Alias

CL

S-1

MS1

R-1

S-2

MS2

R-2

S-3

MS3

R-3

S-4

MS4

R-4

S-5

MS5

R-5

OS

OR

OT

Tmis

CS

Stgs

Unpleasant

T

26.61

1

1

28.03

1

8

25.95

0

2

24.84

0

1

26.74

0

1

13

1

132.17

2

3

5

Festus D. Deputy

49er

31.40

1

5

24.78

0

1

29.42

0

4

26.51

0

2

32.61

0

2

14

2

144.72

1

4

5

Marshal Too Tall

49er

34.97

0

8

25.89

0

3

29.50

0

5

28.03

0

4

34.09

0

6

26

3

152.48

0

5

5

Ocoee Red

49er

27.05

0

2

33.80

1

18

29.71

0

6

26.92

0

3

33.78

0

5

34

4

151.26

1

4

5

Risin’ Outlaw

D

32.16

0

6

24.91

0

2

23.23

0

1

39.14

1

21

34.34

0

7

37

5

153.78

1

4

5

Tabasco JOT

Sr

27.42

0

3

32.51

0

13

27.82

0

3

28.52

0

5

37.58

0

13

37

6

153.85

0

5

5

Judge’m All Duncan

BPD

33.92

0

7

29.23

0

10

33.60

1

10

36.14

0

13

37.23

0

11

51

7

170.12

1

4

5

Widowmaker

GF

41.94

1

17

29.01

1

9

30.49

0

7

36.88

0

14

33.31

0

4

51

8

171.63

2

3

5

Pleasant

GF

38.56

0

16

32.99

1

15

34.69

0

13

33.80

0

10

33.24

0

3

57

9

173.28

1

4

5

Keystone

GF

36.66

0

11

33.76

1

17

33.16

0

9

37.40

1

15

35.37

0

10

62

10

176.35

2

3

5

Polecat Carl

M

36.56

0

10

31.30

0

12

33.70

0

11

33.31

0

9

43.76

0

28

70

11

178.63

0

5

5

Fast Harley

GF

37.11

0

12

27.02

0

7

39.86

0

22

35.13

0

12

39.57

0

17

70

12

178.69

0

5

5

Rusty Spur Slim

BPD

43.23

1

18

26.56

0

5

35.28

1

14

34.71

0

11

43.46

0

27

75

13

183.24

2

3

5

Moonshine Roberts

T

37.42

0

13

33.06

0

16

39.74

0

21

37.84

0

16

42.77

0

24

90

14

190.83

0

5

5

Yankee Dutchman

T

51.40

2

31

30.30

0

11

39.73

0

20

39.02

1

20

39.90

0

18

100

15

200.35

3

3

5

Last Kiss

LGF

52.99

2

34

36.44

1

21

40.04

1

24

32.51

0

7

39.02

0

15

101

16

201.00

4

2

5

Pistol Creek

T

38.44

1

15

25.91

0

4

46.51

1

36

51.57

3

37

37.27

0

12

104

17

199.70

5

2

5

TN Tombstone

O

44.89

2

23

40.91

3

29

50.89

2

41

31.67

0

6

35.03

0

9

108

18

203.39

7

2

5

Long Gulch

49er

46.11

1

27

26.64

0

6

35.37

1

15

56.15

1

44

40.55

0

20

112

19

204.82

3

2

5

T-Bone Angus

Sr

38.34

0

14

43.85

3

36

43.15

1

32

45.16

0

29

34.35

0

8

119

20

204.85

4

3

5

Wildcat Wilkey

SSr

48.52

1

30

35.54

1

20

33.82

0

12

55.62

0

41

40.69

0

21

124

21

214.19

2

3

5

Lightning McCoy

CL

35.57

0

9

37.40

0

23

53.47

3

44

38.20

0

17

46.24

0

33

126

22

210.88

3

4

5

Outrider

SSr

51.91

2

32

40.40

1

28

38.45

0

18

42.19

0

25

42.97

0

26

129

23

215.92

3

3

5

Purly

Sr

58.47

1

37

46.77

1

41

32.45

0

8

32.51

1

7

49.52

1

39

132

24

219.72

4

1

5

Marshal WD

T

44.93

0

24

32.85

0

14

48.06

1

38

40.21

2

22

48.71

1

38

136

25

214.76

4

2

5

El Carrera

CL

44.21

0

21

37.88

0

24

38.35

0

17

49.14

0

34

50.57

1

40

136

26

220.15

1

4

5

Awful Close

D

44.75

0

22

36.99

0

22

40.47

0

27

48.90

0

33

46.79

0

34

138

27

217.90

0

5

5

TN Mongo

49er

53.45

0

35

42.66

1

32

40.38

0

26

43.07

0

28

40.24

0

19

140

28

219.80

1

4

5

Horseshoe John

D

48.23

0

29

38.61

0

25

41.33

0

28

38.62

1

18

54.02

2

44

144

29

220.81

3

3

5

Clancy O’Conall

T

29.52

0

4

43.90

2

37

44.22

3

34

57.81

2

48

41.68

0

22

145

30

217.13

7

2

5

Badlands Beck

O

73.56

6

49

34.95

1

19

36.04

0

16

55.34

0

40

42.38

1

23

147

31

242.27

8

2

5

Sheriff Donald

SSr

58.07

2

36

39.49

1

26

41.82

1

30

48.03

1

32

48.24

0

37

161

32

235.65

5

1

5

Loose Cinch

O

46.04

0

26

52.42

4

44

39.37

0

19

46.65

0

31

51.70

1

43

163

33

236.18

5

3

5

Limp Along Charlie

M

69.17

3

46

39.70

0

27

40.01

0

23

42.91

1

27

51.67

1

42

165

34

243.46

5

2

5

Honest Charlie

T

59.43

2

38

45.05

0

39

50.89

1

41

41.52

0

24

43.93

0

29

171

35

240.82

3

3

5

Rev Adam Jones

SSr

45.87

0

25

61.74

3

49

40.22

0

25

51.55

0

36

51.07

0

41

176

36

250.45

3

4

5

Undertaker

T

72.87

6

48

65.00

5

50

41.52

1

29

38.92

0

19

44.34

0

30

176

37

262.65

12

2

5

Sledge

49er

61.30

3

41

43.29

1

34

43.87

1

33

52.42

1

38

45.84

0

31

177

38

246.72

6

1

5

Tiin Pot

Sr

62.54

