We hold practice at 5:30 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. This means we’ll be practicing tomorrow, Tuesday April 23rd. The range will open about 5:00 p.m. Looks like it’ll be a nice evening. We typically shoot the equivalent of four stages at each practice. Of course, we’ll have a regular weekly Friday practice later in the week.

PK

As of 7:00 p.m. Sunday, April 14, we’re up to 132 registrants from 13 states and one foreign country, and we’re shooting in 38 different categories.

Category Characteristics: Forty-niners have the most shooters registered (11). Classic Cowboy and Elder Statesman are now tied for the second most entries, followed by Lady Silver Senior and Cattle Baron.

Yr to Yr to Yr Comparison: The chart to the right compares how registrations compare to the last two y ears with 116 days to go. 2024 is the Green line, 2023 in the Orange line and 2022 is the Blue line. We are now running 58% ahead of last year at this time.

As always, there’s no time like the present to get that registration in. Click here for more information on how you can register.

Who’s Coming List (Scroll down to see the Category Count list. Don’t see your name? I’ve ordered this in such a way to make easy for Illinois Shooters to see who their intra-state competition is for both the Championship buckle and the State Record. Click here to your name to the list.)

Count	Alias	State	Category
1	Julie Bean	MO	Buckarette
2	Blind Hog	IL	B-Western
3	Dakota Tim	IL	B-Western
4	Grey-Eyed Rider “The”	IL	B-Western
5	Turquoise Tony	IL	B-Western
6	Lightning Bill Carson	MI	B-Western
7	Blue Eyed Drifter	OH	B-Western
8	Shanghai Sam	IA	Cattle Baron
9	3 Deuce Cowhand	IL	Cattle Baron
10	Hoss Johnson	IL	Cattle Baron
11	Silver Spurs Charlie	IL	Cattle Baron
12	Stogie Jack Daniels	IL	Cattle Baron
13	Tulsa Tex	IL	Cattle Baron
14	Two Rig A Tony	MI	Cattle Baron
15	Rootin Tootin	IA	Cattle Baron Duelist
16	Appaloosa Doc	IL	Cattle Baron Duelist
17	Marshal Magoo	IL	Cattle Baron Duelist
18	Crooked Creek	NE	Cattle Baron Duelist
19	Ambush	WI	Cattle Baron Duelist
20	Dimpled Darlin	IA	Cattle Baroness
21	Deadwood Kitty	IL	Cattle Baroness
22	Liberty Walsh	IL	Cattle Baroness
23	Arizona Buffalo Joe	IL	Classic Cowboy
24	Dirty Swede	IL	Classic Cowboy
25	Mackinaw Jack	IL	Classic Cowboy
26	Asa Smith	KS	Classic Cowboy
27	Bulldog Brown	KS	Classic Cowboy
28	Young’s Angel	KS	Classic Cowboy
29	Slow Poke Gear	MO	Classic Cowboy
30	Star Shooter	NE	Classic Cowboy
31	Rattlesnake Renae	IA	Classic Cowgirl
32	Dolittle B Ernest	IL	Cowboy
33	Rough Rider Ron	IL	Cowboy
34	Colorado Tex	TX	Cowboy
35	Buckaroo Bonnie	TX	Cowgirl
36	High Lonesome Drifter	IL	Duelist
37	Smiling Irish Mike	WI	Duelist
38	Dry Fire	IL	El Patron
39	Granville Stuart	IL	El Patron
40	Joe Breed	IL	El Patron
41	Senor Boben Weev	IL	El Patron
42	Sundance	IL	El Patron
43	KanDoKen	MO	El Patron
44	RePeeter	IL	El Rey
45	Badlands Charlie	IA	Elder Statesman
46	Boyd Pearsall	IL	Elder Statesman
47	Don Jorge	IL	Elder Statesman
48	Henry Remington	IL	Elder Statesman
49	Justice James Newton	IL	Elder Statesman
50	Tinhorn Timmy	IN	Elder Statesman
