Nope, It Didn’t Rain

It didn’t rain during the June shoot.  Yeah, it rained considerably the night and early morning before.  But not during the shoot.  Attendance was down a bit.  Only 44 shooters participated. Some were attending the SASS End Of Trail Shoot, and others?  They just weren’t there for various reasons.  But Last Kiss was back, after a long absence for health reasons. That was good. And Tar Heel was back.  He apparently was lost in some deep, dark jungle and finally found his way out and returned. Good for him. And Dead Lee Shooter was back. Also good.

 

What happened during the shoot?  Well, 43% of shooters shot with no misses.  5 of the Top 10 Shooters shot some form of Gunfighter. 3 of the 5 Lady shooters shot some form of Gunfighter.

                         Kid Ziggy Shooting As Fast Harley Times

Kid Ziggy Shooting As Fast Harley Times

Commenting about the Buffalo Shoot, Too Tall had this to say. “(Sudden)  Sam  is doing well in the 100 yard pistol caliber match with his Henry rifle and has become a real competitor in this discipline.”  Yankee Dutchman won the Long Range Rifle – Rifle Cal. event.  Sudden Sam captured the Long Range Rifle – Pistol Cal. competition.  Marshal Too Tall was the top .22 Cal. shooter with both pistol and rifle.

                     Marshal Too Tall Demonstrating Pistol Skills

Marshal Too Tall Demonstrating Pistol Skills

The Top Gun was Hurricane Charly, closely followed by Ocoee Red.  LuLu McGoo was the Top Lady Shooter. The Top 10 Shooters were (1) Hurricane Charly (2) Ocoee Red (3) Barkeep Casey (4) Marshal Too Tall (5) Kid Ziggy (6) Black Jack Lee (7) Dead Lee Shooter (8) Slater (9) Pleasant and (10) Tombstone.

SHOOT RESULTS

 Top Gun:  Hurricane Charly     …..   Top Lady Shooter:  LuLu McGoo

Lady Buckaroo: (1) Cowgirl Casey

Cowboy: (1) Hurricane Charly (2) Black Jack Lee

Wrangler: (1) Barkeep Casey

Lady 49er: (1) LuLu McGoo

49er: (1) Polecat Carl

Senior: (1) Happy Pappy (2) Montana Colt (3) Dirtwater Fox

Silver Senior: (1) Ocoee Red (2) Marshal Too Tall

Elder Statesman: (1) T-Bone Angus (2) Colonel Mortimer

Cattle Baron: (1) Granpa Dillon (2) Wildcat Wilkey

Classic: (1) Smokin’ Dave

Frontier: (1) Long Gulch

Duelist: (1) Tin Pot

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

Silver SR Double Duelist: (1) Double Eagle (2) Sudden Sam

Gunfighter: (1) Dead Lee Shooter (2) Slater (3) Pleasant

Lady SR. Gunfighter: (1) Miss Kitty Kat (2) Mrs. Pleasant

SR Gunfighter: (1) Kid Ziggy (2) Keystone (3) Yankee Dutchman

Elder Statesman Gunfighter: (1) El Carrera

Cattle Baron Gunfighter: (1) Tenn Critr

Frontier Cart. Gunfighter: (1) Outcast (2) Mongo

Outlaw: (1) Curly Bill (2) Fast Harley (3) Tio Don

SASS  END  OF  TRAIL  2017

600 Cowgirl and Cowboy Shooters registered to shoot in the SASS 2017 End of Trail World Championship Cowboy Action Shoot, and 582 showed up and participated.  In that 582 were some faces familiar to many or most Ocoee Rangers shooters:

Dodge City Dixie    …. Reno Mustang  ……  Randy Saint Eagle  …  Papa Dave

Dirty Redd  ……………  Tombstone John   …..   Two Step Net  ……….  Purly  ……   Saddle Burr Jack

End Of Trail Gang, L-R: Tombstone John, Randy Saint Eagle, Dodge City Dixie, Reno Mustang, Two Step Net, Purly, And Papa Dave

End Of Trail Gang, L-R: Tombstone John, Randy Saint Eagle, Dodge City Dixie, Reno Mustang, Two Step Net, Purly, And Papa Dave

Randy Saint Eagle had this to say after the 1st day’s shooting was complete. “The first day of the main match is over.  It was around 100 degrees when we started this afternoon.  We’re having fun and seeing lots of folks.”  Commenting about announcements and possible adventures, Randy said, “They also announced to look in Porta potties before you step in. They’ve found rattlesnakes in 2 of them.”

 

End of Trail isn’t just a shoot.  Like what’s said about the Army, “It’s an adventure.” Randy Saint Eagle’s rattlesnakes are an example. Those who’ve attended End of Trail will tell you that you run into lots of interesting sights and vendors and products.  Purly had such an adventure / experience, as shown below. He either encountered an Indian in old west attire, with lots of feathers, or he captured some gigantic bird for dinner.

Purly, In The Cowboy Hat, And A New Friend He Encountered

Purly, In The Cowboy Hat, And A New Friend He Encountered

When all the shooting was finished, Dodge City Dixie, from among our august group of shooters, placed highest in overall ranking. She also placed 2nd overall in the Lady Senior category. Randy Saint Eagle was the No. 1 / World Champion Senior Duelist. Papa Dave was the No. 1 / World Champion Grand Patron shooter, and he also shot the End of Trail match with no misses.  How ’bout that?  21.8% of the 582 shooters shot with no misses. Papa Dave was in a select group.

 

How did our gang place overall? Well, here are the results:

Dodge City Dixie  …..  105

Randy Saint Eagle  …..  114

Purly  ………………. 132

Papa Dave  …..  190

Reno Mustang  ………  226

Two Step Net  …………..  360

Tombstone John  … 363

Saddle Burr Jack  …..  438

Dirty Redd  ………………  499

Every little ditty like this article, needs a closing comment or end of story.  Here are a couple of appropriate comments:

 

Randy Saint Eagle, commenting about End Of Trail said, “If you get a chance, you should go.  I don’t think you’ll regret it.”

 

Tombstone, not Tombstone John, wasn’t in attendance.  After wishing our shooters good luck, he said,

“Wish I could be there. Someday I will.”

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