Bouncing Down The Bunny Trail
Tabasco J.O.T. Waits For Happy Pappy To Trigger The Buzzer
Our March shoot was the day before Easter. It’s a day when lots of young folks hop down the Bunny Trail and hunt eggs. Cowfolk shooters are young at heart, and 1 of us attempted to hop down the Bunny Trail, but bounced down it instead. Remember the stage with the hay bales? Shooters could shoot pistols from near the shooting line, or hop or scamper down to the 2nd bale near the targets. T-Bone Angus proceeded to hop down that trail, but took a couple of bounces and collided with the ground. Only his pride was hurt, and he smiled like a good sport. Maybe his spurs got tangled together. Or maybe he tripped over an Easter egg. Or maybe Too Tall tripped him: he was standing close by.
T-Bone Angus Timing Lucky Lightburne. They Sorta Look A Bit Alike. If It’s Hero Worship, Which 1 Is The Hero?
75 shooters participated: technically 76 in that Clancy shot in 2 classes: Gunfighter and Wrangler. In the Buffalo Shoot, Jackson Longstreet won the .22 cal. event. Sundance McNeyman won the Long Range Rifle – Pistol Cal. shoot. Marshal Too Tall won Long Range Rifle – Rifle Cal. & Long Range Pistol competitions.
6 shooters shot with no misses, led by Lady Buckaroo Long Shot Layla. The TOP GUN was Hurricane Charly. The Top Lady Shooter was Anita Margarita, who looked smashing in black and with a sparkling gun rig that she made herself. The Top Maverick Shooter was Limp Along Charlie. Here’s how the Top 10 shooters placed: (1) Hurricane Charly (2) Cumberland Drifter (3) Papa Dave (4) Double Nickle (5) Pistoler (6) Slater (7) Barkeep Casey (8) Clancy O’Conall (Wrangler) (9) Sean Clancy O’Conall (Gunfighter) and (10) Cullen Bohannon.
Of course any shooter, cowboy or cowgirl … of any age, must have a gun rig to pack his or her pistols. But, some of us have gun rigs that are more spiffy, or artistic, or visually eye-catching than others. Anita Margarita is a cowgirl who has such a gun rig.
Take a look at Anita Margarita in the picture below.
Anita Margarita – Lady Shootist & Master Craftsman
What stands out? Sure, she looks plum snazzy in her black shooting duds. The blouse looks terrific. The smile is 1st class. However shooters, which we are, notice right away that her gun leather looks super. And the back of her belt has lots of silver attached. Now for the kicker, Anita Margarita is not only a very good shot, she’s a master craftsman. Yep. This lady made her own gun rig. When asked if she’d made her shooting leather, she smiled and said, “Yeah. I did. I made the rig that El Paso Slim’s wearing today, too. I like making my own gear. See, I’ve made notches in the belt, so the holsters stay in place and don’t move.”
Some artists work in paint, some sculpt, some make hand crafted knives, and some engrave firearms. And some artists make terrific looking and functional gun rigs. Anita Margarita is an artist, whether she has a gun in her hand, shooting at targets, or crafting gun rigs. She’s excellent at both.
SHOOT RESULTS
Top Gun … Hurricane Charly
Top Lady Shooter … Anita Margarita
Top Maverick Shooter … Limp Along Charlie
Lady Buckaroo: (1) Half Cocked Kaylee (2) S.A. Girl
Buckaroo: (1) Sam Whitmore
Grand Patron: (1) Papa Dave
Cattle Baron: (1) Tabasco J.O.T. (2) Rev. Adam Jones
Elder Statesman: (1) Purly (2) Tin Pot (3) 3 Notch
Silver Senior: (1) Ocoee Red (2) Pa Faux (3) Delta Desperado
Lady Sr.: (1) Dodge City Dixie (2) Two Step Net (3) Cotton Ginnie
Senior: (1) Dirtwater Fox (2) Bama Kid
Lady 49er: (1) LuLu McGoo (2) Shez A Pistol (3) Miss Kitty Kat
49er: (1) Cumberland Drifter (2) Double Nickle (3) Pistoleer
Wrangler: (1) Barkeep Casey (2) Clancy O’Conall (3) Black Jack Lee
Cowboy: (1) Hurricane Charly (2) Possum (3) Pe De
Duelist: (1) Colonel Tuscarora
Elder Statesman Duelist: (1) Horseshoe John (2) Shenandoah Will
Senior Duelist: (1) Double Eagle (2) Sudden Sam
Frontier Cartridge Duelist: (1) Long Gulch
Maverick Duelist: (1) Ranger Roger
Silver Sr. Double Duelist: (1) Pop Dawson (2) Sequatchie Slim
Lady Gunfighter: (1) Anita Margarita (2) Appalucy (3) the Duchess
Gunfighter: (1) Slater (2) Sean Clancy O’Conall (3) Cullen Bohannon
Silver Senior Gunfighter: (1) D.Q. Jones
Senior Gunfighter: (1) Reno Mustang (2) Kid Ziggy (3) Keystone
Front. Cart. Gunfighter: (1) Jackalope (2) El Paso Slim
Josey Wales: (1) Tenn Critr
Outlaw: (1) Tombstone (2) Marshal Too Tall (3) Badlands Beck
Classic: (1) Turkey Creek Vic
Frontiersman: (1) Smokin’ Dave
Maverick: (1) Limp Along Charlie (2) Deadman (3) Sundance McNeyman
B-Western: (1) T-Bone Angus
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