The Toughest Venue

Nebraska is the toughest venue on the circuit. Not only do the best of the west come there, but there is something about the backstops and the lighting that make it impossible to see your misses. Only the south range at Kansas rivals Nebraska in difficulty.

In the Nebraska State Championship, 4 of the top seven were Arizona Gunslingers, three from Shady Mtn, but that Sparks Spur Beaver Creek Kid proved to be too tough for those gunslingers to handle.  All you need to know about Beaver is that he is normally a 4 flat shooter (.35 to .45 at 80%). 

I write this not knowing the results of the Territorial, but when I left there were three left, all flat shooters, including Beaver and Johnny Three Toes, the current National Champion. The 2016 National Champion, another flat shooter, finished 7th.  UPDATE: Beaver Creek Kid won with Johnny Three Toes coming in second. (Now tell me that Nationals was a fluke! This was a much tougher venue in both facility and opponents than Nationals.  Fowl Shot finished 6th, I told you he had the game figured out and will be on the move in Top Gun points)

At a tough venue like Nebraska, the flat shooter has the distinct advantage.  He can see his hits. The speed, while glamorous, many times leaves the line shaking their heads wondering where in the hell they are shooting. I know there is a commentor out there that is going to tell me the flat shooter does not exist, but they do, I have seen them and have been sent packing on more than one occasion by them.

Nebraska is the toughest venue on the circuit.  It is also one of the most pleasant and fun shoots on the circuit.  It is worth the price of the entry fee just to see that old bronc stomper decked out in his chaps and lighted tie. (You needed to be there) Only on the prairie would the bronc stomper buy the valley then take its name.