Shoot thread is up ping.
TC was a good FReeper, and a kind man.
Care to share who is consider to be an amazing man?
TexasCowboy 11th Annual Memorial Shoot
« on: April 26, 2016, 05:33:11 PM »
This years shoot will be held at Hicksville Gun Range, in Gatesville, starting at 10:00 a.m. on October 8th. http://www.hicksvillegunrange.com/ The range fee is $20.00/person, as a bonus, the range has a deaf dog that likes to catch rocks and to hang out on the firing line.
Lunch will be prepared by FReeper cpdiii (Charlie) and we should be ready to eat by 1:00. Charlie always make great food.
There will also be pre & post shoot camaraderie at Cherokee Village ~ http://cherokeevillageresort.com/ ~ Friday & Saturday night; which includes lots of food, alcohol and laughter.
Everyone is more than welcome to come join us; as I have said several times - this is not a FR event, it is to honor an amazing, wonderful friend. The majority of people that attend are from FR, but they are the good ones. :laugh:
Little bit of background: For several years TexasCowboy (El Roy) hosted shoots at different ranges across Texas, three or four times a year. After all the guns were put away he’d fire up his grill and cook lunch. Everyone had a great time and it was a chance to get to know fellow FReepers. In early 2005 TC was diagnosed with bone cancer and, sadly, after a 10 month battle he passed away. On the ride home from his funeral my husband & I were discussing how to keep TC’s memory alive ~ his children are crap and probably forgot all about him once they received their inheritance. I came up with the idea of continuing the shoots, but on an annual basis. BOOM! The TexasCowboy Annual Memorial Shoot was born.
El Roy was a fine Texas gentleman with a heart of gold, and gave the best hugs! He’d hate what is happening to FR.
There is a Facebook page that I try to keep updated ~ https://www.facebook.com/groups/103779094182/ ~ let me know if you would like to be added to this page.
Hope you don’t mind, I posted your detail info for you.
Bump.
Some of my ancestors moved here over 125 years ago from Gatesville. Their old home is still there in Hay Valley. Have not seen it in long time.
Im gonna make it to one of these yet! I hope everyone has a great time and goes home smelling of burnt cordite.
This may well be the most sane group of people meeting in the United States this week! (Yes, I know the presidential debate is tomorrow.)
EAGLES UP and safe shooting.
Post lots of pictures !!! Especially the embarrassing ones.
Best wishes to everyone for a great event!
I know you are having a great time with old n new Friends. Food yes booze yes. Laughter and reminiscing yes. And of course ammo and gums. Have fun Looking forward to more pix n reports
Missed y’all this year!
A few pics up on the thread. Miss you already.
Mom and FRiends, Keith and I had such a darned good time with you. It ended so soon! All y’all ROCK! It was great to meet you! Thanks for everything. :-)
Another great TCMS is in the books. It was so wonderful to see old friends and meet new ones, but sad that so many were not able to make it ~ y’all were missed. We had 32 people attend this year!
As always there was lots of laughter, food & booze, and the time went too quickly. This year several folks had some fun, exciting & funny adventures.
I cannot say enough good things about Hicksville Range ~ it is the perfect range for our shoots and we will definitely be back. If you live in the Gatesville area, you should pay them a visit.
I did not take my camera out of my car this year, so I have no pictures to share.
Did y’all make it home safe and sound?
God bless your soul Texas Cowboy. You were a great great freeper and friend.
Mom, here’s a link to that resort the man at our hotel told us about: http://www.finnfeatherresort.com/
It looks like it may be a bit pricey, kind of a fancy-looking joint.