POSSE HELPS BIG JAKE RESCUE HIS GRANDSON

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manner. Only one clean sweep today and no stage writers were hanged. It was a great day for a cowboy match. A little cooler and a nice breeze most of the day.

He looks well and his recovery appears to be progressing nicely. Just as cantankerous as ever.

1 November panhandlecowboys.org 2016 POSSE HELPS BIG JAKE RESCUE HIS GRANDSON The stages were well received and all the desperados that kidnapped Big Jakes grandson were dealt with in a cowboy manner. Only one clean sweep today and no stage writers were hanged. It was a great day for a cowboy match. A little cooler and a nice breeze most of the day. We had 25 shooters, including Judge Henry Magnum after a several month absence. Mad Dane was also in attendance and helped with spotting duties, but did not shoot. He looks well and his recovery appears to be progressing nicely. Just as cantankerous as ever. As always a big THANK YOU to all the folks who set up, take down, run the sign ups and keep it all running smoothly. Without everyone working together shooting would not be possible. See page 3 for match results. Contents Page 2 What s the Call? Page 3 Match Results Page 3 Dispatches Page 4 Little Big Horn Page 8 Meeting Minutes Page 10 Mystery Cowboy Page 11 Parting Shot 1 P a g e

2 WHAT S THE CALL By Dal Sackett As CAS shooters, it is incumbent upon us to know the rules and when spotting, to call them as we see them. This column will reacquaint us with some basic rules as they apply to unusual situations. All situations have been widely discussed on the SASS Wire and ruled upon by the venerable RO Committee member, Pale Wolf Brunell. SCENERIO Overloading the rifle Overloading a rifle on a stage is not a safety issue. The safety comes into play if the shooter has any rounds left in the rifle after he/she has fired the rifle and committed to the next gun. Then, and only then, a safety shall be issued if a live round is left anywhere in the rifle. Should the shooter realize that they have loaded too many rounds and safely ejects those rounds, it s a no call. Should the shooter fire more rounds than called for in the stage, it would be a P for using ammunition that was illegally acquired. Hipshot SASS#7 What s the Call? Application of related existing rules/penalties - PaleWolf Brunelle, SASS #2495 Stage calls for 9 rounds in the rifle. Shooter loads 10 rounds at the loading table. Whats the call if: 1. Shooter shoots 9 rounds and ejects the 10th round safely restages rifle open & empty. NO CALL NO MSV penalty for overloading Rifle is considered safe to leave shooter s hands. 2. Shooter kicks out the first round and then shoots the next 9 rounds. P + miss (use of illegally acquired ammunition) 3. Shooter shoots 5 rounds, then kicks one out, and then shoots the next 4 rounds. P + miss (use of illegally acquired ammunition) 4. Shooter shoots 9 rounds then puts down open rifle and then shoots the next gun. MSV for an unfired round remaining in long gun action or magazine or SDQ if round is chambered (e.g. lever closes when restaged) Here are the applicable rules used in determining the penalty for use of a "preloaded" replacement round in a rifle: Ammunition required for reloads during the course of any stage must be carried on the shooter s person in a bandoleer, cartridge/shotshell belt loop, pouch, holster, or pocket or be safely staged as required by stage instructions leather belt slide ammo loops are acceptable; SHB p.11 The penalty for using "illegally acquired" ammunition (i.e. NOT carried to the line/staged by the shooter in an approved manner) will be a PROCEDURAL. Any targets hit using that ammo will be scored as MISSES. NO adjustments will be made to the stage raw time. SHB pp.21 & 25 RO1 p. 21 RO2 p Ammunition dropped by a shooter in the course of reloading any firearm during a stage or ejected from any firearm is considered dead and may not be recovered until the shooter completes the course of fire. The round must be replaced from the shooter s person or other area as required by stage description or if the round is not fired it is counted as a missed shot. SHB p.24 RO1 p.19 2 P a g e

PANHANDLE COWBOYS WINNERS October 9, 2016 DISPATCHES Top Hand (Top Overall Score) Navajo Kid Shootist (Fastest Clean Sweep) Navajo Kid Cowgirl 1. Smokin Lacey Tanner Cowboy 1.

