wyoming state muzzle loaders association
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Wyoming State Muzzle Loaders Association
May 2012
www.wyomingmuzzleloaders.com
Hi Fellow Muzzleloaders:
The shooting and rendezvous season will be upon us real soon. We start off with the Ed Green Memorial
Shoot hosted by the Sheridan Bull shooters and the Danner’s out at their ranch north of Sheridan. This con-
tinues to be a favorite of everyone as there are activities for all the family all the time. Some of the favorite
shoots are the quail walk and the charging bear target. As always there is good food. Next up is the annual
Memorial Weekend shoot sponsored by the Wind River Muzzleloaders at Riverton Wyoming. This club
knows how to host a great shoot. There is always plenty of shooting available, including primitive matches,
and trade gun match. They indicate that they will have some new shoots this year. Then going into June Sa-
ratoga has the Marion Baker Memorial Shoot and then Deer Creek’s annual shoot. All events will have plen-
ty to do, good friends and good food. I would highly recommend that you contact your local 4-H shooting
sports leaders and invite the 4-H youth to come out and participate in our events and win prizes. We need to
get a little more persistent in getting the 4-H involved.
The Big Horn Basin Muzzleloaders held their annual Black Powder Cartridge match April 15, 2012. We had
about 40 shooters show and participate. It was a little chilly, but the wind wasn’t as bad as last year. The
past few months club shoots have been great with the nice weather we are having. However, now we need
some moisture.
Kathi and I flew back to Savannah, GA to see our daughter and son-in-law over the Easter Holiday. We had
a great time; we got to tour Savannah, walked some old grave yards, saw some really old buildings, and went
to Jekyll Island and the beach. We also toured Ft. Stewart army base. Quite a different area than the open
spaces of Wyoming, everything was green and covered with trees.
Our next board meeting is at the Memorial Weekend shoot. We should have some reports from the commit-
tees on updating the bylaws and procedures . If you have something you want brought up before the board,
please contact a board member ahead of time.
Theresa Bader fell and broke her ankle last week. She will be having surgery to fix her ankle on Tuesday, in
Cody. Mike Chapin is now in Powell Valley Hospice; Mike Chapin, Room 414, 999 Ave G, Powell, WY 82435. Please keep everyone in your thoughts and prayers. Keep your powder dry.
Bill Morrison 4/29/12
The 5th ED GREEN MEMORIAL RIFLE FROLIC May 11th, 12th, and & 13th Sheridan, WY
DOGS MUST BE ON LEASH! NO HORSES
Cost $20.00 for entire weekend—cost covers family
Shooting starts at Noon on Friday
ALL—Shapes, Sizes, Ugl;y or Pretty of Black Powder Rifles, Shotguns, Smoothbores, Pistols—Welcome
PRIMITIVE AND TIN TEPEE CAMP—FIREWOOD ON SITE—BRING DRINKING WATER
Paper Matches Quail Walk—any smoothbore
Primitive Matches Smoothbore Match—any smoothbore
Pistol Match Longrange Match—BP Cartridge—any muzzleloader
Hawk & Knife Runnin’ Grizz Match
Fire Starting Trail Walk
Archery—traditional bows Womens Challenge
Lots of Kids events
Sat. Evening HOG
ROAST— free, donations
welcome, Side dishes wel-
come—By Oscar Ruck
Traders Wanted
No Fee
Club incentives
Call for info
Verlin 307-751-0849
Save the Date
July 12th—21st 2013
(2012 is in Lyman, WY)
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL RENDEZVOUS
McFadden, WY
41° 37’10” N, 106° 08’00” W
Calvin Hall Jeff Suhr Sue Page
Booshway Segundo Purser
Please join us at the base of the Snowy Range in Southeastern Wyoming. The site is south of McFadden, WY
along Rock Creek. The elevation is about 7400 ft so weather will be 75-85 F during the day with night time
lows around 40 F during mid July. There are several large Beaver ponds on the property for those warmer
days and most of the area is grassy and flat with plenty of cottonwoods for shade. There is more firewood at
the site then we will use however it will be mainly cottonwood. We will have a host of events to keep every-
one entertained. We hope to see all of you there. If you would like to volunteer to help, please feel free to
contact us through email.
