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Post by Stormrider on Jan 18, 2009 9:24:27 GMT -6
Desi and her husband along with a couple of others from the Drill Team have been getting involved in Cowboy Mounted Shooting. I made a couple of .gifs of Desi and her husband "practicing". In these animations, they are using empty milk cartons as the targets. In a real competition, they would be balloons. But balloons break when they are hit with the blanks (gun powder does shoot out of the guns about 10-15 feet) and have to be replaced, so for practice they are using the milk cartons. Saves time and money. In a competition, there are several patterns (like barrels or pole bending patterns combined) with 10 balloons set up. The idea is to ride the fastest while bursting all the balloons. Here is Desi's practice:
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Post by Stormrider on Jan 18, 2009 9:40:16 GMT -6
Now in this animation of Desi's husband, Stoga the Ranger, on the ride away from the camera, he is actually shooting his gun at the targets. On the second half riding toward the camera, he was just getting his horse, Griff, comfortable with running the pattern since Griff was acting a little skittish.
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