This December match is a split month because the Sunday is the first of the month, and that means Saturday is the last day of the previous month. That happens once in a while. The 5 Dogs Creek Cowboy Action shooting matches are always the FIRST SUNDAY of the month, and the Saturday of the same weekend.
We had a good turnout for the match, which gave everyone a chance to walk off any pounds gained at Thanksgiving. The stages on Saturday were a throwback to the old days, the targets were a bit far out there. But hey, there were two clean shooters! Sunday’s stages were a bit better as shown by the nine clean shooters.
This was the Gunfighter Throwdown! Everyone was encouraged to try shooting gunfighter style, if they wanted to. Only gunfighters are allowed to have both pistols in play at once. That also means cocking & shooting one handed, with both left & right hands. A lot of extra skills to develop!
Always a good time out at 5 Dogs Creek! 🤠
Secondly, here are most of the words from the flyer, in case you’re searching, that gives you a better chance of findin’.
The ladies of 5 Dog Creek in Bakersfield are back again for another ‘shenanigan’ filled weekend of shooting! Cowgirls and cowboys, y’all join us as we take our monthly match up a notch, or two!
➢ 5 stages each day (two separate matches) Come for one day or stay all weekend!
➢ On Saturday the office opens at 7:45 a.m., sign in by 8:30 a.m. and the shooters meeting at 8:45a.m.
➢ On Sunday the office opens at 7:45 a.m., sign in by 8:30 a.m. and the shooters meeting at 8:45 a.m.
➢ Regular daily match rate: Members $20; Non-members $25.
➢ Everyone – shooters and non-shooters – will be able to enter into drawings for treasured items donated by the ladies of 5 Dog Creek.
We will be selling ‘dog-nabbits’ (5 for $10) to erase some of those pesky misses with the proceeds going to Toys for Tots. Toys or monetary donations are greatly appreciated, especially for younger children and teenagers. All toys need to be new and unwrapped. Gift cards are welcome.
➢ Hot dog it’s Friday and appetizers! The ladies will provide the hot dogs and fixings. Bring an appetizer to share if you would like.
➢ Team shoot after the match Saturday and other fun so bring some extra ammunition!
➢ Saturday night’s potluck is legendary and will be BACON themed, so bring grub to share and an appetite.
➢ Cowboy swap meet! All weekend, sell, buy, trade or barter your extra cowboy duds, gear or whatever.Free camping on the range Friday-Monday.
No pre-registration. No party poopers!
Supposin you’re teetering on the log, deciding ifn you is camping for the October match, or just shootin & scootin. Meebee this will help you get to getting goin’; ‘Appetizer’ Friday at about 5:30pm so please join us for that – and as always there will be the Potluck Dinner on Saturday night about 6 pm. Look for the Potuck sign posted on site to confirm the time. Bring your favorite dish to share. Plates & utensils provided
Looking Ahead:
October 5-6 match is the “GunFighter Throwdown!” This is a great time to try out shooting gunfighter if you want to. (But you don’t have to).
November 2-3 Match is the She-Bang. “Tiaras, Triggers & Toys” Check out the flyer in the newsletter!
Work Party on Saturday, September 28th. Please show up if you can.
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Morning weather was really nice this Labor Day weekend for a shooting match. Stages were evidently written for speed and accuracy. We had a lot of both. There was talk about just what made those stages go faster. Not just quick stage times, but the whole posse was finishing with stages quickly & moving on. Maybe we can see a clue in this action photo.
Was it the way people were loading? The snappy costumes? Mentally preparing by shadow shooting? All of those sure sound good.
Do you see an abundance of something? Wait, let’s look at that from another view.
Faster brass picking seems to have sped things up!
This cowboy here may be partly responsible for the quickness felt by the whole posse. If you look again at that 1st picture, you’ll see we have 2 brass picker-uppers on the posse.
What you can’t see is folks lightening the load by picking up whatever brass was by their feet and dropping it into the brass picking contraption. Truly many hands make light work. Or light and fast work in this case.
Aaaaannnnd one cowboy, did save us all some time by turning in his first ever 11 second stage. Congrats to Coyote Carson! That is 22 shots fired from 4 different guns, from 2 different locations, no misses, and of course loading the shotgun on the clock. All in 11 and a half seconds. Here’s the almost unbelievable but true video.
You can check the Sunday scores to verify, stage 3 with a time of 11.58 seconds. Speaking of which, here’s the scores!
