>> TWO BARREL RACING CHAMPIONS

GREW UP ON HORSEBACK IN

HENDERSON IN LOGAN COUNTY.

TONIGHT'S OUR TOWN EARNED ITS

NAME WITH ITS INFAMOUS PAST.

KENTUCKY'S BANKS AND STAGE

COACHES WERE EASY PICKINGS FOR

OUTLAW JESSE JAMES, AND I'M

GOING TO SEE HOW THE WEST WAS

WON WHEN I COWBOY UP FOR DAVE

DOES IT.

CIRCLE THE WAGONS.

A WILD WEST KENTUCKY LIFE IS

NEXT.

ÕÕ

HOLE.

I'M DAVE SHU

I'M DAVE SHUFFETT ALONG

I'M DAVE SHUFFETT ALONG WITH

I'M DAVE SHUFFETT ALONG WITH MY

OLD BUCKAROO TOBYY.

WELCOME TO KENTUCKY LIFE.

JUST A COUPLE HUNDRED YEARS AGO

KENTUCKY WAS THE AMERICAN

FRONTIER.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THE SAGE BRUSH O

TUMBLEWEEDS OF THE WILD WEST BU

WE WERE JUST AS ROUGH AND

RUGGED.

TONIGHT WE'RE TIPPING OUR COWBO

HATS TO KENTUCKY'S WESTERN

SPIRIT.

KENDALL AND KENZIE GENTRY ARE

WELL-KNOWN ON THE WROAD RODEO

CIRCUIT FOR THEIR WINNING WAY

WITH LOASES AND THEY'VE GOT THE

CHAMPIONSHIP BELT BUCKLES AND

TROPHIES TO PROVE.

IT FOR THESE SISTERS IT'S BARRE

RACING THAT BRINGS OUT THEIR

BEST.

>> WE HAD HORSE CRAZY DAUGHTERS

FROM THREE TO FOUR YEARS OLD.

IT STARTED WHEN WE TOOK THEM ON

A TRAIL RIDE AT KENTUCKY LAKE,

AND THAT WAS THAT.

>> I GUESS IT WAS EVERY LITTLE

GIRL'S DREAM.

YOU WANT A WHITE HORSE, AND I

DIDN'T GET A WHITE HORSE, BUT I

GOT -- I ENDED UP GETTING A

HORSE FOR MING SEVENTH BIRTHDAY

>> MY SISTER GOT HER FIRST

LESSON, AND THEN AFTER THAT I

WANTED MY LESSONS, SO I KIND GO

INTO IT FROM MY SISTER.

>> THE GIRLS WE THOUGHT WOULD

GROW OUT OF IT ONCE THEY WERE I

JUNIOR HIGH.

THAT NEVER HAPPENED.

IT ONLY BECAME MORE PASSIONATE.

MORE HORSES, MORE SHOWS.

THEY JUST LOVED IT.

IT WAS THEIR LIFE.

>> IT'S EXHILARATING.

THE REASON I DO BARREL RACES,

IT'S A THRILL.

IT GETS MY A DENIAL INPUMPING.

>> 13 SECOND, 14 SECONDS RUNS

START TO FINISH.

IT'S SUCH A GOOD FEELING.

YOU'RE REALLY FLYING.

>> ON MY PATTERN WHEN YOU GET

INTO THE ALLEYWAY WHICH IS A

CHUTE, LINE MY HORSE UP AND I

CAN SEE THE BARREL AND HE CAN

SEE THE BARREL I FULL OUT RUN

DOARDZ IT, AND THEN I'LL PULL

HIS HEAD A LITTLE BIT TO GET HI

TO ARCH OVER TO THAT BARREL, AN

ONCE I GET TO IT I'LL CHECK HIM

AND SAY "WHOA" AND I'LL NECK

REIN HIM TWO TURNS TO THE SECON

BARREL AND THAT WILL BE A

180-DEGREE TURN AND PUSH OFF

FROM THAT BARREL AND RUN TOWARD

THE SECOND BARREL, AND THEN I'L

DO THE SAME THING AS I DID ON M

FIRST BARREL BUT ON A DIFFERENT

LEAD, AND THEN AFTER I LEAD THE

SECOND BARREL I RUN STRIET THIR

BARREL AND ALL THE WAY BACK

BETWEEN MY FIRST AND SECOND

BARREL AND ACROSS THE TIMER.