3 PANHANDLE COWBOYS WINNERS October 9, 2016 DISPATCHES Top Hand (Top Overall Score) Navajo Kid Shootist (Fastest Clean Sweep) Navajo Kid Cowgirl 1. Smokin Lacey Tanner Cowboy 1. Moonshiner Classic Cowboy 1. El Camino Kid Elder Statesman 1. Tulsa Herder 2. Cody Breaker 3. Judge Henry Magnum Forty-Niner 1. Kid Whiskey Frontier Cartridge 1. Mudslide Mike 2. Jeb Stuart Cattle Baron 1. Billy Diablo Grand Dame 1. Texas Sweet Pea Frontier Cartridge Duelist 1. Hollifer A. Dollar 2. Cholla Bob Frontier Cartridge Gunfighter 1. Alabama Shootist Silver Senior 1. Coffin Carpenter 2. Silver Blade Tracker 3. Dal Sackett Senior 1. Dead Eye Blue Ladies Frontier Cartridge 1. Kay Sadeeya 2. Kat Herder Ladies Frontier Cartridge Duelist 1. Lady Banderas 2. Sammy Jo Lady Wrangler 1. Cassidy Jane CLEAN SWEEPS (in order of fastest time) Navajo Kid FREE SHOOT Sammy Jo March Match Changes The March 12th, 2017 Match has been rescheduled to March 5th, This is to accommodate the large number of shooters going to "A Dark Day on the Santa Fe", the SASS Southeastern Territorial Black Powder Championship on March 11th, Panhandle Cattle Company December Match will be on the first Saturday and the January match will be on the 2nd Saturday. Please mark your calendars. Mad Dane My thanks to all the folks who visited, sent cards and gifts, and/or called or texted me during my recent surgery. It made a huge difference. Dane. Wild Country Please keep fellow cowboy Wild Country in your thoughts and prayers. His mother Louise M. Bush, 96, of Osgood, Indiana passed away peacefully on November 3, 2016 in Pensacola, Florida. 3 P a g e

The Battle of the Little Bighorn by Two Moons (Cheyenne; June 25, 1876) The Black Hills region of the Dakotas was recognized as inviolable Indian land by the federal government.

4 The Battle of the Little Bighorn by Two Moons (Cheyenne; June 25, 1876) The Black Hills region of the Dakotas was recognized as inviolable Indian land by the federal government. But the onset of a gold rush there in led the administration of President Ulysses S. Grant to decide that it would he easier to contrive a war against the Indians and seize the land than it would be to oust the white intruders. The campaign of 1876 was commanded by Generals George Crook and Alfred Terry. General George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry arrived at the huge Sioux encampment in eastern Montana, and there he hoped to achieve fame and advancement by defeating the Indians That spring [1876] I was camped on Powder River with fifty lodges of my people Cheyennes. The place is near what is now Fort McKenney. One morning soldiers charged my camp. They were in command of Three fingers [Colonel McKenzie]. We were surprised and scattered, leaving our ponies. The soldiers ran all our horses off. That night the soldiers slept, leaving the horses one side; so we crept up and stole them back again. and then we went away. We traveled far. and one day we met a big camp of Sioux at Charcoal Butte. We camped with the Sioux, and had a good time, plenty grass, plenty game, good water. Crazy Horse was head chief of the camp. Sitting Bull was camped a little ways below, on the Little Missouri River. Crazy Horse said to me, "I'm glad you are come. We are going to fight the white man again." The camp was already full of wounded men, women, and children. I said to Crazy Horse, "All right. I am ready to fight. I have fought already. My people have been killed, my horses stolen; I am satisfied to fight." I believed at that time the Great Spirits had made Sioux, put them there [he drew a circle to the right], and the white men and Cheyennes here [indicating two places to the left], expecting them to fight. The Great Spirits I thought liked to see the fight; it was to them all the same like playing. So I thought then about fighting. About May, when the grass was tall and the horses strong, we broke camp and started across the country to the mouth of the Tongue River. (continued page 5) 4 P a g e

