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People have been asking for details so here you go. We consulted with Carl {Blue eyed drifter} and family this afternoon. Per Cathys {Vix-n} wishes, there will not be a formal funeral but instead a celebration of life type event. So that is exactly what we are going to do. The event will take place on Saturday July 13, at my place starting at 4pm with dinner service at 5:30pm. Cathy love smoked ribs and brisket so that is what we will be serving. We ask you to bring a side dish or dessert if you like. Soda, water and libations will be offered as well. Please dress casual as this is not a formal event, cowboy if you desire. The event will be followed by our cowboy match on Sunday the 14th at the Piqua fish and game range. Cowboy attire required. Cathys kids have agreed to join us and try their hand at their first ever cowboy match in her honor. I have made arrangements with the Piqua fish and game club to have room for anyone wanting to bring their camper. It will be dry camping so you will want to bring a generator. If you will be staying in a hotel, I recommend the ones in Troy over Piqua as there is a greater selection to pick from. I am also please asking anyone who might be attending one or both to just please DM me so I can maintain a headcount for the proper amount of food, tables, chairs etc. Carl is still very heartbroken so for questions, concerns please contact myself {DM} or my wife Honey Bunny. Carl and Cathy have both poured their heart and soul into this game(family) of ours so please let's show them back the same love and support. Please send any correspondences to Carl Hart C/O Miami valley cowboys 3195 east state route 55 troy Ohio 45373 sincerely , mean gun mark

As a kid I was able to get a 100 rd box of cci for .99, I distinctly remember doing whatever chore to earn a dollar, went to the store where I plucked down my dollar and they said it was $1.03………..😡 that was my first lesson on taxes.

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I have been given sad news that this morning we have lost our dear friend and cowgirl Vix-n. Please keep Blue eyed drifter in your thoughts and prayers for comfort and healing during such a sudden loss. I was so proud to nominate and present them both with their regulator badges at last years Ohio state match, an honor which they both justly deserved. I spoke with Carl this morning and as expected he is heartbroken and lost. Many of you have shot with them as they traveled together quite often, we have often traveled with them and shared house while at a lot of big matches. I reminded Carl that he has a cowboy family behind him to help him thru this. He asked that, per her request that when she passed that everyone should have a toast in her honor, so what I am suggesting that at 8:30 pm et, this evening that we all join together to do just that. Pour yourself a drink of your choice (she was a bourbon kind of girl). And join me in a toast to our cowgirl' we are all better off knowing her and being with her. Cathy, you will be missed by so many, God speed and may you rest in peace.

Reach out to blue eye drifters post above, as good as your loading blocks are, he is a pard to ride the river with and will take good care of you

I will second the nod for vixn targets. Sass shooters and they put a lot of time and energy into our game

Popcorn your match is on my to do list for sure, i have heard nothing but positive reviews and the river cruise looks like a lot of fun. I retire my main job the end of the month and am hoping to be able to venture out more next season

I get it, its not a perfect solution but its the one we have to work with. I love to shoot in the outlaw category, but many matches dont or wont offer it, so i shoot gunfighter and still shoot outlaw style, when i crack into top 10 at a big match without ever aiming a single pistol its kind of cool. My own state match coming up next week i cannot have outlaw because there are only 2 of us.. the alternative is for many clubs to seriously downgrade the awards quality so that they can afford to provide an award for virtually everyone… at the end of the day someone goes home with ruffled feathers. My goal is to make 90% or better of the shooters happy, 90% or better of the time. You will never actually hit 100%. With your scenario there would be 4 shooters in b western and 3 would get an award assuming you went 3 deep. Still not bad. Some will say big deal you saved the cost of 1 award, well maybe but then you would present 2 first place awards, ( the most expensive size) and another state winner award. Multiply that a dozen or so times at a match and it adds up…. If your running a match with 300 shooters or more then yes you can spread the cost out. But many state matchs are pulling 150 or less.

If i had 3 sr b western and 1 b western i would collapse it down, you need to fill the base before filling the extras. After watching popcorns video i see that sr. Is not necessarily a base catagory. I see your point…. After starting it this year, compressing the catagories is harder than posse assignments

SR. is a base category, same as classic cowboy or b western and i will offer them no matter the number, but yes to offer sr, b western i would require at least 3 for my match. same for silver sr. classic cowboy......not necessarily the absolute right way to do it but its the way we do it in ohio. my favorite way to shoot is outlaw, but i know when i sign up for a big match they may or may not offer it, so im fine in fcgf or plain gf, just as long as i know beforehand so i know what ammo to bring.. not a preference for the age based categories just i see that as a base category

Everyone also must realize that with each new category, your awards budget takes a bump up, while trying to manage all the cost involved with putting on a match, the main intent is to make some money for your club, not alot but some…., while also realizing if you cant keep your shooters happy, your numbers are going to dwindle down. Every match has certain fixed cost, banquet hall, porta potties, paint, range maintenance, etc..,, then there are the flexible costs, banquet dinner, awards, shooters swag gifts, etc…., bigger numbers you can dilute the fixed cost over more shooters. Its really a threading the needle act… my state match we have a banquet dinner and a friday night steak dinner, sadly we may have to drop the steak dinner after this year, once we tally the final numbers…. I ball park the extra awards cost would cover approximately 20 of the steak dinners at our cost.

There is some match director discretion, my opinion a state or above should offer all base catagories….. ie: if i have 2 people for fcgf, im going to offer that catagory. Now if i had 5 for fcgf and only 2 for sr. Fcgf, they will get dropped down to fcgf. I have been very resistant to all the extra “ age/ sytle” categories. But as a match director I realize i am selling entertainment and that seems to be what people want. So this upcoming state championship i offered for everyone to check the age box and the style box. But with a match of approximately 125 shooters i only end up with 4 maybe 5 extra categories. To me cowboy/ wrangler are both base catagories

for the ohio state match , i still offer all the base categories, regardless of entrants. its all the age based/style extra that i collapse down..

well i won the chicken and dumpling throwdown last year, i do make a pretty good lasagna, in fact i just made a big batch of homemade Italian sausage....hhmmm

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