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TUSCO TIMES OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE TUSCO LONG RIDERS
Writer/Editor: Buckaroo Bubba
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February 2014
February 1st
The weather got us again for our February shoot. For the 4th year in a row we had to cancel the February activities at the range. As with the safety during our shoots, the safety of our shooters is always our first priority. We didn’t want to take a chance on someone getting hurt because of the conditions at the range or the conditions of the roads. Hopefully we will have better conditions to work with in March.
Until next time! Buckaroo Bubba
Next Shoot:
March 1st, 2014 (Weather permitting – Cowboy Dress Optional)
News & Notes:
Cowboy Swap Meet at Monthly Shoots As a reminder, feel free to bring your old Cowboy Gear, Guns and Equipment to sell at our monthly shoots. It’s a good opportunity to sell some of your unwanted stuff to your fellow shooters. Your items are your responsibility.
Pre-Paid Shoots Looking for that perfect Gift for your Cowboy Friends and Family? How about a Pre-paid Shoot to a Tusco Monthly Match. They cost $10.00 each at a shoot or they can be mailed for $10.50. Contact Buckaroo Bubba at [email protected] or 330-348-5637 if you would like to purchase them.
Tusco Long Riders on Facebook Check out the Official Tusco Long Riders Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/TuscoLongRiders “Like” the page to stay up to date with the Tusco Long Riders.
Feedback – We would like to hear from you What do you like or dislike about Tusco? What kind of stages do you like? What kind of door prizes do you like? What do you want to see more of/less of? Any complaints? You are a part of the Tusco Long Riders, we want to hear from you. If you have any suggestions, comments, or complaints, let us know. We can’t fix things if we don’t know about them. Our goal is to provide a safe day of fun enjoying the sport we all love. Send us an email at: [email protected] for Buckaroo Bubba or [email protected] for Prairie Dawg. Thank you!
Cowboy Chronicles We would like to reuse your old Cowboy Chronicles for our future events, Gun Shows, Kame's Day's, etc. You may drop them off at any of our shoots. Please cut off your mailing address or I will do so before they are handed out. If you have a large number of them please let me know ahead of time that you are bringing them so I can make sure I can get them home
New Category at Tusco In light of the shortage of reloading supplies we will be offering a “Wild W est” Category at Tusco. This is basically an Open Class. Any Guns, Any Style, Any Age. Any SASS Legal Guns and Ammo can be used, including .22 Caliber. This is being offered as an alternative to not shooting at all if someone can’t find reloading supplies.
Six Stages We now shoot six stages at Tusco. A few people have told us that they drive a good distance to shoot at Tusco and would like to shoot as much as possible. Obviously we only have room for five shooting bays. So what we do is shoot the first stage you start on twice. Consider it a warm up stage. Only five stages will be scored. You can take your best time on your first stage. If you don’t want to shoot it twice you do not have to. This would provide more shooting for our shooters. **Winter Months we will shoot and score 6 stages**
Tusco Long Riders Website If you haven’t visited our website in awhile check it out. I have added some new features, including new photos, a memorial page, lodging information, range release, events page, and feedback page. Also there are some pages that are under construction, like the Club History page, Videos, and F.A.Q. If you know of someone who belongs on the Tusco Memorial page please let Buckaroo Bubba know at [email protected]. Also, I am looking for a photo of Maywood for the page if anyone has one.
SASS Rules 101 with Split Rail This year we will do something new at our safety meetings. Each month Split Rail will discuss little known or confusing SASS rule. His goal is to educate everyone on a rule you may not know or that rarely come up. This will just be a quick segment during our safety meeting.
Tusco Long Riders’ Day at Kame’s Sports On Saturday, March 8th we will be spending the day at Kame’s Sports. Like last year we will be promoting our club, SASS, and the other local Cowboy Clubs. Our very own World Class Shooters Split Rail and Stone Creek Drifter will be there to meet and greet along with Buckaroo Bubba, Moosetracks, and Six Gun Seamus. Come on out, see us, and check out Kame’s if you have never been there before. We will be at the store between 11am til 6pm.
