MOUNTED SHOOT THAT ALSO INCLUDES A GUNSLINGER CHALLENGE FOR LOCAL AREA RESIDENTS

THE COWBOYS AND COWGIRLS WILL BE AT THE RAFTER “S” ARENA IN LEBANON THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FOR A MOUNTED SHOOT THAT ALSO INCLUDES A GUNSLINGER CHALLENGE FOR LOCAL AREA RESIDENTS. THE U.S. MOUNTED ASSOCIATION HAS SEVERAL CAPTERS, WITH OVER 21,000 CONTESTANTS COMPETING FOR POINTS AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE NATIONALS. ONE OF THOSE CHAPTERS IS THE OZARK MOUNTED SHOOTERS ASSOCIATION….A MEMBER AND LAST YEAR’S NATIONAL CHAMPION DEREK EDWARDS FROM RICHLAND SAID
THEY COMPETE IN 41 STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND HAVE NEVER BEEN THIS CLOSE TO HIS HOME.

EDWARDS TELLS US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EVENT THAT’S COMING TO LEBANON THIS WEEKEND.

THE EVENT IS FREE TO GET IN AND WATCH, BUT THERE IS A CATEGORY FOR KIDS AND ADULTS IN ATTENDANCE…..THIS EVENT DOES COST TO REGISTER, BUT YOU CAN WIN SOME OF THAT BACK…

AGAIN, THIS IS OPEN TO ALL SPECTATORS.
REGISTRATION STARTS FROM 8-10 SATURDAY MORNING…..THE OZARK MOUNTED SHOOTERS ASSOCIATION WILL BEGIN THEIR SHOOT AT 11 AM IN WHICH ASSOCIATION MEMBERS, MEN, WOMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS WILL SHOOT AT TARGETS WITH PISTOLS, RIFLES AND SHOTGUNS JUST LIKE IN THOSE JOHN WAYNE WESTERNS, FROM HORSEBACK TRYING TO GRAB POINTS FOR FUTURE SHOOTS, AND CASH PRIZES….A MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED FOR ALL RIDING EVENTS….
THEY’LL COME BACK ON SUNDAY FOR COWBOY CHURCH AT 8 AM, AND THEN ANOTHER ROUND OF COMPETITION BEGINS AT 9:30….
BESIDES THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, THEY’RE COMING BACK MAY 4TH AND 5TH TO THE RAFTER “S” ARENA, LOCATED ON HIGHWAY 5, IN LEBANON…