John Colter Shoot Results
The 5th Annual John Colter shoot was held at Meeteeste, Wyoming on 2/25/12. There was about 22 shooters and lot of spectators that showed up to brave the elements on a sunny yet, blustery day in Wyoming. Some of the shooters were from Casper, Riverton, Cody and Lander. Jeff McManus, Ned Dun and crew got the gongs put up and paper targets things were ready to around 10:30. The wind started about the time we got the shoot start-ed and really made shooting a chal-lenge at all of the targets. Now I offi-cially know why it is called Colter’s Hell, when the wind blows the powder out before you can even pour it in the barrel. About ½ of the shooters started out on gongs and the other ½ started out on paper. Jeff, being the evil person that he is had the 25 yd paper target as the “fun” target. I now know a few other names for this target and “fun” is not a name I would call it now. Jeff even had a few
choice words for the fun target.
After the shoot we gathered at the Elk Horn Bar for a special chicken fried steak dinner and fixings. Jeff McManus, Ned Dun and Larry Jones had gathered up some cash for the winners and plenty of donations for prizes for all shooters; plus the entry fee of a dozen cookies.
Some of the donations were from Craig Kirkland with Bear River Powder, Rocky Mountain Discount Sports, Denny’s Guns, Elkhorn Bar, Dave Owen’s Big Horn Quilts, Larry Jones, Jeff McManus, Bry-an Youngberg, Ned and Jean Dun, Bar Nunn Can-vas. The Irma Hotel and Buffalo Bill Cody provided discounts to participants.
The John Colter shoot is a great one day shoot due to the hard work of Jeff McManus and Ned Dun. Ned Dun donated the steel gong targets. Big Horn Basin Muzzleloaders donated the pa-per targets. What a fine way to spend the weekend in Northwest Wyoming. Bill Morrison
2012 John Colter Shoot Results Meeteetse, Wyoming 02/25/2012
40 Yd Gong
75 yd Gong
100 yd Gong
125 yd Gong
Total Gongs Time 5
25 yd Fun Target
100 yd Bull 10 shots
Grand total
Placing
Bryan Youngberg
1 1 2 1 25 12 34 71 5
Alison Youngberg
2 1 0 0 15 28 5 48 14/15
Bob Englebach
1 1 1 1 20 26 23 69 6
Al Royal 1 2 1 0 20 31 0 51 12
Dave Owens 2 2 1 1 30 16 0 46 16
Dennis Nichols
1 3 2 2 40 32 21 93 1
Frank Elzay 1 2 1 0 20 11 0 31 18
Ben Elzay 1 3 1 0 25 12 5 42 17
RMSP 2 3 3 1 45 18 18 81 2
Sherri Foust 0 1 2 0 15 21 14 50 13
Bill Morrison 3 1 1 0 25 30 19 74 ¾
Rich Sell 2 0 1 0 15 3 5 23 19
Jim Hanchett 0 0 0 1 5 34 26 65 7
Willie Felton 1 1 0 1 15 24 24x 63x 8
Judy Lawrence
2 2 2 0 30 17 6 53 11
Kim Lawrence
1 0 0 0 5 28 28 61 9
Ethen Kolacry
2 2 2 0 30 18 8 56 10
Jim Betters 0 1 0 0 5 3 0 8 20
Dave Tyrrell 3 1 1 0 25 36 13 74 ¾
Jeff McManus
1 1 1 1 20 22 6 48 14/15
Nowood Buffalo Gun Match Results
Deer Creek Muzzle Loaders Two-Day Shoot
Father’s Day WeekenD - June 15, 16, 17 2012, Glenrock, WY Bring Dad or if you’re the Dad, bring yourself and join us at the Arnold Memorial
DCML Range. Bring every muzzleloader you own because we’ll have every kind of
match there is. Registration is $5 per person with a $20 maximum per family. All
matches are $2.00 including the aggregate and re-entries are also $2.00. A fine
dinner included with your registration will be provided Saturday around 6PM or
whenever Dane says it’s done!
It’ll be the same rules - No optics except by range officers. Open front and rear
sights only. NMLRA rules for scoring. Only traditional muzzle loading hunting ri-
fles using patched round balls. No underhammer or in-line actions and no Black
Powder cartridge guns.
