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Post by wychild on Feb 27, 2015 9:37:49 GMT -5
I was getting barn sour from sitting around waiting for the weather to change for the better, and desperate to get in some shooting practice,so My friend Glenn and I made a trip to the Cheyenne Rifle & Pistol club range off of Telegraph road on the north side of Cheyenne.
The weather was blistery, with the temp somewhere around 9 deg. and light snow falling, but no wind, not a typical day for Wyoming. You might wonder why in the devil anybody would be out trying to shoot on a day like this. Well the range has a shooting house for the pistol range and inside is a small wood burning stove. and after getting there and starting a fire in the stove, the temp in had risen, in about 20 minutes, to where it was comfortable enough that I could get down to minimal covering and start shooting. We managed to get in some 2 hr+ of good practice and story telling between going out in the cold and changing targets, coming back in and warming up in front of the stove. All in all it was quite and comfortable and enjoyable mornings shoot.
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Post by hacker54 on Feb 27, 2015 10:02:49 GMT -5
It would be nice to have a range close by that had a shoot house for winter use but nothing like that close by. The son-in-law and I would like to get to the range so he try out his new AR in 6.8 SPC and me with a 1911. Spring is getting closer and range time will commence.
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poohzilla
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Post by poohzilla on Feb 27, 2015 11:16:18 GMT -5
Wy, I had never encountered the term "barn sour" before. It's just about the way I feel ! Glad you could shoot the cobwebs out of the bore and your head!
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Post by krwada on Feb 27, 2015 11:36:36 GMT -5
That's a great story.
Shooting during winter in a shooting shack with a wood burning stove. What's not to like about this?
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Post by gws on Feb 27, 2015 12:27:14 GMT -5
Absolutely nothing! Awesome facilities! Brings back memories of snow mobile trips in Colorado when I was younger, and sitting around the stove with friends in the evenings. Nothin but fun. Yup, jealous! At the moment, I'm in my office warming up after a new snowstorm just drove me off the Dairy Queen roof.....again! It was nearly shirt sleeve yesterday afternoon. Here I thought spring was here! Yeah right.  Our only local range is a might colder than Wychild's.....open on a windy hill.....getting covered with heavy snow fall at the moment. But that's okay we need the moisture bad, and "down" here at a mere 5280 feet, February means it'll be melted by tomorrow. They say if you don't like the weather in NW New Mexico, just wait 4 hours and it'll change for you.....true.....except for spring wind. I got a new CED M1 from my wife for Christmas and still haven't been able to get it out of the box and play on the range.....too busy at work and weekend weather has been raunchy when I have a day. "Barn Sour" never heard that one, but I like it. Sounds country and more descriptive than Cabin fever....not as colorful either. |
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Post by SnapShot on Feb 27, 2015 13:08:45 GMT -5
I remember living in Wyoming but I don’t ever remember a time when the wind wasn’t blowing. Sounds like a great day. My local range here is only 4 mies away but I had to wait until 9:00 yesterday morning so I didn’t need my jacket. Should be in low 70’s today.  |
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Post by dangun on Mar 3, 2015 6:51:14 GMT -5
Barn Sour is used to describe a horse that when riding will only walk slowly away from a barn or not want to leave at all. Once they are away from the barn and you head home some will run as fast as they can to get back. In some cases no amount of raining will slow them down. Most city slickers haven't heard this term before or know what it means.
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Post by gws on Mar 3, 2015 19:40:15 GMT -5
Interesting, I've been around horses since I married. (Father-in-law was a cattle rancher) I never heard the term. I have been on a horse like that though, but I was a youngster on a fishing trip in the Colorado mountains with my Dad. We rented trail horses to get us deep in the back country where the fishing was excellent......the horses weren't much.....except when they knew they were going home.....only then did they make good time. Does not sound like Wychild tho.....he was raring to get out, not wanting to stay home. More like a little cabin fever!  Me, on the other hand, have been accused of preferring home to vacations......but I do like to get away with my wife when she needs a break. |
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Post by poohzilla on Mar 3, 2015 20:33:20 GMT -5
I was wondering if it was some regional thing. Mrs. Pooh did a whole lot of horse riding and care in her youth, and had never heard it before. More curious than anything. Personally, I've never owned more of a horse than would fit into an Alpo can...
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Post by bob on Mar 3, 2015 20:47:16 GMT -5
Having spent summers riding ranch horses that had not been ridden enough during the rest of the year and having a daughter who grew up ridding and now breeds trains and shows working cow horses I feel qualified to back up Dan's definition. Wyo had barn/cabin fever! Rx. go to range as much as possible and enjoy  |
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Post by dangun on Mar 6, 2015 7:36:55 GMT -5
If it's regional It's a big region. I grew up in Oklahoma and heard that term all my life.
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Me, on the other hand, have been accused of preferring home to vacations......but I do like to get away with my wife when she needs a break. 
My daughter came from Missouri, my son and grand son, my wife and I had a nice dinner of grilled "porter house" pork chops, corn on the cobb, my son, G'son and I share 10/5. G'son is 4 minutes early though @ 10/4.
Pooh I hope you find to right house . 
