Into The SportMarch 2010

  Jessie Royer   A True Outdoors Woman   A True Outdoors Woman   A True Outdoors Woman addthis_pub = [...]

In From The RangeJanuary 2010

  Kenda Lenseigne Makes History at CMSA Worlds   Ellensburg, Washington’s Kenda Lenseigne became the first woman in CMSA History to take the overall title at the 2009 CMSA [...]

11 Great Purveyors of GunleatherJanuary 2010

  Western Shooting Horse’s pick of the 11 Best Purveyors of Cowboy Mounted Shooting Gunleather.   Choosing gunleather for any mounted shooting sport is like choosing a saddle. [...]

Top HandNovember 2009

  Frank Turben leaves a lasting impression on the CMSA and goes Extreme in a new career.   For Frank Turben, the more things change, the more they [...]

Into The SportNovember 2009

  2008 CMSA World Champion Charlie Little dances to the beat of a different drum, in the arena and out.   A movie critic once said that Clint Eastwood’s [...]

Shooting HorsemanshipNovember 2009

  Kenda Lenseigne - One of the game’s top shooters is also a trainer.   Sometimes, mom knows best. Just ask champion mounted shooter Kenda Lenseigne. When she [...]

5 Best Pistols, Plus 3 Great RiflesNovember 2009

  Western Shooting Horse’s pick of the 5 Best Pistols for Cowboy Mounted Shooting including 3 long guns for the rifle competition.   Tools for the trade in [...]

Top HandSeptember 2009

  Ruwe Rides The Range   There are two sides to Ohio Cowboy Bobby Ruwe. On the one hand, he’s a top competitor, a Senior Men’s 6 who [...]

Into The SportSeptember 2009

  Out of the blue is a good way to describe Mikayla Zayas’ quick rise through the ranks of mounted shooting. She’s just 14 years old [...]

On The CoverSeptember 2009

  Ask Jimmie Allen about his fellow Missouri Cowboy Stu Townlian, and he’ll tell you that Stu is a handy man to have around.   Add to that: [...]

Teen ChallengeSeptember 2009

  The task of setting targets at the big CMSA competitions brings a sense of teamwork to a group of challenged teens.   Too many young people have [...]

Top HandJuly 2009

  Cowboy Mounted Shooting Returns to its Roots. Volunteers bring vision to reality for first ever arena solely for mounted shooters.   The first Cowboy Mounted Shooting World [...]

Into The SportJuly 2009

  A Ride Into The Wonderful World of Marty Luffman.   There’s a world that’s part of mounted shooting. It’s a world outside the arena, frequently in the [...]

The Drive Behind Shifarrah CarrJuly 2009

  Personal tragedy has taken this slim, pretty lady and given her a certain steely resolution, one that comes out in her work, her relationships, and [...]

Have Gunns, Will TravelJuly 2009

  Heidi and Randy Gunn travel the mounted shooting circuit by tour bus, horses and band in tow, to spread the word of their ministry.   Randy and [...]

Top HandMay 2009

Finding His Voice Horse trainer and entertainer Denny Chapman brings a powerful and fluid continuity to the CMSA announcer’s booth. Let’s say you’re moseying around the horse [...]

Into The SportMay 2009

  The Rock of Tennessee   Rock Clark is a Southern man who takes his competition seriously and wears his heart on his sleeve.   There are some nicknames that [...]

On The CoverMay 2009

  Chairman of the Board   At 66, Jim Rodgers is the winningest competitor in the history of Cowboy Mounted Shooting. But then, he should be good at [...]

Juniors Jump MainstreamMay 2009

  No longer relegated to an age based category, former Junior shooters join the main classes and with it are bringing on the competition   November 2007. A [...]

Into The SportMarch 2009

  Hoosier Cowgirl Adrianne Fowler takes a Rapid Ride to the Top   You hate to deal in stereotypes… but…   The prototypical Mounted Shooting Cowgirl grew up on a ranch [...]

On The CoverMarch 2009

  Jessie Kuka Did Someone Say Tomboy?   Minnesota Cowgirl grew up competing with boys. Now that she’s all grown up, she’s taking on all competitors   Just like the pioneer cowgirls [...]

The Bishop ClanMarch 2009

  The Bishop Clan   Hugh Bishop is the patriarch of a Gila, New Mexico clan comprised of five generations of mounted shooters. The 70 year-old active competitor [...]

Top HandMarch 2009

  THE SWEET VOICE “Sugar Ray” Quinn Talks the Talk in Mounted Shooting   It takes a real Cowboy to go by the handle “Sugar.”  And there’s no doubt, [...]

Tennessee TitanJanuary 2009

  Tennessee Cowgirl Whitney Vickers Shows What A Life With Horses Can Do For Today’s Mounted Shooting Competitor   Whitney Vickers is one of those American Cowgirls almost [...]

No Nonsense CowboyJanuary 2009

  Jimmie Allen is Serious About Training Shooting Horses and Even More So When He Competes   Jimmie Allen is 100% cowboy with classic cowboy looks: long legs, [...]

