mounted cowboy shooting

I know a bunch of Cowboys who have kicked the idea around, but finding a property with enough room to set up a course and where you can legally discharge restricted firearms (even with just blanks) is pretty much impossible in Canada. Way easier in the US.
 
skokie said:
I know a bunch of Cowboys who have kicked the idea around, but finding a property with enough room to set up a course and where you can legally discharge restricted firearms (even with just blanks) is pretty much impossible in Canada. Way easier in the US.
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Most of this is just poor info.

I haven't done any Mounted shooting but have watched a few matches and have friends that participate. A mounted shooting event can be held in any arena similar in size to an ice arena ( many are held on ice arena floors during summer) or small rodeo arena.
As for the "restricted shooting" legalities the powers that be regularly issue one or two day permits to hold these events in urban areas including the aforementioned ice arena facilities. The participants need, and can get ATT's to all these events the same as if it were a regular range but there are certain specifications listed that wont be on a "regular ATT" such as "NO PRJECTILE SHOOTING" allowed. It will have the specific address of the already approved shooting venue. It is "pretty far" from being "pretty much impossible" in Canada.

The only ammo allowed is Mounted Shooting Assn. approved BP blanks...NO EXCEPTIONS...I don't know of any manufacturers in Canada, I think all the Ab. mounted shooters import a seasons worth at a time from an exporter from Montana.

To the OP, my SIL at one time mentioned that she was going to give it a go and she lives 60 mi north of Regina, she mentioned some folks around Regina were operating some events to garner some interest but I don't know if their still operating or not.
 
fingers284 said:
Most of this is just poor info.

I haven't done any Mounted shooting but have watched a few matches and have friends that participate. A mounted shooting event can be held in any arena similar in size to an ice arena ( many are held on ice arena floors during summer) or small rodeo arena.
As for the "restricted shooting" legalities the powers that be regularly issue one or two day permits to hold these events in urban areas including the aforementioned ice arena facilities. The participants need, and can get ATT's to all these events the same as if it were a regular range but there are certain specifications listed that wont be on a "regular ATT" such as "NO PRJECTILE SHOOTING" allowed. It will have the specific address of the already approved shooting venue. It is "pretty far" from being "pretty much impossible" in Canada.

The only ammo allowed is Mounted Shooting Assn. approved BP blanks...NO EXCEPTIONS...I don't know of any manufacturers in Canada, I think all the Ab. mounted shooters import a seasons worth at a time from an exporter from Montana.

To the OP, my SIL at one time mentioned that she was going to give it a go and she lives 60 mi north of Regina, she mentioned some folks around Regina were operating some events to garner some interest but I don't know if their still operating or not.
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Fair enough. I'll have to mention this to the folks who were kicking it around. Seems maybe they missed some things in their investigations.
 
I don't participate, but I know there's a few guys doing it in Nova Scotia.
ATTs have been worked out with CFOs and it's done in regular horse rings - it apparently isn't a big issue.

Pretty cool sport!
 
The hottest equestrian sport in North America

A horse, a gun, some balloons and a stopwatch and you've got yourself a new and growing sport with a BANG! 26 year old Lindsey Baranyk introduces us to Cowboy Mounted Shooting.
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Edmonton
Cowboy mounted shooting like 'barrel racing only with guns'
The 'hottest’ equestrian sport in North America
Adrienne Lamb, Sam Martin · CBC News · Posted: May 01, 2015 7:00 AM MT | Last Updated: May 1, 2015

Lindsey Baranyk hurls herself around the dirt ring at Northlands, her pistol spraying black powder and sparks snuffing the life out of balloons perched on t-ball-like stands, all from the back of her horse, Eugene.
Baranyk is demonstrating the latest equestrian sport, cowboy mounted shooting.
The 26-year-old from Slave Lake says she been riding since before she could walk.
"You think you know how to ride a horse until you've got a gun in one hand and the reins in the other," she says. "It's a rush!"
The sport of cowboy mounted shooting began in the United States about 20 years ago, moving north in the last five years to capture the imagination of Albertans.
It's not completely wild west. It's governed by a national association which issues a rule book and ranks the 200 athletes into various levels and classes.
"After a certain amount of wins you move up a class" explains Baranyk who's riding high at the top of the standings.
In the video, Baranyk explains her enthusiasm for her sport as she demonstrates her horsemanship and shooting abilities.
To see more from Northlands, watch this week's edition of Our Edmonton. The weekly magazine show airs on Saturday at 10 a.m. and Sunday at 11 a.m. on CBC TV.

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Freedom Ventures said:
I don't participate, but I know there's a few guys doing it in Nova Scotia.
ATTs have been worked out with CFOs and it's done in regular horse rings - it apparently isn't a big issue.

Pretty cool sport!
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I’ve been to one of their clinics. Small crowd but everyone very nice and it’s a lot of fun. My sketchy horse actually made out alright.
 
I’ve taken friends and family to watch several of these events in Alberta. A wide age range of participants, clearly a real family sport. Youngsters active in setting up, replacing targets, parents and even grandparents riding/shooting. Lots of community spirit. Despite having showed up with a couple of hundred thousand dollars worth of horses, truck, trailer, tack, fancy leather holsters, revolvers, rifles, and shotguns, each of the people we met were very down to earth. Willing to share their love of the sport with newcomers and spectators. As an earlier poster described it, it’s like barrel racing, but with the additional challenge of shooting balloon targets while riding at speed. Even the horses seem to be excited to get into the arena and let loose. It is the closest thing you can see today that approximates a rider hunting buffalo with a rifle from a horse or seeing a western movie chase/shooting scene “live”. When spectator group restrictions due to Covid are relaxed, monitor the Mounted Shooters websites for dates that you can go to watch. Your kids will love it (bring your ear protection) particularly the girls, as there are some very capable sports women taking part in what could be considered a “non-traditional” activity.
 
Buckaroos Train For Western Mounted Shooting

This competition was sanctioned by the Western Mounted Shooting Association in Vernon, Texas at the Wilbarger County Events Center Arena.

 
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