You Don’t Have To Wait For Fall To See Colors In Tennessee

Fall is a colorful time of year, right? Sure it is.  The hills come alive with reds, and yellows, and oranges and the blue of the sky, and …. you get the picture.  Even you, Too Tall. But no matter the season, a day of Ocoee Ranger Cowboy Action Shooting is always colorful.  Just look at Double Eagle, sporting a red shooting shirt, shinny pistols, 5 gallon hat, and a pony tail that’s working to become a horse’s tail. That’s the red of fall.

Yellow is a predominant fall color also, and we had that too.  Or more precisely, T-Bone Angus had it. Shenandoah Will said that T-Bone looked like an ear of corn, decked out in his yellow trousers. Take a look at T-Bone below. He looks plum pleased, doesn’t he? T-Bone was unfazed by the comment. He’s usually decked out to celebrate the shoots.

What about the blue of the sky? Hoss Carpenter came to the rescue on that. He was decked out in blue and sending lead down range.

 Cowboys weren’t the only color on the range: nope.  Wichita Filly colored the landscape as well with a brace of pistols, a big smile, and lead on the targets.

When the smoke cleared, the TOP GUN of the day was Hurricane Charly, and the Top Lady Shooter was Anita Margarita.  Shez A Pistol was down in the ranks a bit, but she shot a No Misses Match.

 The Top 10 Shooters were (1) Hurricane Charly  (2) Marshal WD (3) Kid Hawkins (4) Cumberland Drifter (5) Unpleasant (6) Clancy O’Conall (7) Marshal Too Tall (8) Widowmaker (9) Purly and (10) Tabasco JOT.  25 shooters shot matches with No Misses.

8 shooters shot the match with  Cap & Ball pistols, 4 of which shot as Outlaws. Jackalope, Kid Ziggy, Long Gulch and Fast Harley shot as Cap & Ball shooters. Cap & Ball Out- law shooters were Loose Cinch, Curly Bill, Cactus Red and Badlands Beck.

 A few cowboys showed up at the July shoot sporting something new.  For example, Lucky Lightburne was wearing a nifty, new hat. Shenandoah Will’s change in appearance took a closer look to notice: he was sporting a new lip. Yep. After 23 years, his mustache was gone.  He never said whether he shaved it off, or whether the caterpillar finally changed into a butterfly and few away.  Of course Too Tall would probably say, if you asked him, that neither of them were any prettier than before the changes.

 Cactus Red, to compete in the Cap & Ball Pistol shooting spree was packing a new pair of pistols, and they looked really good. ’58 Remingtons, nickel plated and engraved with black ebony grips. When asked how they shoot Cactus replied, “I don’t know.  I’ve never shot’em. In fact, I’ve never even loaded a cap & ball pistol before.” Oh well, he seemed to do ok with them.  He only missed 3 shots competing in the Outlaw event.

 And speaking of Outlaw shooting, Tennessee Tombstone shot his 1st No Misses Match as an Ocoee Ranger.

SHOOT RESULTS: 

TOP GUN:  Hurricane Charly      …..   TOP LADY SHOOTER:  Anita Margarita

Buckaroo: (1) Vicious Nick

Cowgirl: (1) Wichita Filly (2) the Duchess

Cowboy: (1) Hurricane Charly (2) Unpleasant (3) Bad Arm Slim

Lady Wrangler: (1) Anita Margarita (2) Slow Loading Katie (2) Miss Kitty Kat

Wrangler: (1) Kid Hawkins (2) Barkeep Casey (3) Jackson Longstreet    

Lady 49er:(1) Lulu McGoo (2) Amorous Ali (3) Shez A Pistol

49er: (1) Cumberland Drifter (2) Happy Pappy (3)  Reno Mustang

Lady Senior: (1) Roma Jane (2) Cotton Ginnie

Senior: (1) Marshal Too Tall (2) Ocoee Red (3) Dirtwater Fox

Lady Silver SR: (1) Two Step Net (2) Sassy Motchie

Silver Senior: (1) Purly (2) Sheriff Lord (3) Bad Eye Tom

Elder Statesman: (1) Tabasco JOT (2) Tin Pot (3) Wildcat Wilkey

Grand Patron: (1) Linc

Classic Cowboy: (1) Wichita Colt (2) Smokin’ Dave

Lady B-Western: (1) Dodge City Dixie

B-Western:(1) Marshal W.D. (2) T-Bone Angus (3) Polecat Carl

Gunfighter: (1) Clancy O’Conall (2) Widowmaker (3) Pleasant

Senior Gunfighter: (1) Yankee Dutchman (2) Keystone (3) El Carrera

Outlaw: (1) Tennessee Tombstone

Cap & Ball Outlaw: (1) Loose Cinch (2) Curly Bill (3) Cactus Red       

Cap & Ball: (1) Jackalope (2) Kid Ziggy (3) Long Gulch

Lady Duelist: (1) Feather Dancer

Senior Duelist: (1) Ranger Roger (2) Carolina Floyd

Silver SR Duelist: (1) Pop Dawson (2) Shenandoah Will

Elder Statesman Duelist: (1) Horseshoe John (2) Hoss Carpenter

Double Duelist: (1) TN Mongo

Senior Double Duelist: (1) Double Eagle (2) Sudden Sam

Elder Statesman Double Duelist: (1) Owlhoot Hardin

BUFFALO SHOOT:

Single Shot  Rifle – Marshal Too Tall

Rifle Cal.  Rifle  – Hoss Carpenter

 Long Range Pistol – Tin Pot

.22 Cal. … Marshal Too Tall

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