Posted on 01/09/2009 2:48:11 PM PST by Stoat
Wow! Women and Guns Magazine. I might have to subscribe.
Wow!!!She can ride...she can shoot...she can cook...and she has never dipped a toe in an ugly creek...she would be perfect, if her momma had birthed her a few years earlier..
Agreed...I suspect that we're going to be hearing a lot more about Miss Dragoo in the years to come. She seems to have a natural talent that's being marvelously supported and encouraged by her family. She has a very bright future ahead of her, it seems.
I liked both pictures and the thoughts behind them, and as a parent I agree completely. However, I am fairly tolerant of FR's standard inappropriate comments about the bad-girl teachers. I think this is one of the few places where a guy can make slightly inappropriate comments without getting a political correctness lecture. Still, for adult guys who are serious about this girl ... even after knowing the girl is 15 ... I'd recommend the cemetary plot.
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Shooting balloons from horseback can’t be easy - and - she a right purty little girl too!
Agreed....if The National Organization for Women (NOW) were truly interested in encouraging and standing up for ALL women, they would have had ten major nationwide advertising campaigns featuring Miss Dragoo already. However, since she is not advocating the unrestrained murder of unborn children AND she is involved with (GASP!) guns, she is persona non grata.
And how about the various TV talk / chat / interview shows....how long before they will discover her? I won't be holding my breath.
A worthwhile and wholesome magazine for anyone to read....and when you're done reading a current issue it makes a great gift for a friend, whether a lady or a gent. Many people haven't heard of it and it targets an extremely important demographic that needs more encouragement in the arena of firearms than what has been frequently available in past times..
I had never heard of it before. The young gal that they featured has to be the pride of her Mother. I don’t remember them mentioning a Father but the Mom has done a great job! Nice uplifting story!
Blanks that will break a balloon up to 15 feet from the muzzle?? Interesting. Why have I been under the impression that they use a wax wad or bullet? I must be wrong. Surely the reporter is correct.
It's been around for awhile but is rarely referenced in news articles and is seen on newsstands even less. I only happened upon it by chance quite some time ago when I saw a copy for sale at a shooting range's shop. When the internet came into being the magazine's online presence grew very slowly as well.
The young gal that they featured has to be the pride of her Mother. I don’t remember them mentioning a Father but the Mom has done a great job!
It's easy to overlook the ONE line in the article that mentions her dad....he's probably not a bigger part of the article because it seems that he isn't personally involved with the sport whereas her mom is.
Melissa is the youngest of four children in a family headed by Doug and Elizabeth Dragoo, real estate developers in Arizona. She has an older brother, David, 23, a married sister, Mary Francis, 24, and another sister, Betsy, 18. Melissa not only launched her own career in this fast-paced sport, that's really two sports in one, but she got her mother involved as well
Nice uplifting story!
Agreed, and I'm delighted that you've found it to be worthwhile :-)
Oh sorry, I missed the part about the Dad. Good for him too. I bet he’s a proud Papa. It is nice to see some positive stories. I spend too much time reading posts here on FR. They are almost 99.44% negative.
I've seen interviews with 'trick' and 'exposition' shooters who perform with balloons where they have described the blanks they use as having wax tips. It's possible that this cowboy shooting organization uses these as well, and there may be other styles of blank rounds too. I'm no expert on blanks but rest assured that eventually a poster will come along who knows every single detail about every type of blank round and their intended uses....that's the great thing about Free Republic....lots of expertise in a wide variety of subjects. :-)
Cool Story! She rivals the daughter and dau-in-law of a farmer friend in N.w. Kansas............but about 25 years younger.
Amazing. Ride’em Cowgirl! Thanks for posting this Stoat.
You're quite welcome and I'm delighted that you've found it to be worthwhile :-)
I have seen some local competitions over here in the Texas Hill Country. The women and the horses were down right amazing. What’s not to love about women that ride horses and shoot guns?
Nothing at all as far as a sane, intelligent and patriotic person is concerned. Leftists and militant feminists, however, can undoubtedly produce quite a list of things that they don't like about them. I'm guessing that there aren't too many of such evil people around the Texas Hill Country so you are indeed lucky and Blessed.
Cute kid.
What I really want to know however, does the horse get ear plugs?
What I really want to know however, does the horse get ear plugs?
LMAO :-)
Apparently some horses spook from gunshots more easily than others, and it seems to involve both training as well as the horse's temperament.
Perhaps our friend Festus know more about this, or members of the Free Republic Saddle Club.
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