Sandy (Curtis) Duke
WE HAVE A WORLD'S CHAMPION IN OUR CLASS!!

"Sandy Duke Wins the Cowboy Mounting Shooting World's Championship
on Wapiti's Secret"


Please don't think you are ever too old to live your dream. Some of you may know my dad was a famous cowboy and is in the Cowboy Hall of Fame. I grew up on a ranch near Bartlesville, married Ron Burchett, Col-High 1958 Graduate, became a golfer and took golfers on tours all over the world, British Open, Singapore, Hawaii. When Ron died in 2002 we were living in Hawaii. Through a good friend at Grand Lake I met Joyce Duke's cousin, James, who is a rancher near Big Cabin, OK. We were married in 2004 and I was lucky enough to return to my childhood, of being a cowgirl, this time even with guns to shoot. (She and James have traveled the United States competing in Cowboy Mounted Shooting and Sandy has 3 World Championship Titles.)

SO PLEASE, YOU ARE NEVER TOO OLD, LIVE YOUR DREAM!!!!!
My husband, James Duke, and I are members of the Oklahoma Gunslingers. James is President and I am Secretary.

"We represent both Mounted Shooting Clubs for NE Oklahoma (See Article Below), CMSA or Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association and MSA or Mounted Shooters of America. We invite you to join our local club. We have around 6 shoots a year, including Rodeo Fever, the PBR, Duke Ranch Shoot-out, Bartlesville Rodeo, & the Tulsa State Fair. We also have practices, parties, cookouts and trail rides at our ranch located between Big Cabin and Chelsea.

Riding and Shooting Flat Out - Just Like Gene and Roy

Story by Jim Eigner, Photos by Clara Eigner

What the heck is cowboy mounted shooting? Well, if you have a passion for horses and love to compete, then cowboy mounted shooting might be fore you. I was making one of my frequent trips to the vet’s office and while I was waiting I picked up a copy of “Shoot” magazine that was lying there. On the cover was a picture of a guy on a horse, riding flat out, shooting at a balloon target. He was dressed in 1890’s clothing and brought to mind memories of Roy and Gene riding hard and shooting at the bad guys. Reading the article, I found that the guy on the cover is a member of the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association (CMSA) and he is involved in one of the fastest growing equine sports in the country.
Cowboy mounted shooting is a combination of reining, barrel racing, and horsemanship, while shooting at balloon targets. The rider carries two .45 caliber revolvers loaded with blanks designed to burst a balloon. While controlling his horse’s direction and speed, he must shoot 10 balloon targets set in one of many different patterns. Each gun is loaded with 5 rounds. After shooting the first 5 balloons, he holsters one gun, draws the second and goes after the last 5 balloons.
All of this is done non-stop and as fast as the rider can manage. Riders are scored on time and accuracy. You get seconds added to your time for things like missing a balloon, dropping your gun, running the course incorrectly and/or falling off your horse. I’ve been riding most of my life and shooting just about as long. But, even as a mounted police officer, I’ve never shot off of a horse. I think this could be fun and quite a challenge.

In cowboy mounted shooting there are three divisions: men, women and senior with levels 1 through 5 in each division and a child’s division. You start out in level 1 and move up by accruing points in CMSA shooting events. These events are organized by CMSA clubs all over the United States. There is one right near you.
The Dukes in NE Oklahoma have a club “Oklahoma Gunslingers”. What is great, “ it is a sport the entire family can enjoy”.

SO MAKE THAT PHONE CALL, 918-783-5060

CELL -918-244-8060.....OR SIGN-UP TODAY

Our club membership is only $15.00 for an individual
or $25.00 for a family membership. That will get you started, later you can join CMSA or MSA or both.
Come on, you know you always wanted to be a real gun touting cowboy, just like Gene and Roy. This is as close as it gets!!!