THIS IS MY HORSE DAZZLE.

I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HER FOR

ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW.

I GOT HER OFF THE RACETRACK.

SHE IS A FULL THOROUGHBRED.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME

THAT I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO

MAKE ANYTHING OUT OF HER.

THEY DOUBTED THAT I COULD MAKE

HER INTO A BARREL HORSE.

THIS IS MY FIRST PROJECT HORSE

THAT I HAVE HAD, AND I'VE

ACTUALLY COME A LONG WAY WITH

HER SO I'M VERY PROUD OF MYSELF

AND MY FAMILY'S BACK ME UP ON I

SO I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT.

SO I'M APPROACHING MY FIRST

BARREL.

NOTICE I'M TIPPING HER HEAD IN

LITTLE BIT SO SHE, WHAT I CALL,

PICKS UP HER SHOULDER.

I CAN PICK THAT SHOULDER AND

MOVE HER OUT.

AND THEN WHAT I DO IS I'LL STOP

HERE AND I'LL SAY HO WHICH IS H

COMMAND TO SLOW DOWN, AND ALL

THE WAY I'M PUTTING MY INSIDE

LEG ON HER, HSEIH TURNS HER

HEAD, AND THEN SHE TURNS AND

RELEASES AND TO THE NEXT BARREL

>> THEY HAVE COMPETED WITH EACH

OTHER SINCE THEY OF BEEN TOLD

LERS.

THEY COMMITTEE IN EVERYTHING.

>> WHEN I COMPETE IT'S A

SPOTLIGHT ON ME, ME AND DID

HORSE, NO ONE ELSE.

AND WHEN I DO HEAR PEOPLE

CHEERING ME ON IT'S VERY

EXCITING AND IT DRIVES ME TO TR

HARDER FOR THEM.

>> COMPETITION IS GOOD FOR SOME

PEOPLE.

I THINK IT'S BEEN VERY GOOD FOR

MY KIDS.

>> GOING TO A SHOW IS WHAT I

ENJOY.

I LIKE COMPETING WITH OTHERS.

IT'S A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR ME.

>> THIS IS HOLLYWOOD.

I'VE HAD HIM SINCE HE WAS THREE

MONTHS OLD.

I'VE TRAINED HIM ALL MYSELF.

HE'S JUST BEEN MY LITTLE PROJEC

HORSE.

WANTED IT SOMETHING THAT I COUL

SAY THIS IS ALL MY HARD WORK,

IT'S GOI GOING TO PAID OFF, AND

I LIKE TO SAY THIS IS HOW FAR

I'VE GONTS PF HE LOVES TO PLEAS

ME ESPECIALLY.

JUST AS LONG AS HE GETS TO BE

WITH ME HE'S PRETTY HAPPY.

HE LIKES WHAT HE DOES AND HE

ENJOYS IT.

HE'S WILLING TO LEARN.

>> MY NORSE NAKOTA HAS A

COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSONALIT

THAN DAZZLE DOES.

THEY ARE SWEET.

DAZZLE WILL BE THAT SWEET

INNOCENT CHURCH GIRL YOU SEE ON

SUNDAY BUT NAKOTA HAS A SPUNK T

HER.

SHE WOULD BE KIND OF A ROCK AND

ROLL GIRL.

>> MY HORSES WHEN I DO RUN THEM

WHEER A TEAM.

WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.

>> THIS IS DYNAMITE.

HIS REGISTERED NAME IS

TROUBLEMAKER.

HE'S 17 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR, AN

I'VE HAD HIM FOR ABOUT SIX

YEARS.

