WIND RIVER MUZZLE LOADER NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2006 We had our annual two day shoot in September. Mother Nature was very kind to us again and only provided a slight breeze which didn’t seem to interfere with anyone’s fun. LZ put on a very fine shotgun match on Sat. with 8 shooters gathering for fun. As the day went on, there were a few more that showed up to play though. I went down and watched for a while and believe me they were all having a very good time. I would love to try it someday but it is fun for me just to watch.                     The day ended with the following total scores:                              LZ – 1st  -  11pts.                              Ben – 2nd  - 7pts.                              Dave – 3rd – 6 pts.                              John H.  – 4 pts.                              Travis – 4pts.                              Matt – 4 pts.                              Gail – 3 pts.                              Tom – 1 pt. Saturday night was a fun time with a meal being served at 6p.m. Connie and I decided that since everyone has done so much for the club over the years and we are both late bloomers in the organization that we would do all of the cooking and just let everyone else relax for once and enjoy themselves without the hustle and bustle of trying to prepare food. The club paid for everything, all we did was cook, which is something that we have both always enjoyed and don’t get to do very often since most of our families live away from us. So, we fired up the big grill and cooked hamburgers and hot dogs for anyone who wanted to show up. I don’t remember for sure but there was somewhere around 50 hungry people there. We put together some salads, (potato, coleslaw, the usual) got some chips, pop, beer, made some brownies and cookies and called it good. Everyone was very appreciative and seemed to have a good time. We brought the leftovers on Sunday and grilled a few more burgers and hot dogs and it all got pretty well cleaned up. We would like to think everyone for their help, praise, and good appetites. We had a lot of fun doing this and hopefully the club will let us do it again.           Sunday we had our annual Grudge Match with Big Horn Basin Muzzle Loaders. We would like to thank them for coming over and participating. We weren’t sure it was going to come together this year but in the end it did and it seemed like everyone had a great time. 6 guys from BHB and 9 from WRML drove out to shoot. They started the day by having 5 paper targets , two at 25yds, two at 50yds, and one at 100yds. and then moved on to the primitive lines. HeWho and Rockslayer put together some fine primitive matches for the day. I heard a little grumbling “at the fort” but everyone left smiling so it wasn’t too bad. There wasn’t any certain order for the day, just so long as you shot all the targets by the end of the day. Then, we tallied up the scores, came up with aggregates for everyone, took the top 5 scores from each club and they were the ones that got put into the final totals. I helped Dave and John with the scoring and saw some pretty impressive scores come across. I would have to say that most everyone was having a very fine day                                  The day ended with the final scores:                    BHBML top 5 scores:                              Mike Chapin  -  198xxx                              LyLe Bader  -    186xxx                              Nick Bader  -     183xx                              Willie Felton  -  182xx                              Bill Morrison  -  178      (Charlie with a close 175xxx)           Combined Total    - - - - -      927  - 10x                      WRMLA top 5 scores:                              Mike D.    -       212x                              Rabbit       -       203xxx                              George      -       197                              Gary         -        194xxx                              Bill R.      -         190           Combined Total   - - - - - -     996   - 6x   So, WRMLA has won the bragging rights for the 2006 Grudge Match and look forward to the 2007 match. Great shooting by everyone! Glad you are all on our side!