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.

News Jan-Feb 2025

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NEW Saturday MATCH START TIMES FOR FEB, MARCH & APRIL

For the months of February, March and April the Saturday start time will be 10:30 a.m. with the office opening on Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. and the shooters meeting at 10:15 a.m.
The Sunday match start time will remain the same at 9:00 a.m. (The office will open Sundays at 8:00, and 8:30 for the shooter meeting.)

Did you read that? Oh I hope you did. We’re trying to get the word out. Please tell your friends that the Saturday Matches at 5 Dogs will start at 10:30 & the Sunday matches start at 9am. This is just for Feb, March & April. This also means that folks driving in from farther have a bit more time and don’t have to hit the road so early when it might be foggy. Stay safe and we hope to see you soon. Ok, here’s your newsletter:

5DC 2025 FEB HOWLER

SCORES Jan 2025

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We had a great weekend at 5 Dogs Creek! Even if it was cold at night and during the day. January. You know, the dead of winter and all that.
Professor Cubby Bear wrote good stages with cat themed situations. Fun!
5DC SCORES SAT Jan4-2025
5DC SCORES SUN Jan5-2025


Match starting time on Saturdays in February, March, and April will be 10:30am. The office will open at 9:30 and the shooter meeting will be at 10:15. Hopefully this will ease the drive for shooters from out of the area to make the Saturday match, at least during the winter months. Sunday match time is not changed.

If you like this later Saturday start time, cast your vote by showing up on Saturday. That’s how we will know if this is popular, by how many people show up on Saturday. If you really like this later start time then bring some friends to the match.