 After Tunstall was murdered in February 1878, Scurlock became a founding member of the Regulators and was involved in most of the battles of the Lincoln County War.In the Gunfight of Blazer's Mills on April 4, Scurlock was shot in the leg by Buckshot Roberts.Scurlock later became the third and final leader of the Regulators, after prior leaders Dick Brewer and Frank McNab had been killed.