1

42

44.61

2

38

48.31

0

39

42.42

0

26

46.83

0

35

180

39

244.71

3

3

5

Sundance 

M

44.14

0

20

45.20

0

40

47.57

0

37

58.12

0

49

47.79

0

36

182

40

242.82

0

5

5

Curly Bill

O

65.30

1

43

43.36

3

35

55.42

5

46

56.68

2

45

38.09

1

14

183

41

258.85

12

0

5

Killin’ Time

LD

67.87

3

45

65.86

4

53

57.30

0

48

46.47

1

30

39.37

0

16

192

42

276.87

8

2

5

Deadman

Sr

61.04

0

39

42.63

0

31

46.28

0

35

57.38

0

47

55.81

0

46

198

43

263.14

0

5

5

Cactus Red

O

47.00

2

28

71.47

5

58

70.60

3

55

50.47

0

35

42.85

0

25

201

44

282.39

10

2

5

Yazoo City Gal

LD

43.50

0

19

55.78

3

48

70.68

1

56

63.55

3

52

46.01

0

32

207

45

279.52

7

2

5

TN Hawk

SSr

52.77

0

33

69.39

0

57

42.33

0

31

56.04

1

43

59.92

0

48

212

46

280.45

1

4

5

Owlhoot Hardin

BPD

71.73

0

47

43.20

0

33

52.59

1

43

54.13

0

39

64.51

0

50

212

47

286.16

1

4

5

Sudden Sam

T

61.22

2

40

68.84

3

56

68.86

3

54

57.28

0

46

55.41

0

45

241

48

311.61

8

2

5

Ziggy the Kid

GF

65.83

4

44

84.98

6

62

74.14

4

58

40.46

1

23

69.86

5

59

246

49

335.27

20

0

5

TN Hoss

BPD

82.92

0

54

42.21

0

30

80.81

0

61

65.81

0

54

65.08

0

52

251

50

336.83

0

5

5

Tenn Smoke

49er

85.16

0

57

50.49

0

43

64.34

0

52

67.06

0

55

59.11

0

47

254

51

326.16

0

5

5

Outcast

49er

98.65

3

61

49.60

2

42

49.52

1

40

55.84

1

42

999.99

70

255

52

1253.60

7

1

4

Badeye Tom

BPD

96.53

0

60

53.64

0

46

56.05

0

47

59.58

0

50

67.66

0

55

258

53

333.46

0

5

5

Dusty Camino

T

74.79

0

50

55.61

1

47

81.10

0

62

61.29

0

51

64.45

0

49

259

54

337.24

1

4

5

Buckshot John

Sr

83.10

2

55

65.39

2

52

55.36

0

45

69.59

0

59

64.67

0

51

262

55

338.11

4

3

5

Outlaw Tracker

T

86.26

1

58

53.37

2

45

61.36

0

50

72.69

2

61

66.62

0

54

268

56

340.30

5

2

5

Peck

T

79.23

1

51

67.55

1

55

62.12

1

51

65.34

0

53

72.37

1

60

270

57

346.61

4

1

5

Josey Buckhorn

CL

81.84

0

53

80.57

1

61

57.43

0

49

68.77

0

58

68.81

0

58

279

58

357.42

1

4

5

Bad Arm Slim

BPD

80.54

0

52

65.89

1

54

71.46

0

57

71.11

1

60

68.46

0

56

279

59

357.46

2

3

5

Coffee Joe

BPC

83.15

1

56

65.05

2

51

108.78

6

68

68.59

1

57

77.02

0

62

294

60

402.59

10

1

5

Deadeye Daisy

LSSr

101.12

5

62

76.75

4

59

83.70

2

63

67.96

1

56

68.48

0

57

297

61

398.01

12

1

5

Tio Don

BW

108.07

4

64

86.24

1

63

77.58

2

59

82.69

0

63

66.55

1

53

302

62

421.13

8

1

5

Deacon Red

T

89.13

1

59

77.74

2

60

77.96

1

60

95.30

0

66

76.42

0

61

306

63

416.55

4

2

5

Hotdog

T

131.91

5

66

94.39

6

66

66.70

0

53

106.57

3

67

122.09

4

68

320

64

521.66

18

1

5

Ben Shot

Sr

109.29

3

65

88.28

2

65

95.77

3

65

79.67

0

62

86.85

0

66

323

65

459.86

8

2

5

Shadrack Jones

BPD

104.35

2

63

102.35

3

67

108.53

2

67

83.73

0

64

84.59

1

64

325

66

483.55

8

1

5

Calico Nicole

LJr

140.45

2

69

87.63

2

64

100.10

3

66

85.93

1

65

86.51

0

65

329

67

500.62

8

1

5

Dixie Rebel Rose

FT

137.59

6

67

111.57

9

69

95.68

6

64

117.39

4

69

79.79

3

63

332

68

542.02

28

0

5

Outhouse 1

T

153.03

4

70

127.12

7

70

123.09

3

69

116.58

5

68

96.65

5

67

344

69

616.47

24

0

5

Bulls Eye

Jr

140.02

0

68

109.28

3

68

149.82

5

70

148.35

2

70

157.92

2

69

345

70

705.39

12

1

5

Comments

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Volume 5, Issue No. 11                                                   November, 2007

70 Chilly Cowboys & Cowgirls Shoot A Real Nifty November Match

Marshal Too Tall made a comment that has to start this yarn. When asked who won the Long Range Pistol Competition in the Buffalo Shoot, he said, “Nobody. None of us could hit the target.” How ‘bout that? An honest cowboy.  If he’d been a deer hunter or fisherman, he’d have finished, “but you should have seen the 1 that got away.” Anyway, it was a fun match, although a bit chilly. But that gave several cowboys a chance to wear their cowboy winter coats, and some layered cowboys a chance to walk around coatless looking macho. Of course coats were off for shooting.

