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in the same calendar year. She faced
very tough competition from Miss
B. Haven and Stormie Weather in
the finals, but her consistent shooting
and hits in the very low 5’s proved
to be the deciding factor once again.
She works very hard in the planning
and running of the event and feeds
200 folks on Saturday night with her
volunteer crew. Frankly, we don’t
know where she gets the energy to
even draw the gun on Sunday much
less win the overall title. No wonder
her fellow competitors voted her the
Spirit of the Game Award, of which
she was deeply honored to receive.
We hope to see you all again
next year on September 30th thru
October 3rd, for the 2010 Beretta’s
Fastest Gun Alive!
Fall 2009
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Editor’s Note:
Special Thanks to
Richard Booth for providing all the
great pictures.
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Fall 2009
Gunslinger’s Gazette
2009 Beretta’s Fastest Gun Alive- World Championship of Cowboy Fast Draw Results
The Fastest Guns Alive
Master Gunfighter
and Alotta Lead
Junior Boys
1st- Cockeye, 2nd- Alamo
Outlaw, 3rd- Pork Rind
Ladies Traditional
1st- Miss B. Haven, 2nd- Fannie
Mae, 3rd- Dakota Star,
4th- Stormie Weather,
5th- Magnolia Blu
Ladies 49’r
1st- Alotta Lead, 2nd- Lucky Lady,
3rd- Idaho Bell, 4th- Sparrow Hawk,
5th- Little Sarge
Top 5 Men and Top 5 Women- (Left to right) Frontier Bob, Straight Shot, Trick Shot,
Spinner (not pictured), Master Gunfighter, Alotta Lead, Miss B. Haven, Stormie Weather,
Legally Loaded, and Lady Drifter
Junior Girls
1st- Deadly Red,
2nd- Babalooey
Men’s Traditional
1st- Deerslayer, 2nd- Master
Gunfighter, 3rd- Trickshot,
4th- Rye Lee Koyotee,
5th- Spinner
Billy The Kid
1st- Cactus Kid,
2nd- Spud
Annie Oakley
1st- Sweet Pea,
2nd- Annie B. Goode
Men’s 49’r
1st- Straight Shot, 2nd- Quick Cal,
3rd- Bounty Hunter, 4th- Snake Shooter,
5th- Marshal Cooper
Men’s Senior
1st- Gentleman Jim, 2nd- Hazen Vigilante,
3rd- Billy 2 Guns, 4th- Joe Scout,
5th- Venom
Ladies Super Senior
1st- Desert Lady,
2nd- Angel Lady
Ladies Senior
1st- Lil’ Missy, 2nd- Lady Drifter,
3rd- Legally Loaded, 4th- Cardoza Kid,
5th- Wench
Men’s Super Senior
1st- Buzzard Cooper, 2nd- Short Keg,
3rd- Deacon, 4th- Jimmie O,
5th- Express Rider
Fastest Times
Mens- The Undertaker
Ladies- Miss B Haven
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1st- Fannie Mae, 2nd- Alamo
Outlaw, 3rd- Dakota Star
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Other Notable Awards
Best Dressed
Couple- Mr. and Mrs. Omaha Outlaw
Lady- Fanny Mae
Man- Curly Calhoun
Billy the Kid- Spud
Annie Oakley- Annie B. Goode
Ladies
1st- Lucky Lady
2nd- Desert Lady
3rd- Sunny Brook
Spirit of the Game
Alotta Lead
True Grit Award
Billy 2 Guns
Sundowner CFDA All The Way Award
Mongo and Wench
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5. Frontier Bob
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6. Quick Cal
NV
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7. Buzzard Cooper
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7. Deadly Red
8. Deerslayer
WI
8. Magnolia Blu
9. Snake Shooter
MN
9. Fannie Mae
10. Bounty Hunter
ID
10. Lil Missy
11. Marshal Cooper
CA
11. Idaho Belle
12. Short Keg
NV
12. Babalooey
13. Arizona Ranger
AZ
13. Cool Hand Suz
14. Omaha Outlaw
CA
14. Misty Few
15. Billy 2 Guns
CA
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16. Curly Calhoun
ID
17. Rye Lee Coyote
CO
18. Dangerous Dave
ID
19. Pork Rind
AZ
20. Gentleman Jim
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1st- Frontier Bob, 2nd- PG Taylor,
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Fall 2009
(Reunion cont. from pg 1)
out with about 68 early birds who 4:15 pm mountain time on Friday. A
Our credo is the Cowboy Way made their way to town for the State complete list of category placements
in action and deed; it requires no Category Championship. This was follows this article. Folks then got a
broken into 3 chance to visit the local businesses
explanation”.
divisions- Men, who fully support the Cowboy Fast
That
being
Ladies
and Draw Association and The Idaho
said, a ton of
Billy the Kid / Shootists.
hours were put
Annie Oakley.
