Monday August 9, 2010

NEWS FOR 2010 SEASON - PLEASE READ Saturday, August 7 - Just like last month! Woke up at 6 a.m. and found cloudy skies and windy. Gosh, but the weather is "unusual" this year. Arrived at Bloated Carcass at 7:30 a.m., opened up the registration shack and, immediately, it began to hail. You don't want to hear what my wife said -- she normally doesn't use that kind of language. Just put it this way, it wasn't "Oh! gosh". Nuff said. Anyhow, it stopped soon but was still cold. Went about setting up the targets with help from Drifter. Yosemite Buckaroo arrived with the tent. Buck Brown and Gib showed up and helped Yosemite. Soon all was assembled. Started to spray paint the targets - ever tried to spray paint in a wind that changed direction every 2 seconds. Ended up with orange paint on my boots, pants, duster and my hand - hard to do since my hand was inside a glove. Oh well! stranger things have happened at Bloated Carcass. Usual procedures followed - Judge Injury went over the shoot rules and led the Pledge of Allegiance. 20 shooters formed two posses. For some reason a lot of people wanted to shoot with Billy Bob. Now that is strange. Considering how much trouble he got into the last two shoots, I wonder about the sanity of anyone who wanted to shoot with him.

THANK YOU HRASS would like to thank the 20 loyal shooters came out and had some fun. By the second stage the skies began to clear and before long it was "hot". Didn't I tell ya that the weather is whacky this year? Sure did! And, YES, Parson Dave beat Yosemite Buckaroo. Doesn't a score of Zero beat that of Yosemite? Ain't my fault, I didn't shoot and there ain't a categoty for non-shooters. So my score of zero is perfectly good and considerably smaller that Yosemite's. Take that Yosemite! Wonders never cease! Gib actually beat Colt Heart and Billy Bob behaved himself. That makes me want to go home and take a cold/hot shower. See! can't make up my mind either. SPIRIT OF THE GAME Remember, we play by one set of rules -"The Spirit of the Game". So dress up, keep smiling, have fun, but most of all shoot safely and straight and ovey the rules. BECOME A MEMBER While we're at it, how about joining HRASS - $20 for a single membership and $30 for a family membership. Your membership fee helps support HRASS expenses which include site rental, liability insurance, new targets, stage props, etc. Contact Nikel Andi at 406-685-3618 or at a shoot. She'll be happy to help you join. SO LONG FOR NOW As the Duke would say: "Alright Pilgrim! Getalong little doggy getalong". Alright! alright!, he had some help from other oldtimers.

KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY WE'LL SEE ALL Y'ALL AT THE SHOOT ON SEPTEMBER 4