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Shadrack Jones shoots  Henry Rifle, Black Powder Style – I Know You See A Gate, But This Is An Authentic Henry Rifle Style.

Owlhoot Hardin pointed out that since he’d suggested we recognize the Black Powder Duelist category, lots of folks were shooting it: 7 shot BPD Saturday. Of course there were other cowfolk shooting 1 handed. If you count all the categories in which folks shoot 1 handed (classic, duelist, gunfighter, outlaw, black powder duelist, and the lady’s categories for some of these, we had 26 of the 70 shooters shooting 1 handed.  That’s counting Ben Shot who shoots in the Senior category but shoots duelist style.

Calico Nicole, daughter of Bad Arm Slim and granddaughter of Bad Eye Tom shot her 1st cowboy shooting match, and she did very well. Talking about shooting, Calico said she had a good teacher, her grandfather. Bad Eye Tom told Mesquite Milllie that he started her off with 3 things: exposure to the loading table, the unloading table and working with a timer. He bought a timer so she’d not be intimated by it when she started shooting matches. Bad Arm Slim, Bad Eye’s son, said that his dad did a good job working with Calico.  And if you watched her shoot, you could see it. The smile on Calico’s face below seems to say 2 things: (1) her granddaddy did a good job of training and (2) she enjoys cowgirl shooting.

The TOP GUN for the day was Unpleasant. The Top 10 Shooters were (1) Unpleasant (2) Festus D. Deputy (3) Marshal Too Tall  (4) Ocoee Red (5) Risin’ Outlaw (6) Tabasco JOT (7) Judge’m All Duncan (8) Widowmaker (9) Pleasant (10) Keystone.  11 cowboys had no-miss matches: Marshal Too Tall, Tabasco JOT, Polecat Carl, Fast Harley, Moonshine Roberts, Awful Close, Sundance McNeyman, Deadman, Tennessee Hoss, Tenn Smoke and Bad Eye Tom.  Outrider captured 1st place in the Long Range Rifle competition of the Buffalo shoot and Marshall Too Tall placed 1st in the .22 cal. and Lever Action Rifle competition. Last Kiss was the Top Cowgirl Shooter.

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Family Shooters. L-R: Bad Arm Slim, Calico Nicole, Bad Eye Tom

Here are the category winners:

49er

1. Festus D. Deputy

2. Marshal Too Tall

3. Ocoee Red

Black Powder Duelist

1. Judge’m All Duncan

2. Rusty Spur Sllim

3. Owlhoot Hardin

Outlaw

1. Tennessee Tombstone

2. Badlands Beck

3. Loose Cinch

Classic Cowboy

1. Lightning McCoy

2. El Carrera

Duelist

1. Risin’ Outlaw

2. Awful Close

Modern

1. Polecat Carl

2. Limp Along Charlie

Gunfighter

1. Widowmaker

2. Plesant

3. Keystone

Senior

1. Tabasco JOT

2. T-Bone Angus

3. Purly

Silver Senior

1. Wildcat Wilkey

2. Outrider

3. Sheriff Donald

Traditional

1. Upleasant

2. Moonshine Roberts

3. Yankee Dutchman

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1-Handed Shooters. L-R:

El Carrera – Classic Cowboy & Owlhoot Hardin – Black Powder Duelist

Last, but not least, we had 1 other Junior shooter who helped us shoot turkeys in our 5 stages: Bulls Eye. He was a credit to his posse and along with Calico Nicole is the future of Cowboy Action Shooting. Look around at the next match, and take a look at the demographics of our group. (How’s that word, Owlhoot?) We could just about call ourselves the Silver Haired Daddies, to take a song title from Gene Autry.

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The Ocoee Ranger page 2                                November 2007

THE REEL WEST, THE REAL WEST AND THE WEST OF OUR IMAGINATION

THE REEL WEST – BRIAN KEITH (1921 – 1997)

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Brian Keith was born in New Jersey in 1921 and got into show business when he was only 3.  But that wasn’t surprising. After all, both his parents were actors. After high school, Brian joined the Marines and served in WWII. Upon his release from active duty, he went in search of acting work and found it. In the ensuing years, he appeared on stage, in the movies and on TV.  He’s probably best remembered for 1 of his TV roles: he was Uncle Bill on FAMILY AFFAIR.  But in his long career, Brian played a lot of other roles. He was in bunches of Westerns on the big screen and on the living room screen. Sometimes he was a sidekick, and sometimes a hero and sometimes he was a real convincing bad guy.

Do you remember any of his Westerns? He was the hero in DEADLY COMPANIONS, with Maureen O’Hara. And he appeared with her and Jimmy Stewart in RARE BREED. And he was in NEVADA SMITH.  And if you want to see him as a real mean gunman, take a look at THE VIOLENT MEN, an excellent Western with Glenn Ford. For 1 season, he starred in THE WESTERNER, a TV series directed by Sam Peckinpah. Shucks, after that, Sam wanted Brian to play the role of Deke Thornton (the part Robert Ryan had) in THE WILD BUNCH. Unfortunately, Brian was tied up with FAMILY AFFAIR at the time. If you’ve seen THE MOUNTAINMEN, Brian appeared as Charlton Heston’s pardner.  The critics didn’t think much of that movie, but it was excellent. The script is good, and the scenery is terrific: the movie is shot in the Grand Tetons / Jackson Hole, WY area. Give it a look, if you haven’t seen it. In all, Brian appeared in more than 42 Western roles in the movies and on TV.

