Late season Duck hunting

[Jeff Kuss]

The late season opened yesterday. Someone beat me to the ditch opening morning, but this morning the ducks were back. I was hunting with at CHE Bernard gun today. I wonder when the last time it was hunted. This was my first time hunting it.

[Craig Larter]

Nice Jeff good going!! Ball grip CH Bernard very nice, tell us more about the beautiful gun.

[Garry L Gordon]

Nothing quite like blooding a gun on your first outing with it... and nothing but beauty in that photo -- natural and man made.

[Jeff Kuss]

The gun is a CHE with 30" Bernard barrels. It is choked full and extra full. It has 2 5/8" chambers. Serial # is 140767. It has great shooting dimensions, with lop at 14 1/4" and dah at 2 1/4". It is on a 2 frame.

[Kevin McCormack]

Makes me want to smoke a fine imported cigar.......Thanks, Jeff!

[Matt Buckley]

Nothing like late season mallards and a Parker to bring them out of the sky. What loads were you using?

[Jeff Kuss]

I was shooting some of the old Bismuth Company Upland Game Loads in #4 and some
Eley VIP Bismuth shells with fiber wads in #4. Several years ago I bought ten boxes of the eley's on double gun shop. I bought half of what the gentleman had. I am kicking myself for not buy the rest, as I am down to three boxes left.

[Dean Romig]

Beautiful gun Jeff - that must be one of the very latest Parker Grade 4 guns made with Bernard barrels.

I especially like the border engraving!




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[charlie cleveland]

good hunt and a fine gun also makes me want a fine cigar i aint had the urge in lots of years...charlie

[Matt Buckley]

I always go back and forth on what the best size is for bismuth shot duck hunting and it seems like when you hit them with #4 you have a hard hit duck that's likely dead and not one your chasing around the slough. At longer ranges, 40+ yards, which are typically what mallards are at #5 and #6 just don't seem to have the knock down power.

[Craig Larter]

I use #4 kent bismuth 1 1/4 oz early and 1 1/4 oz #3 TM late season in my Super Foxes and 3 frame 12ga Parkers. In my 2 frame Parkers I use 1 1/8 oz bismuth handloads with a psi of 9000 psi and 1150 fps #4 shot. Next to Kent TM the best way to insure you bring birds to bag is a trained retriever. :)

[charlie cleveland]

them should be some really good water fowl loads....charlie