The Okie Legacy: The Real Father/Daughter Rifle Story

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The Real Father/Daughter Rifle Story

Have you heard or experienced a father/daughter rifle story like this one below? Does it sound familiar? If you have not heard this story from Dorthy and/or NW Okie, then you have not heard the "Real" story of the Father/Daughter Rifle Story.

I was talking with my older sister (Dorthy) the other day concerning a time she shot Gene's new high powered rifle, on the dam, at the East lake, 10-miles North of Waynoka, Oklahoma one afternoon.

As Dorthy recalled this story to me, it was suppose to be a Oklahoma afternoon country outings with father (Gene McGill) and his daughter (Dorthy McGill) in 1961 (or perhaps 1962). It was just after Dorthy had come back from Greenbrier College for Women, in West Virginia.

Gene and Dorthy, had loaded themselves and Dad's new rifle into the vehicle that would take them to the ranch, located ten miles North of Waynoka, to check the lakes, ponds and cattle. But that was not the only thing on their agenda. They were going to do some practice shooting with Gene's new high powered rifle.

As Dorthy recalled this father/daughter rifle story to me a few days ago, it went something like this -- Gene brought along his new high powered rifle so Dorthy could try her hand at holding, pulling the trigger on this new rifle of Gene's. As Dorthy tells it, it was just Gene and Dorthy that afternoon out at the ranch. They pulled to a stop on the dam at the East lake and got out of the car.

Dorthy remembers holding, positioning the rifle on her left shoulder; pulling the trigger; shooting the rifle; and feeling the kick-back that bruised her right shoulder.

As the rest of the story goes, Gene reprimanded Dorthy and asked, "Why the hell did you shoot my cow?"

Dorthy, standing her ground, as usual, replied back with, "What cow? I didn't see a cow!"

Anyone living in Northwest Oklahoma or who knew Gene McGill, knows through news clippings and court records that anyone shooting at Gene McGill's cows, pigs and airplane would not get away with their family dignity intact. Just look back at old news stories and court records to find out what happened to the guys who were caught shooting at Gene's livestock and at Gene while Gene was out flying low, hunting coyotes in his airplane near the ranch.

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