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FREE- WILD BUNCH 101 INTRODUCTION TO WILD BUNCH SHOOTING CLASS AND DEMONSTRATION THIS SATURDAY MAY 10TH IN SAGINAW MI. CAMPING AVAILABLE ON THE LAKE. CLASS WILL BE HELD ON THE RANGE AFTER OUR COWBOY SHOOT/AWARDS/LUNCH. LEARN THE RULES, EQUIPMENT, STRATEGY AND TIPS ON STARTING OUT IN WILD BUNCH. SAGINAW IS ALSO THE HOME TO THE 2025 MICHIGAN STATE WILD BUNCH CHAMPIONSHIP ON SEPT. 27 AND 28TH. NEW SHOOTERS ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND. APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. https://www.facebook.com/Saginawcowboyshooting

FREE- WILD BUNCH 101 INTRODUCTION TO WILD BUNCH SHOOTING CLASS AND DEMONSTRATION THIS SATURDAY MAY 10TH IN SAGINAW MI. CAMPING AVAILABLE ON THE LAKE. CLASS WILL BE HELD ON THE RANGE AFTER OUR COWBOY SHOOT/AWARDS/LUNCH. LEARN THE RULES, EQUIPMENT, STRATEGY AND TIPS ON STARTING OUT IN WILD BUNCH. SAGINAW IS ALSO THE HOME TO THE 2025 MICHIGAN STATE WILD BUNCH CHAMPIONSHIP ON SEPT. 27 AND 28TH. NEW SHOOTERS ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND. APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. https://www.facebook.com/Saginawcowboyshooting

I hope to get all the Paradise Pass wild bunch shooters up for this one, I received one application from Indianan shooter so far in the first week. Just 3 hrs away too 🙂

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Michigan Wild Bunch State Championship

Save the date - we will be updating the website later with applications, etc... https://saginawfieldandstream.com/ Check us out and add us on http://www.facebook.com/Saginawcowboyshooting 2025 Michigan State Wild Bunch Championship will be held Sept 27 and Sept 28 at Saginaw Field and Stream Club close to Hemlock/Saginaw, MI. "Saginaw Showdown" will be an epic Wild Bunch match showcasing our banquet facility on-site, our lake, camping area, new AR 500 targets and new shooting bays. We look forward to seeing all the new and experienced wild bunch shooters out here. Remember we practice wild bunch every Wednesday starting the last week of April until first week of November from 5:00pm until dusk. We also shoot a wild bunch match after every cowboy match.

Would be there if you weren't so far away 🙂

If I lived out that way I would be there for sure.....

Planning on both of them again this year. Looking forward to seeing everyone.

I shot the a State Wild Bunch Championship couple of weekends ago and TR/DB were not offered there nor has it ever been offered in the main matches in my area. Bamm was offered as a side match at the cowboy state shoot. Many of the clubs around here have less than 25 yard bays so it is tough for local/state matches. I see TR and DB as more of a side match as not every club can accomodate the distances for every bay. I shot TR as a side match at land run a couple years ago and it was a fun side match same with BAMM, something different for sure. If you have the long bays and have a match director that wants to write in separate senarios for TR/ DB then recognize the catagory in a main match and advertise it is available or alternatively if you don't have 10 long range bays and just one have it as a side match with an award. I personally just don't see it feasable to be shot in every main match for every state due the the length of the bays varying by different clubs. All for it as a side match for those of us that only have one 100 yard bay. Maybe we should come up with some standard side matches and more guidelines for wild bunch side matches. Such as you can shoot the speed events all day and not just the 1st time through counts for score or if there is a limit make it 10x not 1 or 2 or 3. Many of us are just getting warmed up by the 3rd run... or have BAMM, TR and DB side match offered for those clubs that can accomodate it. TR and DB are new to many so a listing of what guns are legal would be nice too.