5 Then Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse and all went up the Rosebud. There we had a big fight with General [George] Crook, and whipped him. Many soldiers were killed few Indians. It was a great fight, much smoke and dust. From there we all went over the divide, and camped in the valley of Little Horn. Everybody thought, "Now we are out of the white man's country. He can live there, we will live here." After a few days, one morning when I was in camp north of Sitting Bull, a Sioux messenger rode up and said, "Let everybody paint up, cook, and get ready for a big dance." Cheyennes then went to work to cook, cut up tobacco, and get ready. We all thought to dance all day. We were very glad to think we were far away from the white man. I went to water my horses at the creek, and washed them off with cool water, then took a swim myself. I came back to the camp afoot. When I got near my lodge, I looked up the Little Horn towards Sitting Bull's camp. I saw a great dust rising. It looked like a whirlwird. Soon Sioux horsemen came rushing into camp shouting: "Soldiers come! Plenty white soldiers." I ran into my lodge, and said to my brother-inlaw, "Get your horses; the white man is coming. Everybody run for horses." Outside, far up the valley, I heard a battle cry, Hay-ay, hay-ay! I heard shouting, too, this way [clapping his hands very fast]. I couldn't see any Indians. Everybody was getting horses and saddles. After I had caught my horse, a Sioux warrior came again and said, "Many soldiers are coming." Then he said to the women, "Get out of the way, we are going to have hard fight." I said, "All right, I am ready." I got on my horse, and rode out into my camp. I called out to the people all running about: "I am Two Moon, your chief. Don't run away. Stay here and fight. You must stay and fight the white soldiers. I shall stay even if I am to be killed." I rode swiftly toward Sitting Bull's camp. There I saw the white soldiers fighting in a line. Indians covered the flat. They began to drive the soldiers all mixed up Sioux, then soldiers, then more Sioux, and all shooting. The air was full of smoke and dust. I saw the soldiers fall back and drop into the river-bed like buffalo fleeing. They had not time to look for a crossing. The Sioux chased them up the hill, where they met more soldiers in wagons, and then messengers came saying more soldiers were going to kill the women, and the Sioux turned back. Chief Gall was there fighting. Crazy Horse also. I then rode toward my camp, and stopped squaws from carrying off lodges. While I was sitting on my horse I saw flags come up over the hill to the east like that [he raised his finger-tips]. Then the soldiers rose all at once, all on horses, like this [he put his fingers behind each other to indicate that Custer appeared marching in columns of fours]. They formed into three bunches [squadrons] with a little ways between. Then a bugle sounded, and they all got off horses, and some soldiers led the horses back over the hill. Then the Sioux rode up the ridge on all sides, riding very fast. The Cheyennes went up the left way. Then the shooting was quick, quick. Pop-pop-pop very fast. Some of the soldiers were down on their knees, some standing. Officers all in front. The smoke was like a great cloud, and everywhere the Sioux went the dust rose like smoke. We circled all round him swirling like water round a stone. We shoot, we ride fast, we shoot again. Soldiers drop, and horses fall on them. Soldiers in line drop, but one man rides up and down the line all the time shouting. He rode a sorrel horse with white face and white fore-legs. I don't know who he was. He was a brave man. Continued page 6 5 P a g e

All along the bugler kept blowing his commands. He was very brave too. Then a chief was killed.

6 Indians keep swirling round and round, and the soldiers killed only a few. Many soldiers fell. At last all horses killed but five. Once in a while some man would break out and run toward the river, but he would fall. At last about a hundred men and five horsemen stood on the hill all bunched together. All along the bugler kept blowing his commands. He was very brave too. Then a chief was killed. I hear it was Long Hair [Custer], I don't know; and then the five horsemen and the bunch of men, may be [about] forty, started toward the river. The man on the sorrel horse led them, shouting all the time. He wore a buckskin shirt, and had long black hair and mustache. He fought hard with a big knife. His men were all covered with white dust. I couldn't tell whether they were officers or not. One man all alone ran far down toward the river, then round up over the hill. I thought he was going to escape, but a Sioux fired and hit him in the head. He was [a sergeant] the last man. He wore braid on his arms. All the soldiers were now killed, and the bodies were stripped. After that no one could tell which were officers. The bodies were left where they fell. We had no dance that night. We were sorrowful. Next day four Sioux chiefs and two Cheyennes and I, Two Moon, went upon the battlefield to count the dead. One man carried a little bundle of sticks. When we came to dead men, we took a little stick and gave it to another man, so we counted the dead. There were 388. There were thirty-nine Sioux and seven Cheyennes killed and about a hundred wounded. Some white soldiers were cut with knives, to make sure they were dead; and the war women had mangled some. Most of them were left just where they fell. We came to the man with the big mustache; he lay down the hills towards the river. The Indians did not take his buckskin shirt. The Sioux said, "That is a big chief. That is Long Hair." I don't know. I had never seen him. The man on the white-faced horse was the bravest man. That day as the sun was getting low our young men came up the Little Horn riding hard. Many white soldiers were coming in a big boat, and when we looked we could see the smoke rising. I called my people together, and we hurried up the Little Horn, into Rotten Grass Valley. We camped there three days, and then rode swiftly back over our old trail to the east. Sitting Bull went back into the Rosebud and down the Yellowstone, and away to the north. I did not see him again. McClure's Magazine, September, 1898 George Armstrong Custer Sitting Bull 6 P a g e

ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY AND RAFFLE Be sure to mark your calendars for the annual Christmas Party and Toys for Tots Benefit raffle December 10 th.

