The Cowboy Fast Draw Association Triple Crown started on Sunday June 14 at the Powderhorn Ranch Regulators home range in Mitchell, with a cowboy welcome including a free cowboy supper. Old friends were greeted, hugged and caught up with. New friends were welcomed into the CFDA fold and told stories of the shooting in the past and future.
After the registration of the shooters, guns & bags checked for safety and no live ammunition, the South Dakota State CFDA Shoot started at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, June 15. Over a hundred shooters gathered at the Cabela’s grounds and the competition ran fierce through the afternoon. Miss B Haven from Idaho took top honors in the Ladies Division and Caleb from Oregon outshot all the men. An awards ceremony rounded out the day taking home their belt buckles and winnings. Local shooter, Nancy Storms AKA Mother Nature came in 7th in this contest in the Ladies Division. Being the highest placing shooter from South Dakota she also won an entry into the Fastest Gun Alive World Shoot in Fallon, NV in October.
It seemed like a short night with Tuesday June 16 starting again at 8:30. This time it was the High Plains Territorial CFDA Shoot. This shoot garners more points for the TOP GUN points for the year than a state shoot does. There were 98 shooters this time and it took two days to get down to a winner. On Wednesday June 17 after the main match finals, the Second Chance Shoot began. This is for all the shooters who had lost out on the last two days. The entry fees from this shoot always go to a charity of the host club’s choice. Also held was the Boothill Challenge. This is for the top shooters and some randomly drawn shooters who did not win anything in the main territorial match. The top man and woman each won a .22 rifle.
Thursday June 18th had no shooting as a range officer class and a computer scoring class was well attended by the participants. That evening was the Casino Night with snacks, silent auction, door prizes and best dress contest for “girls of the night” and “gambling gents”. This was a fun event and all money raised went to several charities.
On Friday June 19 the US National CFDA Shoot started. Again over 100 participants gathered at the Cabela’s grounds to see if they will be the lucky one to take the top honors. Friday evening a banquet held at the Moose Lodge had the presentation of the awards from the High Plains Territorial and Best 1880’s Dress Contest was held along with a fun game with proceeds going to the Shoot for the Stars CFDA Scholarship Program. Local shooters Nancy Storms AKA Mother Nature came in 6th; Dean Storms AKA Beaver Creek Kid came in 4th giving him the entry into the Fastest Gun Alive Contest; Sandi McCoy AKA Prairie Star came in 17th; Mike McCoy AKA Real McCoy came in 36th.
Saturday June 20 had the main match of the nationals continuing until the last seven shooters were counted for the next day’s Magnificent Seven Finals. Second Chance was again held for shooters who were out of the main contest and the Boothill Challenge gave another man and woman a gun to take home. All awards were given out to the shooters who were not lucky enough to get in the Magnificent Seven. Prairie Star came in 8th place, just one out of the Magnificent Seven with Mother Nature taking 9th place honors. Beaver Creek Kid came in 19th place and Real McCoy also was a participant in the US Nationals.
On Sunday June 21st Age Category Brackets began their shoot-offs with the top 5 out of each bracket going against each other for honors. Mother Nature came out 2nd in the 49’er category and Beaver Creek coming in 3rd. The Magnificent Seven had their competition right after the categories were finished, with returning champions, Marshall Cooper and Lefty Lipscomb both taking the US Nationals title home with them to California and also the high title of Triple Crown overall winners. Mother Nature and Dean Storms were honored with the Top Couple for the entire Triple Crown event. After a week of shooting, visiting and catching up with everyone it was hard to say goodbye to everyone. The Powderhorn Ranch Regulators from Mitchell put on three great contests.
Earlier this month, on the first weekend of June the McCoys and Storms had gone south to Phillipsburg, KS to their state shoot. Dean and Nancy both took first in their divisions, with Dean being the 3 time champion out of 4 for the annual event. Each one took 40 points for the TOP GUN points for the year.
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