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Some of you may have seen this thread about my retirement posted in the SASS Saloon back in May of this year.  I am now Retired !!! - SASS Wire Saloon - SASS Wire Forum (sassnet.com)  There I mention that I was going to shoot the Wisconsin and Mississippi State Championships and they would be my 22nd and 23rd different States to shoot CAS.  Well I also shot the Missouri State and it was my 24th state to shoot CAS.  I went to update my map in the Tread How Many States Have You Shot COWBOY In? - SASS Wire - SASS Wire Forum (sassnet.com) and found it has been achieved, so I decided to make a new thread about my CAS travels.  Here is a map showing the States I have now shot Cowboy Action.

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I finished 4th Senior Classic Cowboy at Mississippi and here is a photo showing the SCCs and the lone Classic Cowgirl.

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I finished 2nd Classic Cowboy at Wisconsin but no CC group photo.

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I finished 3rd Classic Cowboy at Missouri and here is a photo showing the CCs (except for one) and the lone Classic Cowgirl.

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My traveling to shooting matches across the country started long before I started Cowboy Action Shooting in 2003.  I started shooting NRA Rifle Metallic Silhouette in 1983 and Pistol Metallic Silhouette in 1989, disciplines included Smallbore Rifle (2 types), Highpower Rifle (2 types), Air rifle (3 types), Cowboy Lever Action Rifle (3 types), Hunter Pistol (4 types), and Air Pistol (2 types).  I shot Silhouette National Championships of some kind every year from 1985 – 2008.  By the time CAS took over most of my shooting by 2008 I had shot in 11 different States.

 

I first saw something about Cowboy Action Shooting around 2000/2001 when the NRA put a photo of Holly Terror on the front cover of the Competitions Magazine they were publishing at the time and it had an article inside about SASS.  In October 2001 I shot the NRA High Power Rifle National Championships at the Ben Avery Range in Arizona and after it was over I went over and watched my first SASS/CAS match.  Then in 2002 as a Silhouette Director I was working a Texas State Rifle Association booth at an event and started talking about Cowboy Action with Brazos Ace one of our new CAS Directors.  (I ran Texas State Silhouette Championships from 2001-2006) He invited me out to a ranch in Glen Rose Texas he managed and I shot my first cowboy guns off a table at his range.  The hook was set.  When we finished he asked me if I was going to sell all my silhouette guns and buy cowboy guns and I told him no, but I was going to buy some cowboy guns. 

 

I visited some CAS matches in 2002/2003 at the Lone Star Frontier Shooting Club near Cleburne TX and the Comanche Valley Vigilantes near Glen Rose TX.  I joined both clubs in 2003 and also joined SASS as a Life Member and then attended the Southwest Regional “Showdown at Buck Creek” as a spectator that same year in the fall.  Over two days there I purchased from vendors 2 Ruger Vaqueros in .38, a Marlin 1894 in .38 and a 12 gauge Norinco 1897, a Kirkpatrick Long Hunter Rig and an Evil Roy shotgun belt, two shirts, and a gun cart.  (I have since sold the two .38 vaqueros and the ER belt but still have all the rest)  I shot a new shooter match at LSFSC shortly thereafter and then l looked on the SASS Wire for places to shoot - for the next 6 weekends in a row I shot a Cowboy Action match.  My first away match was at the Bar 3, Saturday was a Cops and Cowboy match and Sunday was a Cowboy match.  Guess you could say I was definitely HOOKED!

 

Oh, how many of you remember when the SASS Rule Book looked like this?

image.thumb.jpeg.8158ab74166a89d087b31d9cd1289f02.jpeg

 

In September 2004 I shot my first big match, The Southwest Regional “Showdown at Buck Creek”, (by then I had purchased all new guns and was shooting Classic Cowboy) then in 2005 shot the Louisiana State Match and End of Trail at Founders Ranch New Mexico (the first after moving to that location).  Here is a copy of my Posse photo from the SW Regional that has the correct month and days but the previous wrong year listed.

