Ladies Are Taking Cowboy Action Shooting To A Whole New Level

Howdy folks and greetings from the Great Plains of North Texas!

I reckon that title is kind of a dumb statement ain't it? I mean, any field that women enter improves it! lol. They bring a classiness that men just don't have and they create a much more interesting show.

This little post is actually just a continuation of the PS I put on my last post where I mentioned a young lady in Cowboy Action Shooting by the name of Jessica Kirkham.

But the PS was getting longer than the actual post and that looked retarded so I dropped it and made this one.

Cowboy Action added a riding event

The Cowboy Action Shooting competitions are fun to watch because they added a Mounted category a few years ago which adds a whole nother element and also attracted many of the Cowgirls to the competition.

It's a combination of barrel racing, sprinting, and shooting a Colt 45 or a lever action rifle at balloon targets and of course the event is based on time and accuracy of the shots.

This sounds like a natural for the ladies doesn't it? lol. They've taken it by storm!

Here's reigning world and national champion Annie Bianco Ellett:

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CMSA stands for Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association.

She goes by the moniker "Outlaw Annie." I could fill a page with her titles.

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Women now comprise 50% of the competition and that's mainly due to Annie's tireless work to encourage and train other ladies.

Here she is again, I love this event because it depends as much on the horse as the rider:

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It's so refreshing to see so many ladies in the competition now. Before it was mostly a bunch of grungy old cowboys. lol.

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Now the ladies are giving it real class:

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Yeah, I think the sport will make it now.

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I've never seen skulls on a cowgirl shirt before. New breed.

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They ain't playin around either, the ladies above are all champion shooters. They're smart, tough, dedicated and highly skilled.

Here's a few more shots of the mounted competition because I can't get enough horse photos. The heavy smoke is because all firearms used must be pre 1889 style so they're using black powder.

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The horses love it and they don't mind the gun blast. Well, obviously some horses don't like it so those that don't aren't in this type of event.

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Outlaw Annie again, you can see the target in this one:

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Rifle competition takes more skill in that you have to use both hands to shoot. The horses are awesome.

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Here's a champion from a few years ago named Kendra. I love the way the dust lights up in this shot:

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Yeah, when these Texas girls find out they get to ride AND shoot in the same competition they're like.."Where do I sign up?" lol.

The sport is big and getting bigger because of them. They'll probably take it over in a few years.

Here's the video from yesterday's post of Jessica Kirkham tearing it up. It gives you a little taste of the events using Old West firearms.

Thanks for reading folks, God bless you all!
-jonboy
Texas