Men's Aggregate (flint or percussion)
Women's Aggregate
Junior Aggregate - age 12-15
Sub-Junior Aggregate - under age 12
Trade Gun Aggregate – Must be smoothbore with no rear sight
Men's Pistol Aggregate - one hand hold only
Women's Pistol Aggregate - may use two hand hold
RE-ENTRY MATCHES: All matches $2
PRIMITIVE MATCHES: Dave’s primitive woodland park will be set up with
some challenging and fun targets. He’ll post the times and other rules in
the club tent. Different courses for Adults and Children.
TRADE GUN CLAYS - Will be held at 4:30 Saturday afternoon.
LADIES RIFLE SALUTE: See Trish Miller for details
HAWK AND KNIFE MATCHES: After dinner Saturday
CAMP RULES: - Dogs are allowed but must be under adult control and leashed. No horses
allowed. No vehicle parking allowed in the primitive camp area except to load and unload.
Primitive camping only East of power line that runs North/South just East of the parking
area. It looks to be a dry year so no open fires; use a fire barrel, have a fire bucket
handy, bury your ashes, and leave your camp clean please.
For more information, contact: Dane Sorter, (307) 333-2709
Trish Miller (307) 234-6591
See our website for more details!
NMLRA update:
Ron Abbott has taken a job in Texas. He has resigned his position as NMLRA Field Rep. for Wyoming. If
anyone is interested in being the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association Field rep for Wyoming, please
contact Joyce Vogel, [email protected] or 812-667-5131 ext 2. Ron Abbott indicated the only qualifica-
tion to be a field rep was having a passion for spreading the word about how fun muzzle loading can be and to
tell a few tall tales.
8th Annual PELTON CREEK RENDEZVOUS
JUNE 19th – 24th 2012
Sponsored by the Laramie River Black Powder Brigade
And
Rocky Mountain Living History Society
Free to all who want to come and have a good time, primitive camp and dress encouraged.
Outhouses and area for modern camps available.
TRADERS WELCOME
Competitions will include:
Black powder rifle shoot, knife and tomahawk throwing, frying pan toss, kids games ect.
Saturday Camp Potluck and Auction
Directions: From I-80: Take Laramie Exit 311 (From in town go west on Snowy Range Rd) and
turn west onto Snowy Range Rd. Stay in left lane and Snowy Range Rd turns into Hwy 230
(towards Walden, Co.) Once 230 becomes 2 lane, drive 39 miles and turn right onto a gravel
road just before the welcome to Colorado sign. Then follow signs to rendezvous!
From Walden, Co.: Take Hwy 230 towards Laramie. Turn left onto gravel road at State
line and follow signs to rendezvous!
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. “
John Muir
Seasonal Recipe
Well it’s that time of the year again...Morel Mushroom Season. I know you guys n’gals on the Bighorn, N.
Platte, Snake, Little Snake and Cheyenne rivers know EXACTLY what I’m talking about! Everybody has a
good recipe for Morels but this one has always had the whole company clamoring for seconds.
MORELS WITH WILD RICE
Serves 2 Double handful fresh morels, rinsed
(trimmed and halved lengthwise)
Or dried morels
2/3 cup raw wild rice, well rinsed
1/2 stick butter
6 tablespoons heavy cream
1 tablespoon brandy
Salt and fresh ground pepper
If using dried mushrooms, soak in warm water for 20-30 minutes, then drain, Cook rice in a saucepan of slated boiling water 18-20
minutes until the grains begin to split. (You may want to consult the directions on the rice container.) Drain well.
Meanwhile, melt half the butter in a heavy bottom skillet, add all of the mushrooms and sauté over a moderately high heat 2-3
minutes. Season to taste, add the cream and brandy and reduce the heat. Continue cooking until the liquid has almost all evaporated.
Transfer mushrooms to a bowl, cover and keep warm.
Melt remaining butter in pan, add the wild rice and reheat, stirring to coat well. Season to taste and serve topped with the mush-
rooms. Enjoy
Submitted by Brian Connely
Scene from the
Big Horn Basin Buffalo Shoot
Looks like a winner to me!
WIND RIVER MUZZLE LOADER’S
2012 MEMORIAL DAY SHOOT
MAY 25, 26, 27, & 28 RIVERTON, WYOMING
Evening Council Fire/Activities MEAL TICKET:
Paper & Primitive Shoots $5.00 per Person or $15.00 per Family
Men, Women, Junior & Sub-Jr. (Saturday night feed at 5p.m.)