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I started working at Texas Woman’s University in 2004 (remember I started this thread referring to my retirement from there after 20 years) and whenever I traveled for work I tried to see where I could shoot a cowboy match on the trip.  I posted the following threads about some of those trips (sorry the photo bucket links no longer work):     

August 2014 Texan shoots steel in California - SASS Wire - SASS Wire Forum (sassnet.com)

November 2014 Texan shoots steel in Florida - SASS Wire - SASS Wire Forum (sassnet.com)

July 2016 Texan Shoots Steel in Tennessee - SASS Wire - SASS Wire Forum (sassnet.com)

I never posted the thread on Black Gold as referenced in the Tennessee thread and it appears I lost those photos along with a bunch of older ones some time ago due to a computer virus.

 

So now back to my future travels – I will be headed to the Northeast August/September and have entered the upcoming State Championships for Michigan, Maine and New York.  They will be my 25th, 26th and 27th different States to shoot CAS.  Match confirmations have been received, ammo is loaded, accommodation reservations are made and my sight-seeing places between matches are picked out.  I am looking forward to shooting at these matches and meeting some new folks.  If you will be at any of these matches please seek me out and introduce yourself.  I will update this thread after this next trip and post a new map and some photos.

 

Still have quite a few more States I have not shot CAS in yet, so if you have any suggestions after looking at the map please post those suggestions.  While I was at the Wisconsin State Championship someone there suggested that I make the North Dakota/South Dakota combined State Championship.  I will plan to do that but it will only get me the one state it is held in, so it would be nice if I could shoot in the other state the weekend before or after that championship.

 

Here is a list of the states I have shot Cowboy Action along with the clubs and dates:

(I will update this list as I add states and post new maps)

States & Clubs I have Shot Cowboy Action - Cowtown Scout

7/28/2024

Club Name – underlined and Italic indicates no longer a club at that location

 

Arkansas

Mountain Valley Vigilantes (Hot Springs) Annual/Shooting in the Shade, 2007, 2008 & 2009

Judge Parkers Marshals (Fort Smith) Arkansas State, 2021

 

Arizona

Tombstone Ghost Riders (Tombstone) Dammit Gang Dooley Gang Showdown, 2008

Los Vaqueros (Tombstone) Monthly on way to Winter Range, Multiple Years

Arizona Territory Company of Rough Riders (Ben Avery/Peoria) National Championship/Winter Range, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Arizona Territory Company of Rough Riders (Ben Avery/Peoria) World Championship/End of Trail, 2022

 

California

Cajon Cowboys (San Bernardino) Monthly 2014

The Cowboys (Norco) Monthly 2014

 

Colorado

Windy Gap Regulators (Cortez) Annual/Revenge, 2017, 2018

 

Florida

Okeechobee Marshals (Sebastian) Monthly, 2014

Weewahootee Vigilance Committee (Orlando) Monthly, 2014

 

Illinois

Illowa Irregulars (Milan) Monthly on way to EOT in Indiana, 2021

 

Indiana

Paradise Pass Regulators (Etna Green) World Championship/End of Trail, 2021

 

Iowa

Fort Des Moines Rangers (Indianola) Iowa State/Classic Cowboy Showdown, 2021

 

Kansas

Free State Rangers (Parker) Annual/Classic Cowboy Showdown, 2020

Butterfield Gulch Gang (Chapman) Annual/Classic Cowboy Showdown, 2019, 2022 (Kansas State), 2024

 

Kentucky

Ponderosa Pines Posse (Manchester) Annual / Black Gold, 2016

 

Louisiana

Cypress Creek Cowboys (Calhoun) Louisiana State, 2005, 2006

 

Maryland

Thurmont Rangers (Manchester) Monthly, 2023

 

Minnesota

Cedar Valley Vigilantes (Morristown) Gunsmoke/Minnesota State, 2010

 

Mississippi

Mississippi River Rangers (Byhalia) Mississippi State, 2024

 

