Show Your Favorite 16ga!

[Alfred Houde]

Here is my Ithaca Model 37 in 16 gauge. 28" barrel with a Modified choke. I have used it for grouse, woodcock, ducks, geese, and deer growing up in Central NY.

While stationed in Maine, I carried it for grouse, woodcock, and really enjoyed hunting the marshes for black ducks.

Originally manufactured in 1956, I sent it to Ithaca Gun at their new place in Ohio back in 2012 to be reblued. Just about all of it was worn off of the frame or receiver.

I still use it every now and again. The images are from the last day of Duck Season here in Virginia a few years ago. It was -8 when I walked down to the marsh. It was pretty much frozen solid, but the river was still open.

I shot this lone Gadwall from a makeshift blind and called it a season.