A True SASS Cowboy - Mr Beer Belly Willie
By
Cree Vicar Dave ~ SASS Life Regulator #49907
It has been said that our sport is very similar to Golf as in the area of competition, integrity and self monitoring. Unlike golf, though, we have three spotters who observe and tally our performance. Instead of a bogey or a two shot penalty we have a 5 second miss or a 10 second procedural.
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Mr Beer Belly Willie SASS #45138 |
Although we are not required to assess our own penalties from time to time I have observed Cowboy Shooters report a procedural or a safety to the scorekeeper that the spotters missed. Just such a happening occurred last summer on the range at Sucker Creek Saddle & Gun Club. I was walking by an unload table. As I passed Beer Belly Willie called me over to the table. He said that he had shot one gun in the wrong order and that the spotters had missed the procedural. He asked me if I would take care of it. Having not seen what had happened I recommended that he contact the score keeper, which he did to straighten things out. I have seen this type of behavior displayed before, both on the Golf Course and on the Range. It says in Proverbs 10:9a; “The man of integrity walks securely…” A good description of integrity is: Doing what you know is right, even when you think no one is looking. Now as I related to earlier, we are not required to report our own penalties. But it is refreshing to observe integrity in action, and as they say, “It helps a body ta sleep better”. As I recall that procedural was the only thing that stood between Willie and a CLEAN MATCH that day. So I nominate Beer Belly Willie for the “True SASS Cowboy” award.
Being a family sport, the Cowboy Way and most of all the integrity of the game has been the reason for many of us to jump into Cowboy Action Shooting™ with both feet and stay in.
Hope ta see ya on the trail
God Bless