HE'S BEEN AWESOME.

HE'S GETTING UP IN HIS OLD AGE,

BUT HE KNOWS HIS JOB VERY WELL.

AND HE DOESN'T PLAY AROUND.

HE'S BUSINESS, ALL BUSINESS.

>> I WANTED TO DO BARREL RACING

BECAUSE I LIKE THE SPEED AND TH

FACT THAT IT WAS AGAINST A TIME

AND NOT SO MUCH A JUDGE.

>> I'M VERY BLESSED TO HAVE MY

HORSES.

>> I USUALLY RIDE FIVE DAYS OUT

OF THE WEEK AND USUALLY ON THE

WEEKENDS I'M AT A HORSE SHOW.

>> I HAD AN AWESOME RUN.

I USUALLY GIVE HIM A GOOD LIKE

PAT ON THE NECK, AND HE KNOWS

HE'S DONE A GOOD JOB.

REALLY, IT'S AN AMAZING FEELING

>> KENDALL IS RIENGTD RODEO TEA

WITH MY ALMA MATER, MURRAY STAT

UNIVERSITY SO GO RACERS.

ON OUR WEBSITE AT

KET.ORG/KENTUCKYLIFE, YOU'LL

FIND MORE STORIES ABOUT

KENTUCKY'S HORSES AND RIDERS.

AND YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT

ON THE FUN OF OUR FACEBOOK PAGE

PACK IN THE 1790s, OUTLAWS

ROAMED LOGAN COUNTY AND ROGUE

HARBOR WAS A BE HAVEN FOR THESE

DESPERADOS.

TONIGHT IT'S OUR TOWN.

>> I'M ALWAYS PROUD TO LIVE IN

LOGAN COUNTY.

LOGAN COUNTY IS THE EIGHTH

LARGEST COUNTY GEOGRAPHICALLY I

THE STATE, AND WAS ONCE MUCH

BIGGER.

IT REACHED ALL THE WAY FROM THE

GREEN RIVER TO THE WESTERN

BORDER OF KENTUCKY.

THERE WERE JUST THREE COUNTIES,

AND IT WAS THE LARGEST, AND I

THINK THERE WERE 28 COUNTIES

THAT WERE CARVED FROM LOGAN

COUNTY.

WE KNOW THAT IT HAS A REPUTATIO

OF BEING CALLED ROGUE'S HARBOR.

THAT'S IN OUR PAST.

WE WANT TO MAKE THAT COMPLETELY

CLEAR.

MANY COUNTIES IN THE UNITED

STATES WERE ROGUES' HOOSHES

BECAUSE THE FRONTIER MOVED WHEN

THE PEOPLE MOVED FROM THE EAST

HORDE THE WEST.

THE WHOLE AREA WAS CALLED ROGUE

AEROHARBOR AND RUSSELLVILLE

BEING THE COUNTY SEAT, OF

COURSE, IT WAS REFERRED TO AS

ROGUES' HARBOR AS WELL.

IT'S FIRST WRITTEN IN HISTORY I

PETER CARTWRIGHT'S AUTO BY ARE

GRAPHY.

HE WAS THE FIRST CIRCUIT RIDING

PREACHER.

THERE WAS A GROUP PERSONS CALLE

REGULATORS THAT ORGANIZED

THEMSELVES TO COMBAT THE ROGUES

RUSSELLVILLE TODAY IS A PLACE

THAT I DON'T EVER WANT TO LEAVE

MANY HISTORICAL BUILDINGS ARE

HERE IN ADDITION TO HOMES.

COURTHOUSE IS PROVIDE AND WE

HAVE THE BANK BUILDING THAT

JESSE JAMES ROBBED.

IT TAKES A PIONEER TO GET

PROGRESS STARTED, AND I GUESS W

OWE TO IT THE ROGUES WHO CAME

THIS WAY, AND MORE THAN ANYONE

ELSE PERHAPS THOSE CIRCUIT

RIDING PREACHERS WHO WENT OUT O

HORSEBACK WIT

HORSEBACK WITH

HORSEBACK WITH NOTHI

HORSEBACK WITH NOTHING BUT

HORSEBACK WITH NOTHING BUT THEI

SADDLE BAGS AND CONVERTED THE

PEOPLE TO A BETTER WAY OF LIFE.

