{"id":17480,"date":"2025-02-19T14:44:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T21:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/?p=17480"},"modified":"2025-02-19T14:46:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T21:46:00","slug":"saddle-up-end-of-trail-event-returns-to-basf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/2025\/02\/19\/saddle-up-end-of-trail-event-returns-to-basf\/","title":{"rendered":"Saddle up: &#8220;End of Trail&#8221; event returns to BASF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>NEWS RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feb. 19, 2025 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PHOENIX \u2014 It\u2019s time to dust off those boots, pull that cowboy hat on straight, and climb into the saddle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEnd of Trail\u201d will soon be riding into town, turning the Ben Avery Shooting Facility (BASF) into a festive scene from the Old West with the jingling of spurs, the mouth-watering aroma of chuck-wagon cooking, and the hootin\u2019 and hollerin\u2019 of cowboys vying to see who\u2019s quicker on the trigger.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The festivities begin Feb. 24 and run through March 2.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several hundred competitors from across the nation and around the world are expected to take part in the 44th annual Single Action Shooting Society\u2019s (SASS) world championship of Cowboy Action and Wild Bunch Shooting. Cowboy Action Shooting is one of the nation\u2019s fastest-growing shooting sports and requires competitors to take their best shots with single-action revolvers, lever-action rifles and period shotguns.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Competitors also must adopt a shooting alias suitable to a character or profession of the late 19<sup>th<\/sup> century \u2014 like a Western movie star, a hard-bitten lawman or a flirty saloon girl \u2014 and then dress in costume accordingly. In addition to the competitive events, End of Trail will feature exhibitions of Old West skills and crafts, roaming balladeers, and vendors purveying period clothing, hats and wigs, antiques, reproductions, and more.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BASF is located on Carefree Highway, west of Interstate 17. 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