Ocoee Rangers Newsletter April 2010 Volume 8. Issue No. 4
Posted by Deadman in NewsletterBullets Race Through The Raindrops!
Yep, at the April shoot, the weather was a bit messy, and the bullets really did race through the raindrops. Or at least some of them did. With some of those butterfly loads though, it might have been more a matter of moseying amongst them. 1 shooter described it this way, “It was a wet, nasty day.” But 56 brave cowboys & cowgirls ventured out to fling lead down range, and in the process, 14 of them shot “No Misses Matches”. A mind reader was standing near Double Eagle and heard him thinking this: “If that 1 raindrop hadn’t hit that 1 bullet, I’d have shot a clean match like Roma Jane did. It just ain’t fair. She shot better than me, and my pony tail is longer than hers.”
The day started differently for Marshal Too Tall, who’s lately been advertising himself as the “tiny tiger”. Sheriff Donald crafted a special plaque, “The Tiger Catcher”, sorta like a big mouse trap, for good old Too Tall, and Ocoee Red presented it to him during the pre-shoot awards ceremony. Take a look at Too Tall with his Tiger Catcher at the right. Notice that both tigers are wearing a black cowboy hat. Receipt of the special recognition must have pleased and excited old Too Tall, because he forgot to provide the scores from the Buffalo Shoot. But what the heck, they’ll be another Buffalo Shoot in May, and it’s not every day that a feller gets a real, honest to gosh tiger catcher.
Marshal Too Tall And His New Tiger Trap
And then there’s the story of the “Pinch Shooter”. The Rev. Adam Jones’ doctor told him he couldn’t shoot his shotgun. No problem. We’ve handled that situation several times before. We use a “pinch shooter”, just like baseball uses pinch hitters. So, the Rev. asked old Festus D. Deputy to help him out and shoot the shotgun targets for him. And being a good, courteous cowboy compadre, Festus agreed to help. And he hit all of the Rev’s shotgun targets. But in the process, he evidently had a senior moment and shot 1 group out of order, awarding the Rev a glorious procedural. Maybe old Festus just got caught in Too Tall’s tiger catcher. Or maybe not.
the "Trusting" Rev Adam Jones
the "Pinch Shooter" Festus D. Deputy
The following folks shot matches without missing a single target: Roma Jane, Unpleasant, Clancy O’Conall, Marshal Too Tall, Festus D. Deputy, Pleasant, Lightning McCoy, Yankee Dutchman, Rev. Adam Jones, Deacon Red, Tarheel, Tenn Smoke, Hide Cutter and Tellico.
"The Thinker" Double Eagle
SHOOTING CATEGORY WINNERS:
TOP GUN – Unpleasant …. Top Cowgirl Shooter – Last Kiss
49er: (1) Marshal Too Tall (2) Ocoee Red (3) Festus D. Deputy
B-Western: (1) Sundance McNeyman
Cowboy: (1) Unpleasant (2) Marshal WD (3) Deacon Red
Classic Cowboy: (1) Lightning McCoy
Duelist: (1) Ranger Roger
Double Duelist: (1) Jackalope (2) Outcast (3) Tarheel
Elder Statesman: (1) Tabasco JOT (2) Tennessee Hawk (3) Linc
Gunfighter: (1) Widowmaker (2) Judge’m All Duncan (3) Kid Ziggy
Lady 49er: (1) Roma Jane (2) Mrs. Pleasant (3) the Duchess
Lady Wrangler: (1) Anita Margarita
Senior: (1) Purly (2) Tucson Tuco (3) Sudden Sam
Senior Duelist: (1) Double Eagle
Silver Senior: (1) Tin Pot (2) Wildcat Wilkey (3) Rev. Adam Jones
Silver Senior Duelist: (1) Horseshoe John
Frontier Cartridge Duelist: (1) Long Gulch
Young Gun: (1) Buckshot Monroe
Wrangler: (1) Clancy O’Conall (2) S.A. Pondwater (3) Polecat Carl
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