Once again Navajo Kid has been gracious enough to allow the posse to use his Barn for the party.

There will be lots of great items to by raffle tickets for and tickets will be available at the door. An email will be sent out to give all the particulars.

7 ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY AND RAFFLE Be sure to mark your calendars for the annual Christmas Party and Toys for Tots Benefit raffle December 10 th. If you haven t been you will need to change your schedule so that you can. Once again Navajo Kid has been gracious enough to allow the posse to use his Barn for the party. The dinner will be catered by Sonny s BBQ, tea is provided if your want another beverage feel free to bring your own. There will be lots of great items to by raffle tickets for and tickets will be available at the door. An will be sent out to give all the particulars. The Panhandle Cattle Company has donated a gun cart to our Toys for Tots Charity Raffle. The gun cart is well made and very unique. It is For Sale at an asking price of $300, but we are willing to entertain good faith offers. The gun cart will be available for inspection at our November match if it has not sold prior to that time. Please contact Jeb Stuart with any questions or to purchase the gun cart. 7 P a g e

MATCH MEETING MINUTES October 13, 2016 Pledge of Allegiance: Match Director, Cholla Bob, gathered the posse for the Pledge of Allegiance at 8:48 am. Mad Dane: Welcome back, Mad Dane!

President, Jeb Stuart, presented Mad Dane with his Jedi pin. New Shooters: Welcome back Judge Henry Magnum who has not shot with us in a while!

8 MATCH MEETING MINUTES October 13, 2016 Pledge of Allegiance: Match Director, Cholla Bob, gathered the posse for the Pledge of Allegiance at 8:48 am. Mad Dane: Welcome back, Mad Dane! He joined us today but will not be shooting. At the Ambush at Cavern Cove (Alabama State Championship), Mad Dane & Alabama Shootist were inducted into the "super secret" order of the Jedi Gunfighter. President, Jeb Stuart, presented Mad Dane with his Jedi pin. New Shooters: Welcome back Judge Henry Magnum who has not shot with us in a while! Announcements: Jeb Stuart reminded the posse that membership dues are now due. They are still $10 for the year. Please see Lady Banderas, Cassidy Jane or Sammy Jo if you wish to pay or have any questions. We had 31 paid members as of October 1. Jeb reported that about 10 of our posse went to Texas to compete in Back At Cha. There were a lot of really good shooters and some challenging stages. Mudslide Mike received a buckle for his 5th place finish in Frontier Cartridge and Cassidy Jane won a buckle for taking 1st in the Ladies Long Range Big Bore Black Powder Single Shot Rifle. Congratulations! Hollifer A. Dollar invited everyone to join the Panhandle Cattle Company at their monthly match on October 23. They will also have a Mild Bunch match on the 5th Saturday of October. Christmas Party/Charity Raffle: Sammy Jo reminded the posse that our annual Christmas Party and Raffle for Toys 4 Tots is coming up quickly. Once again Navajo Kid will host the party in his "barn". Sammy Jo announced she has received several donations, however a couple of them are not marked as to who the donor is. If you donated a boxed set of "America's Premier Gun Makers and wish to be recognized as the donor, please let Sammy Jo know. She asked that all donations please be marked with the donor's name so she can send out thank you notes. She said she will plan on making arrangements with Sonny's BBQ to cater the party again unless someone has another recommendation. If you have any suggestions, pleases contact Sammy Jo. She also asked for volunteers to help decorate, set up and sell tickets the night of the party. If you wish to help, please let Sammy Jo know. Territorial Governor's Report: Alabama Shootist, our TG, announced that SASS has had requests to redraw the map for the Regional matches. He has two different plans that will be on display at the Administration area. Please look at them and vote on which plan you prefer. See Alabama Shootist if you have any questions or suggestions. Safety Brief: Cholla Bob stated we would be shooting 4 stages today with a short break after the 2nd stage. He conducted the mandatory safety brief. Respectfully submitted, Sammy Jo Secretary, Panhandle Cowboys 8 P a g e

Back at Cha Intercontinental Championship Results Frontier Cartridge

Place While we had a large contingent of shooters at the Back at Cha

Only two trophies were brought back to the homestead.