>> THE INFAMY OF ROGUES' HARBOR

EARLY VILLAINS WAS SHORT-LIVED

BUT THE DARING BANK AND TRAIN

ROBBERIES OF OUTLAW JESSE JAMES

STILL FASCINATE US.

AND WHILE WE PICTURE HIM AS AN

OUTLAW OF THE OLD WEST, KENTUCK

CAN ACTUALLY LAY A STRONG CLAIM

TO JESSE JAMES AND TO SOME OF

HIS MOST LEGENDARY EXPLOITS.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES O

TELLING THE STORY OF JESSE

JAMES' TIME IN KENTUCKY IS

SIFTING THE FACTS FROM THE

LEGENDS.

AND AS RESEARCHER HAROLD EDWARD

TELLS US, THE JAMES FAMILY ROOT

RAN DEEP IN THE BLUEGRASS.

>> JESSE'S PARENT WERE BORN

HERE.

THEIR FATHER WAS A BAPTIST

PASTOR, PREACHER FROM ADAIR

ADAIRVILLE, KENTUCKY.

HIS MOTHER WAS COLE FROM AROUND

MIDWAY, KENTUCKY.

THEY MET AT A REVIVAL HE WAS

REACHING IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY

AROUND 1842.

THEY GOT MARRIED AND MOVED TO

CLAY COUNTY, MISSOURI.

>> BOTH JESSE AND HIS OLDER

BROTHER FRANK WERE SWEPT UP IN

THE TIDE OF THE CIVIL WAR AND

THE BRUTAL GUERILLA WARFARE IN

THE WEST, INCLUDING RIGHT HERE

IN KENTUCKY.

>> THEY HAD GOTTEN A GOOD

BACKGROUND OF BANDITRY DURING

THE CIVIL WAR, AND AS THEY LIVE

THEIR OUTLAW YEARS, THOSE SKILL

THEY LEARNED DURING THAT TIME

BECAME VERY USEFUL TO THEM.

FRANK AND JESSE CAME HERE AFTER

THE WAR PRIMARILY BECAUSE THEY

HAD FRIENDS AND FAMILY HERE.

>> ONE OF THE FIRST

OPPORTUNITIES THE JAMES GANG GO

TO EMPLOY THOSE SKILLS TOOK

PLACE IN 1868 IN THE SMALL

COMMUNITY OF RUSSELLVILLE,

KENTUCKY.

>> SIX MEN RODE UP TO THE

RUSSELLVILLE BANK, THE NEW BANK

THEY HAD BEEN THERE BEFORE.

THEY HAD SCOUTED THE TERRITORY

PRETTY WELL.

THEY HAD BEEN IN THE BANK

BEFORE.

THEY WALK IN AND ASKED FOR

CHANGE NOR A $50 BILL.

AND THE CASHIER GETS NERVOUS.

ONE OF THE

ONE OF THE PEN

ONE OF THE PEN PULL A GUN AND

THEY TAKE OFF FOR THE DOOR.

THEY SHOOT AT HIM.

THE BULLET GRAZE TEST SCALP.

THE BULLET LANDS IN DOOR.

THEY GRAB THE MONEY, $9,000.

ABOUT $3,000 TO $5,000 IN GOLD

AND SILVER, AND THEY RIDE OUT.

AND IT

AND IT TERRORIST

AND IT TERRORISTS THE CITIZENS

THERE OF RUSSELLVILLE.

NO ONE WAS EXPECTING ANYTHING

LOOK THAT TO HAPPEN, SUCH A BOL

AND BRAZEN ACT IN BROAD

DAYLIGHT, SOMETHING THEY NEVER

EXPERIENCED BEFORE.

