Although we awarded the same $850 value in Airguns Of Arizona gift certificate placement prizes as our 2021 TFT Season Closer match, and attracted the same number of shooters as did that December match (23), in some ways our March 5, 2022 Season Opener in fact bettered the 2021 Season Closer. For instance, when the less-than-worthless Match Director realized he’d neglected to have the shooters put their names on Post-It notes for the door prize drawings, and doing so at that moment would actually prolong the shooters meeting he’d promised to shorten just 15 minutes earlier, in a fit of panic, exasperation, and DESPERATION he experienced an exceedingly rare flash of intellectual brilliance (which have become exponentially rare since the 1960s).
With four door prizes to award, while crossing his fingers, said brain-dead Match Director asked for a show of hands of every shooter attending their first TEXtreme competition. In a divine miracle only a hopeless sinner can truly appreciate, exactly four hands went up; thus allowing the perfect opportunity to create the illusion of Match Director GENIUS! FWIW, I wouldn’t recommend holding your breath in wait for another such display of super-human intelligence… at least from aforementioned MD.
The door prizes were provided courtesy of another outlaw Texan, known in airgunning circles as Art Womack; alias- “Podna”. Said door prizes well complemented an event known as TEXtreme Field Target, at a hide-out known as Ranchito Robinson. Podna’s donation included two very nice insulated aluminum drinking cups and two flags; in each case, one of each inscribed with the Tejano logo “Don’t tread on me”, the other of each, “Come and take it”. Dang I wish we had such insulated drinking cups back in the good ol' days when we were holding-up stagecoaches for a living, Podna.
Furthermore, Art will be compiling pertinent shooter, equipment, course and targets information to complement this match report; which obviously needs all the help it can get! That information will follow. Many thanks Art! Who’da thunk there was such a humanitarian hidin’ ‘neath that tough old outlaw hide?
Upon completion of the usual, endlessly-droning Match Director’s shooters orientation, the floor was turned over to our primary sponsor representative- Airguns Of Arizona’s Robert Buchanan, for a ‘flooring’ announcement. In FURTHER support of our 2022 Extreme Field Target Grand Prix match in June, Robert pledged CASH AWARDS of $1000 for the winner, $500 for second place, and $250 for third!!! Mind you, this is in addition to Airguns Of Arizona gift certificates to be awarded five places deep for the two day (aggregate) rifle match, and three places deep in the TEXtreme PISTOL Field Target competition. In other words, our June Extreme Field Target Grand Prix weekend will boast no less than a $3000 prize list! Of course Grand Prix points will also be awarded; starting with one point to every rifle competitor, plus 3 points to the rifle winner, 2 points to the second-placed rifle shooter, and 1 point to third.
Many, MANY, MANY THANKS Robert!!! Y’all come; and Y’all support them that support airgunning!
As for yesterdays match, we enjoyed fair and mild temperatures, overcast conditions, and challenging winds; though not brutally so. There were cold lines called on two occasions to inspect suspected malfunction of the coyote target on lane 7. The first inspection was ruled indeed a malfunction; the target serviced, and the shooter allowed to reshoot two shots. In the second instance the target was deemed functioning correctly; so that shooter was not allowed to reshoot. Of course that target will be given additional scrutiny, and if evidence suggests a bad decision on the part of the MD, atonement(s) arranged. Such are (some of) the pitfalls of match directing, which requires on-the-spot decisions based on all pertinent evidence available at the moment.
Considering one of the eight shooting squads was only two shooters rather than three, the match flowed quite well. I’d say, “almost seamlessly”.
No stranger to airgun-competition podiums, Derrick Wall nailed the win with an impressive 40/48 on the most challenging TFT course yet. Guess all your bragging on that new .30 Kalibrgun Cricket wasn’t just BS (this time), huh DW? GREAT SHOOTING DERRICK! Again. That $350 AoA gift certificate will go a long way toward that Gamo you’ve been lusting for, Bud.