Brian died of a self inflected gunshot wound in 1997. His daughter had died of suicide 2 weeks before, and he’d been given only a few weeks to live due to a medical condition. So, he exercised his option and chose his time to join the ghost riding cowboy posse in the sky. But you can still see him and his infectious smile on TV’s Westerns Channel.

THE WEST OF OUR IMAGINATION – S. A. PONDWATER

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Have you ever wondered what the S.A. in Pondwater’s name stood for? Well, it sure ain’t reflective of his shootin’ ability.  According to Pondwater, S.A. stands for “Slow As”. But he doesn’t shoot slow. He’s 1 of our best and fastest shooters.  What does he shoot? “I shoot .357 magnums in both my pistols and in my rifle. I shoot a 12 Ga. ‘97 shotgun.”

How long has he been shooting Cowboy? “I started Cowboy Shooting in 2003. But I took 2 years off to build my house. Then I started shooting heavily in 2005.  I’ve always shot Modern. When I first started, there wasn’t a lot of competition in the Modern category at the local level. There still isn’t. But when you get to the State level, that changes.  I shot Mule Camp in “06 and shot the Tennessee State Match in ’05 and ’06. But I didn’t shoot in ’07. My youngest son was born about then, and I stayed home to help my wife.” Ol’ Pondwater has 2 sons (18 months and 7 weeks old) and a daughter (3 years old). “I’m getting my kids ready to start Cowboy Shooting when they get old enough.” That’s a proud papa, and 1 who’s planning ahead.

How did he get started in Cowboy Shooting? “My dad (Tabasco JOT) taught me all I know about Cowboy Shooting. I shot my 1st match in Griffin, GA with Doc Holiday’s Immortals. My uncle, Rough Edge, shoots there.  I have some other relatives who also shoot Cowboy. What do I like best about Cowboy Shooting? I get to spend time with my dad. And when I’m Cowboy Shooting, I forget about life’s pressures. I just think about shooting.” He must think good, ‘cause he shoots very well. So does his dad.

THE REAL WEST – CHARLES M. RUSSELL (1864 – 1926)

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Charles Marion Russell, the cowboy artist, was 1 of the great American Western artists. Born in Missouri, he dropped out of school when he was 16 and went to Montana to work on a ranch. And he fell in love with the American West. He worked as a cowboy, but not very hard, and was befriended by an old former mountainman, and met Indians, and generally learned 1st hand about the West. Charlie was working in Montana in 1886 -1887 when the blizzards wiped out the open range cattle business.  In fact that storm launched his career as an artist. He painted a post card size picture of a starving longhorn cow standing in the snow and surrounded by wolves. The picture was circulated, and he became known for his ability to draw and paint. Later, he painted a full sized version of that picture and called it Waiting For A Chinook. In 1893, Charlie gave up working as a cowboy, although he still considered himself to be one, and married Nancy Cooper, his partner for the remainder of his life.

Charlie was a lazy, friendly sort of feller with a gift for gab, who could spin a story and paint what he’d seen and imagined the West to be, a West that would soon be gone. Nancy, on the other hand, was industrious and had an ability to organize, push Charlie a bit, and to promote his art work. And with his natural talent and romantic interest in the subjects he painted, and her promoter’s ability, he became a successful painter and later a sculptor. Nancy arranged art showings in New York, London (England, not Kentucky) and other places, and folks took a shine to Charlie’s work.  For a while they lived in California, where more folks lived with money to spend and walls to decorate. But Charlie’s heart called him back to Montana, and they returned to Great Falls, where he established a studio to continue his work.

Charlie’s work fit right in with the Western novels and Wild West Shows that were attracting a public that wanted to hear about and see the Wild West.  Then silent Western movies appeared, and Charlie’s paintings helped Hollywood see what real cowboys looked like. In his lifetime, Charlie created more than 2,000 paintings, drawings and bronze sculptures showing cowboys, Indians, animals and landscapes of the American West.  He died in 1926 in Great Falls, Montana. 

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The Ocoee Ranger page 3                                               November 2007

ANNUAL OCOEE RANGERS CHRISTMAS SHOOT & FAMILY EVENT DECEMBER 15th

Hey, pardners.  Plan to attend our Annual Christmas Shoot and family event on December 15th. We’ll shoot 3 Christmas theme stages.  Then we’ll put up all the targets and stuff and ride down the trail to the Golden Corral restaurant, where we’ll have a Dutch Treat Lunch, and then we’ll present Annual Awards. Last, but not least, we’ll draw for prizes.  Anyone who has shot at least 1 match during 2007 is eligible to be included in the drawing for prizes. Ol’ Double Eagle has been shoppin’ at emporiums all over the place to round up spiffy prizes for cowboys and cowgirls to win, and sponsors Outrider’s Leather Products, Saddle Bag Bullets/Cool Waters, and Starline Brass have donated some nice prizes.

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Memories of the 2006 Ocoee Rangers Annual Christmas Shoot & Family Event L-R: Double Eagle (our shopper), Bad Eye Tom (our Santa) & Deadeye Daisy (our Reindeer Helper)

Speaking of winning, here are a few of the performance awards that we’ll present:  the Annual Spirit of the Game Award. Top Gun of the Year (Competition for this was very close, with the November match deciding who won. Nope. We won’t tell who won until we award the trophy.) We’ll also present shooting category awards, and other performance awards.

