Scores June 2025

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The June match was one of those that tests everyone’s understanding of our shoot schedule. The “June Match” was Saturday May 31st and Sunday June 1st. Our shoot schedule rule is; The first Sunday of the month, and the Saturday that goes with it. It’s easy when you know it.

And of course camping the night before any scheduled shootin match is always OK at 5 Dogs Creek Cowboy Action shooters.  We always have people camping out the Friday night before the match weekend, and even more campers on the Saturday night of match weekend. Once you’ve paid your match fees for the day, you are welcome to shoot more after the match. Ideally head down to the right towards Bay 10, so the folks socializing at the tables get a break. Remember our cowboy range is a “lead-only” range, no copper jacketed bullets allowed. Or let the afternoon drift by as you sit and socialize, or work on that project you brought. Or a range project that needs doin. Ask anyone on the town council if you’d like help out on a range project, we always need the help.

Anyway, it makes for a really nice way to spend a weekend. After the main match, you get Saturday afternoon off and the time may go by fast or slowly. All up to you.

Potluck Dinner or Appetizers in the evening, look for the sign saying what time.

5DC Scores Sat 5-31-2025
5DC Scores Sun 6-1-2025

Howler May 2025

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This month the 5 Dogs Creek Howler has some inside tips on how to place higher at our match.

Ok, so in the newsletter LapDog & Domino Blaze don’t actually come out and SAY how to place higher at our next match, But I will. Are you ready? Listen closely….

If you want to rank higher at a monthly club match – you need to show up to THIS 5 Dogs Creek match May 3rd & May 4th.
Why?
Because a lot of the top shooters will be AWAY at the California State Championships that weekend. Away! Ha ha ha! That sort of clears out a lot of the upper area on the scores page for the rest of us to shine. Perfect. No pressure. Just aim well, stay cool and collected, have a good time and you have a decent chance of making it into the “Top Ten”. Ha ha! “Strategy”!! And an even better chance of making it into the top ten of your category.

We love our top shooters, but when they are mostly away, some interesting possibilities are presented for the rest of us.

Here’s one more tip for you. If you really try to hit each & every single target, sometimes those days are also your best scoring days too. It’s a mystery exactly how that happens, but it sometimes does. Might be something about slow is smooth & smooth is fast. Remember you can get a shiny prize for going any speed, even super slow – if you hit every target for the day. And you get your picture in the paper, which is a good reason to stay in  your cowboy duds for lunch.

In May all the start times go back to the usual times: 
Office opening at 8:00,  
Shooter Meeting 8:30, and
Match Starts at 9:00, BOTH Sat & Sun.

Camping is always available & FREE on nights before our Cowboy Action Shooting matches. No reservations required. C’mon over & spend the weekend with us at 5 Dogs Creek.

 

Howler April 2025

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We have got an amazing Howler for ya! SO many interesting things, from reloading, to the twisted history of how some hats got to be called “10 Gallon” hats. You’re going to want to read & save this one. Thanks again to Domino Blaze for putting it all together, and contributors; Fordyce Beals, Utah Blaine, Lap Dog, & Hilde!

Also take note the upcoming APRIL Saturday Match start time is 10.30am, while the Sunday match start time is 9am as usual. This is to help give some of our more distant participants extra time to arrive on Saturday before the match.

–> We will go back to the regular start times in May.

Camping is always available & FREE on nights before our Cowboy Action Shooting matches. No reservations required. C’mon over & spend the weekend with us at 5 Dogs Creek.

2025 APRIL HOWLER

 

 

 

Scores March 2025

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March Scores:
5DC Scores SAT March-01-2025
5DC Scores SUN March-02-2025

We had a great turn out this weekend at 5 Dogs Creek, especially for it also being EOT weekend. Nice of those top shooters to give the rest of us a chance to rank higher in a club match.

Saturday weather was really nice, warm & sunny all day. Green grass for miles. Little bunny rabbits bouncing all over in the morning. 5 stages of fun, the afternoon off, then a well attended potluck dinner. Ah, there is nothing so peaceful as the shooting range.

Sunday weather started out sunny, but soon got a little bit wild with a small twister at stage 3 that threw leaves and hats all over. Heavy rain had been predicted for Sunday but it did not come. It did rain for about 3 minutes as we were starting stage four, but it stopped as quick as it started & we all finished the match with blue skies & sunshine. Almost rainbow weather.

Some folks who dilly-dallied before heading home on Sunday reported blizzard snow conditions in Tehachapi about dinner time.

It’s possible that the favorite stage line was; “I tried being reasonable. I didn’t like it”.

Overall, another great weekend at 5 Dogs Creek, it’s always so nice to be having fun in such great company.