>> THE DEARING HEIST WAS JUST

THE BEGINNING.

FOUR YEARS LATER THE ROBBERY OF

THE BANK OF COLUMBIA, KENTUCKY

TURNED DEADLY.

>> TWO OF THE MEN ARE AT THE

BANK.

A CASHIER REMEMBER A.C. MARTIN

WAS SITTING AT HIS DESK AND WHE

THEY BURST IN, FOR SOME UNKNOWN

REASON, ONE OF THE ROBBERS SHOO

HIM.

THEY DRUG HIM TO THE VAULT.

HE PROBABLY UP WASN'T IN A

CONDITION TO OPEN THE VAULT, BU

HE HAD GIVEN HIS WORD THAT AFTE

THE RUSSELLVILLE ROBBERY THAT H

WOULD NOT OPEN THE SAFE FOR

ANYONE, AND HE DIDN'T.

THEY RODE OUT BURKESVILLE STREE

AFTER THEY LEFT THE BANK.

THEY CAME UPON A FARMER BY THE

NAME OF WILLIAM CONOVER, AND HE

WAS STANDING NEAR A GATE, AND

MR. CONOVER DID NOT HAVE ANY

IDEA WHAT WAS HAPPENING OR KNEW

WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND THEY ROD

UP AND THEY SAID "OPEN THE

GATE."

HE SAID, "BOYS, YOU WANT THE

GATE OPEN, GET DOWN AND OPEN IT

YOURSELF."

THEY PULLED OUT THEIR GUNS,

STUCK IT IN HIS FACE AND SAID

"WE SAID OPEN THE GATE."

AND HE SAID, SURE, BOYS, I'LL

OPEN THE GATE, AND HE OPENED TH

GATE AND THEY RODE ON AND BLESS

HIS HEART HE STUCK WITH THE NAM

THE REST OF HIS LIFE, OPEN THE

DATE GONEOVER.

>> THROUGH THE YEARS JESSE JAME

CONTINUE TO CRISSCROSS KENTUCKY

WINE OF TIME.

ONE FATEFUL DAY IN BARDSTOWN

THEIR FATE CONVERGED.

>> THE DETECTIVE FROM

LOUISVILLE, GEORGE HUNTER WHO

WAS THE SHERIFF OF THE

BARDSTOWN, AND A COUPLE OTHER

MEN HAD FOUND OUT THAT THE JAME

BOYS WERE IN TOWN STAYING 1

DONNIE PENS.

THE TWO JAIMSZ AND DON'T WERE I

THE CENTRAL HOTEL EATING LUNCH

ONE DAY.

YOUNG MAN BY THE NAME OF BEN

JOHNSON CAME UP THE STREET AND

HE SAW THEM COMING AND HE

THOUGHT HE WOULD WARN THEM THAT

THEY WERE OUT THERE.

HE WENT IN THE BACK AND HE TOLD

THEM, HE SAID "THE SHERIFF'S OU

HERE, AND HE SAID, I'M A DPRAID

THERE'S GOING TO BE TROUBLE."

AND JEST AND FRANK TOLD -- JERK

AND FRANK TOLD CONDONE WE NEVER

WENT A BACK DOOR AND WE'RE NOT

GOING OUT IT TODAY.

WE'RE GOING OUT THE FRONT DOOR.

SO AS THE DETECTIVES CAME INTO

THE LOBBY OF THE HOTEL, JESSE

WAS THE FIRST ONE TO WALK TO TH

DOOR.

HE PUT HIS HANDS ON HIS

REVOLVERS UNDER HIS COAT, STOOD

THERE AND LOOKED AT HIM.

SLOWLY WALKED TO THE DOOR.

GOT TO THE FRONT DOOR.

STOPPED, TURNED AROUND.

HIS BROTHER FRANK CAME OUT, DID

THE EXACT SAME THING.

THE DETECTIVES JUST STOOD THERE

AND LOOKED AT THEM.

THEY ASKED THEM LATER, SAID, YO

HAD YOUR CHANCE.

