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Cowboy Doug Evans Tombstone livery

COWBOY DOUG EVANS Bio: Doug Evans bought his first horse in 1978 and moved to Montana. He was fascinated by all practical uses of horse power, from driving to riding or packing. With a goal of learning to break and train horses he enrolled in the Pat Wyse Colt Starting School along with 18 other prospective horse trainers. On graduation day, Doug was presented “the Best Colt Award” for his training efforts. He went to Eureka Montana and hung out his shingle as a Horse Trainer. He soon went to work for the Shea Horse and Cattle Ranch and began starting colts sired by the famous Peppy-A-Poco stallion purchased from the King Ranch in Texas. The Shea Ranch turned cattle out on a summer range of 10,000 acres which gave the cowboys plenty of riding to gather them up in the fall. To pursue taking his equine education to the next level Doug became a Certified Clinic Instructor with CHA, Certified Horsemanship Association. He travel across the country to test, evaluate and certify riding instructors and trail guides employed in horse concessions and commercial riding operations. Promoting horse Safety and Fun has always been Doug’s primary goal. These credentials qualified him to manage a trail ride program for Old West Adventures in Whitefish, Montana. Doug also became a Teamster and logged many miles driving a sleigh and wagon pulled by Clydesdale draft horses. Doug’s interest in learning all aspects of horse power provided some hours of solitude while packing camp supplies into 1.3 million acres of the Bob Marshal Wilderness for Salmon Fork Outfitters. At that time Doug had limited experience in packing, so the owner and operator, Bill Tidwell, assigned 4 qualified instructors to take care of Doug on the 18 mile pack trip into hunting camp. They were 4 small black mules Doug will never forget: Abner, Snooper, Pooper, and Rastus. And great instructors they were! In 1998 Doug and his wife Terri, established Horsepower Adventures and conducted Sleigh and Wagon Ride Dinners, and summer trail rides, at Big Mountain Ski Resort, Whitefish, Montana. It was on a sleigh ride that a 6 year old passenger addressed Doug as “Cowboy Doug” Which became his stage name and SASS alias. Most Chuck Wagon Dinner programs entertain their guests with Cowboy Songs and music. But past experiences with Doug’s vocal attempts restricted him from singing around any livestock, especially horses. So Doug was inspired to start his career as Storyteller and Cowboy Poet. This provided the perfect opportunity for Doug to educated the city slickers about our National Folk Life Hero….. …..The American Cowboy. In 1998 Doug published his cowboy poetry book titled, “Horsepowered Poetry”. Doug stated performing at cowboy poetry gatherings in Montana, Idaho, and the grand daddy of them all, Elko, Nevada. In 2002 Doug won first place, “Best All-Around Cowboy” at The Last Roundup cowboy poetry competition in Kooskie, Idaho. Doug also won the “Best Talent” award at the 16th annual Clanton Days Rendezvous in Tombstone, Az. In 2003 Doug and Terri moved to Tombstone, Arizona to pursue a vision of developing a cowboy country club which they call, Tombstone Livery Stable. Doug became intrigued with the fastest growing equine sport, Cowboy Mounted Shooting. He helped to establish the Tombstone Ghost Riders mounted shooting club. In 2008, as president he rallied his club to take 16 Tombstone Ghost Riders to the SASS World Championship where they were the most proficient shooting club, bringing home 11 World Championship Buckles. The Tombstone Ghost Riders, the fastest growing mounted shooting club in Arizona, hosted the SASS Western Nationals Mounted Shooting Championship at Tombstone Livery Stable. At the SASS convention in Las Vegas, Doug accepted the famed Wooly Award for the Tombstone Ghost Riders. The Western Nationals Championship with Doug as the Match Director was voted by SASS to be The Best Cowboy Mounted Shoot of the year. Doug’s Cowboy Mounted Shooting wins include: 2008 CMSA SW Regional Championship S2 2008 SASS World Championship level S3 2008 MSA Biggest Little Shoot Senior Men’s Limited 2009 SASS Western Nationals All Around Cowboy 2010 SASS Western Nationals All Around Cowboy