Charles Hanson Trade Gun Match (meat provided, side dishes welcome)
Hawk & Knife Throw
Kids games - Hawk & Knife Calcutta Match will be at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 28th with the auction beginning at 9 a.m.
COME AND CHECK OUT OUR NEW SHOOTS!!
TIN TEEPEE & PRIMITIVE CAMP
Wood Available – Bring Your Own Water and Ice For More Information, Write:
WIND RIVER MUZZLE LOADERS
216 S. 11th St. E.
Riverton, WY 82501
Or Call:
(307) 851-9054 Or (307) 857-4221
Email: [email protected]
Riverton Jaycees will be selling lunch on Saturday and Sunday!!!
◊ NO SPOTTING SCOPES OR LOADING BENCHES ON FIRING LINE ◊ LOADING FROM POUCH OR BAG ONLY ◊
◊ RANGE OFFICER IS LAW ◊ TRADITIONAL RIFLE AND PISTOL ◊ PATCHED ROUND BALL ONLY ◊
◊ PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED ON MAY 28th FOLLOWING THE KNIFE SHOOT ◊
WYOMING CLUBS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
BIG HORN BASIN
MUZZLE LOADERS
Willie Felton
P.O. Box 2
Ten Sleep, WY 82442
307-366-2216
Tom Brewster
1202 Road 47
Ten Sleep, WY 82442
307-366-2391 brewsterto-
DEER CREEK
MUZZLE LOADERS
http://
www.deercreekmuzzleloaders.com
Dane Sorter
1448 E. 29th Street
Casper, WY 82604
307-333-2709
Trish Miller
5531 S. Elm
Casper, WY 82601
307-234-6591
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
FREE TRAPPERS
Mike Corrigan
7459 E. Geary Dome Road
Evansville, WY 82636
307-237-5136
Allen Hebert
1089 County Rd 110
Cheyenne, WY 82009
307-778-7106
SHERIDAN
BULLSHOOTERS
Albert Pierce
Home 307-672-6523
Cell 307-763-1004
Roger Roebling
P.O. Box 535
Dayton, WY 82836
307-655-2583
WIND RIVER
MUZZLE LOADERS
Terry Hubenka
844 Hancock Drive #9
Lander, WY 82520
307-332-9269
Carrie Gavin
216 Valley Circle
Riverton, WY 82501
307-857-4221
CROW CREEK
MUZZLE LOADERS
Mike Penz
117 East 3rd Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82001
307-635-0791
Chris Allen
2920 Ames Court
Cheyenne, WY 82001
307-635-8425
SERRA MADRE
MUZZLE LOADERS
Josh Saier
P.O Box 1044
Saratoga, WY 82331
307-326-5503
Joe Morrison
P.O. Box 214
Saratoga, WY 82331
307-326-8944
PLATTE VALLEY
MUZZLE LOADERS
Jeff Williamson 307-235-5220
Dennis Obert 307-237-5705
1838 RENDEVOUS
www.1838rendezvous.com Tony Larvie
Lander, WY. 82520
307-332-4718 [email protected]
John Boesch,
102 W. Bell Ave.,
Riverton, WY 82501
307-856-2554
SMOKING WATERS
MOUNTAIN MEN
Ray Ferree
307-864-2649 [email protected]
Charlie Stickney
307-864-4126
WSMLA
PO BOX 50441
CASPER WY 82605-0441
http://wyomingmuzzleloaders.com/
Officers and Directors of WSMLA (term expires)
President/Webmaster
Bill Morrison (2013)
612 GRACE AVE
WORLAND WY 82401
307-347-4002
bear-
Vice-President/
Entertainment
Paula Sorter (2013)
1448 W 29TH STREET
CASPER WY 82604
307-259-1342
Secretary/Traveling Trophy
Ginger Bauman (2013)
PO BOX 808
DOUGLAS WY 82633
307-359-0201
Treasurer
Carrie Gavin (2014)
216 VALLEY CIRCLE
RIVERTON WY 82501
307-857-4221
Director/Past President
Angie Lehto (2015)
216 S 11TH ST E
RIVERTON WY 82501
307-851-9054
Director/Newsletter Editor
Melissa Connely (2015)
2210 E 17TH
CASPER WY 82609
307-472-0605
Director/Convention Chair
Trish Miller (2014)
5531 S ELM
CASPER WY 82601
307-234-6591
Director/Auction Chairper-
son
Ed Kern (2015)
316 S. THURMOND ST
SHERIDAN WY 82801
307-673-1376
Director/Photo Contest
Kyle Lehto (2013)
PO BOX 1830
RIVERTON WY 82501
307-214-7882
Director
Tony Larvie (2014)
PO BOX 697
LANDER WY 82520
307-332-4718
Director
Erine Evans (2014)
1021 WESTWOOD DR
RIVERTON WY 82501
307-857-6429
Director
Mike Lewis (2015)
Historian—Lyle Bader
Marion Baker Memorial Shoot
Sponsored by the Sierra Madre Muzzleloaders
June 3rd 2012
The invitation to this shoot is your paid membership to the Sierra Madre Muzzle Loading Rifle Club or the
Wyoming State Muzzle loading Association. If we do not know you, your membership card must be present-
ed at the sign-up.
