Frank Cronin gets a Band

[Pete Lester]

The guy formerly known as Big Frank got his first banded bird this morning using a newly acquired Lefever 10ga. Congrats Frank!

Scott Kittredge and I also got birds and mine was also banded.

I sent a text to Bill Janelle to tell him to hurry up and hunt with us, this place is running out of banded geese :rotf:

[scott kittredge]

wow, the bird is almost bigger than Frank. Now I see how you hit it, :whistle: Now on the wood duck hunt, few more shots out the 10 ga. 1 3/8ths oz 2's and a hen woody

[Frank Cronin]

It was another great day hangin' with the NH Boys. Where was Billy???

The weather held up so we didn't get rained on except for a very slight drizzle here and there and very dense fog. We all shot the short 10's this morning. Pete shot his Remington, Scott with his Parker EH, and I shot an early F grade Lefever pivot lever rod cocker weighing in at 9 lbs even. What's interesting with this particular Lefever is that it has a stippled top on the frame and a very pretty concave rib with a full length horizontal lines pattern cut into it. This is the first I've seen personally on a Lefever. I couldn't find any search hits on the Lefever Collector's forum to learn more. She has 30" barrels that patterns 86% in both barrels. She did well!

Below are a few photos from today.

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[charlie cleveland]

you boys did alright on them geese...thats one fine lefever you got there..i too have never seen this pattern . these old short ten s were made for them geese...and turkeys....charlie

[Pete Lester]

It was another great day with a mix of short ten's and decoying geese. Big doubles and big fun.

[Mills Morrison]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

[Dave Suponski]

Good work Frank! You look great in that new body! Keep it up!

[Daryl Corona]

Way to go guys. That Lefever is really nice Frank. Very interesting. You're also wearing my favorite jacket.

[Bill Murphy]

Frank, that scarce rib matting pattern seems to be a transition between the plain, unmatted concave rib and the later flat matted rib. I have a ten or two with that pattern. What is your serial number?

[charlie cleveland]

look like the only way to get some jewelry is to start hanging out with the nh boys..charlie

[charlie cleveland]

between the nh boys and destrey hoffards group they dont let anything wearing bands get across the mason dixie line.charlie