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Volume 4, Issue No. 12 December, 2006
IS SANTA CLAUS A COWBOY ACTION SHOOTER?
L-R: Double Eagle, Bad Eye Tom & Deadeye Daisy
Ho-Ho-Ho! Merry Christmas. And it was a Merry Christmas at the Ocoee Rangers’ 4th Annual Christmas Shoot & Family Event. And for a while, we thought Santa was visiting to shoot with us. Double Eagle saw “Santa” and jogged over to tell him that he’d been a real good boy and expected to be remembered on Christmas. Deadeye Daisy looked skeptical when she heard the comment. Then Bad Eye Tom, the cowboy who looked like Santa, just chuckled. Evidently, both he and Daisy had doubts about Double Eagle.
The Christmas Shoot is always special, because lots of cowboys & cowgirls dress a bit more spiffy than usual. And then there are the festivities after the shoot. 52 shooters ventured out to shoot 3 stages. And the Christmas spirit started there. Our sponsor, the Cleveland Hunting Rifle and Pistol Club, approved a free shoot for December. And it was also a bit unique because lots of shooters decided to shoot black powder, like Owlhoot Hardin who technically shot Sr. Black Powder Duelist. And the weather ….. It was absolutely great: sunny and warm.
L-R: Bittercreek Jack, Owlhoot Hardin & Dustin Clays
L-R: Dead Beat & Tin Pot
The Top Gun was Dustin Clays and the Top Cowgirl Shooter was Yazoo City Gal. The Top 10 Shooters were: (1) Dustin Clays (2) Pleasant (3) Rusty Spur Slim (4) Unpleasant (5) Fiddleback (6) Ocoee Red (7) Polecat Carl (8) Lightning McCoy (9) Barn Scoop and (10) Cool Waters. 2 shooters shot matches with no misses: Pleasant and Lightning McCoy. In the Buffalo Shoot, Marshal Too Tall won the Long Range Single Shot Rifle and the .22 Cal. competition and Fast Harley placed 1st in the Long Range Lever Action Rifle Shoot.
SHOOT RESULTS
TOP GUN – Dustin Clays … TOP COWGIRL – Yazoo City Gal … BUFFALO SHOOT – Long Range Single Shot Rifle – Marshal Too Tall … Long Range Lever Action Rife – Fast Harley … .22 Cal – Marshal Too Tall
Senior1. Outrider 2. Tin Pot 3. Wildcat Wilkey |
Gunfighter 1. Pleasant 2. Judge’em All Duncan 3. Fast Harley |
Traditional 1. Dustin Clays 2. Unpleasant 3. Fiddleback |
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Black Powder Cartridge 1. Barn Scoop 2. Festus D. Deputy |
Duelist 1. Rusty Spur Slim 2. Horseshoe John 3. Owlhoot Hardin |
Modern 1. Polecat Carl 2. Limp Along Charlie |
Lady Gunfighter1. Yazoo City Gal |
Cowgirl 1. Dagnabit Deb |
Classic 1. Lightning McCoy |
49er
1. Ocoee Red
Outlaw
1. Marshal Too Tall
NEXT SHOOT – JANUARY 27
The Buffalo Shoot begins 8:00 am. Registration 8:30 am – Posse Leader walk-through 9:15 am – Safety meeting 9:45 am – Shooting follows – All times are Eastern Time.
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The Ocoee Ranger page 2 December 2006
2006 Annual Awards Presented At After Shoot Luncheon
After the December Shoot, cowboys and cowgirls got together at the Golden Corral in Cleveland, TN for lunch and after action festivities. At that function, Ocoee Red presented the 2006 Annual Awards.
The first award presented was the Annual Spirit of the Game Award. It went to Last Kiss. This award is presented to a cowboy or cowgirl who has consistently demonstrated a positive image on the range and otherwise conducted himself or herself in such manner to be a role model for others.
L-R: Marshal Too Tall, Ocoee Red and Last Kiss
The 2006 Top Gun Award went to Marshal Too Tall. Dustin Clays received the award as the 2006 Most Accurate Shooter. The 2006 Top Cowgirl Shooter Award was presented to Last Kiss.
