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It’s time to make the usual rounds out on the back 500 to check fences for damage. After enough chewing, weather and general deterioration every fence has the chance to give way. This time a few of your prize animals have escaped and they’ve trampled your neighbor’s seedlings… and they aren’t happy about it. Here they come, looking to settle the score. Better fend these guys off.
Targets: 4 Rifle Cal
Ammo: 8 Rifle* Props: Split rail fence with one upper leg removed, roll of wire, wagon facing downrange, rock prop, shotgun rack, rifle rack. Staging: Shooter standing at right of wagon with roll of wire in either hand, facing front. Loaded rifle in rifle rack with 6 rounds only, unloaded shotgun in shotgun rack. Start: At the sound of the buzzer, shooter says ”Sorry For The Mess!”, places wire roll in back of wagon, walks to firing line and engages pistol targets 1-2-3-4-5. Two-gun shooters shoot 5-4-3-2-1. Shooter engages rifle targets appropriate to the caliber chosen, 4-3-2-1-4-3-RELOAD 2 rounds, then 2-1, and replaces empty rifle in rack. Shooter moves right to shotgun rack and retrieves shotgun, loads and shoots 1-2-1-2. Shooters may load as many as the gun will safely hold, single load is OK. Scoring: Time plus misses. Now that the skunks, possums and other critters have all woken up, the threat of rabies once again stirs from its winter nap. A few questionable coyotes have been killed close by, and today you see several vicious hounds coming in toward your faithful friend Calvin. Call him in and dispatch those critters- they aren’t bearing teeth from their foamy mouths out of friendliness.
Targets: 2 Shotgun Ammo: 4 Shotgun Props: Rifle rack, shotgun rack, table, derringer target setup, cactus prop. Staging: Shooter standing at front of mat at rifle rack, facing downrange. Loaded rifle in rifle rack, empty shotgun in shotgun rack, derringer staged on table muzzle downrange. Start: At the sound of the buzzer, shooter says ”Run, Calvin, Run!!” and engages derringer / PP target with up to 4 rounds, with a 5 second bonus per hit. Shooter then engages rifle targets 4-3-2-1-4-3-2-1, and replace empty rifle in rack. Shooter takes Two steps to right and engages pistol targets POP-3-5-4-2, Popper must be shot until it reacts, re-engage if necessary. 2-gun then engages 1-3-5-4-2, with target one being the fixed target furthest left this time. Do NOT shoot the no-shoot target, that’s Calvin! 10 second penalty if hit, one penalty per stage. Shooter moves to right and retrieves shotgun, engaging targets 2-1-2-1. Shooter may load as many rounds as the gun will safely hold, single round load is OK. Last shot stops the clock. Scoring: Time plus misses. One of the dangers of living in Frontier towns was the occasional mixing of idiots and gunpowder, or in this case alcohol and loaded guns. As the local lawman you’ve been tasked with ridding the town of Bumb Whiskey of its gang of bad guys who have taking a liking to putting holes in people’s houses, right in the middle of town! A bunch of hooligans are out there stumbling down Pearl Street when the first guy tries his luck after exiting the saloon: time to cowboy up and stop these guys.