WHY DIDN'T YOU MAKE YOUR PLAY A

THEM?

THEY SAID, WELL, THEY WERE

EXPERT GUNMAN AND WE THOUGHT WE

WERE OUTNUMBERED AND WE THOUGHT

WE BETTER LET THEM WALK.

GOOD CHOICE.

>> DESPITE THE CLOSE CALLS,

JESSE CONTINUED TO TARGET THE

REGION, AND IN 1880 THE GENERAL

DRIE OUTLAW SET SIGHTS ON THE

STAGE CEECHT M'MTH ON CAVE.

>> THE STAGECOACH RAN FROM CAVE

CITY, KENTUCKY TO MAMMOTH WITH

TOURISTS AND THERE WERE

SOMETIMES TWO OR THREE S

SOMETIMES TWO OR THREE STAGES

RUNNING AT THE SAME TIME.

IT WAS A VERY POPULAR ATTRACTIO

EVEN BACK THEN.

AS THEY WERE RIDING IN THIS

STAGECOACH NAMED FLORIDA, THERE

WERE EIGHT PASSENGERS.

RUTHERFORD ROUND TWHRIEBS

DAUGHTER LIZZIE WAS ON THE

STAGE, AND THEY WERE FROM

LEBANON, KENTUCKY, AND THEY

NOTICED AS THEY TROIND CURVE IN

THE ROAD THEY SAW TWO MEN RIDIN

ALONGSIDE THE STAGE GETTING

READY TO PULL A STAGE OVER.

THEY STOPPED THE STAGE, ORDERED

THE PEOPLE OUT EXCEPT LIZY.

JUDGE ROUND TREE WAS ROBBED OF

HIS WATCH AND ALL HIS MONEY, AN

SOMETHING UNUSUAL HAPPENED.

THESE TWO BANDITS ASKED FOR

THEIR NAMES.

SO HE WROTE ALL THEIR NAMES

DOWN, SAID IF THEY HAD A PRETTY

GOOD HAUL THAT DAY THEY MIGHT

SEND SOME OF THE STUFF BACK,

BUT, OF COURSE, THAT DIDN'T

HAPPEN.

THEY LET GHEMENT BACK ON THE

STAGE AND RIDE AWAY.

THEY TOOK LIZZIE'S RINGS AND

JUDGE ROUNDTREES WATCH.

WHEN JESSE WAS SHOT IN

ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI BY BOB FOR

LATER HE HAD THAT WATCH ON HIS

PERSON, AND HIS WIFE HAD

LIZZIE'S RINGS, AND THEY WERE

SENT BACK TO THE FAMILY.

>> THROUGH THE YEARS, THE

EXPLOITS OF JESSE JAMES BECAME

THE STUFF OF DIME STORE NOVELS

AND THE OUTLAW ASSUMED THE

RAVIOLI A MODERN-DAY ROBIN HOOD

FOR HAROLD EDWARDS, THE

COMPARISON DOESN'T RING TRUE.

>> I KNOW OF NO INSTANCES WHERE

HE ROBBED FROM THE RICH AND GAV

TO THE POOR IN ANY WAY.

I THINK JESSE WAS ABOUT FRANK

AND JESSE.

>> EVENTUALLY GIVING UP THE

OUTLAW LIFE, FRANK JAMES TRIED

HIS HAND AT A VARIETY OF JOBS,

INCLUDING HERE AT THE NEW SALEM

BAPTIST CHURCH IN BEETSVILLE.

FOR A SHORT WHILE, FRANK WAS

AMAZINGLY A SUNDAY

SCHOOLTEACHER.

>> WHEN HE CAME THERE TO TEACH,

THEY WOULD TURN THE CHAIRS

AROUND THE ROOM SO HE WOULDN'T

HAVE HIS BACK TO THE DOOR

BECAUSE HE WAS SO NERVOUS ABOUT

BEING ANYWHERE THAT HE COULDN'T

SEE THE DOOR THAT HE COULDN'T

TEACH UNLESS THEY CHANGED TROOM

AROUND FOR HIM.