Nope! We won’t have a gift exchange this year.  We’ve outgrown that. It was just too time consuming. This year, we should have a fun event, and not take all day to do it.  COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE. INVITE YOUR SPOUSE OR SPECIAL PERSON AND YOUR YOUNGSTERS. LET THEM MEET YOUR PLAYMATES.  AFTER ALL, WE’RE ALL CIVILIZED … Well, sometimes there’s some doubt about Dead Beat, when he gets decked out in all them dead animal hides.  But he usually cleans up real nice for the Christmas Whing-Ding.

DIRECTIONS TO THE GOLDEN CORRAL ·         From the range / Chattanooga direction, take I-75 North to exit 27, the Paul Huff Parkway.

·         Turn right at the top of the exit ramp and go straight ahead about     2.5 miles. 

·         You’ll pass Walmart on your right, and the Cleveland Mall on your left.

·         Go straight ahead through the traffic light just beyond where you see the Mall and Walmart.

·         The Golden Corral is about 200 yards ahead on your right.

OCOEE RANGERS PARTICIPATE IN POSSUM TROT KY – TN STATE BLACK POWDER CHAMPIONSHIP SHOOT IN OCTOBER

The weekend of our October Shoot, several Ocoee Rangers participated in the KY – TN State Black Powder Championship Shoot, held at Possum Trot, and they did very well in the competition.  Last Kiss and Fast Harley both won the 1st Place  TN State Black Powder cowboy and cowgirl Gunfighter titles. Last Kiss was the 1st Place Lady Shooter in overall cowgirl competition. Double Eagle won the 1st Place Black Powder Duelist competition, making him the overall Black Powder Duelist winner and the TN State Black Powder Duelist champion. Curly Bill won the 1st Place Black Powder Outlaw competition, making him the overall Black Powder Outlaw  winner and the TN State Black Powder Outlaw champion.

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Curly Bill – TN State Champion Black Powder Outlaw Shooter

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Double Eagle – TN State Champion Black Powder Duelist

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L-R: Fast Harley & Last Kiss – TN State Champion Black Powder Gunfighters