Targets: 2 Shotgun
Ammo: 4 Shotgun
Props: Short window wall, corner board, door wall minus door, cactus prop, derringer target stand, rifle and shotgun racks, small table. Staging: shooter standing at small table, facing downrange. Loaded rifle in rack to left of mat, unloaded shotgun in rack at right. Pocket pistol or Derringer staged on table, pointing downrange. Start: At the sound of the buzzer shooter says “You Guys Are Comin’ With Me!!” and engages derringer / PP target with up to 4 rounds, with a 5 second bonus per hit. Shooter starts at table even if they have no derringer/PP. Shooter moves to window and engages pistol targets 1-2-3-4-5, 2-gun repeat. Targets must be engaged THROUGH the window. Shooter moves to left and engages rifle targets 4-3-2-1-4-3-2-1, then replace empty rifle in rack. Shooter then moves to right to shotgun rack and retrieves shotgun and engages targets 2-1-2-1. Shooter may load as many as the gun will safely hold, single round load is OK Last shot stops the clock. Scoring: Time plus misses, less bonuses. Targets: 10 total, set as 2 long range rifle caliber (longest range), 2 rifle caliber repeater, 2 pistol caliber, gallery .22 (if weather permits), and 4 pistol. Ammo: 10 Rifle per stage, caliber(s) of shooters’ choice (5 for pistol). Props: Chair, two rifle racks, shooting sticks, shooting mat if desired. Staging: Shooter seated in chair, standing, prone or other safe position. Loaded rifle in shooter’s hands, in port arms position, prone position, or other position of choice when shooting begins. POSSE MEMBERS: you will keep your same work assignments on this stage! POSSE LEADERS: Keep the action moving- run this stage like any other. Try to accommodate two shooters at once, shooting different banks of targets. Position shooters so brass falls on mat. PLEASE NOTE that there is a SEPARATE scoring sheet for this stage! Do NOT put scores for Long Range on the regular sheets. Start: At the sound of the buzzer, shooter will engage targets for the caliber chosen in any sequence as long as the targets are not double-tapped (i.e. targets must be shot one then another, not repeatedly for two or more consecutive shots). Scoring: Time is not the primary scoring method, hits are. For this stage, the shooter must announce his/her caliber choice to the scorer before the stage begins. .22 rifle shooters are scored in repeating or single shot rifle OPEN category, depending on action type. Counters count Hits only, last shot stops the clock. Time breaks ties in number of hits only. IF time allows, shooters may shot a second gun of a different caliber, but must wait until all shooters have completed their first gun. ***THIS STAGE IS OPTIONAL!*** One way to restock the larder is to fill it with fresh game. Make every shot count, your family deserves to eat well. PS – The webmaster goofed up and did not make the 3-Day Application form public (in other words, you could not see it). It is now available under the “3 Day Shoot”, “2009″, then “3-Day Application”. Sorry for any confusion! We hope you are getting used to the new website. If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to send the webmaster or Vile Bunch an email. See the email addresses to the right of the screen. Don’t forget, you can print newsletters and scenarios out by clicking on the “PDF for Print” link and icon, which is above the weather on the left side of this screen. For those of you have seen the movie Tombstone (if you haven’t, see it or turn in your spurs), you may remember that after Morgan Earp’s death, Wyatt went on a vendetta ride. According to the movie, the others on the vendetta ride were Doc Holliday, Sherman McMasters, “Texas Jack” Vermillion, and “Turkey Creek” Jack Johnson. (There were apparently others; Warren Earp for one.) We’ll start with “Turkey Creek” Jack. (If you thought the article on Etta Place had a lot of “ifs” and “maybes”, hang on for this one.) Most of what we know about “Turkey Creek” Jack comes from testimony given by Wyatt in 1926. This was in connection with the estate of Lotta Crabtree. And he was talking about things that happened 45 years earlier! Johnson was born in 1847. Or was it 1852? Depends upon whom you talk to. When he was in Tombstone in 1881, he was known to be 34. So I guess we’ll go with 1847. According to Wyatt, Johnson’s real name was John Blunt (or Blount – there’ll be a test later, so pay attention). Johnson and his brothers were involved in a street fight in a town in Missouri. Following the altercation, they hightailed it out of the state. In 1876 Johnson may have been in Deadwood, where he killed two men with two bullets in a gunfight. There is, however, no written record of this. There is a record of a marshal named Jack Johnson who killed a man in a gunfight in Nebraska in 1872. This same