>> INCREDIBLY, OVER 130 YEARS

AFTER HIS DEATH, THE LEGEND OF

JESSE JAMES IS AS POPULAR NOW A

EVER.

>> THERE WAS ONE ARTICLE THAT I

READ, SAID IT WAS MORE

HISTORICAL MARKERS PUT UP TO

JESSE JAMES OTHER THAN ABRAHAM

LINCOLN THAN ANY OTHER AMERICAN

SO WE HAVE THIS -- WE HAVE THIS

HAD INTEREST IN HIM BECAUSE OF

HIS BIGGER THAN LIFE STATUS.

I'M NOT SURE THAT I COULD FULLY

UNDERSTAND OR EXPLAIN WHY

THERE'S THE INTEREST IN THE

JAMESES I DON'T THINK THEY

COULD, EITHER.

I THINK THEY WOULD BE AMAZED IF

THEY WERE ALIVE TODAY.

>> WHETHER YOU WANTED TO BE AN

OUTLAW LIKE JESSE OR A SHERIFF,

ALMOST ALL OF US HAD A CHILDHOO

FANT SUFFICIENT BEING A GUNSLIN

WILD WEST HERO.

THE SPORT OF COWBOY ACTION

SHOOTING BRINGS THAT FANTASY TO

LIFE.

MEMBERS OF SASS, THE SINGLE

ACTION SHOOTING SOCIETY, COMPET

IN TARGET SHOOTING WITH FIREARM

LIKE THE ONES USED IN THE OLD

WEST.

FOR THE MONTHLY SHOOTOUT AT OLD

TOWN ALL I NEEDED WAS A COWBOY

OUTFIT AND A COWBOY ALIAS AND I

COULD LOVE IT MY FANTASY IN A

SPAGHETTI WESTERN DAVE DOES IT.

IT'S A TOWN LIKE ANY OTHER TOWN

FULL OF HOPES AND DREAMS, DOGS

AND CHICKENS.

I'VE BEEN IN BIG TOWNS, SMALL o

TOWNS, AND NOW I'M IN THIS TOWN

THEY MAY HAVE SEEN THE GOOD, TH

BAD AND THE UGLY, BUT THEY'VE

NEVER SEEN ANYONE LIKE ME,

DRIFTING DAVE.

>> YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO DRESS LIKE

THAT, YOU'D BETTER BE A REALLY

GOOD SHOT.

>> THE DAY BEFORE THE SHOOTOUT

MET UP WITH DOUBLE EAGLE DAVE.

HE GAVE ME THE LOW DOWN ON ALL

THE SAFETY RULES AND LET ME TAK

SOME PRACTICE SHOTS.

>> DEAD CENTER.

AHA.

>> THERE YOU GO.

>>NOW LEVER ITOPEN AND GET THAT

OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> YOU'RE A BULL'S-EYE SHOOTER.

LOOK AT THEM.

>> JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, YOU

WERE WRAPPING YOUR THUMB AROUND

THAT.

THAT'S THE WAY OUR DADS TAUGHT

TO US HUNT.

GET A GOOD GRIP.

IN OURS IT'S MUCH QUICKER TO PU

THAT THUMB AT THE SIDE.

SHOOT FROM THE HIP.

NICE.

SO THAT'S NOT A LEGAL, BUT WE

HAVE MADE IT LEGAL, WE CALL IT

OUTLAW, SHOOTING FROM THE HIP.

ALL RIGHT.

>> DRIFTIN' DAVE IS COMING UP.

THAT'S ME.

DRIFTIN' DAVE.

>> IT IS A 24-SHOT CONTINUOUS

SWEEP.

ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE.

ONE,

TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE.

THAT PIT OF WAS PEAMENT PICK UP

YOUR RIFLE.

SINCE YOU ENDED ON THIS ONE,

START ON THE MIDDLE ONE WITH

YOUR RIFLE.

