Great 4 Days

[George Davis]

Hunted first 4 days Bird Season in Montana, I'd say it average number of Sharptails but Hun's population is far better than last two years. Hunted Ruff and Blue Grouse in High Country with excellent bird numbers, was gasping for breath at times when hunting "high". Next year I'll hunt Ruffs later in the season as young birds were still coveyed with mom.

PS: Pheasant population based on points and flushes looks to be above average.

PS: Cleaning gear and getting pair of boots fixed before heading to the UP of Michigan for Ruffed Grouse in Mid-October.

[Garry L Gordon]

What a great beginning to the season. Good luck on your MI hunt…and keep us posted.

[Harold Lee Pickens]

George, I'll also be getting to the UP around the 16th of

October, until Nov 2. Trying to make a quick 3 day trip up there in Sept if the weather cools down. A fellow optometrist friend of mine is in
Montana now with his lab, have to give him a call.
Planning a trip next year to Montana or possibly North Dakota before the UP trip.

[Harold Lee Pickens]

Love the anticipation of readying gear prior to a hunting trip. I've been laying things out for weeks now. .y she'll box is already packed. Bought a 22 King Ranch F150 supercrew with 6.5 ft bed a few weeks ago and had a cap put on it yesterday.
On the way to Hilton Head now, but wish I was headed North, I'm not a beach person.

[Garry L Gordon]

Love the anticipation of readying gear prior to a hunting trip. I've been laying things out for weeks now. .y she'll box is already packed. Bought a 22 King Ranch F150 supercrew with 6.5 ft bed a few weeks ago and had a cap put on it yesterday.
On the way to Hilton Head now, but wish I was headed North, I'm not a beach person.

But ya gotta make the wife happy so you can go hunting!

Hope you and the pups enjoy your new truck — a home away from home.

[Harold Lee Pickens]

You got that right Garry, are headed back to Minnesota with Elaine and the Gordons?

[Garry L Gordon]

You got that right Garry, are headed back to Minnesota with Elaine and the Gordons?

As my Pop would say, “Is fat meat greasy?” :)

[George Davis]

If some of you have never hunted in Montana buy the OnX Hunt app for you phone and go. Montana has thousands of acres of prime state land non-residents may hunt. Most of the state land will have cattle or be wheat fields but it is open to the public.
PS: The first two weeks of Pheasant Season is busy but then the amateurs go home and in many cases you'll have huge blocks of state land to hunt by yourself or your group.

[Harold Lee Pickens]

Love OnX, use it everywhere..

[Harold Lee Pickens]

Truck has a 12 in computer screen and can run OnX while driving down the road.

[Tom Kidd]

I put the same 'extra' height top on my kid's Tundra and the additional 4" or so really works great for my 84yr old back and I can just squeeze my scooter in.

[George Davis]

Faced the ugly part of my Montana trip today and took my Fox out of the case. My favorite upland game gun is a 16 gauge 28 inch made in 1913 Fox Sterlingworth. We've hunted in seven states over the last 30 years and we shared lots of foot miles together. Coming out of the last field I didn't see a cable laying in the bar ditch as grass was nearly waist high, of coarse it caught my foot right above the ankle and down we went. The empty gun landed on the gravel county road and disaster struck. Barrels tomorrow will be off to Breck Gorman to fix dent and probably rust blued and the stock was broken into 4 pieces. I've already started looking for appropriate stock blank. Some would probably suggest it's a bad investment to restock, but I'm sure this Fox will be in my hand when I walk out of my last field.

[Kevin McCormack]

Shot my 1st year of production Philly A Grade 16 gauge ejector gun last Friday for the first time in 3 or 4 years; sleek and slim 28-incher with a "tiny waist" grip and great field dimensions. Found it at a terrible gun show locally; the dealer browbeat the hell out of me telling me how rare Sterlingworths with ejectors are, apparently never looked at the frame bar which is clearly marked "A". At $1K I let him be as right as he wanted to be. What a great gun!

[Harold Lee Pickens]

Great job Kevin, I picked up my A 16 in the early 90s for less than a grand, most I see now are 4 grand.

George. I fell last year in the UP and cracked the stock on my VHE 2O, still haven't fixed it but will be carrying it again this year.