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ONE MORE MONTH!! Only 35 more day till the black powder championship double header of the year! At the end of 2019 will you be able to say you were there? All of the loading and unloading table covers have officially been completed! Now we’ll have you covered in the sun or rain. By next year we might have fan under the loading table covers to help you beat the heat. Registration continues to be hot and heavy. We have less then 25 spots left for Darkness Falls and have almost reached 100 shooters for A Dark Day. I wouldn’t wait too much longer to get your apps in if you plan on coming. You can see who has already signed up here http://fwcc.net/black-powder-championships/. Breaking new from the Action Shooting Network! During A Day Day, they are going to draw a name from the shooters who are at the match and reimburse them their entry fee. That’s right one lucky shooter will get to shoot A Dark Day On The Santa Fe for free! Don’t forget if you plan on dry camping on the range please send an email to Yadkin Hawks at rfmelt@comcast.net to make your reservation. Please support the vendors that support us! Outlaw Bullets, Bullets by Chance, Klassic Laser Works, Red River Bullets and Bullet by Scarlett will all be on the range. Scarlett is running a special on American Pioneer Powder, see attached flier for more information. Red River Bullets is running a pre order special, see their attached flier for more details. Also Bullets by Chance will give one dollar off every box and all preorders if 5 or more boxes it will two dollars off! Last year we had about 65 in attendance at the Thursday night dinner at Longhorns in Lake City. If you plan on attending this year please let me know so I can give the restaurant an accurate headcount so they can be prepared for a group of hungry cowboys and girls. Don’t shoot black powder? Still want to shoot Darkness Falls and Dark Day? We’ve got you covered. We are offering a Smokeless and Senior Smokeless categories. If you have a schedule conflict and you cannot shoot the match(s) on the normal match days we will be doing shoot through for the folks working the match. Get with me as soon as possible if would like shoot through with us. See you all in March. ~ Come to the Dark Side

20 States and Counting!! I wouldn’t normally send out an update again so quick but a lot has happened over the past week. We now officially have 20 different states represented, shattering our previous record of 16. We’ve had two workdays on the range last week and one happening now as I type this. Be the end of the day we will have extended the wall between bay 1 and 2 by 8ft to give more berm depth and closer locate the unloading table to the stage. All of our previous loading and unloading tables that were not undercover will all have framed out roofs just needing to have to tin put on. By the end of next week they will be completed! Registration continues to be hot and heavy. We have just 30 spots left for Darkness Falls and have almost reached 100 shooters for A Dark Day. I wouldn’t wait too much longer to get your apps in if you plan on coming. An updated shooters list has been posted this morning http://fwcc.net/black-powder-championships/ For those who have not heard we had changed the on range camping area to be on the shotgun range, which means we have plenty of dry camping on the range compared to what we have had in the past. If you would like to dry camp at the range, please send an email to Yadkin Hawks at rfmelt@comcast.net to make your reservation. Don’t forget about our great vendor that are going to be on hand with us. Outlaw Bullets, Bullets by Chance, Klassic Laser Works, Red River Bullets and Bullet by Scarlett. Speaking of Scarlett don’t forget about her American Pioneer Powder special she is running, Red River Bullets is also running a pre order special, website for more details. We had a ton of fun at the dinner at Longhorns in Lake City last year. If you plan on attending this year please let me know so I can give the restaurant an accurate headcount so they can be prepared for a group of hungry cowboys and girls. Don’t forget that you can still shoot Darkness Falls and Dark Day even if you’re too scared to come to the Dark Side. We are offering a Smokeless and Senior Smokeless categories. Darkness Falls and A Dark Day On The Santa Fe makes for one heck of warm up for the Ides of March down in Eustis the following week. If you have a schedule conflict and you cannot shoot the match(s) on the normal match days we will be doing shoot through for the folks working the match. Get with me as soon as possible if would like shoot through with us. See you all in March. ~ Come to the Dark Side

Time is ticking away….Have you signed up yet? We have officially broke our state record. We are now up to 19 different states represented for A Dark Day. Think maybe we can make it an even 20? I guess only time will tell. Don’t forget about our great vendor that are going to be on hand with us. Outlaw Bullets, Bullets by Chance, Klassic Laser Works, Red River Bullets and Bullet by Scarlett. Speaking of Scarlett don’t forget about her American Pioneer Powder special she is running, see website for more information. If you haven’t looked lately you will find we have had a ton of new entries already this month http://fwcc.net/black-powder-championships/. Check and see which one of your pards has already signed up. You never know who you might see on there!

