
100.72 |
55 |
244 |
51 |
436.49 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
|
Ben Shot |
Sr |
88.46 |
48 |
120.22 |
53 |
82.12 |
49 |
84.58 |
49 |
93.27 |
53 |
252 |
52 |
468.65 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
|
Dead Foot |
CL |
145.46 |
55 |
117.25 |
52 |
68.16 |
45 |
83.51 |
48 |
92.60 |
52 |
252 |
53 |
506.98 |
8 |
1 |
5 |
|
Buckwitt |
T |
120.25 |
54 |
133.37 |
55 |
103.31 |
54 |
116.36 |
55 |
76.09 |
48 |
266 |
54 |
549.38 |
11 |
2 |
5 |
|
Last Kiss |
F |
103.34 |
52 |
130.08 |
54 |
98.67 |
53 |
99.49 |
54 |
98.24 |
54 |
267 |
55 |
529.82 |
28 |
0 |
3 |
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