Oklahoma Winds and Quail

[Bruce Day]

40 mph winds and lots of quail. They turn with the wind and are gone . A great time as usual . Tom Wooden , Mike Franzen, Russ Lindsay and me.


Mike Franzen finishing a plate of calf fries .

A pair of 24 “ guns , 12 and 20 ga.

Dogs too tired to eat.

[Reggie Bishop]

Great pics Bruce and thanks for sharing your hunt!

[Aaron Beck]

Awesome. would like to know more about the short barreled guns.

[Bruce Day]

TPS has a list of 24” guns. There are not many . Some like them , others do not . They do best when you need to swing fast and are in heavy brush.

[Aaron Beck]

That sounds like the daily condition. If they are factory they must balance correctly.

[Mike Franzen]

Both guns are are factory correct barrels. TPS indicates one 24” 12 gauge being manufactured. The one pictured is 30,000 serial numbers earlier and surfaced just a few years ago. It’s a VH, 1 frame, made in 1903 choked IC and LM. The other gun is a beautiful DH 20 gauge that belongs to Bruce. He can tell you more about it but it’s a straight quail killer in his hands.
PS … I’m not entirely sure what calf fries are but they taste really good.

[Garry L Gordon]

I’ve seen the good Mr. Franzen’s short barreled gun and it’s a beauty…and will kill quail.

[GunnerGrilli]

Great hunt guys, thanks for sharing!!! Appreciate the pics. Well done.


Thanks,


Bobby

[Bruce Day]

This is one of my favorite photos from some years ago . New Lewellin setter pup Fielder , almost 6 months old, first quail hunt , first day . Stop the truck to get the guns out, let the dogs out, the pup goes on point and holds . Can’t be , she doesn’t know what she is doing but Bert backs hard.

Step up and a big covey flushes.

[Dean Romig]

A fabulous memory-pic Bruce!

My Gracie did the very same thing at 5 months on a VT grouse... and she retrieved it!





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[Garry L Gordon]

This is one of my favorite photos from some years ago . New Lewellin setter pup Fielder , almost 6 months old, first quail hunt , first day . Stop the truck to get the guns out, let the dogs out, the pup goes on point and holds . Can’t be , she doesn’t know what she is doing but Bert backs hard.

Step up and a big covey flushes.

You don’t see many “out of the box” savant pups. I’ve had one in 30+ years. I’ll bet that pup and you had some memorable days.

[Victor Wasylyna]

So you run a setter and a pointer together? Very cool! Must be amazing to watch.

-Victor

[Bruce Day]

Yes. They run well together and do not compete.

[Bruce Day]

PGCA Pres Wooden is competitive . If Russ was going to retrieve , Tom was also .

Russ was shooting an 1890’s PH 20 with laminated barrels. A rare gun .

[Garry L Gordon]

Good to see they’re both well broke. I hope they weren’t hard mouthed. :)

[Bruce Day]

Broke to retrieve , yes, but not house broke.

Mike Franzen eyeing a plate of calf fries.

[Richard Flanders]

I love my 24" PHE 16 for shooting over pointers, especially in hvy cover. Nice hunt Bruce!

[Bruce Day]

Rich had his bush plane repainted . What a great guy!

[charlie cleveland]

looking good.....charlie

[Richard Flanders]

I'm hoping to get back to my hunting ptarmigan on snowshoes program come spring.

[Mike Franzen]

PGCA Pres Wooden is competitive . If Russ was going to retrieve , Tom was also .

They weren’t hard to break to hunt dead. We took them to the buffet at Kentucky Fried Chicken and told them to find the wings. After a couple trips they were almost ready. They still have a tendency to eat the bird if they think no one is watching.

[Aaron Beck]

if you live in Alaska do you need a bush plane like a car and a road grader like a ride on mower?

[Richard Flanders]

No... look to the left of my plane.... you need TWO graders!!

[Aaron Beck]

one for the fairways, one for the greens.

[Jim Beilke]

A man can't have too many road graders