Comments

Shoot Results Oct 27th 2007

Alias

CL

S-1

MS1

R-1

S-2

MS2

R-2

S-3

MS3

R-3

S-4

MS4

R-4

S-5

MS5

R-5

OS

OR

OT

Tmis

CS

Stgs

S.A. Pondwater

M

29.19

1

4

28.62

0

2

27.17

0

1

24.84

0

1

23.91

0

1

9

1

133.73

1

4

5

Marshal Too Tall

49er

27.86

0

2

34.67

1

6

28.76

0

3

31.81

0

4

30.10

0

2

17

2

153.20

1

4

5

Unpleasant

T

27.74

0

1

28.61

0

1

34.16

1

11

27.45

0

2

30.80

1

4

19

3

148.76

2

3

5

Festus D. Deputy

49er

32.11

1

6

40.69

1

14

29.60

0

4

33.43

1

5

30.84

0

5

34

4

166.67

3

2

5

Ocoee Red

49er

37.76

0

12

28.84

0

4

31.22

0

5

39.08

1

10

30.58

0

3

34

5

167.48

1

4

5

Widowmaker

GF

41.07

0

17

28.68

0

3

27.73

0

2

35.27

0

8

31.58

0

6

36

6

164.33

0

5

5

Pleasant

GF

33.90

0

8

37.01

0

8

32.93

0

9

35.20

0

7

33.44

0

10

42

7

172.48

0

5

5

Mr. Pistol

SSr

32.78

0

7

39.93

0

12

32.07

0

7

41.22

0

12

32.26

0

7

45

8

178.26

0

5

5

T-Bone Angus

Sr

27.90

0

3

31.21

0

5

36.10

1

12

44.50

2

18

32.92

0

8

46

9

172.63

3

3

5

Tabasco JOT

SSr

31.99

0

5

43.35

1

19

31.91

0

6

35.45

0

9

34.64

0

12

51

10

177.34

1

4

5

Slater

T

35.52

0

9

41.44

2

16

33.49

1

10

29.97

1

3

37.11

2

15

53

11

177.53

6

1

5

Yankee Dutchman

T

37.30

1

11

37.37

0

9

40.38

0

16

46.36

1

19

38.39

0

18

73

12

199.80

2

3

5

Purly

Sr

35.80

0

10

49.68

1

26

42.33

1

19

33.67

0

6

36.17

0

14

75

13

197.65

2

3

5

Marshal WD

T

44.05

1

19

39.84

1

11

54.68

2

31

41.20

1

11

33.41

0

9

81

14

213.18

5

1

5

Lightning McCoy

CL

52.75

1

28

36.07

0

7

45.96

1

22

41.47

0

13

34.95

0

13

83

15

211.20

2

3

5

Clancy O’Conall

T

50.63

1

25

47.19

3

25

32.32

0

8

42.96

1

16

33.91

0

11

85

16

207.01

5

2

5

Cool Waters

T

48.67

0

24

40.58

0

13

37.76

0

13

47.78

0

20

39.97

0

19

89

17

214.76

0

5

5

TN Mongo

49er

45.63

1

21

46.92

1

23

41.16

0

18

41.94

0

14

37.77

0

17

93

18

213.42

2

3

5

Limp Along Charlie

M

38.45

1

13

50.53

2

29

39.56

0

15

44.28

0

17

40.86

0

21

95

19

213.68

3

3

5

Keystone

GF

40.97

0

16

41.56

0

17

47.15

1

23

52.27

0

25

37.68

0

16

97

20

219.63

1

4

5

Tiin Pot

Sr

47.57

0

23

41.38

0

15

40.82

0

17

54.37

1

27

40.93

0

22

104

21

225.07

1

4

5

Outhouse

T

39.82

0

15

43.26

0

18

47.73

0

24

57.99

1

29

40.24

0

20

106

22

229.04

1

4

5

Outrider

SSr

61.27

0

35

38.25

0

10

42.66

1

20

51.46

2

22

44.94

1

25

112

23

238.58

4

2

5

Horseshoe John

D

52.56

1

27

50.44

1

28

38.27

0

14

47.79

1

21

47.12

0

28

118

24

236.18

3

2

5

Ziggy the Kid

D

38.86

0

14

45.18

1

21

50.22

1

27

53.15

1

26

52.31

2

32

120

25

239.72

5

1

5

Sheriff Donald

SSr

47.56

0

22

47.04

0

24

45.24

1

21

61.00

2

31

43.59

0

24

122

26

244.43

3

3

5

Awful Close

D

45.26

0

20

46.09

1

22

51.88

2

29

65.94

1

33

43.46

0

23

127

27

252.63

4

2

5

Hey Duke

GF

60.20

1

33

43.89

0

20

57.27

2

34

41.98

1

15

51.91

2

31

133

28

255.25

6

1

5

Deadman

Sr

42.90

0

18

66.97

0

36

50.62

0

28

51.64

0

23

51.14

0

30

135

29

263.27

0

5

5

TN Jake

Sr

105.02

0

47

53.05

0

30

48.32

0

25

52.13

0

24

50.04

0

29

155

30

308.56

0

5

5

Grey Rider

T

60.28

0

34

55.09

1

31

48.33

1

26

69.39

2

34

54.99

2

34

159

31

288.08

6

1

5

Sudden Sam

T

66.66

1

38

71.36

2

37

53.74

1

30

56.19

1

28

46.00

0

26

159

32

293.95

5

1

5

Tellico

49er

51.97

0

26

65.52

0

35

56.78

0

33

72.33

1

37

54.16

0

33

164

33

300.76

1

4

5

Squire Shooter

Sr

64.95

2

37

50.00

0

27

63.96

2

39

70.72

3

35

46.94

0

27

165

34

296.57

7

2

5

Sledge

Sr

56.06

0

30

76.10

0

41

59.76

0

37

58.04

0

30

57.70

0

35

173

35

307.66

0

5

5

Outlaw Tracker

T

61.33

0

36

56.14

1

32

59.54

0

36

72.00

1

36

58.62

0

37

177

36

307.63

2

3

5

Badeye Tom

BPD

59.17

0

32

71.60

0

38

59.23

0

35

73.10

0

38

61.27

0

39

182

37

324.37

0

5

5

Makers Mark

D

58.94

1

31

63.49

2

34

72.90

1

41

81.14

3

42

62.96

1

40

188

38

339.43

8

0

5

Colonel Mortimer

Sr

86.13

6

44

56.50

1

33

60.42

2

38

73.42

3

40

68.78

2

41

196

39

345.25

14

0

5

Tenn Smoke

49er

55.28

0

29

86.22

1

45

74.19

0

42

89.06

1

44

58.61

0

36

196

40

363.36

2

3

5

Coffee Joe

BPC

70.45

0

40

102.30

3

48

90.74

3

48

61.89

0

32

60.45

0

38

206

41

385.83

6

3

5

Dusty Camino

BW

87.53

0

45

89.45

0

47

56.75

0

32

78.49

0

41

83.99

1

49

214

42

396.21

1

4

5

Tio Don

BW

78.63

1

42

80.01

0

44

79.47

0

44

82.78

0

43

68.86

0

42

215

43

389.75

1

4

5

Buck Wiutt

T

73.73

1

41

87.73

3

46

77.87

0

43

73.25

1

39

78.59

1

46

215

44

391.17

6

1

5

Easy

T

70.26

1

39

74.20

1

40

89.84

1

47

109.61

3

48

76.78

1

45

219

45

420.69

7

0

5

Josey Buckhorn

CL

96.98

0

46

79.22

0

43

72.61

0

40

91.61

0

45

80.36

0

47

221

46

420.78

0

5

5

Dead Beat

Sr

113.76

0

48

73.84

1

39

79.52

2

45

94.19

3

47

74.12

1

44

223

47

435.43

6

1

4

Ben Shot

Sr

83.78

0

43

111.25

1

49

87.39

0

46

115.58

5

49

72.27

0

43

230

48

470.27

6

3

5

Deadeye Daisy

LSr

152.99

1

49

78.13

2

42

106.09

4

49

93.72

5

46

82.46

2

48

234

49

513.39

14

0

5

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Volume 5, Issue No. 10                                                                            October, 2007

Colorful Leaves and Characters Punctuate Ocoee Rangers October Shoot

The day started like any other: folks were shootin’ the Buffalo Shoot. Outrider won the .22 cal. competition and the Lever Action Rifle shoot. Sundance McNeyman showed he could handle Long Range Pistol shootin’ by winning that event. And Marshal Too Tall, after goin’ toe to toe with Outrider in a shoot-off, won the Long Range Single Shot Rifle shoot. And while they were busy, folks started driftin’ in to register. Attendance was down because of special event competition at a couple of other area shoots.  Hootin’ Old Town was hosting a 2-day Black Powder State Championship Shoot, and there was some sorta big whing-ding shoot in the Atlanta area. So, lots of cowboys and cowgirls shot elsewhere. All totaled, we had 49 shooters, plus Sundance shootin’ in the Buffalo Shoot: he was moving and had to leave.

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L-R: Front – Mesquite Millie, Tellico, Calico Nicole. Middle – Ben Shot, Mr. Pistol, Horseshoe John, Unpleasant, Purly. Back – Tennessee Jake, Squire Shooter Josey Buckhorn, Tenn Smoke, Bad Eye Tom, Sledge.