Claiming the second place $200 AoA gift certificate, just one point behind with an excellent 39/48, was Chuck Misenheimer. Chuck used his trusty .22 Daystate Safari to achieve his goal, “All I cared about today was beating Jeff Cloud”. In order to avoid any confusion about Chuck’s motivations in making that statement, he went on to explain he’d been squadded with Jeff at the inaugural TEXtreme Field Target match, and was awestruck with Jeff’s shooting! To further clarify, the statement was a supreme compliment; not any type of denigration. Excellent shooting, Chuck!
Which brings us to the third place, $150 AoA gift certificate winner; only one point behind second. Y’all get only 21 guesses. SURPRISE… it’s Jeff Cloud! Jeff’s Rapid Air Weapons rifle again served him well in posting a strong 38/48. Good shooting, Jeff. I’m gonna take a superhuman leap of psychology here by speculating what Jeff’s primary goal at the next TFT match might be. But Y’all get only one guess this time.
One of three Cajuns contesting yesterdays TFT shooting contest, Carey Hymel takes the fourth place $100 gift certificate back to Baton Rouge. Carey used a .25 caliber Rapid Air Weapons HM1000 to prevail in a two-way, 38/48 tie for fourth place virtue of his higher score on the standing lane. Good shooting, Carey, By the way, his travel-mates Mike Dugas and Will Thibault took sixth and seventh places (respectively) yesterday, suggesting cause for concern among TEXtreme regulars (the term ‘regulars’ used in extremely LOOSE context here).
Claiming the last podium position, also with a 38/48, and a $50 AoA gift certificate for his efforts, John Tafoya, another TEXtreme “regular”, used a .25 Daystate Red Wolf Heritage edition. Congratulations JT.
I want to thank Jim Clarke (again) for donating a Trigger Stick bipod for our standing lane to the TEXtreme cause. I really appreciate it, Jim. I promise not to mention to your fellow competitors that your donation inspired me to move the 2” kill-zone standing lane coon eleven yards farther out. OOPS…
Lastly I want to thank all my TEXtreme shooters; all of which travel quite some distances to attend. I’m immensely honored and flattered. Including Texas, we again had shooters from four states yesterday. Big shout out to you Cajuns, Arizonans, and Oklahomans. Love you guys! (Texans too).
But don’t let that last part get out, Y'all… Lest I have to kill you!
Happy Shooting Y’all,
Ron
P.S.- Anyone interested in taking up the slack for the slacker Match Director by posting photos of yesterdays fun, please feel free to do so. Preferably avoiding photos including my face!
With four door prizes to award, while crossing his fingers, said brain-dead Match Director asked for a show of hands of every shooter attending their first TEXtreme competition. In a divine miracle only a hopeless sinner can truly appreciate, exactly four hands went up; thus allowing the perfect opportunity to create the illusion of Match Director GENIUS! FWIW, I wouldn’t recommend holding your breath in wait for another such display of super-human intelligence… at least from aforementioned MD.
The door prizes were provided courtesy of another outlaw Texan, known in airgunning circles as Art Womack; alias- “Podna”. Said door prizes well complemented an event known as TEXtreme Field Target, at a hide-out known as Ranchito Robinson. Podna’s donation included two very nice insulated aluminum drinking cups and two flags; in each case, one of each inscribed with the Tejano logo “Don’t tread on me”, the other of each, “Come and take it”. Dang I wish we had such insulated drinking cups back in the good ol' days when we were holding-up stagecoaches for a living, Podna.
Furthermore, Art will be compiling pertinent shooter, equipment, course and targets information to complement this match report; which obviously needs all the help it can get! That information will follow. Many thanks Art! Who’da thunk there was such a humanitarian hidin’ ‘neath that tough old outlaw hide?
Upon completion of the usual, endlessly-droning Match Director’s shooters orientation, the floor was turned over to our primary sponsor representative- Airguns Of Arizona’s Robert Buchanan, for a ‘flooring’ announcement. In FURTHER support of our 2022 Extreme Field Target Grand Prix match in June, Robert pledged CASH AWARDS of $1000 for the winner, $500 for second place, and $250 for third!!! Mind you, this is in addition to Airguns Of Arizona gift certificates to be awarded five places deep for the two day (aggregate) rifle match, and three places deep in the TEXtreme PISTOL Field Target competition. In other words, our June Extreme Field Target Grand Prix weekend will boast no less than a $3000 prize list! Of course Grand Prix points will also be awarded; starting with one point to every rifle competitor, plus 3 points to the rifle winner, 2 points to the second-placed rifle shooter, and 1 point to third.