51	Muley	MO	Elder Statesman
52	G W Ketchum	TX	Elder Statesman
53	Pit Mule	IA	Elder Statesman Duelist
54	Comstock Charley	IL	Elder Statesman Duelist
55	Cripple Creek Kory	IL	F/C Duelist
56	Cowboy Rick	IA	F/C Gunfighter
57	Hairless	IL	F/C Gunfighter
58	Jean Duke	IL	F/C Gunfighter
59	Brushy Creek Bill	TX	F/C Gunfighter
60	Appleknocker	IA	Forty-niner
61	City Slicker	IA	Forty-niner
62	Last Call Saul	IL	Forty-niner
63	Long Fingers	IL	Forty-niner
64	Mountain Man Champ	IL	Forty-niner
65	Neo	IL	Forty-niner
66	Darrenger	IN	Forty-niner
67	Duke Skywalker	IN	Forty-niner
68	Dandy	KS	Forty-niner
69	Rusty Hammer	MO	Forty-niner
70	Pea Eye Parker	TX	Forty-niner
71	Chancy Shot	IA	Frontier Cartridge (F/C)
72	Arkansas Lew	IL	Frontier Cartridge (F/C)
73	Lead Poison Lar	Il	Frontier Cartridge (F/C)
74	The Revenuer	IN	Frontier Cartridge (F/C)
75	Marshal Fire	WI	Frontiersman
76	Mar Sioux	IA	Grand Dame
77	Cheyenne Cinder	IL	Grand Dame
78	Smilin D	IL	Grand Dame
79	Special K	IL	Grand Dame
80	Miss M	IN	Grand Dame
81	Buffalo Chip Jed	MO	Junior Boy
82	Clara Belle	IL	Junior Girl
83	Cooncan	KS	Lady B-Western
84	Vix-n	OH	Lady B-Western
85	Gunslinger Gal	IL	Lady Duelist
86	Turkey Legs	IL	Lady Duelist
87	Mean Mary	IL	Lady F/C Gunfighter
88	Mar-Lynn	TX	Lady F/C Gunfighter
89	Miss Shot	IA	Lady Forty-niner
90	April Mae	IL	Lady Forty-niner
91	Daisy Ann	IL	Lady Forty-niner
92	Mae B. Trouble	IL	Lady Forty-niner
93	Bandit Belle	NE	Lady Forty-niner
94	Tangerine Stone	Poland	Lady Forty-niner
95	Eleanor Dumont	IA	Lady Senior
96	Elida Orga Nnizer	IL	Lady Senior
97	Mogollon Molly	IL	Lady Senior
98	Insanity Jane	KS	Lady Senior
99	Dixie Deadeye	LA	Lady Senior
100	Bertie Winchester	KS	Lady Senior Gunfighter
101	Lady Lou	IL	Lady Silver Senior
102	Lady Pearl	IL	Lady Silver Senior
103	Miss Kissy	IL	Lady Silver Senior
104	Leftys Lucky Lady	IN	Lady Silver Senior
105	Kylie Coyote	KS	Lady Silver Senior
106	Gypsy Jo	MO	Lady Silver Senior
107	Jackie Diamond	MO	Lady Silver Senior
108	Hoot’n Annie	IL	Lady Wrangler
109	Irish Sunshine	Il	Lady Wrangler
110	Whiskey Belle	IN	Lady Wrangler
111	No H Sara	KS	Lady Wrangler
112	Lady Laura	MO	Lady Wrangler
113	Miss Weev	IL	Patroness
114	Capt Jim Midnight	IA	Senior
115	Lucky Shot Sassman	IA	Senior
116	Shawnee Hills	IL	Senior
117	Toranado	IL	Senior
118	Medicine Creek Johnny	SD	Senior
119	Shooter Scott	WI	Senior
120	Blastin’ Brad	OH	Senior Duelist
121	Lanky Frame	IA	Senior Gunfighter
122	Average Joe	IL	Senior Gunfighter
123	San Antonio Seymour	IL	Senior Gunfighter
124	Sgt Hampton	MO	Senior Gunfighter
125	Alabama Bill	AR	Silver Senior
126	Dangerous Dan McGrew	IL	Silver Senior
127	JW James	IL	Silver Senior
128	Posey County Lefty	IN	Silver Senior
129	Copperhead Carson	KS	Silver Senior
130	Wolf Gang	WI	Silver Senior
131	Duke City Deadeye	LA	Silver Senior Duelist
132	Trigger Hawkeye	Poland	Silver Senior Duelist
133	Rev Willy Dunkum	IL	Silver Senior Gunfighter
134	Broomtail Betsy	IL	Working Cowgirl
135	Foyster O’Rippy	IL	Wrangler
136	Hoot’n Danny	IL	Wrangler

Category Count list

Here’s the Category Count list. Scroll down to see the Shooter Count by State list below.