Signup starts at 9 am. Shooting starts at 10 am sharp. Bring your own chair. Camping is available onsite/
There will be 10 targets; 300 point aggregate. 15 shots will be fired from 25 yards and 15 shots from 50
yards. Break the line scoring method.
Shooting Fees
Adult (16 and Over) - $20.00 Adults Aggregate Prize—$100.00 Cash
Kids (15 and under) - $10.00 Kids Aggregate Prize - $100.00 Cash
Round Ball Only Membership Fees:
No Peep Sights Adult—$20.00
Range officer’s word is final Family—$30.00
Senior—$10.00
Shooting Schedule
9:00am Attendees sign up for shoot, get membership if desired, etc.
9:30am Range is open for fouling
10:00 am Shooting will begin. There is more than ample time allowed for all participants to fire the
required shots. Generally, the 25 yard targets are fired before noon; the 50 yard targets fired
after lunch.
12:00pm Club Meeting
After lunch, we will have a short time for remembering Marion Baker such as a Mountain Man
Volley and stories by those who know her and how she helped establish our shooting club.
1:00pm Post targets for remainder of shoot. Continue until folks have completed shooting their targets.
For More Information Contact:
Joe Morrison (307) 329-7944 Josh Saier (3-07) 326-5503 Steve Kerpan (307) 326-8409
Email: [email protected] or write: SMMLRC, Box 214, Saratoga, WY 82331
Location: Event is held at the Encampment Rendezvous site: Camping available.
Coming soon!
Sheridan Bull Shooters Flyer
Held Sept. 8th 2012
Fun stories
Pictures,
Recipes
Etc.
Wyoming State Bench Shoot
AUGUST 11th & 12th, 2012
Sheridan Bull Shooters Range Take 5th Street Exit. Go west to end of pavement.
Continue for 3.5 miles on dirt road to gun club.
RIFLE: 50 - 100 - 150 - 200 YARDS
PISTOL: 25 - 50 YARDS
SMOOTH BORE: 50 - 100 YARDS
ALL matches are re-entry ( WITH A TWIST ) - $1.00 PER RE-ENTRY
Any muzzleloader patched round ball only
In-line action welcomed ( separate category )
No scopes on rifles
Contact : Uncle Albert - 672—6523
Ed Kern—673-1376 Misfire—655-2583
Saturday 10:00 am—5 pm
Sunday 8:00 am— Noon
Important Dates
May
May 11th, 12th, & 13th 2012
Ed Green Memorial Rifle Frolic
May 26th, 27th, 28th
Riverton Memorial Day Shoot
June
June 15th-17th
Glenrock DCML Shoot
June 15th Deadline for July Newsletter
July
July 4th—8th
1828 Rendevous in Riverton
July 13th—20th
NRMR in Lyman WY
July 21st
Ft. Laramie Shoot
&
Heritage Center Mountain Man Event
August
Aug 3rd, 4th, and 5th
State Shoot BHBML at Nowood near Ten Sleep
Aug 11th and 12th
Sheridan State Bench Rest Shoot
September
Sheridan Pie Shoot
October
November
Date TBD
Lander Valley Turkey Shoot
December
2013
Jan. 12 and 13 Meat Shoot WRML
Jan 19 and 20 Winter Camp WRML
WSMLA
PO BOX 50441
CASPER WY 82605-0441