Happy New Year!! We are just 65 days away from the black powder double header of the year, Darkness Falls and A Dark Day On The Santa Fe! Match applications are starting to fly in, you’d better hurry if you don’t want to miss out on the smokiest shooting in SASS. The updated shooter lists has been posted on the website, you can find them here http://fwcc.net/black-powder-championships/. Check and see which one of your pards has already signed up. You never know who you might see on there! Shoot Through If you need to shoot through either Darkness Falls or Dark Day please get with me as soon as possible. Thursday Night Dinner If you plan to attend the dinner a Longhorns in Lake City on Thursday night please let me know so I can provide the restaurant with a head count. RV Camping If you plan on coming down with a camper, we do have limited space available. Please send an email to Yadkin Hawks at rfmelt@comcast.net to make your reservation. Dark Day Vendors Come and support the vendors that support you!! So far we have four vendors slated to come down; Bullets by Chance, Klassic Laser Works, Red River Bullets and Bullet by Scarlett.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at A Dark Day On The Santa Fe The month of December has been very good to us, we’ve received a bunch of applications already this month and we still have 12 more days to go. I wouldn’t wait too much longer to get your applications in for Darkness Falls and A Dark Day. Historically we see record numbers of applications arrive in January. We will be placing the orders for Dark Day buckles and Darkness Falls statues the early part of January, you’re not going to want to miss out on the awards this year, so make sur to get your applications early so we don’t miss your category. The awards take six weeks to order. Don’t forget to let me know if you plan to attend the dinner a Longhorn in Lake City on Thursday night. Scarlett Darlin’ told me to tell you all that she has a special Christmas gift for all her favorite Cowboys and Cowgirls. She has a special running on American Pioneer Powder from now till A Dark Day. See the vendor section of either the Darkness Falls or Dark Day web page for more information http://fwcc.net/black-powder-championships/ Wishing you and yours a happy holiday season, see you in March.

Thanksgiving is a time to look back and reflect on all that you have been blessed with over the past year. So us here at A Dark Day On The Santa Fe took the time to reflect back and see what we are thankful for this year……. We are thankful for all the match workers who volunteer so much of their time to help prep and set up. We are thankful for all the vendors and sponsors who have supported us over the years and continue to faithfully do so. And most of all we are thankful for you our shooters. Without you there would be no Dark Day On the Santa Fe. From all of us at A Dark Day On The Santa Fe, we wish you and yours a happy and safe Thanksgiving.

I personally haven't heard anything about any of them. They all have a four star rating. River Run is closest to the range. We do have a shooter that come down from New Hampshire four month at the beginning of the year and he stays at the one in High Springs.

Howdy Traveler!! Sure look forward to seeing you and Kitty. We have dry camping on the range. If you'd like to stay on the range shoot Yadkin Hawks an email at rfmelt@comcast.com, if your looking for a campground there are some listed on the website http://fwcc.net/black-powder/. If you scroll to the bottom of the page you'll find links for them.

Happy Halloween!! Congratulations to Dynamite Deed! She is the winner of the October loading block giveaway! For more information see the Action Shooting Network Section below. We are up to 14 different states represented, just two states away from our personal best. It looks like we just might break our state record this year. Cheatin Chamberlin has gotten the first draft of the stages over to me and boy does he have a great match written! You going to be in for one heck of a match! The updated shooter lists has been posted on the website this morning, you can find them here http://fwcc.net/black-powder-championships/. Check and see which one of your pards has already signed up. You never know who you might see on there! Triple Header Do you enjoy shooting? Well of course we all do. What if I told you that you could shoot three matches in just 11 days?? Here the scoop; Thursday, March 7th - “Darkness Fall” the SASS Southeastern Territorial Black Powder Championship – 6 Stages Friday, March 8th and Saturday, March 9th – “A Dark Day On The Santa Fe” the SASS International Black Powder Championship – 10 Stages Friday, March 15th through Sunday March 17th – “Ides of March” – Side Matches and 10 Stage Main Match. 5 Days of Shooting 26 Main Stages 2 Championships 1 Annual Match It’s Time To Cowboy Up! For more information about the Ides of March please contact Smart Asterisk at SmartAsterisk@Outlook.com. Dark Day Vendors Come and support the vendors that support you!! So far we have four vendors slated to come down; Bullets by Chance, Klassic Laser Works, Red River Bullets and Bullet by Scarlett. Action Shooting Network A Dark Day On The Santa Fe is teaming up with the Action Shooing Network to give away four more custom laser engraved loading blocks! Ok so it works like this. A Dark Day on the Santa Fe Icon will be hidden once a month, November through February after you receive the monthly email update. Be the first to find the “easter egg” every month and you will receive a personalized Dark Day On The Santa Fe loading block. Click on the icon to email your alias and caliber you shoot. If you are the first email submitted you will be contacted for shipping information. Now this icon can be hidden anywhere, in a comment, or a clubs page , so you may have to dig a little bit. I would start early and create an account at actionshootingnetwork.com then click on clubs and the like button for Dark Day On The Santa Fe club. This will keep you up to date on the match and clues on where to look. Don’t forget while you are there to click the like button on any of the other clubs that you want to receive updates and scores from and browse the “Find Friends” link to find your pards or to make new ones. RV Camping If you plan on coming down with a camper, we do have limited space available. Please send an email to Yadkin Hawks at rfmelt@comcast.net to make your reservation.

Updated shooters list for Darkness Falls and A Dark Day On The Santa Fe has been posted!!