9 Back at Cha Intercontinental Championship Results Frontier Cartridge Mudslide Mike 5th Place Ladies Single Shot Black Powder Cassidy Jane 1st Place While we had a large contingent of shooters at the Back at Cha match in Paris Texas. Only two trophies were brought back to the homestead. Even though there were not a lot of winners, reports were that it was a fun shoot nonetheless. Shady Characters As always great work posse! 9 P a g e

NOVEMBER COWBOY Born May 16, 1905 in Grand Island, Nebraska. He started his acting debut with the Omaha Community Playhouse, a local amateur theater troupe directed by Dorothy Brando.

His first major roles in Broadway include "New Faces of America" and "The Farmer Takes a Wife".

10 NOVEMBER COWBOY Born May 16, 1905 in Grand Island, Nebraska. He started his acting debut with the Omaha Community Playhouse, a local amateur theater troupe directed by Dorothy Brando. He moved to the Cape Cod University Players and later Broadway, New York to expand his theatrical career from 1926 to His first major roles in Broadway include "New Faces of America" and "The Farmer Takes a Wife". The latter play was transferred to the screen in 1935 and became the start-up of his lifelong Hollywood career. The following year he married Frances Seymour with whom he had two children: Jane and Peter also to become screen stars He is most remembered for his roles as Abe Lincoln in Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath (1940), for which he received an Academy Award Nomination, and more recently, Norman Thayer in On Golden Pond (1981), for which he received an Academy Award for Best Actor in He is considered one of Hollywood's old-time legends and was friend and contemporary of James Stewart, John Ford and Joshua Logan. His movie career which spanned almost 50 years is completed by a notable presence in American theater and television..be the first to guess correctly and win Great Fame as the 1 st person to answer correctly. your answer to panhandlegaz@gmail.com (don t forget to include your alias with your answer) Last Month s Cowboy was Chuck Conners answered first and correctly by High Card I'm not that pristine pure, I guess I've broken as many rules as the next feller. But I reckon my face looks honest enough and if people buy it, Hallelujah.. October Winner 10 P a g e

UPCOMING EVENTS November 13 th November 12-13 th November 26 th November 27 Monthly Shoot Panhandle Cowboys Gun Show Pcola Monthly Shoot Panhandle Cattle Co BPCR Match MATCH INFORMATION WHERE

00 More info @ Panhandle Cowboys Info and Map PANHANDLE COWBOYS CONTACTS President Jeb Stewart ~ bob15621@aol.com Vice President Navajo Kid randypippin@cox.net Secretary Sammy Jo s.pitkin@att.

11 UPCOMING EVENTS November 13 th November th November 26 th November 27 Monthly Shoot Panhandle Cowboys Gun Show Pcola Monthly Shoot Panhandle Cattle Co BPCR Match MATCH INFORMATION WHERE Escambia River Gun Club NEXT MATCH November 13 th MATCH SET-UP 7:30 8:00AM MATCH SIGN-UP 8:00 8:45AM MANDATORY SAFETY BRIEFING 9:30AM PARTING SHOT MATCH FEE -$15.00 MORNING WADDIE MATCH FEE -$10.00 More Panhandle Cowboys Info and Map PANHANDLE COWBOYS CONTACTS President Jeb Stewart ~ bob15621@aol.com Vice President Navajo Kid randypippin@cox.net Secretary Sammy Jo s.pitkin@att.net Treasurer Cassidy Jane bob15621@aol.com Match Director Mad Dane dlangley@gulftel.com Territorial Governor Alabama Shootist apippin357@aol.com Webmaster Jeb Stuart bob15621@aol.com Gazette Editor-Cholla Bob- panhandlegaz@gmail.com "Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread and pumpkin pie." ~ Jim Davis 11 P a g e

DECEMBER SHOOT. Contents. January panhandlecowboys.org We had one other new shooter (Jake the Snake) that was mentored by Kid Whiskey.

DECEMBER SHOOT. Contents. January panhandlecowboys.org We had one other new shooter (Jake the Snake) that was mentored by Kid Whiskey. January panhandlecowboys.org 2017 DECEMBER SHOOT It turned out to be a great day for a shoot. It started out pretty cold, but soon warmed up to fairly comfortable temperatures. We had 34 shooters, including