Many, MANY, MANY THANKS Robert!!! Y’all come; and Y’all support them that support airgunning!
As for yesterdays match, we enjoyed fair and mild temperatures, overcast conditions, and challenging winds; though not brutally so. There were cold lines called on two occasions to inspect suspected malfunction of the coyote target on lane 7. The first inspection was ruled indeed a malfunction; the target serviced, and the shooter allowed to reshoot two shots. In the second instance the target was deemed functioning correctly; so that shooter was not allowed to reshoot. Of course that target will be given additional scrutiny, and if evidence suggests a bad decision on the part of the MD, atonement(s) arranged. Such are (some of) the pitfalls of match directing, which requires on-the-spot decisions based on all pertinent evidence available at the moment.
Considering one of the eight shooting squads was only two shooters rather than three, the match flowed quite well. I’d say, “almost seamlessly”.
No stranger to airgun-competition podiums, Derrick Wall nailed the win with an impressive 40/48 on the most challenging TFT course yet. Guess all your bragging on that new .30 Kalibrgun Cricket wasn’t just BS (this time), huh DW? GREAT SHOOTING DERRICK! Again. That $350 AoA gift certificate will go a long way toward that Gamo you’ve been lusting for, Bud.
Claiming the second place $200 AoA gift certificate, just one point behind with an excellent 39/48, was Chuck Misenheimer. Chuck used his trusty .22 Daystate Safari to achieve his goal, “All I cared about today was beating Jeff Cloud”. In order to avoid any confusion about Chuck’s motivations in making that statement, he went on to explain he’d been squadded with Jeff at the inaugural TEXtreme Field Target match, and was awestruck with Jeff’s shooting! To further clarify, the statement was a supreme compliment; not any type of denigration. Excellent shooting, Chuck!
Which brings us to the third place, $150 AoA gift certificate winner; only one point behind second. Y’all get only 21 guesses. SURPRISE… it’s Jeff Cloud! Jeff’s Rapid Air Weapons rifle again served him well in posting a strong 38/48. Good shooting, Jeff. I’m gonna take a superhuman leap of psychology here by speculating what Jeff’s primary goal at the next TFT match might be. But Y’all get only one guess this time.
One of three Cajuns contesting yesterdays TFT shooting contest, Carey Hymel takes the fourth place $100 gift certificate back to Baton Rouge. Carey used a .25 caliber Rapid Air Weapons HM1000 to prevail in a two-way, 38/48 tie for fourth place virtue of his higher score on the standing lane. Good shooting, Carey, By the way, his travel-mates Mike Dugas and Will Thibault took sixth and seventh places (respectively) yesterday, suggesting cause for concern among TEXtreme regulars (the term ‘regulars’ used in extremely LOOSE context here).
Claiming the last podium position, also with a 38/48, and a $50 AoA gift certificate for his efforts, John Tafoya, another TEXtreme “regular”, used a .25 Daystate Red Wolf Heritage edition. Congratulations JT.
I want to thank Jim Clarke (again) for donating a Trigger Stick bipod for our standing lane to the TEXtreme cause. I really appreciate it, Jim. I promise not to mention to your fellow competitors that your donation inspired me to move the 2” kill-zone standing lane coon eleven yards farther out. OOPS…
Lastly I want to thank all my TEXtreme shooters; all of which travel quite some distances to attend. I’m immensely honored and flattered. Including Texas, we again had shooters from four states yesterday. Big shout out to you Cajuns, Arizonans, and Oklahomans. Love you guys! (Texans too).
But don’t let that last part get out, Y'all… Lest I have to kill you!
Happy Shooting Y’all,
Ron
P.S.- Anyone interested in taking up the slack for the slacker Match Director by posting photos of yesterdays fun, please feel free to do so. Preferably avoiding photos including my face!
Nice job!!!