Other award winners were as follows:
2006 TOP TEN SHOOTERS – places 2-10
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# 2 – Festus D. Deputy |
# 3 – Dustin Clays |
# 4 – Ocoee Red |
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# 5 – Double Eagle |
# 6 – Pleasant |
# 7 – Fiddleback |
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# 8 – Polecat Carl |
# 9 – Unpleasant |
# 10 – Slater |
The Top 5 Most Accurate Shooters of 2006 are at right and below
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#1 – Dustin Clays |
# 2 – Deadman |
# 3 – Festus D. Deputy |
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# 4 – Pleasant |
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# 5 – Owlhoot Hardin |
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The Ocoee Ranger page 3 December 2006
VENDOR SPONSORS OF THE 4TH ANNUAL OCOCEE RANGER CHRISTMAS SHOOT & FAMILY EVENT
PLEASE REMEMBER THESE GOOD FRIENDS WHEN YOU PURCHASE THINGS FOR YOURSELF OR FRIENDS IN 2007. WHEN ORDERING, PLEASE INCLUDE A BRIEF NOTE THANKING THEM FOR SUPPORTING US.
Brownells, Inc.
200 South Front Street,
Montezuma, Iowa 50171-1000
Phone: 1-800-741-0015
Gun parts, cleaning stuff, cowboy gun leather, etc.
West Creation
7916 FM 1241
Hamilton, TX 76531-3129
www.westcreations.com
email: westcreation@htcomp.net
Cowboy kitchen silverware, dinner-ware, glass ware and other western related products
Starline Brass
1300 W. Henry St.,
Sedalia, MO 65301
Phone: 800-280-6660
Phone: 660-827-6640
FAX: 660-827-6650
Top Quality reloading brass.
True West Magazine
P.O. Box 8008
Cave Creek, Arizona 85327
Phone: (408)575-1881
Subscriptions! Call 888-687-1881
RG2 Digital Media
1140 Reynolds St.,
Covington, GA 30014
Mail P.O. Box 628,
Covington, GA 30015
Personal Trading Cards and other professional printing
Shoot! Magazine
7154 W. State Street,
Boise, Idaho 83714
Subscriptions!
Call 1-800-342-0904
Or: www.shootmagazine.com
Hamilton Dry Goods
Ron & Donna Hamilton
4075 Roberts Matthews Hwy,
Sparta, TN 38583
Phone – Store: 931-739-6061
Home: 931-528-6061
email: hamiltondrygoods@miltipro.com
Cowboy & Civil War Period Clothing and Merchandise
The Fort Western Store
Gene Vergurg
903 Central Ave.,
Nebraska City, Nebraska 68410
Catalog western wear and other items.
Saddlebag Bullets
(Cool Waters)
Randy Gothart
13 Collins St.
Woodville, AL 35776
Phone: 256-776-4909
All popular sizes Hard Cast, Sized & Lubed Bullets. Powder & other reloading supplies
Benton Shooters
Highway 411
Benton, TN 37307
(423) 338-2008
www.Bentonshooters.com
Guns, hunting, fishing – all sporting equipment
Outrider’s Leather Products
Richard J. Leonard
123 Woods Lake Way
Cleveland, TN 37323
Phone: 423-479-8942
Email: Outrider@bellsouth.net
Terry’s Toys
Terry Eischen
6101 Welworth Ave.
East Ridge, TN 37412-3651
Phone: 423-889-9807
Cowboy guns
Coon Dawg
Michael F. Coon
412 Christions Bend Road
Church Hill, TN 37642
Phone: 423-357-1150
Clothing & other items
Other Sponsors
River Bend Rough Riders Cowboy Action Shooting Club
Canton, GA area
Contact: Sheriff Donald
Phone: 770 – 607-0794
sheriffdonald@hotmail.com
Pleasant & Dustin Clays
Mesquite Millie & Deadman
OCOEE RANGER CONTACTS –
Ocoee Red 423-476-5303 ocoeered@charter.net …..
Sundance 423-479-8465 jneyman8465@charter.net ….
Pleasant 423-476-6865 pleasant2@charter.net ….
Deadman & Mesquite Millie 770- 889-0934 jedalton@mindspring.com
Horseshoe John .. 706-866-5372 horseshoejohn@bellsouth.net
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