Our local club has only six stages, four with false store fronts/boardwalks, one with a big ol' wooden horse, and one with nothing. There's often one "off the clock" shot as a bonus, such as hitting a stationary clay bird @ 50 yards with a revolver, or knocking a can off a perch behind a window with a 12' whip from 12' away for a 10 second bonus. One attempt only with the whip, and the can is usually about a foot or so behind the window opening so ya can't just swing it around in a big circle to hit it. Ya gotta learn some semblence of "cracking the whip" to get it through the window opening. Another variation is that the whip event may be either on the clock or off the clock, and a can must be knocked over before the shooter starts the shooting part of the stage. If it's off the clock, the timer starts when the can goes over. In this event, it's not a "one attempt only", ya crack the whip til the can goes over and then ya can proceed to shoot the rest of the stage. The whip events are often left up in the air til after sign-up and we see how many young'uns or wimmenfolk show up who may not be able to work the whip. All stages use all three guns, and we don't use long-range rifle or derringer except in side events at a two day shoot during the summer. This is simply because a lot of people don't have a derringer or long-range rifle. Locally, we only have one shoot a month, at least six months a year, with one of them being the two day event (August, this year), and shooters usually number from about thirty to about sixty, but there is a shoot almost every weekend somewhere in the state during the summer. Unfortunately, Montana is a BIIIIG state, and for me to shoot in, say, Billings, Miles City, or Glendive means an eight to twelve hour round trip in addition to the actual match. For me, most any shoot in Idaho is closer than going to one in eastern Montana. Club membership is $30/year, and the entry fee is $15 for members and $20 for non-members, so if ya shoot in all six local matches, the entry fees for the year come out the same. Due to hunting season and the onset of winter, the last match is in September, but sometimes there are more than six shoots, it just depends on the severity and length of the winters as to whether we start a month or two early in the spring.