As I pulled into the range
in long before
We shot a 2X area Friday morning I could see the
the
match
3 out 5 match Outlaw Bret Matkin was up early and
ever occurred.
down to the top preparing the pig for roasting. Bret
Folks
were
5 and seeded told me it weighed about 180 pounds
out
getting
the categories. and he planned to have it ready to
sponsors,
We then held serve at 6:00pm.
cleaning,
category top 5
Saturday morning after
r a k i n g ,
repairing, loading ammo, building shoot offs to determine the category registration closed we had 52 men,
trophies and taking care of all the little Champions (just like last year). This 23 ladies and 7 Billy the Kid/ Annie
things that have to be addressed to format allows for a great practice Oakley shooters for a total of 82.
put on such a match. I know I’ll miss match and gets everybody engaged This was going to be a good one.
someone if I go to naming names so from the first shot. The Idaho Shootists E x c i t e m e n t
I’ll just say – The Idaho Shootists all also used this match to educate the was in the air.
worked very hard to host our most first time shooters to understand how Everywhere you
the ranges are ran so the Main match looked someone
memorable State Championship.
Friday, September 18th started goes quicker. We finished up about was smiling or
laughing
and
carrying on. The
2009 Idaho State Championship Results
schedule called
Men’s Division Ladies Division
for the shooting
1st - Buzzard Cooper ID- Champion 1st – Miss B. Haven ID - Champion
nd
to begin about
2nd - Straight Shot ID
2 – Idaho Belle
ID
rd
3rd - Gentleman Jim OR
3 – Fannie Mae
ID
10:00am and we
4th - Trickshot CA
4th – Calamity
ID
kicked off right
5th - Dangerous Dave ID
5th – Bam Bam
ID
on
schedule.
6th - Sundowner CA
6th - Sunny Brook
ID
During
the
7th - Short Keg NV
7th – Lil Missy
CO
th
shooters
meeting
8th - Oregon Cowboy OR
8 – Magnolia Blu
ID
9th - California Thumber CA
9th – Stir ‘em Up AZ
I told folks that
10th - Willie Draw ID
10th – Sparrow Hawk
ID
we were shooting
till 5:00pm and
Billy the Kid/Annie Oakley Division
I wanted to try and get 8 rounds in
1st - Cactus Kid
ID - Champion
by then. Well- the shooters were
2nd – Spud
ID
3rd – Rebel Kid
ID
awesome, being in the right place at
4th – Annie B. Goode
ID
the right time sure makes a difference
5th – Sweet Pea
ID
in how quick a match moves. Having
6th – Texas
ID
all the equipment tuned and running
7th – Blue Blossom
ID
smooth helps too but let’s not
forget about the scorekeepers, the
2009 Idaho State Category Champions
scoring house, the range officers, the
Billy the Kid Annie Oakley
announcers and the runners. It takes
1st - Spud 1st - Sweet Pea
all the pieces of the machine running
Junior Boys Men’s Old Timer
smoothly and working together. Boys
Alamo Outlaw
1st - Sundowner
and girls!, I’m here to tell you we gotMen’s Shootist
Ladies Shootist
---9 – rounds in and did I mention
1st - Yellow Hand 1st - Dakota Star
we did it on a total of 10 lanes?! We
Men’s Traditional Ladies Traditional
have two ranges in Idaho City. The
1st - Trickshot 1st - Misty Few
Idaho Shootists Range features 6
lanes and The Resurrection Range
Men’s 49er Ladies 49er
1st - Straight Shot 1st - Sparrow Hawk
has 4. That’s it. Might I also mention
we quit shooting at 4:00pm? We did.
Men’s Senior Ladies Senior
By the time we quit we only had 7
1st - Gentleman Jim
1st - Lil Missy
ladies and 14 men left in the main
Men’s Super Senior
Ladies Super Senior
match. That’s pretty good if’n I say
1st - Buzzard Cooper 1st - Dakota Darlin’
so myself. Quick Cal asked me what
Resurrection Results
I thought made it go so fast. I told
Men’s Div Ladies Div
him just what I wrote earlier, it was
1st - Caleb 1st - Sparrow hawk
the efforts of everyone from scorer
Best Dressed Working Cowboy - Cimarron
to competitor and for that I want to
Best Dressed Working Cowgirl - Fannie Mae
thank you all.
