94 Shooters Participated In The 2015 Leadmine Valley Shoot-Out!

 

Yank MaChain Blasting The Targets As Tombstone Times and Roma Jane Keeps Score

Yank MaChain Blasting The Targets As Tombstone Times and Roma Jane Keeps Score

The LEADMINE VALLEY SHOOT-OUT! was a nifty shoot. If you missed it, shame on you. The weather was great. Sure, it misted a little before the shoot. But, Rev. Adam Jones, our weather influencer, was back with us, after a long illness, and the weather was great. No rain, sunny sky, colorful scene, reasonable temperature …. (Too Tall just said, “That’s enough about the weather. Get crackin’.”) So, here goes.

Rev. Adam Jones, Our Weather Influencer, Shooting His Trusty Rifle As Horseshoe John Times

Rev. Adam Jones, Our Weather Influencer, Shooting His Trusty Rifle As Horseshoe John Times

 Lots of cowfolks were dressed a bit more spiffy than usual. In anticipation, Purly, the match director, picked a passel of judges to select the best dressed lady shooter and best dressed gent. The competition was tough, but Parlorhouse Pearl and the Dirtwater Fox were selected as Best Dressed Lady and Gent. Marshal Too Tall ventured down to the site of the regular buffalo shoot. No one was present. So, he did what happens in baseball and football when a opponent doesn’t show up: he declared himself the Buffalo Shoot winner in all categories. He really didn’t, but it makes a good yarn.

After all the shooting was done, and the targets stored away, folks gathered at the clubhouse for lunch, door prizes, and the presentation of awards. The TOP GUN award was presented to Hurricane Charly, who shot the entire match in 84.97 seconds. The Top Lady Shooter award went home with Dodge City Dixie, who placed 4th overall, and shot the entire match in 95.34 seconds. Both Hurricane Charly and Dodge City Dixie shot with no misses, as did 46 other shooters. The Top 10 Shooters were (1) Hurricane Charly (2) Slater (3) Cumberland Drifter (4) Dodge City Dixie (5) Koda Joe (6) Purly (7) TN Tombstone (8) Barkeep Casey (9) Unpleasant and (10) Papa Dave.

Hurricane Charly Receives TOP GUN Award From Purly, Match Director

Hurricane Charly Receives TOP GUN Award From Purly, Match Director

 

Dodge City Dixie Receives Top Lady Shooter Award From Purly

Dodge City Dixie Receives Top Lady Shooter Award From Purly

With a colorful name like Ocoee Rangers Leadmine Valley Shoot-Out!, there have to be colorful pictures to back that up. Right? Then how about this photo? This is a historical photo. Tin Pot is shooting Elder Statesman. That’s historical. If you don’t believe it, just ask Half-Cocked Kaylee or even Unpleasant, and they’ll say that sounds historical to them. But look in the background, and what do you see? Yipee!. It’s Splinter, the range horse. We used to shoot from a saddle on ol’ Splinter, but as the years passed, ages and waistlines increased, and folks became preoccupied with shooting great big targets real close, Splinter was retired and became an observer at our shoots.

Tin Pot Concentrates On His Pistol Shooting As Keystone Times And Splinter The Range Horse Observes

Tin Pot Concentrates On His Pistol Shooting As Keystone Times And Splinter The Range Horse Observes

 

Shoot Results

Top Gun: Hurricane Charly ..

Top Lady Shooter: Dodge City Dixie

Buckaroo: (1) Chisholm Trail Kid (2) Donald Duke  

Lady Buckaroo: (1) TN Missy (2) Half Cocked Kaylee (3) Little Purly

Grand Dame: (1) Parlorhouse Pearl

Grand Patron: (1) Papa Dave (2) Owlhoot Hardin (3) Linc

Cattle Baron: (1) Tabasco J.O.T.

Elder Statesman: (1) Purly (2) El Camino (3) Tin Pot

Silver Senior: (1) Delta Desperado (2) Sledge (3) Colonel Mortimer

Lady Silver Senior: (1) Two Step Net

Senior: (1) Ocoee Red (2) Dirtwater Fox (3) Bama Kid

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

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

Lady 49er: (1) LuLu McGoo (2) Shez A Pistol

Wrangler: (1) Barkeep Casey (2) Polecat Carl (3) Possum

Lady Wrangler: (1) Alchemist Belle

Cowboy: (1) Hurricane Charly (2) Gunbutcher

Classic Cowgirl: (1) Doc Kay B May

Lady B-Western: (1) Dodge City Dixie

Duelist: (1) Long Wolf (2) Lucky Lightburne (3) River Jordan

Lady Duelist: (1) Tequila Liz

Elder Statesman Duelist: (1) Horseshoe John (2) Shenandoah Will

Double Duelist: (1) TN Mongo (2) Steely I. Justice

Silver Senior Duelist: (1) Double Eagle (2) Sudden Sam (3) Pop Dawson

Senior Duelist: (1) Randy Saint Eagle

Frontier Cartridge Duelist: (1) Cullen Bohannon (2) Long Gulch (3) El Paso Slim

Frontier Cartridge: (1) Lick Skillet Charlie (2) Georgia Slick

Lady Frontier Cartridge: (1) Yazoo City Gal

Down Ranger: (1) Deadman (2) Sundance McNeyman

Gunfighter: (1) Slater (2) Koda Joe (3) Unpleasant

Lady Gunfighter: (1) Anita Margarita (2) Mrs. Pleasant (3) Appalucy

Silver Sr. Gunfighter: (1) Tenn Critr (2) DQ Jones (3) Turkey Creek Vic

Sr. Gunfighter: (1) Reno Mustang (2) Yankee Dutchman               (3) Keystone

Frontier Cartridge Gunfighter: (1) Yank Machain (2) Jackalope (3 ) Branchwater Jack

El Paso Slim, Amid The Early Morning Mist And Gunsmoke, Blasts The Targets With His Pistols

El Paso Slim, Amid The Early Morning Mist And Gunsmoke, Blasts The Targets With His Pistols

See Y’all Next September for the 2016 OCOEE RANGERS LEADMINE VALLEY SHOOT-OUT!

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