Category	Count
1	Forty-niner	11
2	Classic Cowboy	8
3	Elder Statesman	8
4	Cattle Baron	7
5	Lady Silver Senior	7
6	B-Western	6
7	El Patron	6
8	Lady Forty-niner	6
9	Senior	6
10	Silver Senior	6
11	Cattle Baron Duelist	5
12	Grand Dame	5
13	Lady Senior	5
14	Lady Wrangler	5
15	F/C Gunfighter	4
16	Frontier Cartridge (F/C)	4
17	Senior Gunfighter	4
18	Cattle Baroness	3
19	Cowboy	3
20	Duelist	2
21	Elder Statesman Duelist	2
22	Lady B-Western	2
23	Lady Duelist	2
24	Lady F/C Gunfighter	2
25	Silver Senior Duelist	2
26	Wrangler	2
27	Buckarette	1
28	Classic Cowgirl	1
29	Cowgirl	1
30	El Rey	1
31	F/C Duelist	1
32	Frontiersman	1
33	Junior Boy	1
34	Junior Girl	1
35	Lady Senior Gunfighter	1
36	Patroness	1
37	Senior Duelist	1
38	Silver Senior Gunfighter	1
39	Working Cowgirl	1

Shooter Count by State

Here is the Shooter Count by State list. We’ve shooters coming from 13 different states, plus one foreign country.

Illinois, of course, has the most shooters, with Iowa making and is now solidly in 2nd place. Kansas and Missouri are now tied for 3rd place, followed by Indiana and Texas, and so on.

State Count	State	Count	% of total
1	IL	67	49%
2	IA	16	12%
3	KS	10	7%
4	MO	10	7%
5	IN	8	6%
6	TX	6	4%
7	WI	5	4%
8	OH	3	2%
9	NE	3	2%
10	LA	2	1%
11	Poland	2	1%
12	MI	2	1%
13	SD	1	1%
14	AR	1	1%

Join us for the 2024 Illinois State Championship. 3 days of Cowboy Action Shooting, 10 Championship-caliber stages, an optional Saturday evening Riverboat dinner cruise, and more. Our range is conveniently located near the juncture of Interstates 80 and 74, along the Illinois/Iowa border. This area offers plenty of nearby hotels and restaurants all within a few minutes’ drive of the range. Click here for more information.

Hopefully, we’ll see you there,

Popcorn Kelly

Illowa Irregulars held our first scheduled match of the year today. The day started off a bit chilly, but quickly warmed up and became an absolutely glorious day to be out on the range. Others must have agreed – we had 37 shooters.

Congratulations to JW James and Daisy Ann for earning top Men’s and Ladies honors, and to our seven Clean shooters. Arkansas Lew, Log Splitter Chris, Badlands Charlie, Sly Dog, Justice James Newton, Grumpy, and Montana Slim.

Click here to go to our Scores page to view and download today’s results.

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On related notes:

We are now offering advance online registration and payment: Illowa Irregulars tested a new online registration for our April match. It worked ell and we plan to roll it out for future monthly matches. Stay tuned for more information. Of course, you’re as welcome as ever to just show up at the registration desk.

2024 Illinois State Championship: Registrations continue to flow in. As of today, with what we have and what we know is on there way, we’re only about 40 slots left before we hit our 180-shooter limit. Who knows, we might just hit it. If you want to shoot it, keep your eye on the Who’s Coming List. Better yet, get those registrations in.

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As you can see in the images below, our intrepid crew spent the morning preparing for tomorrow’s match. Frankly, it was up on the range this morning, and tomorrow is supposed to be a little better. If you’re on the fence about attending the match because of the chill, you may want to put that thought out of your mind and join us. It’ll be a nice day.

Here are the top 10 reasons you should come out to Illowa Irregulars’ April 21 match tomorrow:

• 10. Tomorrow supposed to be a little warmer than today
• 9. The skies are supposed to be mostly sunny
• 8. The trees are just beginning to leaf out
• 7. The grass is getting green (we even had to mow)
• 6. Badlands Charlie, Lightning McQueen, and Log Splitter Chris painted all the targets
• 5. Rootin Tootin and Chancy Shot towed the rifle/pistol and target trailers up and down the range
• 4. Chancy Shot, Popcorn Kelly, and Cowboy Rick staked the targets down
• 3. Wicker Nash, Justice James Newton, Mountain Man Champ, and Daisy Ann and several previously mentioned helped put out the targets, carpets, and shotgun ropes
• 2. Badlands Charlie wrote some really fun stages (Click here to download the stages.)

AND the number one reason you should come tomorrow: To be part of our first group of cowboys to use new ON-LINE REGISTRATION OPTION for monthly matches.

Yes, you read that correctly. We are now accepting on-line registrations for our monthly matches (for those that would like to use it). If you want the convenience of registering online and skipping the paperwork then fumbling around for $15 at the registration table, here’s your chance.

We know electronic registration won’t be for everyone so no worries if you don’t want to use it. We’re still very happy to take registrations on match day (and we always will be).   

If the online option interests you, Click here to register and pay for Sunday, April 21, 2024’s match.

I stand corrected – there will be NO lunch service at this Sunday’s Cowboy match.

PK