Parker Trojan hits the field again...

[Walt Kowalski]

Monday 10/1 is the NH upland opener and I will be kicking the brush with one of my Parkers...(only want to take one at a time since I have a soft top Jeep and would be worried, leaving one in it while I hunted...)

Haven't decided which 20 ga to take yet, the Trojan or the Repro, but on Monday morning my hand will reach into my safe and pull out one or the other

I will be hunting public lands on stocked birds (NH WMA)...never done this before so it may be something of an eye opener if hoards of others are out there as well. I have been rained on by 7 1/2's before and it was kinda scary...so we will be decked out in hunter orange galore!

Anyway, gonna give it a shot (pun intended) and will post on what kind of experience it was.
If anything, it will be a great day outdoors on a beautiful, Fall day in New Hampshire...
My girlfriend will be tagging along as a water bearer, photographer and bush kicker (she doesn't know this yet)
I don't have a dog at the moment so she will have to suffice...
I hope she doesn't mind a collar and bell!

I will post pics whether I'm successful or not just to record the day with digital memories of a Parker Gun's return to the field.
The Trojan was my girlfriend's Father's gun and she has no idea when it was last used for hunting...the Reproduction may well have never been in the field so this may be her hunting debut!
Next year, I hope to have a gun dog along...either a Brittany or a Springer.

I think I'll go out to the safe and fondle my Parkers...maybe one of them will speak to me!

[Paul P.]

They probably say the same thing mine do, "just shoot already" then "you done already?"
I have to wait until the 5th for my grade 2 10ga. Debut on pheasant, but I can't get my wife to go along to take pics.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by ron belanger

Haven't decided which 20 ga to take yet, the Trojan or the Repro, but on Monday morning my hand will reach into my safe and pull out one or the other

You might as well just take the Trojan. It will definitely carry and handle better than the Repro and you can add to its long litany of stories (even if it is keeping mum about the first 60 or 70 years of stories) and it has a karma the Repro doesn't suspect.

My girlfriend will be tagging along as a water bearer, photographer and bush kicker (she doesn't know this yet)
I don't have a dog at the moment so she will have to suffice...
I hope she doesn't mind a collar and bell!

Just remember to turn down the power on the collar. You don't want to ruin a young "brush kicker".

Next year, I hope to have a gun dog along...either a Brittany or a Springer.

That's a good idea. I hope your 'gun dog' is respectful of your Alpha ...er... girlfriend and honors her every point.

I think I'll go out to the safe and fondle my Parkers...maybe one of them will speak to me!

Shot off your computer if you leave it... you don't want your girlfriend reading this thread.

[Walt Kowalski]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Shot off your computer if you leave it... you don't want your girlfriend reading this thread.

Perfect!

The Trojan rides at dawn!

[Walt Kowalski]

Originally Posted by Paul Plager

They probably say the same thing mine do, "just shoot already" then "you done already?"

Hmmm...are you sure it's not your wife who says that??

[Paul P.]

I have also heard " DON'T TOUCH THAT!!!!!"
But I couldn't tell who said it

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by ron belanger

Haven't decided which 20 ga to take yet, the Trojan or the Repro, but on Monday morning my hand will reach into my safe and pull out one or the other

Basically a choice between natural and implants.

[Walt Kowalski]

Originally Posted by Pete Lester

Basically a choice between natural and implants.

Well...I never thought about the situation that way

Nevertheless, whether I take the "old girl" or the "new girl" I'll still have at least one "girl" accompanying me that "fills that bill" (OO)

[Paul P.]

I didn't know your name is Bill.

[Steve Hodges]

Ron, Have fun on Monday but be very careful. I quit going on opening day for the stocked birds as I could not stand the "mobs" of hunters. By Thursday things will quiet down a bit, and the second stocking will have taken place. From then on, excluding the weekends, the hunting becomes fun again Good luck, and leave a few for me