Missouri

Butterfield Trail Cowboys (Walnut Shade) Missouri State, 2024

 

Montana

Montana Territory Peacemakers (Billings) Monthly, 2023

 

New Mexico

Lincoln County Regulators (Ruidoso) on way to EOT NM, Once

Lost River Cowboys (Roswell) on way to EOT NM, Once

Seven River Regulators (Carlsbad) on way to EOT NM, Once

SASS Founders Ranch (Edgewood) World Championship/End of Trail, 2005, 06, 07, 08, 09, 2018

SASS Founders Ranch (Edgewood) 4 Corners Regional, 2007

 

Nevada

Eldorado Cowboys (Bolder City) Nevada State, 2009

 

North Carolina

Gunpowder Creek Regulators (Lenoir) Monthly, 2010

Old North State Posse (Salisbury) Monthly, 2009

 

Oklahoma

Indian Territory (Sand Springs) Oklahoma State, 2007

Shortgrass Rangers (Grandfield) New Year’s Day Shoot, Twice

Oklahoma Territory Marshals (Arcadia) Land Run, several times pre-2015

Oklahoma Territory Marshals (Arcadia) Southwest Regional/Red Dirt Rampage, 2015, 2016, 2017 

Oklahoma Territory Marshals (Arcadia) National Championship/Land Run, 2022

Red River Valley Cowpokes (Albany) New Year’s Day Shoot, Once

 

Tennessee

Memphis Gunslingers (Lakeland) Monthly, 2016

 

West Virginia

Cowboy Action Shooting Sports (Great Cacapon) West Virginia State, 2023 

 

Wisconsin

Rock River Regulators (Beloit) Wisconsin State, 2024

 

Texas

Alamo Area Moderators (San Antonio) Monthly, Once

Badlands Bar 3 (English) Monthly, Southwest Regional, Annual/Comin At Cha, 2003 - 2014

Butterfield Trail Regulators (Abilene) Monthly, Annual 2003 - 2007

Buck Creek Bandoleros (Nemo) Monthly, 2007

Canadian River Regulators (Clarendon) Monthly, on way to EOT NM, Twice

Comanche Valley Vigilantes (Nemo/Glen Rose) Monthly, Southwest Regional, 2003 - 2006

Comanche Valley Vigilantes (Cleburne) Monthly, Southwest Regional, Texas State, 2007 - 2023

Cottonwood Creek Cowboys (Snyder) Monthly on way to EOT NM, Once

El Vaqueros (Breckenridge) Monthly 2003 - 2005

Gruesome Gulch Gang (Plainview) Monthly on way to EOT NM, Once

Highplains Highwaymen (Pampa) Annual/Battle of Adobe Walls - Classic Cowboy Showdown, 2023

Lone Star Frontier Shooting Club, Monthly, Annual/Round Up, BP State, Texas State, 2003 - 2024

Oakwood Outlaws (Oakwood) Monthly, Annual/Jail Break, Texas State, TSRA State, 2003 - 2014

Old Fort Parker Patriots (Groesbeck) Monthly, Annual/Defend the Fort, TSRA & BP State, 2007 - 2024

Plumb Creek Carriage & Shooting Society (Lockhart) Annual, 2010

Plumb Creek Shooting Society (Lockhart) Texas State, 2013, 2015

San Antonio Rough Riders (San Antonio) TSRA State, 2005

Tejas Caballeros (Austin) Monthly, Once

Tejas Caballeros (Blanco) Annual/Whoopin, 2021

Tejas Pistoleros (Eagle Lake) Monthly, Once

Texican Rangers (Fredericksburg) Annual/Comancheria Days, Texas State, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018

Texas Historical Shootist Society (Columbus) TSRA State, Once

Texas Peacemaker (Tyler) Monthly, Once

Texas Troublemakers (Brownsboro) Monthly, Twice

Texas Ten Horns (Greenville) Monthly, Three Times

Texas Ten Horns (Leonard) Monthly, Annual/The Great Spaghetti Western, 2016 - 2023

Tin Star Texans (Fredericksburg) Annual/Resurrection, 2007

 

If you made it through the listing here are a some photos of buckles, badges, pins and programs I have amassed over my time shooting CAS 2003-2024.
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Sounds like the adventure continues!  I know I saw you at the Tin Star match but thinking I met you before '07, not sure where.  I like the spreads of buckles and badges.  Keep on keepin' on!