Against All OddsJanuary 2009

  Tony Jardine Miraculously Survives a Near Fatal Kick   It was a pretty normal day, that July in 2007 when Tony Jardine nearly died. The champion mounted [...]

John Clark - A Natural Cowboy Mounted ShooterJanuary 2009

  John Clark Makes a Quick Rise to the Top Using Natural Abilities and a Pure Love for the Sport   You can call John Clark a lot [...]

Nevada Joe: The Face of NARHANovember 2008

  Diane Holmes-Purcelli and Her Mustang, Nevada Joe   It only makes sense that the face of NARHA is that of a horse.  A very special horse.   Nevada Joe [...]

A Family Flying HighNovember 2008

  Georgia’s Own Duck Family Takes their Mounted Shooting Seriously and Their Enthusiasm is Contagious.   Trivia Question: If a group of geese is called a gaggle, then [...]

Annie Get Your Gun!November 2008

    Annie Get Your Gun   SHE WAS SIX YEARS OLD ON A FAMILY TRIP TO  Arizona, gazing in wonder out the car window.  This desert land of [...]

Townsend Ranch - Darby, MontanaNovember 2008

  Larry Townsend and his Family Continue a Long Tradition of Horse Training in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.   The Bitterroot Valley of southwest Montana is a [...]

Montana CowgirlSeptember 2008

  Pure Horse Sense, Training and Deep Determination is Propelling this 25-Year-Old Montana Cowgirl to the Top in the World of Cowboy Mounted Shooting.   The historic Townsend [...]

Cox Performance HorsesSeptember 2008

Yep, Roy is a Cowboy.   Roy Cox is not exactly the imposing sort. He’s average sized, with a somewhat beaten cowboy hat and a big, bushy moustache standing out. [...]

Lightning in a BottleSeptember 2008

Stephen Wilson is the Youngest Cowboy Ever to Attain a CMSA Level Six.   You know how they say that cowboy mounted shooting is a real family-oriented [...]

Breaking Out The Long GunsSeptember 2008

The CMSA Rifle Division takes Mounted Shooting A Little Closer to the Edge.   It was October 1903 when Texas gun-throwers Bill Standifer and PinkHiggins decided to [...]

Florida HobbitJuly 2008

Big Medicine Comes in a Little Package Named Sandy Isenhour   She may be a banker by day, but she’s known as “The Florida Hobbit” by night—or [...]

Zane Runyan - Rugged Rancher - Natural ShooterJuly 2008

  “Who are those guys?”   Remember “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”?  The boys have just pulled off a train holdup when a super posse charges out [...]

Talking Senior - This Ain’t No Kid Stuff!July 2008

It’s better to burn out than it is to rust… Neil Young, “My My Hey Hey”   Neil Young never met Wayne Riggs—I don’t even know if Wayne has ever [...]

Family Posse ElletMay 2008

A Family That Shoots Together   For the Ellets, horses are a family affair.  And mounted shooting is not just a sport—it’s a tie that binds dad, [...]

Cowboy for ChristMay 2008

Wes Walton Lives and Shares His Faith in the Wilds of Wyoming and Beyond   Wes Walton wanted to do his mother proud.  It was 1972, and [...]

Kenda LenseigneMay 2008

Fierce Competitor Perfect Lady   KENDA LENSEIGNE IS INTO “PERFECT.” And not just in her mounted shooting efforts. It’s in her appearance—she is drop-dead, model gorgeous with sparkling [...]

The Will To WinMarch 2008

    Chad Little & Ricocet   Every once in a while the perfect combination of horse and rider come together and create such an unbeatable team that folks [...]

Into The Sport - Andra OlsonMarch 2008

  Part Business, Part Pleasure, All Competition!   Maybe there’s something in the water of those 10,000 lakes.  Maybe it’s the cold winters that make folks a little [...]

Shooting Horses Are Made Not BornMarch 2008

  Alan Eggleston’s Double E Ranch   Tucked back into the rolling hills several miles outside the small town of Gila, New Mexico, lays a picturesque horse and [...]

Into The Sport - Melissa DragooJanuary 2008

  Meet Melissa   It wasn’t that long ago Melissa Dragoo was a shining star on the Wrangler circuit of Cowboy Mounted Shooting. Even at a very early [...]

Meet The New World ChampJanuary 2008

  Matt Sronce is a cowboy.  Not in the traditional, Old West kind of way — even Matt says that high technology has forever changed things.  [...]

U.S. Calvary SchoolNovember 2007

  Student Soldiers   The bluecoats charge across the rolling hills of southern Montana on a hot summer day.  Pistols are out, firing into the air, announcing the [...]

Sometimes The Best Cowboy is a Girl!November 2007

  The Women in Cowboy Mounted Shooting   Let’s see.  The editors of Western Shooting Horse want a paunchy, middle-aged guy from the Midwest to find out about [...]

Into The Sport - Tammy SronceNovember 2007

  Tammy Sronce Won The CMSA World Championship In 2006 She Has Her Eyes On The 2007 Title Can She Take It?   When Tammy was four years old her [...]

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