ONE RIFLE.

TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX,

SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, DENY.

YOU ENDED ON THE MIDDLE ONE WIT

THE SHOTGUN.

YOU START ON THE THIRD ONE, ONE

TWO.

COME BACK OVER HERE.

ONE, TWO.

THIS IS THE HOLSTER.

RIDING SHOTGUN OR SHOT FROM THE

DOORWAY.

CAN TO BE WESTERN CLASS IS THE

CLASS THAT I SHOOT, AND THE

WESTERN CLASS, THERE'S A CERTAI

RIFLE WE HAVE TO SHOOT AND YOU

HAVE TO DRESS, AT LEAST BE

WESTERN LIKE THE OLD COWBOYS IN

THE 60s AND IF '50, YOU HAVE

TO BE DRESSED SIMILAR TO THAT.

IT'S MORE OR LESS A COSTUME

CONTEST.

WE HAVE TO WEAR SPURS AND CHAPS

AND ALL THAT STUFF.

>> LOOK A "B" MOVIE.

>> YEAH, LIKE A "B" MOVIE.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO CREATE THAT,

THE CLASS WE SHOOT IN.

ONE MORE ROUND.

>> OKAY.

I JUST SAW A YOUNG LADY JUST

SHOOT THE HECK OUT OF -- WOW.

SHE IS GOOD.

AND I AM NOT.

I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S ALL OF THEM.

KENTUCKY CANNON.

EAGLE CREEK MYSTIQUE.

WAGON WHEEL BILL.

>> I THINK THE ATMOSPHERE IS

WHAT BRINGS THEM BACK.

>> I THINK SO, TOO.

>> A LITTLE BIT TOO MANY LAW

OFFICES AROUND HERE, THOUGH.

>> YEAH, BEWARE OF DOCTORS AND

LAWYERS.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> KENTUCKY GUNSLINGER GRACE.

DUSTY GUNS.

DOUBLE EAGLE DAVE.

>> NOBODY STARTS OUT ANYWHERE,

IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND

EFFORT JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE.

>> I'M GOING TO GIVE MYSELF TEN

YEARS.

MAYBE I CAN BECOME A WORLD

CHAMPION.

>> NO PROBLEM.

>> GOT ONE IN THERE?

>> YEAH.

>> CLOSE IT UP.

THERE YOU GO.

NUMBER THREE.

RIGHT HERE.

RIGHT THERE.

GOT TO PUT ANOTHER ONE IN THERE

>> MIGHT MAKE UNDER TEN HERE.

>> THERE YOU GO.

GOT TO LOAD THEM EVERY TIME NOW

JUST PULL THAT TRIGGER AND IT

WILL OPEN FOR YOU.

THERE YOU GO.

>> WHICH ONE AM I ON NOW?

>> RIGHT THERE.

GOT ONE MORE TO GO.

PULL THAT TRIGGER AND OPEN IT U

AGAIN.

ALL RIGHT.

OPEN THAT ONE BACK UP.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

>> IF I HAD A HORSE, I'D RIDE

OFF INTO THE SUNSET, BUT SINCE

DON'T, IT'S A LONG WALK HOME.

THE MEMBERS OF THE SINGLE ACTIO

SHOOTING SOCIETY ARE DEDICATED

TO PRESERVING THE SPIRIT OF THE

AMERICAN OLD WEST.

AND THEIR INTERNATIONAL SHOOTIN

COMPETITIONS ATTRACT FOLKS FROM

ALL AGES.

EACH AUGUST IN HOOTEN OLD TOWN,

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE COMPETE IN

THE FAST KENTUCKY STATE

CHAMPIONSHIP.

ALL OF THEM DRESSED IN THE 1800

WESTERN STYLE.

WELL, IT'S TIME FOR ME TO HEAD

TO THE BUNK HOUSE.

THANKS FOR RIDING THE TRAIL WIT

US TONIGHT.

WEI WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME

RIGHT HERE ON KENTUCKY LIFE.