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That's a pretty nice goal to have!  I hope you can make it to PA where I will likely be the only CCG in a picture with you and the rest of the Classic Cowboys.  

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1 hour ago, Black Hills Barb said:

That's a pretty nice goal to have!  I hope you can make it to PA where I will likely be the only CCG in a picture with you and the rest of the Classic Cowboys.  

Sounds like a Plan!

 

I have shot many Rifle Shilouette National Championships in PA but not CAS yet.

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That’s an impressive SASS match resume for sure, hope to meet up someday.

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12 minutes ago, Yul Lose said:

That’s an impressive SASS match resume for sure, hope to meet up someday.

Oh we met at the front gate at EOT Founders Ranch and at the Cart Coral at EOT AZ. 

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4 minutes ago, Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L said:

Oh we met at the front gate at EOT Founders Ranch and at the Cart Coral at EOT AZ. 

You’re right, I meet so many people at those venues that it’s hard to remember everyone. Hope to see you at EOT 2025.

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49 minutes ago, Yul Lose said:

You’re right, I meet so many people at those venues that it’s hard to remember everyone. Hope to see you at EOT 2025.

That is OK I totally understand.  Will not be at EOT 2025 as I am now concentrating on places I have not been to yet. 

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Scout, you have visited some great clubs and many more to visit.  I would strongly recommend you get your rain gear together and visit the great Pacific NorthWet.  Oregon and Washington have some great clubs along with some wonderful characters.  Big matches are great fun, but sometimes just being able to visit a club during the regularly scheduled monthly shoot is a very relaxing way to meet and get to know folks.  

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14 minutes ago, Griff said:

Scout, you have visited some great clubs and many more to visit.  I would strongly recommend you get your rain gear together and visit the great Pacific NorthWest.  Oregon and Washington have some great clubs along with some wonderful characters.  Big matches are great fun, but sometimes just being able to visit a club during the regularly scheduled monthly shoot is a very relaxing way to meet and get to know folks.  

Absoultly Agree!

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28 minutes ago, Lever Action Landon said:

Since you are traveling to the Michigan State Shoot. Two weekends later in Ohio is Shoot Out at Stoney Bottom. Sandusky County Regulators.  You could add another state to that list. 

Thanks for the suggestion.  However, the week after Michigan I am shooting Maine State and the following week I am shooting New York State.  So two weekends from Michigan I will be shooting in New York.  Maybe next year I can shoot in Ohio and Pennsylvania in one trip from Texas.

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Cowtown ,have safe travels up north and we when meet up again when you come home. Good Luck and God Bless

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You  definitely need to put the Wartrace Regulators TN state match on your list. I know you have been to Memphis but this is a whole different venue. I've been lucky enough to go to the last two. A good group of CC with with one of the best in the game in my opinion Cleve. Whiskey Hayes is a true Classic and they put on a great shoot. As a Classic Cowboy myself I sure wouldn't miss it. 

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On 7/28/2024 at 5:29 PM, Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L said:

Some of you may have seen this thread about my retirement posted in the SASS Saloon back in May of this year.  I am now Retired !!! - SASS Wire Saloon - SASS Wire Forum (sassnet.com)  There I mention that I was going to shoot the Wisconsin and Mississippi State Championships and they would be my 22nd and 23rd different States to shoot CAS.  Well I also shot the Missouri State and it was my 24th state to shoot CAS.  I went to update my map in the Tread How Many States Have You Shot COWBOY In? - SASS Wire - SASS Wire Forum (sassnet.com) and found it has been achieved, so I decided to make a new thread about my CAS travels.  Here is a map showing the States I have now shot Cowboy Action.