High Noon at Tusco 2013 in the Cowboy Chronicle The February edition of the Cowboy Chronicle features High Noon at Tusco 2013. Check out pages 18-21. I would like some extra copies of this Chronicle if you would like to donate them.
Meet a Cowboy/Cowgirl Alias/SASS # - John Barleycorn SASS #76982
How did you pick your Alias – John Barleycorn is old name sometimes used for beer or whiskey.
Name – Matt Mastorovich
Location – Export, PA
Category – Gunfighter and Frontier Cartridge Gunfighter
Caliber - 38 Special & 12ga with some 45 Colt every now and then.
Occupation – Police Officer and Owner of Barleycorn Outfitters
Hobbies – Cowboy Action Shooting
Goal in SASS – Recruit one new shooter a season. Where do you shoot – Tusco Long Riders OH, Logans Ferry Regulators PA, River Junction Shootist Society PA.
How long have you been a Cowboy Action Shooter – 8 years
Favorite Thing about Cowboy Action Shooting – The people Anything else you’d like to add – Hi Friends, I enjoy Cowboy Action Shooting for several reasons. I like to compete, and I have not found a more enjoyable shooting sport than CAS. It's also an escape from the stress of the work week. Bdoc and I can spend a whole day at the range and not once do think about work or life's other problems. I'm blessed to have my fiancé Bdoc in my life as she shares my passion for Cowboy Action Shooting. We enjoy traveling all over the country to shoot. This year we planning to attend some shoots in Michigan, and New York. I hope we can get out to Winter Range in 2015 Lastly, I have been able to meet so many new people, and call them friends. The Cowboys and Cowgirls we have met are the friendliest bunch ever. We have been welcomed like family all over the USA. Cowboys and Cowgirls will help with anything. Confused? Here's how I'm going to shoot it. Ammo problem? I brought plenty, try mine. Gun broke? Use mine. Hey, those revolvers are nice. Would you like to shoot them a stage? All statements Bdoc and I have heard over the years. I hope to see you at the next shoot, John Barleycorn
Prairie Dawg's Little-Known Facts of Western History
Cowboys & Cowgirls Part I A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. Cowgirls, first defined as such in the late 19th century, had a less-well documented historical role, but in the modern world have established the ability to work at virtually identical tasks and obtained considerable respect for their achievements. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the vaquero traditions of northern Mexico and became a figure of special significance and legend. A subtype, called a wrangler, specifically tends the horses used to work cattle. The English word "cowboy" has an origin from several earlier terms that referred to both age and to cattle or cattle-tending work. It appears to be a direct English translation of vaquero, a Spanish word for an individual who managed cattle while mounted on horseback. It was derived from vaca, meaning "cow", which came from the Latin word vacca. Another English word for a cowboy, "buckaroo", is an Anglicization of vaquero. Originally, the term "cowboy" may have been intended literally—"a boy who tends cows". By 1849 it had developed its modern sense as an adult cattle handler of the American West. Variations on the word "cowboy" appeared later. "Cowhand" appeared in 1852, and "cowpoke" in 1881, originally restricted to the individuals who prodded cattle with long poles to load them onto railroad cars for shipping. Names for a cowboy in American English include buckaroo, cowpoke, cowhand, and cowpuncher. "Cowboy" is a term common throughout the west and particularly in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains, "Buckaroo" is used primarily in the Great Basin and California, and "cowpuncher" mostly in Texas and surrounding states. The word cowboy also had English language roots beyond simply being a translation from Spanish. Originally, the English word "cowherd" was used to describe a cattle herder, (similar to "shepherd," a sheep herder) and often referred to a preadolescent or early adolescent boy, who usually worked on foot. This word is very old in the English language, originating prior to the year 1000. In antiquity, herding of sheep, cattle and goats was often the job of minors, and still is a task for young people in various third world cultures. Because of the time and physical ability needed to develop necessary skills, the cowboy often began his career as an adolescent, earning wages as soon as he had enough skill to be hired, often as young as 12 or 13. If he was not crippled by injury, a cowboy might handle cattle or horses for the rest of his working life. In the United States, a few women also took on the tasks of ranching and learned the necessary skills, though the "cowgirl" did not become widely recognized or acknowledged until the close of the 19th century. American cowboys were drawn from multiple sources. By the late 1860s, following the American Civil War and the expansion of the cattle industry, former soldiers from both the Union and Confederacy came west, seeking work, as did large numbers of restless white men in general. A significant number of African-