My opinion is that we should have the option to make up shot gun "misses" or hits that don't cause the shotgun targets to go down. If you don't want to make them up then you have the option not to. No one is going to force you to make up a shotgun target. It was brought up at Land Run not by me and I agreed that shotgun makeup should be allowed again. Yes again, shotgun makeups were allowed in my region when wild bunch first came out over 14+ years ago at all our local, state and regional match. Then it was changed, just like the magazines changes going to 7 instead of 5 or setting the age to a Senior category at 65. Wild bunch was also being shot as a category during the cowboy shoots at several matches in the early days back then. This was why 5 in a mag was the norm back then so people could shoot Wild Bunch during a cowboy match because there were few if any WB matches out there in the early years in my area. Some shooters like to have less misses for the match even if it takes them longer to make up the targets than it would be to take the 5 second penalty. We have all seen some bad targets out there whether bad design or bad angles depending on the shooters position or height of the shooter etc... Also those that shoot State or Regional Wild Bunch Mini matches one day then shoot the cowboy match the next day have to break the habit of the day before on whether to make up or not make up the targets the rules need to be the same to avoid confusion or potential issues for those that shoot both matches back to back. Another reason that I think that we should have the option on making up shotgun targets is that F-word it is Fun to blast away as fast as you can with 6 shots from a pump and not have to worry about getting a 5 second penalty for a miss when you have the option to reload. Let the slam fire begin. It was also brought up at Land Run by a TG not me about changing the ages of the categories to match CAS. Senior for cowboy is 60 and senior for wild bunch is 65. I have heard about a 60 year old shooting SENIOR in wild bunch because they did not know there was a difference between the two types of shoots and no one ever really checks for age at local or state matches. Eliminate the confusion and stop having 64 yr olds shoot against 18 yr olds in a category. Many people complain about oh too many categories but when your aging shooting population in CAS and Wild Bunch is over 60 there needs to be more protected categories such as Senior at 60, a protected category for 70 and 80. I am not opposed to 49er also. In 2010, when I shot my first wild bunch EOT in New Mexico the categories offered where different that what was offered at the state level in 2010 just like the shotgun makeups. https://www.wolverinerangers.org/pdf/RW2001-Present/RW2010WildBunchCAT.pdf in 2010, for example there was a 59er category used at the state wild bunch side match. In then in 2011 until 2020 there was only traditional or modern. Senior categories showed up in 2021 in our state side match. If States, Regionals, Nationals or EOT want to break it down to even 5 yr increments if they have 5+,10+ shooters in a category and award a silver senior award then I am good with that as well but it is up to the match to go beyond the protected categories. (49, 60, 70, 80) I personally like having a youth protected category for those under 16? or whatever mirrors SASS even if they shoot .22 cal 1911 and rifle. I really don't see why people complain about more people winning and also shooting against people in their own age bracket. Men's and Women's would both have the same protected classes. If the cost of awards is the complaint at the State level then maybe increase shooter fees or instead of buckles or expensive awards switch to plaques etc... I personally believe that the 3 more protected categories would increase participation. People like finishing higher in their categories and they like a shot to win their category that they might not of had under the current categories. For example, we had a 65 yr old shooting against an 85 year old in the Senior class at a State Match I was at. So instead of finishing dead last in the senior class the 85 year old would of won the 80+ class. That makes more sense to me and I think it is morally the right thing to do as I would guess the bulk of the shooters are over 50 or maybe 60 now. I am no where near 60 but why not promote and recognizing more of our senior citizens with more opportunities for awards for them. More happy people is better for growing the sport of Wild Bunch. This is just my opinion, as a wild bunch shooter of 15 years or so going from different State, Regional, National and EOT matches. As a current TG, I have already talked to those that I represent after the Land Run meeting and I would vote to allow the option of shotgun makeups if this makes the list to vote on next year. They are also on board with protecting more categories.

Model 12 is my preferred shotgun in Wild Bunch, I switched from my 97 solid frame about 3 years ago. I am glad that you do not have to "declare" it anymore on the line.

Great shoot, people, fireworks, food, range etc.. If you haven't been I would suggest going and shooting both WB and CAS. Just don't break your rifle like me in the CAS match lol. If anyone wants to learn WB then drive on up to Saginaw, Michigan. We shoot a 4 stage match after our main cowboy match after our monthly shoots. Great practice, camping available on our lake also.

Thanks! Lots of fun, great people and a great club!!! I feel privileged to have won the first Indiana State championship and the 1st Michigan State Championship in Saginaw two years ago. Being the first ever winner of something is pretty special to me.