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I finished 4th Senior Classic Cowboy at Mississippi and here is a photo showing the SCCs and the lone Classic Cowgirl.

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I finished 2nd Classic Cowboy at Wisconsin but no CC group photo.

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I finished 3rd Classic Cowboy at Missouri and here is a photo showing the CCs (except for one) and the lone Classic Cowgirl.

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My traveling to shooting matches across the country started long before I started Cowboy Action Shooting in 2003.  I started shooting NRA Rifle Metallic Silhouette in 1983 and Pistol Metallic Silhouette in 1989, disciplines included Smallbore Rifle (2 types), Highpower Rifle (2 types), Air rifle (3 types), Cowboy Lever Action Rifle (3 types), Hunter Pistol (4 types), and Air Pistol (2 types).  I shot Silhouette National Championships of some kind every year from 1985 – 2008.  By the time CAS took over most of my shooting by 2008 I had shot in 11 different States.

 

I first saw something about Cowboy Action Shooting around 2000/2001 when the NRA put a photo of Holly Terror on the front cover of the Competitions Magazine they were publishing at the time and it had an article inside about SASS.  In October 2001 I shot the NRA High Power Rifle National Championships at the Ben Avery Range in Arizona and after it was over I went over and watched my first SASS/CAS match.  Then in 2002 as a Silhouette Director I was working a Texas State Rifle Association booth at an event and started talking about Cowboy Action with Brazos Ace one of our new CAS Directors.  (I ran Texas State Silhouette Championships from 2001-2006) He invited me out to a ranch in Glen Rose Texas he managed and I shot my first cowboy guns off a table at his range.  The hook was set.  When we finished he asked me if I was going to sell all my silhouette guns and buy cowboy guns and I told him no, but I was going to buy some cowboy guns. 

 

I visited some CAS matches in 2002/2003 at the Lone Star Frontier Shooting Club near Cleburne TX and the Comanche Valley Vigilantes near Glen Rose TX.  I joined both clubs in 2003 and also joined SASS as a Life Member and then attended the Southwest Regional “Showdown at Buck Creek” as a spectator that same year in the fall.  Over two days there I purchased from vendors 2 Ruger Vaqueros in .38, a Marlin 1894 in .38 and a 12 gauge Norinco 1897, a Kirkpatrick Long Hunter Rig and an Evil Roy shotgun belt, two shirts, and a gun cart.  (I have since sold the two .38 vaqueros and the ER belt but still have all the rest)  I shot a new shooter match at LSFSC shortly thereafter and then l looked on the SASS Wire for places to shoot - for the next 6 weekends in a row I shot a Cowboy Action match.  My first away match was at the Bar 3, Saturday was a Cops and Cowboy match and Sunday was a Cowboy match.  Guess you could say I was definitely HOOKED!

 

Oh, how many of you remember when the SASS Rule Book looked like this?

image.thumb.jpeg.8158ab74166a89d087b31d9cd1289f02.jpeg

 

In September 2004 I shot my first big match, The Southwest Regional “Showdown at Buck Creek”, (by then I had purchased all new guns and was shooting Classic Cowboy) then in 2005 shot the Louisiana State Match and End of Trail at Founders Ranch New Mexico (the first after moving to that location).  Here is a copy of my Posse photo from the SW Regional that has the correct month and days but the previous wrong year listed.

image.thumb.jpeg.3bc812555700b85901816a9308e9a5bb.jpeg

 

I started working at Texas Woman’s University in 2004 (remember I started this thread referring to my retirement from there after 20 years) and whenever I traveled for work I tried to see where I could shoot a cowboy match on the trip.  I posted the following threads about some of those trips (sorry the photo bucket links no longer work):     

August 2014 Texan shoots steel in California - SASS Wire - SASS Wire Forum (sassnet.com)

November 2014 Texan shoots steel in Florida - SASS Wire - SASS Wire Forum (sassnet.com)

July 2016 Texan Shoots Steel in Tennessee - SASS Wire - SASS Wire Forum (sassnet.com)

I never posted the thread on Black Gold as referenced in the Tennessee thread and it appears I lost those photos along with a bunch of older ones some time ago due to a computer virus.