American freedmen also were drawn to cowboy life, in part because there was not quite as much discrimination in the west as in other areas of American society at the time. A significant number of Mexicans and American Indians already living in the region also worked as cowboys. Later, particularly after 1890, when American policy promoted "assimilation" of Indian people, some Indian boarding schools also taught ranching skills. Because cowboys ranked low in the social structure of the period, there are no firm figures on the actual proportion of various races. Regardless of ethnicity, most cowboys came from lower social classes and the pay was poor. The average cowboy earned approximately a dollar a day, plus food, and, when near the home ranch, a bed in the bunkhouse, usually a barracks-like building with a single open room. Over time, the cowboys of the American West developed a personal culture of their own, a blend of frontier and Victorian values that even retained vestiges of chivalry. Such hazardous work in isolated conditions also bred a tradition of self-dependence and individualism, with great value put on personal honesty, exemplified in songs and poetry. The cowboy often worked in an all-male environment, particularly on cattle drives, and in the frontier west, men often significantly outnumbered women. The traditions of the working cowboy were further etched into the minds of the general public with the development of Wild West Shows in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which showcased and romanticized the life of both cowboys and Native Americans. Beginning in the 1920s and continuing to the present day, Western movies popularized the cowboy lifestyle but also formed persistent stereotypes, both positive and negative. In some cases, the cowboy and the violent gunslinger are often associated with one another. On the other hand, some actors who portrayed cowboys promoted positive values, such as the "cowboy code" of Gene Autry, that encouraged honorable behavior, respect and patriotism. Likewise, cowboys in movies were often shown fighting with American Indians. However, the reality was that, while cowboys were armed against both predators and human thieves, and often used their guns to run off people of any race who attempted to steal, or rustle cattle, nearly all actual armed conflicts occurred between Indian people and cavalry units of the U.S. Army. In reality, working ranch hands past and present had very little time for anything other than the constant, hard work involved in maintaining a ranch.
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More Calendars: Mar 2014, Apr 2014, May 2014
Tusco Long Riders Contact Information Tusco Long Riders 2132 Midvale Mine Rd SE Dennison, OH 44621-9019 http://www.tuscolongriders.com
President Buckaroo Bubba Dan Ranker 330-348-5637 [email protected] Vice President Prairie Dawg Lou Polsinelli 216-932-7630 [email protected] Treasurer Split Rail Tim Watson 330-364-6185 [email protected] Secretary T.J. Reese Steve Utter 330-401-9822 [email protected] Match Director Muleskinner Mike Legg 740-922-1290 [email protected] Territorial Governor D.J. McDraw Dan Westfall 740-767-2326 [email protected] Tusco Long Riders on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TuscoLongRiders
Thank you to our supporting clubs
Blackhand Raiders - Nashpost, Ohio
http://www.blackhandraiders.com/home.html
Brown Township Regulators - Malvern, Ohio
http://www.browntwpsportsmanclub.com/
Firelands Peacemakers - Rochester, Ohio
http://www.firelandspeacemakers.com
Greene County Cowboys - Xenia, Ohio http://www.gcfng.com/gccowboys/index.html
Miami Valley Cowboys - Piqua, Ohio
http://www.miamivalleycowboys.org/ Ohio Valley Vigilantes - Mount Vernon, Ohio
http://www.ohiovv.com/
Sandusky County Regulators - Gibsonburg, Ohio
http://scsclub.org/events/cowboy-action/
Scioto Territory Desperados - Chillicothe, Ohio
http://www.sciotodesperados.com/index.asp
Shenango River Rats - Masury, Ohio http://www.brookfieldconservation.com/Cowboy.html
Wild West Point - West Point, Ohio
http://www.affox.com/casscores/westpoint.html
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