Now, where’s that pig? We
Spirit of the Game - Buckshot Luther
had to smell that hog cooking all day.
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There were times when the wind was
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just right that I’d just lick the air like
an old buck deer trying to taste it.
I think we were somewhere
around 100 folks for dinner Saturday
evening. Magnolia Blu made a big
pot of baked beans, Blackjack and
Fannie Mae baked 100+ taters,
Old Buzzard and his lovely wife
sliced up fresh watermelon and
cantaloupe from their garden, Edith
and Mama Smart made some salads,
and Diamond Lils sent over some
lemonade. We ate that whole hog,
the whole thang, heck even Nevada
Slim ate one of his peepers. “Here’s
looking at ya” he said. As folks sat
around visiting and reminiscing and
passing around a few clear jars that
I’m not real sure of what was in them
but folks was acting funny.
Great meal Bret – Thanks
Amigo.
Sunday morning
started off with Cowboy
Church at the Lowe’s
Forrest Theatre and a
testimonial message from
Jeb Tubbs.
Looks like we
had about 46 shooters in
the Resurrection match.
That got kicked off on the
Resurrection range whilst
the main match continued
on the Idaho Shootists
range. Course it didn’t take
but about an hour and we
were down to the top 5 men, top 5
ladies and top 5 Billy the Kid/Annie
Oakley shooters. We went back to
using all 10 lanes and finished up the
Resurrection match right on time.
That was a 2X, 2 out of 3 match so
they go pretty quick.
12:40pm we started the
Top 5 Championship Shoot Offs to
determine the Overall Idaho State
Champions. The line ups were tough.
The top five in the men’s division
were Dangerous Dave, Trickshot,
Gentleman Jim, Buzzard Cooper and
Straight Shot. The lady’s division
featured Bam Bam, Calamity, Idaho
Belle, Fannie Mae and Miss B
Haven. Those little fellers featured
Sweet Pea, Annie B. Goode, Rebel
Kid, Spud and Cactus Kid.
First up were the young guns.
Everyone found a seat and settled in
to root for their favorite. Them little
fellers is getting fast. They shoot two
handed in the low 6’s high 5’s. That’s
better than some of us grown folks
can do with one hand. When all was
said and done, these guys and gals
put on a great show. Cactus Kid had
to work hard to edge out Spud for the
Overall Billy the Kid/Annie Oakley
Championship. Don’t fergit about
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Fall 2009
the other three
competitors in
the shoot off,
Rebel
Kid,
Annie B. Goode
and Sweet Pea
all held there
own and were
certainly
a
pleasure to watch.
Overall Youth Division
Honorable
mention should also go out to Texas certainly stole the show with a final
and Blue Blossom. They both were of 3’s and 4’s as were all of the Top
only 1 shot away from being in the 5. In the end Buzzard Copper edged
finals.
out Straight Shot for the title with
The stage was now set and Gentleman Jim taking the 3rd spot.
ready for the finals of the Ladies
The winners took home a
Division. There were a few new faces custom championship buckle, about
in the finals and much deserved. The $250.00 in cash and a brand new
finals featured a full cast of Idaho Beretta Stampede revolver. All in all
ladies. Bam Bam and Idaho Belle the Idaho Shootists gave away about
were in the final shoot offs for their $2,800.00 in cash close to $7,000.00
first time. Everybody took a deep in awards and merchandise.
breath and we got started. This match We want to thank C&R Wax for
has been a tough one each year and sponsoring all the wax bullets. We are
this year was no different. In the end fortunate to have such great sponsors
Miss B. Haven edged out Idaho Belle of the event and we look forward to
for the title that had eluded her up hosting a new year of bigger and
until now. I believe Miss B. Haven better events next year.
would agree when I say that the
The 2010 Reunion is
Idaho State Ladies Championship is scheduled for September 17-19,
one of the toughest out there.
2010 in Idaho City, Idaho.
The Men’s finals were just as Until them – Shoot safe, have fun.
tough and there too were a few new
***EDITOR’S NOTE- A Special Thank
faces in the finals. Gentleman Jim and You to Chris Hutchinson aka “Sense of
Dangerous Dave were right in there Yuma” for all the great pictures!
all weekend and found themselves
competing for the overall title. Hat’s
off to all of you for the competition
was second to none that’s for sure.
Buzzard Cooper and Straight Shot
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Top 15 Men
Top 15 Women
The Reunion Highlights