The updated shooters list has been posted on the website this morning, you can find them here http://fwcc.net/black-powder-championships/. Check and see which one of your pards has already signed up. We already 11 different states represented, you never know who you might see on there! The new berm wall between the rifle range and stage one is now complete!! We had an amazing crew come down and we were able to get it knocked out in two days. It has actually opened up stage one just a bit making a little more room on the bay. Now on to the information you’ve all been waiting for…… Action Shooting Network A Dark Day On The Santa Fe is teaming up with the Action Shooing Network to give away five custom laser engraved loading blocks! Ok so it works like this. A Dark Day on the Santa Fe Icon will be hidden once a month, October through February after you receive the monthly email update. Be the first to find the “easter egg” every month and you will receive a personalized Dark Day On The Santa Fe loading block. Click on the icon to email your alias and caliber you shoot. If you are the first email submitted you will be contacted for shipping information. Now this icon can be hidden anywhere, in a comment, or a clubs page , so you may have to dig a little bit. I would start early and create an account at actionshootingnetwork.com then click on clubs and the like button for Dark Day On The Santa Fe club. This will keep you up to date on the match and clues on where to look. Don’t forget while you are there to click the like button on any of the other clubs that you want to receive updates and scores from and browse the “Find Friends” link to find your pards or to make new ones. Vendors A lot has happened since last month and the vender list has started to solidify. The current vendor list looks like this; Bullets by Chance, Klassic Laser Works, Red River Bullets and Bullet by Scarlett. I’ve been working on hard on getting Docs Oldwest down to the range and I think I just might finally have them talked into coming. Fingers crossed, we’ll see. RV Camping If you plan on coming down with a camper, we do have limited space available. Please send an email to Yadkin Hawks at rfmelt@comcast.net to make your reservation. Triple Header Do you enjoy shooting? Well of course we all do. What if I told you that you could shoot three matches in just 11 days?? Here the scoop; Thursday, March 7th - “Darkness Fall” the SASS Southeastern Territorial Black Powder Championship – 6 Stages Friday, March 8th and Saturday, March 9th – “A Dark Day On The Santa Fe” the SASS International Black Powder Championship – 10 Stages Friday, March 15th through Sunday March 17th – “Ides of March” – Side Matches and 10 Stage Main Match. That’s five days of shooting, 26 stages, two championships and an annual match…wow!! For more information about the Ides of March please contact Smart Asterisk at SmartAsterisk@Outlook.com. On The Range Yadkin Hawks and I will have the Dark Day tent set up at Tennessee State October 10th – 13th. Stop by and say hello!! You never know what we might be giving away!

Happy Labor Day from A Dark Day On The Santa Fe!! Hope that everyone has a happy and safe long weekend. We have been busy down on the range! We are in the processing of building a new berm wall down on stage 1 as well as putting up some more covers for the loading and unloading table along with some much needed fans. Not sure how much we’ll need them in March, but they’re certainly needed during the summer months. There is quite a bit of information in the email, including some giveaways happening starting next month and some information about the Ides of March, so be sure you read all the way down. Applications are coming in at a steady pace for Darkness Falls and A Dark Day On The Santa Fe, I wouldn’t wait too long before sending your applications in! Cheatin’ Chamberlin and I have been working on the stages I think we’re going to have some pretty fun things planned for you. On The Range We picked up Circle Fly Wads, Action Shooting Network and Bullets by Chance as match sponsors this past month. Bullets by Chance will be vending and there is rumor the Actions Shooting Network might be down taking some videos of the match. As always check out http://fwcc.net/black-powder-championships/ for the latest updates and match applications. Action Shooting Network A Dark Day On The Santa Fe is teaming up with the Action Shooing Network to give away five custom laser engraved loading blocks! See attached pictures. Ok so it works like this. A Dark Day on the Santa Fe Icon will be hidden once a month, October through February after you receive the monthly email update. Be the first to find the “easter egg” every month and you will receive a personalized Dark Day On The Santa Fe loading block. Click on the icon to email your alias and caliber you shoot. If you are the first email submitted you will be contacted for shipping information. Now this icon can be hidden anywhere, in a comment, or a clubs page , so you may have to dig a little bit. I would start early and create an account at actionshootingnetwork.com then click on clubs and the like button for Dark Day On The Santa Fe club. This will keep you up to date on the match and clues on where to look. Don’t forget while you are there to click the like button on any of the other clubs that you want to receive updates and scores from and browse the “Find Friends” link to find your pards or to make new ones. Ides of March I received the following note from the Ides of March Match Director, Smart Asterisk. The theme for the 2019 Ides of March will be cowboy & western songs. Each stage will have a song assigned and whenever possible the stage will be built around that song. "Big Iron" and "Back In The Saddle" are examples of songs being considered. If you have suggestions please send to SmartAsterisk@Outlook.com. On The Road Deadwood Blackie and I will have the Dark Day tent set up at Hell Fire September 21st -23rd, then again at Comin at Cha September 24th -29th. Stop by and say hello!! You never know what we might be giving away! If you miss us there come see Yadkin Hawks and I at Tennessee State October 10th – 13th.

Look forward to seeing you my friend!

Thanks to Dogmeat Dad, the fillable applications for both Darkness Falls and A Dark Day On The Santa Fe are both posted! http://fwcc.net/black-powder-championships/

We already have 6 different states represented. Our record is 16, wonder if we are going to break that record.