 

So now back to my future travels – I will be headed to the Northeast August/September and have entered the upcoming State Championships for Michigan, Maine and New York.  They will be my 25th, 26th and 27th different States to shoot CAS.  Match confirmations have been received, ammo is loaded, accommodation reservations are made and my sight-seeing places between matches are picked out.  I am looking forward to shooting at these matches and meeting some new folks.  If you will be at any of these matches please seek me out and introduce yourself.  I will update this thread after this next trip and post a new map and some photos.

 

Still have quite a few more States I have not shot CAS in yet, so if you have any suggestions after looking at the map please post those suggestions.  While I was at the Wisconsin State Championship someone there suggested that I make the North Dakota/South Dakota combined State Championship.  I will plan to do that but it will only get me the one state it is held in, so it would be nice if I could shoot in the other state the weekend before or after that championship.

 

Here is a list of the states I have shot Cowboy Action along with the clubs and dates:

(I will update this list as I add states and post new maps)

States & Clubs I have Shot Cowboy Action - Cowtown Scout

7/28/2024

Club Name – underlined and Italic indicates no longer a club at that location

 

Arkansas

Mountain Valley Vigilantes (Hot Springs) Annual/Shooting in the Shade, 2007, 2008 & 2009

Judge Parkers Marshals (Fort Smith) Arkansas State, 2021

 

Arizona

Tombstone Ghost Riders (Tombstone) Dammit Gang Dooley Gang Showdown, 2008

Los Vaqueros (Tombstone) Monthly on way to Winter Range, Multiple Years

Arizona Territory Company of Rough Riders (Ben Avery/Peoria) National Championship/Winter Range, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Arizona Territory Company of Rough Riders (Ben Avery/Peoria) World Championship/End of Trail, 2022

 

California

Cajon Cowboys (San Bernardino) Monthly 2014

The Cowboys (Norco) Monthly 2014

 

Colorado

Windy Gap Regulators (Cortez) Annual/Revenge, 2017, 2018

 

Florida

Okeechobee Marshals (Sebastian) Monthly, 2014

Weewahootee Vigilance Committee (Orlando) Monthly, 2014

 

Illinois

Illowa Irregulars (Milan) Monthly on way to EOT in Indiana, 2021

 

Indiana

Paradise Pass Regulators (Etna Green) World Championship/End of Trail, 2021

 

Iowa

Fort Des Moines Rangers (Indianola) Iowa State/Classic Cowboy Showdown, 2021

 

Kansas

Free State Rangers (Parker) Annual/Classic Cowboy Showdown, 2020

Butterfield Gulch Gang (Chapman) Annual/Classic Cowboy Showdown, 2019, 2022 (Kansas State), 2024

 

Kentucky

Ponderosa Pines Posse (Manchester) Annual / Black Gold, 2016

 

Louisiana

Cypress Creek Cowboys (Calhoun) Louisiana State, 2005, 2006

 

Maryland

Thurmont Rangers (Manchester) Monthly, 2023

 

Minnesota

Cedar Valley Vigilantes (Morristown) Gunsmoke/Minnesota State, 2010

 

Mississippi

Mississippi River Rangers (Byhalia) Mississippi State, 2024

 

Missouri

Butterfield Trail Cowboys (Walnut Shade) Missouri State, 2024

 

Montana

Montana Territory Peacemakers (Billings) Monthly, 2023

 

New Mexico

Lincoln County Regulators (Ruidoso) on way to EOT NM, Once

Lost River Cowboys (Roswell) on way to EOT NM, Once

Seven River Regulators (Carlsbad) on way to EOT NM, Once

SASS Founders Ranch (Edgewood) World Championship/End of Trail, 2005, 06, 07, 08, 09, 2018

