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Some folks hanker for simpler times. They long for the Old West era, when you could spot the bad guys by the color of their hats. Days when skills like good riding and fast shooting garnered praise. One local group does 
more than pine for the good old days – they’ve recreated them. In 2000, Northwest Mounted Shooters introduced the fast-growing equestrian sport of cowboy mounted shooting to the Inland Northwest. Club president Rachel Peters said, “It is a family oriented activity. It’s not uncommon for Mom, Dad and kids to all compete in the same event”/Cindy Hval, SR Washington Voices. More here. (SR photo/Jesse Tinsley: Alisa Peters, 12, leans out from her horse, Gator, and fires at a balloon on a pole during mounted shooting practice April 23.)
Question: When did you last ride a horse?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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Phaedrus on May 05 at 3:37 p.m.
in 2004
Sisyphus on May 05 at 3:58 p.m.
Check out this guy and his mounted shooting in celebration of the death of Osama.
http://www.43sb.com/?q=node/5880
I love America.
JeanC on May 05 at 5:45 p.m.
way back in 1974
Norther on May 05 at 6:35 p.m.
Last fall. Although it is about time to get back out on the hills.