Newsletters

Texas Penny shared an idea about our plate racks. Remember you can shoot at them before our matches. Once you arrive at the match, sign in and get ready, just head down to Stage 1, The Nile City Depot, and shoot off a cylinder or two.

You would not be wrong to say they are a vital part of this club— the Very Heart and Soul (many say Ranger Will Kenchum and Rawhide are the liver and spleen but I digress). Many changes will be happening in the coming months—and we’ll keep you posted. As Cowboy has said many times, “Knowledge is Power, but Red Dot is Powder.” ◄ whatever that means?!??

There sure is a lot going on these days. Deer hunting, Thanksgiving, Christmas Shopping, Christmas, New Year’s celebrations, Landrun,Comin at Cha, Texas Renaissance Festival, and Last Stand at Thunder River.

Just a few quick notes to everyone about LSTR 2024. We had a most excellent BoD mtg today with all board members, (Cheyenne Ranger, Crockett Texas, Doc Jim Harver, Colonel Mackenzie and yours truly), in attendance. We had some awesome additional support from Nile City Slick, Ellie Mae, and Rawhide to help finalize LSTR details. Wow !!! What a great group to work with.

As many of you have all seen, my precious Shotglass is now the SASS costume contest queen. It is all my fault. In 1997 I told her, “If you shoot you can buy more costumes.” That was opening Pandora’s box.

On May 30, Texas Rooster, aka Fred Hill passed on. He was a founding member of TRR, serving as our president from 2012-14. He was a hard worker who did whatever was necessary to make our club what it is today.

The Texas Historical Shootist Society held Trailhead last weekend. It
was also the Texas State Rifle Association’s Cowboy Action Shooting
Discipline State Championship. They put on a very nice match with good
target placement, good sweeps, and great scenarios. The entire match
went very well. I encourage everyone to add Trailhead into your 2025
match plans.

It was so good to get back out on the range after such a soggy month. It
was certainly a little cooler than I expected. But it wasn’t raining……

As your TG I would like to update you on the recent vote regarding 3
changes to the SASS official rules. Yours truly voted twice representing
both the Thunder River Renegades and the Willow Hole Cowboys.
All three passed with Yea/nay vote as follows:

For me CAS has always been an opportunity to; relive a little of my
childhood, not think about work (which I do constantly), see my friends,
and try to relax (just a little). CAS is both a competitive sport and a non-
competitive pastime.

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Our club has been blessed with a group of worker bees that keep us
up and running but once a year we call on the entire membership to come
out and help keep our range in tip-top condition.