SASS Founders Ranch (Edgewood) 4 Corners Regional, 2007

 

Nevada

Eldorado Cowboys (Bolder City) Nevada State, 2009

 

North Carolina

Gunpowder Creek Regulators (Lenoir) Monthly, 2010

Old North State Posse (Salisbury) Monthly, 2009

 

Oklahoma

Indian Territory (Sand Springs) Oklahoma State, 2007

Shortgrass Rangers (Grandfield) New Year’s Day Shoot, Twice

Oklahoma Territory Marshals (Arcadia) Land Run, several times pre-2015

Oklahoma Territory Marshals (Arcadia) Southwest Regional/Red Dirt Rampage, 2015, 2016, 2017 

Oklahoma Territory Marshals (Arcadia) National Championship/Land Run, 2022

Red River Valley Cowpokes (Albany) New Year’s Day Shoot, Once

 

Tennessee

Memphis Gunslingers (Lakeland) Monthly, 2016

 

West Virginia

Cowboy Action Shooting Sports (Great Cacapon) West Virginia State, 2023 

 

Wisconsin

Rock River Regulators (Beloit) Wisconsin State, 2024

 

Texas

Alamo Area Moderators (San Antonio) Monthly, Once

Badlands Bar 3 (English) Monthly, Southwest Regional, Annual/Comin At Cha, 2003 - 2014

Butterfield Trail Regulators (Abilene) Monthly, Annual 2003 - 2007

Buck Creek Bandoleros (Nemo) Monthly, 2007

Canadian River Regulators (Clarendon) Monthly, on way to EOT NM, Twice

Comanche Valley Vigilantes (Nemo/Glen Rose) Monthly, Southwest Regional, 2003 - 2006

Comanche Valley Vigilantes (Cleburne) Monthly, Southwest Regional, Texas State, 2007 - 2023

Cottonwood Creek Cowboys (Snyder) Monthly on way to EOT NM, Once

El Vaqueros (Breckenridge) Monthly 2003 - 2005

Gruesome Gulch Gang (Plainview) Monthly on way to EOT NM, Once

Highplains Highwaymen (Pampa) Annual/Battle of Adobe Walls - Classic Cowboy Showdown, 2023

Lone Star Frontier Shooting Club, Monthly, Annual/Round Up, BP State, Texas State, 2003 - 2024

Oakwood Outlaws (Oakwood) Monthly, Annual/Jail Break, Texas State, TSRA State, 2003 - 2014

Old Fort Parker Patriots (Groesbeck) Monthly, Annual/Defend the Fort, TSRA & BP State, 2007 - 2024

Plumb Creek Carriage & Shooting Society (Lockhart) Annual, 2010

Plumb Creek Shooting Society (Lockhart) Texas State, 2013, 2015

San Antonio Rough Riders (San Antonio) TSRA State, 2005

Tejas Caballeros (Austin) Monthly, Once

Tejas Caballeros (Blanco) Annual/Whoopin, 2021

Tejas Pistoleros (Eagle Lake) Monthly, Once

Texican Rangers (Fredericksburg) Annual/Comancheria Days, Texas State, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018

Texas Historical Shootist Society (Columbus) TSRA State, Once

Texas Peacemaker (Tyler) Monthly, Once

Texas Troublemakers (Brownsboro) Monthly, Twice

Texas Ten Horns (Greenville) Monthly, Three Times

Texas Ten Horns (Leonard) Monthly, Annual/The Great Spaghetti Western, 2016 - 2023

Tin Star Texans (Fredericksburg) Annual/Resurrection, 2007

 

If you made it through the listing here are a some photos of buckles, badges, pins and programs I have amassed over my time shooting CAS 2003-2024.
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Sounds like lots of fun!  It was so nice to see you again in my home state of Michigan!! I’m sure we will see each other out on the trail again, until then take care!  Laurie L’Amour

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That's quite the itinerary! You're gonna be a busy man... good thing you're done with work. :D

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It's likely you'll be meeting and shooting with some of my friends in both NY and Maine.  Many of them attend the PA match, too.  

