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Thanks for that great story Garry. What a way to finish a season. That’s beautiful country you have there.
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01-17-2021, 11:52 AM | #4 | ||||||
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Enjoyed experiencing another hunting season with you via pen and camera! Excellent as always.
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01-17-2021, 04:56 PM | #5 | ||||||
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Thanks, Ed, Garth, and Reggie. The gun used on the last day Elaine and I refer to as "Reggie's gun." I shoot it as well as any gun I own.
Garth, do you get out for pheasants in IL...or Bobs in the southern part of your state? Ed, I hope the last storm that came through us here missed you and Marueen. How's the gun search going?
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01-17-2021, 05:22 PM | #6 | ||||||
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Garry - Those wonderful pictures brought me back to my youth in eastern Massachusetts when we had that exact kind of cover with lots of ringnecks... now it's all grown up in shopping malls and plantations of town-houses. Thank you very much for the memories!
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01-17-2021, 05:23 PM | #7 | ||||||
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garry,
thanks to your advice/encouragement I own a 28 gauge side by side that weighs 5.7 ounces. A friend of mine and I are taking both of my new guns to a pheasant farm tomorrow. I never want to lose that "anticipitation" either, I went over today and said good bye to a bunch of 8 week old brittanies that my breeder has. My breeder friend's whole attitude changes when he gets around "his pups". He is 74 years young when he is around those puppies. You always convey the things that mean so much to me in your stories and e mails. You could write in any outdoor magazine especially with a photographer like Elaine to record all your hunting experiences Keep up the good stories and pictures in here. |
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01-17-2021, 06:01 PM | #8 | ||||||
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Dean, I don't go back to my home state of Virginia (where I grew up hunting on the coastal peninsula near Williamsburg) because all my old haunts are now town houses or theme parts -- much like what you describe. But, you still have your grouse camp and your Grace to share it with. May our coverts and birds last through our lifetimes.
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01-17-2021, 06:09 PM | #9 | |||||||
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BTW, don't we all hope we have the same enthusiasm as your friend Hap when we are around puppies...no matter our age. (PS Let me know the details of your new 28.)
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Indeed Garry, and beyond too for my grandkids and hopefully for theirs as well. .
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