Festus D. Deputy had a memorable day. We shot black bats / plates off the Texas Star rotating target, leaving white bats / plates in place. That is all of us except Festus left the white plates in place. While the Star was spinning with the white targets in place, Festus grabbed his rifle and began blazing away at the rifle targets – and he managed to hit 1 of the white bats on the Star. That means he missed his rifle target (rats?#!?) – and he also was the only shooter in the entire match who hit 1 of the good, white bats.

Roy Orbison used to sing a song called ONLY THE LONELY.  This lonely bullet mark, the only 1 on any of the white bats / plates in the Texas Star rotating target frame, was put there by good ol’ Festus D. Deputy.  Of course he was shootin’ at something else, namely 1 of the round targets you can see way in the background.

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Bad Eye Tom had his granddaughter, Calico Nicole, with him.  She plans to shoot the November match: she’s a real live SASS member. And Tin Pot had his gang with him: son Outlaw Tracker and his grandsons.

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LR :Outlaw Tracker, Tin Pot , grandsons

The TOP GUN for the day was S.A. Pondwater The Top 10 Shooters were(1) S.A. Pondwater (2) Marshal Too Tall (3) Unpleasant  (4) Festus D Deputy (5) Ocoee Red (6) Widowmaker (7) Pleasant (8) Mr. Pistol (9) T–Bone Angus (10) Tabasco JOT.  8 cowboys had no miss matches: Widowmaker, Mr. Pistol, Pleasant, Cool Waters, TN Jake, Deadman, Sledge and Josey Buckhorn.

Someone (not Deadman) suggested we try an experiment to see how shooting results among folks shooting Big Guns would look. Big Guns would be folks shooting pistols in.44 cal. with 200 gr. bullets or above and medium loads or above and .45 cal. with 230 gr. bullets or above and medium loads or above. Here’s the top 10 Big Gun Shooters: (1) Limp Along Charlie (2) Horseshoe John (3) Hey Duke (4) Deadman (5) Tellico (6) Bad Eye Tom (7) Makers Mark (8) Tenn Smoke (9) Coffee Joe (10) Tio Don.

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Mr. Pistol Draws A Bead With His ’73 Win.

Classic

1. Lightning McCoy

Here are the category winners:

49er

1. Marshal Too Tall

2. Festus D. Deputy

3. Ocoee Red

Silver Senior

1. Mr. Pistol

2. Tabasco JOT

3. Outrider

Modern

1. S.A. Pondwater

Duelist

1. Horseshoe John

2. Ziggy the Kid

3. Awful Close

Gunfighter

1. Widowmaker

2. Pleasant

3. Keystone

Black Powder

1. Coffee Joe

Senior

1. T-Bone Angus

2. Purly

3. Tin Pot

Traditional

1. Unpleasant

2. Slater

3. Yankee Dutchman

B-Western

1. Dusty Camino

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The Ocoee Ranger page 2                                                                      October 2007

The Reel West, The Real West & The West of Our Imagination

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Martha Hyer

The Reel West – Martha Hyer

Well, it’s time to look at a movie cowgirl: that means a Hollywood gal who made Western movies.  So, let’s take a gander at Martha Hyer.  And she was worth the view.  Martha was born in Texas, in 1924.  That makes her a legitimate Western gal. During high school she studied drama, and after she matriculated (how’s that for a professor Owlhoot Hardin word?), she hit the trail to Pasadena, CA. She did some summer playhouse stuff. And then she got into the movies. Her dream had come true.

During her career, which lasted from the ‘40’s until she retired in the late ‘60’s, she was in lots of movies.  And while she didn’t become a big name actress, she was very busy. Shucks, she even got an Oscar nomination.  But let’s get to the important stuff. Among the movies she made were some Westerns. Ta-ta.  Some of her first horse operas were with Tim Holt (Too Tall’s saying, “Who?”) and Rocky Lane, and Charles “the Durango Kid” Starrett, and other cowboys.  But she also appeared with the big boys.   She was the gal with John Wayne and Dean Martin in THE SONS OF KATY ELDER. And she was Clint Walker’s wife in THE NIGHT OF THE GRIZZLY. I told you she appeared with the big boys: both Wayne and Walker were 6 Ft. 4-6 in. tall, depending on who’s telling the tale. And then she was with Ben Johnson in WILD STALLION, and so on, and so on.

Martha retired in the late ‘60s. She was still busy, but she retired to spend time with her other half.  How ‘bout that? 

The West of Our Imagination – Killin’ Time

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How well does she shoot? Killin’ Time won this buckle in 2003. How many Ocoee Rangers have won 1 of these?

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Killin’ Time – Lady Duelist

Killin’ Time has been cowgirl shootin’ since Nov. 2001.  As she said, “My gosh, that’s 6 years. Jerry (Rusty Spur Slim) found it on the internet and said that it looked like fun. So, I said, ‘Let’s go. I’ll take pictures.’ After a while, he said, ‘Why don’t you shoot?’ And I said, ‘I might as well. I’m just killin’ time. That’s how I got my alias.

 “I shoot .32 cal. Rugers and a .357 mag. Marlin rifle.  When I first started, I called it a .36 cal. rifle.  That’s how much I knew when I started. That’s how far I’ve come. I used to be afraid of guns. Now, I’m not. I think education = gun control.”

What category does she shoot in? “I shoot Lady Duelist. I started in Traditional, but I started shootin’ Duelist. I like that better.  And I shoot my rifle with my thumb. There are 4 of us who shoot our rifles with our thumbs: Yazoo City Gal, Last Kiss, Dagnabit Deb, and me.”

Who’s her favorite movie cowboy?  “Robert Duval, as Gus McCrea.” That’s the word from a Lady Duelist.