Safe travels!

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At the Michigan State shoot.

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You have quite the record.  I have long considered it would be great to read articles of shooting at the various club shoots throughout the states, telling about ech club's personality & any special uniqueness they have.  It is good to read about the various  state shoots, but many/most shooters may not shoot at those.  Wondering about thoughts at the everyday club shoots.  You likely have some good insight about some. 

 

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On 7/29/2024 at 7:17 PM, Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L said:

Thanks for the suggestion.  However, the week after Michigan I am shooting Maine State and the following week I am shooting New York State.  So two weekends from Michigan I will be shooting in New York.  Maybe next year I can shoot in Ohio and Pennsylvania in one trip from Texas.

See ya in Maine!!

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living vicariously through your exploits ----still stuck on the grind-stone for 4 more winters and hopefully free in the spring after that last winter has passed....if I keep going after that i'll look like Jeremiah Johnson needing a nursing home...LOL

 

CowtownScout, safe travels, fair breezes and wind at your back wherever you may travel with a soft place to lay your head a the end of the days ride...

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On 9/4/2024 at 7:39 PM, Eyesa Horg said:

See ya in Maine!!

Hey Eyesa thanks for introducing yourself at the awards ceremony. It was nice to meet you in person. 
Scout

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9 hours ago, Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L said:

Hey Eyesa thanks for introducing yourself at the awards ceremony. It was nice to meet you in person. 
Scout

Likewise Scout, would've been better if we could've possed with you. Hope you continue having a ball traveling the country and visiting other clubs! The Buzzard Boil on Columbus weekend is another great shoot down in Connecticut. Need to register early for that one!

See ya in the trail,

Eyesa & Ellie

 

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31 minutes ago, Captain Bill Burt said:

It looks like you need to come down to the South and shoot the Magnificent 7 next year!  That would allow you to pick up at least two states you haven't shot in yet, Georgia and South Carolina.

 

https://southeastopenmagnificentseven.com/

Looks like actually three, Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina. :D

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Cowtown, congratulations on Maine win in category, it was good shooting with you. 

 

For your consideration Buzzard Boil columbus weekend in October. PA State memorial weekend. Then there is VT state and NH State. That would cover northeast 

 

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7 minutes ago, Double Tap Taylor said:

Cowtown, congratulations on Maine win in category, it was good shooting with you. 

 

For your consideration Buzzard Boil columbus weekend in October. PA State memorial weekend. Then there is VT state and NH State. That would cover northeast 

 

Thanks Double Tap, it was great shooting with you and the other folks on our posse. See you in New York at Heluva Rukus.

 

Once I get back home will be looking for match dates and places for 2025. Too many places and not enough time without some conflicts. :P

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1 hour ago, Double Tap Taylor said:

Cowtown, congratulations on Maine win in category, it was good shooting with you. 

 

For your consideration Buzzard Boil columbus weekend in October. PA State memorial weekend. Then there is VT state and NH State. That would cover northeast 

 

Cowtown Scout, 
Listen to Double Tap Taylor!  He won't steer you wrong.  We would love to have you at the PA State match.  It's actually a twofor now.  We just got the word today that we are also hosting the Wild Bunch State Championship.  WB will be on Friday and the CAS match will be on Saturday and Sunday.  Monday will be my sleep all day time!

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14 minutes ago, Black Hills Barb said:

Cowtown Scout, 
Listen to Double Tap Taylor!  He won't steer you wrong.  We would love to have you at the PA State match.  It's actually a twofor now.  We just got the word today that we are also hosting the Wild Bunch State Championship.  WB will be on Friday and the CAS match will be on Saturday and Sunday.  Monday will be my sleep all day time!

I don’t shoot WB anymore. What are the dates for PA state?

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I noticed that Oregon is conspicuously absent from your map. You need to find your way to Baker City, Oregon the second weekend of July, 2025, for our annual, Violence at Virtue Flat. If nothing else, the food is fantastic! :D 

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