man, known as John Johnson, could have been the John Johnson that was listed in the Tombstone 1880 Census. If so, then he might be our “Turkey Creek” Jack. Maybe. It is believed that Johnson first came to Arizona on a cattle drive in 1878. Also on the drive were Pony Diehl, “Curly Bill” Brocius, and Sherman McMasters. It is not certain how he met Wyatt. (Surprised?) According to Wyatt, Lotta was friendly with a woman in Tombstone that Wyatt thought was Johnson’s sister. Wyatt, therefore, might have met Johnson through mutual acquaintances. Again according to Wyatt, Johnson asked for help in getting Bud (Alan) Blunt (Blount) out of Yuma prison. Bud was in for manslaughter, and Johnson wanted Wyatt to help him petition the governor for Bud’s release. Wyatt apparently believed that Bud was Johnson’s brother, and, therefore, John Johnson was really John Blunt (Blount). On March 20, 1882, Johnson left Tombstone on the train that carried Virgil Earp and Morgan’s body. He was there when Frank Stilwell was killed and was later indicted, in absentia, along with others, for the killing. The next morning, Johnson went with Wyatt and others on the vendetta ride. After the vendetta ride, Johnson went to Colorado and Texas. He supposedly died in Salt Lake City; possibly in 1887. Or was it 1906? Either way, I’m fairly certain that he’s no longer with us. Oh, by the way, was he ever actually called “Turkey Creek” Jack? Wyatt referred to him as Jack or John Johnson or John Blunt (Blount). Stuart Lake, in his biography of Wyatt, referred to him as “Turkey Creek” Jack, but who knows where he got that from. Much of what Lake wrote is questionable. He might have made up the name. Let’s move on to “Texas Jack” Vermillion, where we’re on firmer ground. John Wilson Vermillion was born in Russell County, Virginia, in 1842. He was the second of 12 children. He fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War, serving under J. E. B. Stuart. (The accompanying photo is Jack during the Civil War.) After the war he moved to Indiana and, on September 6, 1865, married Margaret Horton.  Texas Jack Vermillion They moved to Missouri, where Jack served as a territorial marshal. While away on business, his wife and two children contracted diphtheria and died. Distraught, Jack headed west to Kansas. He might (here we go again) have met the Earps and Doc Holliday while in Dodge City. Jack went to Tombstone and served as a special policeman under Virgil Earp on June 22, 1881; the day of the large Tombstone fire. He was not on the train with Virgil and Morgan’s body. He did, however, join the others on the vendetta ride the next day. He was present at the killing of Florentino Cruz and he had a horse shot out from under him at the Iron Springs fight where “Curly Bill” was killed. In 1883 he killed a man in an argument during a card game. The resulting reward poster referred to him as “Texas Jack” Vermillion. This was the first known reference to the “Texas Jack” nickname. Supposedly when asked once why he was called “Texas Jack”, he replied, “Because I’m from Virginia.” (Western humor!?) Sometime later he became known as “Shoot-Your-Eye-Out” Vermillion – presumably because he shot someone in the eye; or maybe because he was a really good shot. Either way, it doesn’t have the ring that “Texas Jack” does. He returned to Virginia and married Nannie Fleenor in 1883. They had two children, Opie and Minnie Bell. (Aren’t you glad that Jack wasn’t your dad?) In 1888 he joined the Soapy Smith gang in Colorado. In August, 1889, he was involved in the Pocatello, Idaho, train depot shootout where a rival gang tried to snuff out Soapy. Shortly thereafter, he left the gang and returned to Virginia where he worked as a Methodist preacher. There is some question regarding his death. (You knew this was going too smoothly, didn’t you?) Some sources say that he drowned in Lake Michigan in 1900. The family records, however, say that he died in his sleep on January 7, 1911. The family has a picture of Jack and Nannie from 1910. We’re going with the family on this one. Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson “Texas Jack” Vermillion are buried in Mendota, Virginia. * This was the way Kevin Costner referred to Johnson and Vermillion in the movie Wyatt Earp. We hope you enjoy our new Long Riders Cowboy Action Shooting site. We have upgraded the site and re-organized things a bit. The majority of pages you may have used in the past are still accessible through the menu above, under the Long Riders logo. This menu starts with “Home”, which is where you are now! We have added some new features such as the calendar of events, search capabilities, and more! Some of our webpages are now printable as well. If you see an Adobe icon
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