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Unread 08-28-2014, 01:47 PM   #11
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Next thing you know, you will be looking for a 16 hammer gun!

Perfect for New England grouse... or grouse anywhere...

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OK, $35 would be too much for that unless it is slip-cased and leather bound.
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Unfortunately I have never been grouse hunting. Don't think we have them here in the lone star state.

I am glad to hear you still can hunt them back east. A gentleman I met at national Quail unlimited meeting back in thr 90d said he had spent his whole life in new england but had retired to montana or wyoming. Said when he left new england you either couldn't find grouse to hunt or couldn't hunt where you found them.
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Said when he left new england you either couldn't find grouse to hunt or couldn't hunt where you found them.

Not so on either account. Unfortunately he just hadn't found the right places and they most definitely are out there.
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Dean, where in Andover are the kennels and the house pictured located? I've probably drove by several times the place.
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The house, pictured, that was Foster's home is at 77 Chestnut Street and the former home of the Davies family and Blue Rock Kennels, the birthplace of skeet, is at 73 Dascomb Road.
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I have the one on the right, and I have never hunted grouse either . Neat book and a nice read; the illustrations are worth the price.
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We still have a few grouse here on our farm, not many but some. Foster's book really got me thinking about Parkers. A re-read about 15 years ago in early September and the Parker Annual Meeting caused me to take home Mr. damascus's 16 gauge, O framed, hammer gun. One of my best buys ever and just the gun for our few birds.
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I couldn't agree more Bill! There's really nothing like a 16 ga. hammer gun for grouse and woodcock. I have a few of those and my new favorite is the lifter with the 24" barrels and not much choke at all.
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Gotta keep turning those screws, Huh Dean?
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