The Real West – Jack McCall (1850 -1877)

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Jack McCall – Assassin

Jack (John) McCall was born about 1850 in Jefferson Co., KY, but he drifted west as a young man. In 1876, he showed up in Deadwood, South Dakota. About a month after he arrived, James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok arrived in Deadwood. At that time, Deadwood was experiencing a gold rush and an avalanche of thieves, prostitutes, and general land pirates.

McCall did little, except consume great quantities of alcohol. (How ‘bout that phrasing, Owlhoot?) Then on the afternoon of August 2, he wandered into the No. 10 Saloon.  Bill Hickok was playing poker with several other players, and uncharacteristically, he was not sitting with his back to the wall.  Mc Call walked up behind Hickok, pointed a pistol at Hickok’s head and shot him dead, saying, “Take that.” Then he ran out the door and down the street. A short time later, he was apprehended, without incident.

On August 3, a miners’ court was convened, a judge, prosecutor, and defender were elected and a jury was selected. McCall pled not guilty, although as he’d run through the street of Deadwood before he was caught, he’d yelled that he’d shot Wild Bill Hickok. Witnesses testified that they’d seen him shoot Hickok, and the jury listened to all the evidence, and they found him not guilty.  (Their ancestors probably were on OJ’s jury.) So, McCall was released.  He hung around town for a few days. Then 1 of Hickok’s friends showed up and wasn’t pleased with the verdict. McCall quickly left town.

On August 29, McCall was arrested for Hickok’s murder by a Deputy US Marshal in Laramie, WY. Deadwood wasn’t officially a town and wasn’t officially civilian US territory, so the miners’ trial wasn’t legal. McCall was indicted for Hickok’s murder on October 18, in Yankton. He tried to turn states evidence against Deadwood resident John Varnes: McCall said Varnes hired him to kill Hickok.  But Varnes had vanished. On Dec 4, McCall’s trial began. On Dec 6, the jury found him guilty of murder. On January 3, 1877, he was sentenced to hang, and on March 1, he was hung.  His last words, as he fell through the floor of the scaffold were, “Oh god.” Jack McCall was 26 years old.

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Ocoee Rangers Annual Christmas Shoot & Family Event – December 15

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Double Eagle – Designated Shopper

On Dec. 15, we’ll have our Ocoee Rangers Annual Christmas Shoot & Family Event.  We’ll start the day with an abbreviated shoot (3 stages). Then after we take down and store the targets & stuff, we’ll adjourn to a local restaurant and have a Dutch treat lunch. Then, we’ll award the Annual Spirit of the Game Award and Annual Shooting Awards: Top Gun, and Top 3 places in each Shooting Category, etc.   Then, we’ll award prizes by random drawing. (There won’t be a gift swap this year.)

During this shooting year, we’ve had a collections jar on the registration table at each shoot through September.  And during this year, we’ve collected $681.41 to use to buy prizes to give away in the drawing. A Great Big Thank You to All the Cowboys & Cowgirls Who Contributed. So far, we have 5 packages of 100 rounds of .45 cal. Starline Brass (we bought), and 6 gift certificates with music CD provided by Starline Brass: certificates are good for $50 toward the purchase of Starline Brass. Other than Starline Brass, and maybe a few local sponsors, we will be awarding only prizes that good Ol’ Double Eagle, our designated shopper, will buy to be awarded. To be eligible to win a prize, one must have shot at least 1 match with us in 2007, including the December shoot.

What will Double Eagle purchase with shopping money? Whatever strikes his fancy.  If you have suggestions, tell him. But do it fast, ‘cause he’ll be out shopping early. His email address is doubleeagle3@hotmail.com

This year, the after shoot event should not take nearly as long as it has in the past, and it should be better than ever. So, plan on attending.  And bring your better half or significant other and the youngsters with you to meet your shootin’ pals.

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A NEW WESTERN MOVIE IN THE THEATERS

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Russell Crowe as Outlaw Ben Wade

Have you seen the new version of 3:10 TO YUMA? If not, it’s worth a look.  Shucks, there aren’t many Westerns made anymore. And when a good one comes along, it’s worth seeing … for 2 reasons (1) ‘cause it’s a Western and (2) so the movie producers will fork up the loot to make more. Granted Russell Crowe doesn’t have the smooth charm that Glenn Ford had in the original flick. But Mesquite Millie thinks he did very well.  And there are a couple of scenarios that if cut you wouldn’t miss at all.  1 involves an Apache ambush and the other Chinese railroad workers: gotta get them politically correct coverages in. But all in all, it’s a pretty good Western. Some of the dialogue was right from the original movie. But every producer and director have to put in their own tid-bits.  So, it’s a little different.

Now before you say, “How can I take Russell Crowe seriously as a Western outlaw?” Remember that in THE QUICK AND THE DEAD, the Sharon Stone version, he was a pretty convincing gunslinger turned preacher turned gunslinger turned Marshal. And he’s been in at least 1 other Western.

What was the single most regretted missing element? It was Frankie Lane’s 3:10 To Yuma ballad from the original movie: not the thing he recorded on a record of his supposed Western movie songs – it had nothing to do with the movie or a Western theme. Give the 3:10 TO YUMA a look. It’s worth the time and cash, if you like Western movies.  If you don’t, shame on you.

WHAT MAKES A COWGIRL SHOOTER?

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Deadeye Daisy Sportin’ Her Stylish Cowgirl Hat At The October Shoot

What makes a cowgirl shooter? A pair of pistols? Yep, that goes with the game. How ‘bout a slick as, well, a slick handling rifle? Yep, that helps too.  What about a shotgun that’s easy to break the action and reload without having to wham it over one’s knee? Yep, that sounds very reasonable. But the single most essential ingredient is a spiffy looking cowgirl hat.

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Last Kiss & Yazoo City Gal Sportin’ Gunfighter Hats

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