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Mounted Shooting
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The Mounted Shooting playlist below currently contains 36 documentary videos recorded over a period of four years in the #AmericanHeartlands.
There are two mounted shooting organizations as far as I know in the USA. I first discovered the Cowboy Mounted Mounted Shooting Association - CMSA because they hold their World Finals competition in my hometown of Amarillo, Texas. Then I discovered the United States Mounted Shooting - USMS, due to pure luck while covering other stuff in Vernon, Texas.
The full playlist of all the mounted shooting is viewable below but I would like to highlight a special exhibition run during the most recent USMS shooting competition because it was the only time I have seen it. The shooter is Moon Swanson the host of the 1836 Chuckwagon Race on the Diamond B Ranch near Neches, Texas.
Fort Concho Historic Site
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Fort Concho National Historic Landmark is the best-preserved 1800s military fort I have visited so far. A lot of that has to do with how the city of San Angelo, Texas leased out some of the buildings for commercial, non-profit, and residential uses. The Fort Concho Foundation was established in 1976 to provide an additional level of support for the site, with funds helping to restore the fort, create special programming, attract new exhibits, bring guest speakers, and generally assist with many larger and longer-term projects that the fort’s general operating budget can not accommodate.
This site is a large place and I had to break up my visit into three parts that you can view embedded below. Click on the full-screen symbol in the video player to get the big picture.
WRCA World Championship Ranch Rodeo
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The annual WRCA World Championship Ranch Rodeo is held at the Amarillo Civic Center in November each year in Amarillo Texas. Fourteen working ranch teams who have won a berth in WRCA Ranch Rodeo qualifying events have an opportunity to compete for the world championship title.
I began covering the events by focusing on the dedicated volunteers who make it possible to host all the competitors and their families, vendors, and thousands of spectators. Here are a few examples of the volunteers in action and other scenes during World Championship week.
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Earth, Texas
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Earth, Texas is a small community in West Texas where farming is a primary occupation. But the residents do love a good rodeo and once a year the WRCA sanctions three qualifying ranch rodeos on a Friday and Saturday including a Youth Rodeo. The rodeos are usually held on the second week in September.
The area surrounding Earth is relatively very flat which is great for farming and a parody of the Flat Earth Theory. So I decided to make a short video about it and wound up driving some Flat Earthers a reason to expose themselves in the video comments. Ha!
And something that seems hilarious to me is that YouTube thought it proper to place a context statement from Wikipedia just below the video if you watch it on YouTube and you can see a warning box on the thumbnail above. I guess they didn't get the joke either. Haha!!
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Pawnee, Oklahoma
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I visited Pawnee, Oklahoma mainly to document the Oklahoma Steam Show which happens to be the largest show of its kind in Oklahoma. I did manage to check out a few other places in the area that I will be sharing with you in time.
I am currently posting videos from the steam show and here is an example of a crowd-favorite activity from Friday night 2022.
If you are from the area, please let me know about other events and places to explore! Contact Us
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