History: 

We started a Buckhorn Skinners/Muzzleloader Club - the "Buckhorn Skinners" we agreed that we wanted to be 100% NRA and 100% CSMLA group. The NRA told us we were the first sanctioned club ti hold a "Small Bore Muzzleloading Shoot" in the nation that was in 1973. New club members would question the 100% NRA, if they didn't want to join they didn't join with us. The club held monthly shoots, mountainman runs, encampments, anything that was 1800-1840 we tried it. 

Good old Mountain Bell provided the club with a backhoe, a line truck and a Bobcat on the weekends. Bob Williams was a supervisor along with Steve Elliegood they would have Construction guys (several were members - Bill Swent, can't remember names?) drop the equipment off on Friday evening and pick it up Monday morning. We built paths, set poles for the "Running Buffalo" target, punched in roads for easier access, built a parking area, if equipment was needed we had a source.

No paper punching here we shot primitive targets including a "Running Buffalo" that was released off a 75-100 foot cliff running at a 30 degree angle across the shooting range back stop (cliff). PRIMITIVE ... The club would have invitational contests with other buckskinner clubs in North Colorado and Wyoming, some driving for several hours for an event. We would have camps setup for these groups to stay in or stay over night. Boy - some long nights and your head would be splitting the next morning with some damn drink called "Tacos Lighting"...... 

•The club was the 1st NRA Muzzle-Loading Club to receive the "NRA Award For Outstanding Performance" in their history since starting in 1937. This NRA Group has over 5,000 entries each year trying to win the title. 

•Get this I sent in the paperwork the second year and we won again; the 1st Shooting Club to ever win the Award back to back. Folks "we were standing in tall cotton".