just time

[charlie cleveland]

well its been a long drag this summer waiting for the next hunting seasons...its still 2 months till dove seasonand 3 months to squirl season..... i amm really looking forward to the new seasons...i have shells loaded up in the 8 ga and 10 ga and have plenty of shells for the 12 ga and 20 ga parkers...some way or the other i never got around to owning a 16 ga parker but i do have some in lc smiths and stevens..... i hope the hunting seasons are not dragging along as slow as mine is....charlie

[wayne goerres]

Hope you have good luck with the dove fields this year. Hope it cools off a little earlier this year.

[Shawn Wayment]

well its been a long drag this summer waiting for the next hunting seasons...its still 2 months till dove seasonand 3 months to squirl season..... i amm really looking forward to the new seasons...i have shells loaded up in the 8 ga and 10 ga and have plenty of shells for the 12 ga and 20 ga parkers...some way or the other i never got around to owning a 16 ga parker but i do have some in lc smiths and stevens..... i hope the hunting seasons are not dragging along as slow as mine is....charlie

Less than 2 months here in Colorado til grouse season...I can't wait!

[charlie cleveland]

the time will pass better when i start disking the dove field up...i usally start mid july trying to draw the birds in...been thinking about useing a parker 20 ga this time i ve never used it for hunting doves factory 27 inch barrels donot know what the chokes are....need to find out the chokes i guess...charlie

[Jerry Harlow]

the time will pass better when i start disking the dove field up...i usally start mid july trying to draw the birds in...been thinking about useing a parker 20 ga this time i ve never used it for hunting doves factory 27 inch barrels donot know what the chokes are....need to find out the chokes i guess...charlie

Time for the old Dr. Pepper patterning Charlie. Twenty, thirty, and then forty yards.

[bobutler]

Decoying and calling Crows are a great way to stay in good form for duck season.

[charlie cleveland]

yep j. a. its time to drag out the cans...i ve not weighed this gun but feels about 6 lbs..certainly crows are a good way to stay in form on shooting but our crow season does not start till november...don t know why we donot have a open season on crows...probably have to shoot the dr pepper cans early in the morning for it s hot here up in the day...i guess i need to order a letter on this little 20 ga its a pretty nice gun...charlie

[Gary Laudermilch]

Cannot hunt crows, no problem. It is orange bird season everywhere. Take that 20 to a skeet or sporting course and break some targets. It is a great diversion during the lull between seasons and you'll find out the 20 has a lot to offer. It will sharpen you up for dove season and blow the cobwebs from the barrels.

[charlie cleveland]

gary i will have to find them orange birds mysef not a shooting course close to me...i guess i could buy one of those cheap throwers and hunt that away...i just got the little 20 out and weighed it .....it weighs 5.8 lbs feels like nothing comepared to the 8 ga and 10 ga i m use to shooting....my health issues at the moment says i got to go to a lighter gun...charlie

[Daniel G Rainey]

After the 4th, it is just downhill to Sept. and dove season. Need to make to the gun club at lease once a week, figure out what RST's I need to order and really start working the dog in August. Have grouse woodcock trip planned for Oct. Hope to pick another bird trip somewhere.

[Mills Morrison]

Got in some great trout fishing this past week in NC. Other than that, it is a long hot summer til we get some relief with bird season

[Jim Wescott]

Mills has it right

[Dean Romig]

Hmmm... three Salvelinus Fontinalis and one Salmo Trutta... sea run or stocked??

What happened to the little guy on the bottom? Is that wound from a lamprey?

... more probably a loon or a heron.

Looks like you kill them in the old Maine guide's way, same as I do.





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[Jim Wescott]

Top two are stocked, other two are native and you are right Dean, heron wound on both side of the trout. Law requires immediate kill, done the old guide way with fish iced right after. Not sea run, I release all of those except the rare trophy brown. These are from spring fed tributary of the Presumpscot River

[Garry L Gordon]

I also hate the wait, but try not to wish some of my life's time away. Our squirrel season opened at the end of May, but it's so darned hot it's not a viable option for an old guy (that would be me!). We start scouting for dove fields in mid August and it's generally a bit cooler in the early morning.

Traveling to Barnes, WI next week to attend the program about Gordon McQuarrie. Trying to fill the dog days gets harder and harder each year as I get more impatient to spend my time with the dogs chasing birds. The dogs seem to take all things in stride. Why can't people be more like them (except for the sniffing, er, well, you know...).

[Shawn Wayment]

I also hate the wait, but try not to wish some of my life's time away. Our squirrel season opened at the end of May, but it's so darned hot it's not a viable option for an old guy (that would be me!). We start scouting for dove fields in mid August and it's generally a bit cooler in the early morning.

Traveling to Barnes, WI next week to attend the program about Gordon McQuarrie. Trying to fill the dog days gets harder and harder each year as I get more impatient to spend my time with the dogs chasing birds. The dogs seem to take all things in stride. Why can't people be more like them (except for the sniffing, er, well, you know...).

Gordon McQ was one of the best all time outdoor writers ever...I wish he'd wrote more about grouse and woodcock hunting

[Dave Tatman]

Not to hijack the thread, but what is the "Maine Guide way" of killing a trout? Much of the water I fish is Catch and Release, but every once in while, I get on some water that allows taking a few fish. Nothing better than fresh caught trout simmering in butter in a cast iron skillet over a wood fire....

Dave

[Garry L Gordon]

Gordon McQ was one of the best all time outdoor writers ever...I wish he'd wrote more about grouse and woodcock hunting

Amen to that!

[Shawn Wayment]

Not to hijack the thread, but what is the "Maine Guide way" of killing a trout? Much of the water I fish is Catch and Release, but every once in while, I get on some water that allows taking a few fish. Nothing better than fresh caught trout simmering in butter in a cast iron skillet over a wood fire....

Dave

That reminds me of the Dud Dean Maine guide book series :corn:

How do Maine guides dispatch fish :cool:

[Daniel G Rainey]

To me Gordon Mcq was the greatest " duck " hunting writer.

[Shawn Wayment]

To me Gordon Mcq was the greatest " duck " hunting writer.

If anyone's interested in Gordon McQ...I have a bunch of his stories recorded and can dropbox them to ya...send me an email address via PM

[Dean Romig]

Holding the trout's body in your hand you put your forefinger in his mouth and pulling up and back over the top of his body his spine will break just behind his head.
This will leave those lighter patches on his back just behind his neck where the scales have lifted from being compressed.





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[Daniel G Rainey]

E-mail address for the Gordon tales. raineyrentals624 @ aol.com. thanks can not help but love your dogs name.

[Shawn Wayment]

E-mail address for the Gordon tales. raineyrentals624 @ aol.com. thanks can not help but love your dogs name.

Daniel...

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