The Peculiar Order of the Black Squirrel



SQUIRREL #1 - Awarded to Goose Terwillligher for managing to shoot his own  hat in a shotgun double tap.  He was clean, the hat was not.

SQUIRREL #2 - Awarded to Dorado for 2 straight matches losing the White Squirrel on the last stage, last gun

SQUIRREL #3  -Awarded to Shameless Womanizer for a magnificant  blackpowder double that  bucked enough to cause an impressive laceration. Big Paul was rocked!

SQUIRREL #4 -  Awarded to dapper Cabrito Joe for a trainwreck so ugly, it won't be described here.  Apparently classy clothes do not always make the shooter.

SQUIRREL #5  - Awared to Capt. Allyn Capron for an unbelievable, on the clock,  dissambley , repair and reassembley of his rifle to avoid a miss AT LANDRUN. Wow! 

SQUIRREL #6  Awarded to Redleg Reilly for an amazing display of cylinder spinning, thumbilitis and a stuborn failure to recognize a bad primer. 

SQUIRREL #7  Awared  to Texita Draw for  New Years'  self destruction that was legendary.  Will he ever be the same.

SQUIRREL #8  Awared to Hebe Missing for a Grand Slam Disaster 6 misses, a procedural and and minor safety.  Wow!

SQUIRREL #9  Awarded to 3 Fingers Mike for a stage DQ and something about trying to load empty shotgun shells into his shotgun on the clock.

SQUIRREL #10  Awarded to Razorback for an amazing inadverdent pistol twirling exibition that ended his day. 

SQUIRREL #11 Awarded to Goose for unbelievable inconsistency and just plain awful shooting. 

SQUIRREL  #12 Awarded to Kiamichi Queen  for unrequited loss of a classic white squirrel on the last stage

SQUIRREL  #13 Awarded to Scuubbrush for an unmatched disconbobulation involiving 4 misses, a procedural and a loss of 4 bonus points in less than 30 seconds.  It was sad. 

SQUIRREL  #14 Awarded to Trainwrek for an unmatched combination  of misses , and equipment malfuncitons. 

SQUIRREL  #15 Awarded to HeBe Missing  an impressive  presentation of an empty pistol with the ammo hanging from  a pouch dangling from the barrel

SQUIRREL #16  Awarded to Red River Regulator for multiple calamadies that could only describe a really bad day.

SQUIRREL # 17  Awarded to Riverside Burns for for a series of clamatous events taken with his characteristic good humor.

SQUIRREL #18  Awarded to Redleg Reilly for an easy to forget day with broken firing pin ,  Thumbilitis and brain fade.

SQUIRREL # 19 Awarded to Red River Regulator for an impressive 2 procedurals in 6 stages.

Squirrel #20   Awarded to Bodacious Bob for losing his rifle on the 1st stage and takeing 10 misses on every stage

Squirrel #21   Awarded to Riccochette Jose for a series of shooting errors too long to detail here

Squirrel #22  Awarded to Ima Quickshot
for one of those HeBe moments of click, click, click and no bang.

Squirrel #23  Awarded to Capt. Allyn Capron
for forgetting to end a stage with the shotgun.  Senior Moment!

Squirrel #22  Awarded to Ima Quickshot
for forgetting her shotgun shells

Squirrel #23  Awarded to Sanford for forgetting his shotgun shells on two stages and causing a ripple of forgotten shells across the posse!

Squirrel #24  Awarded to Gus for a broken rifle and multiple squibs - including one he could not drive out.  Just not a good shooting day.

Squirrel #25  Awarded to Tex-Anna for deciding not to use her guns for the match, throwing one down instead of shooting.

Squirrel #26  Awarded to Capt Allyn for his inability to bring the appropriate weapons and ammo to shoot the match.

Squirrel #27  Awarded to Dorado for an all-around terrible ammunition day, filled with squids, misfires, low loads and anything else you could imagine.

Squirrel #28  Awarded to Tex-Anna for a long list of mis-deeds.  Forgot to bring ammo, lost parts off her revolver, light strikes on the rifle, etc.......

Squirrel #29 Awarded to Rock Springs Renegade for a rash of problems on a stage.  Had a squib, so was given the chance to reshoot - but failed to reload a revolver.  Lots of "click, click, click, click" and no bang.  He'll always remember, "Are you loaded?"

Squirrel #30 - Awarded to Jax T during Hell on the Prairie.  He had the audacity to break one of our targets while shooting a stage.  He was graciously allowed a reshoot, and taking the bull by the horns, shot a worse score for the stage.

Squirrel #31 - Awarded to Medicine Creek Kid for not being able to control his rifle.  Jacked out rounds, had trouble with reloads, then put one over the berm.  Not bad for a police firearms instructor...

Squirrel #32 - Awarded to Jerome Watts, mainly for the sake of it.  Too much talking about a white squirrel (but sadly coming up short) and inability to aim a shotgun.

Squirrel #33 - Awarded to Wynonna Earp for  masterful displays of rapid shooting and equally rapid missing - Followed by the inability to remember to shoot her shotgun.

Squirrel #34 - Awarded to Dorado for the first exploded gun in club history.  No injuries, except for one 1858 Remington that is now toast.

Squirrel #35 - Awarded to Dead Last for being thrown from his electric horse at Land Run.  Now that is something you don't see everyday.  Maybe a good reason for an alias change...

Squirrel #36 - Awarded to Texita Draw for skedaddling when he should have scurried - thus resulting in a dropped loaded firearm - on the last stage of a clean match...... 

Squirrel #37 - Awarded to Corporal Agarn Pain.  Showed up for Hell on the Prairie with no boots or hat and insisted on shooting a stage with only 4 rounds in a revolver.

Squirrel #38 - Awarded to Lucky de Meers for the trifecta - miss, procedural, and minor safety all on one stage.
The Peculiar Order of the Black Squirrel
The Shortgrass Rangers, following in the tradition of the "WHITE SQUIRREL" for a clean match, have instituted the "Black Squirrel" award for the ugliest of trainwrecks - voted by fellow shooters.  It may be interesting, but is it a reward or a penalty?