Getting ready for the hunt, Hooksett, N.H. 1936
 

Way back when. Harold Hemming on the left with his Fox Sterlingworth and my Grandad on the right with his Parker 16 VH. Grandad's setters Ponto and Spike in Hooksett New Hampshire, on the farm.

Great picture Dave! An American Water Spaniel and a live working decoy.

I had an American Water Spaniel when I was a boy - his name was George - great memories!

workin man's double
 

uncle red's go to gun:

Actually, Dave's Trojan is nearly identical to Jamie's 16 ga. Trojan that he shot at Addieville on Sunday. We beleive they both were restored by the same person, they are that close. They are about the best Trojan restorations that we have seen.

Boy, no wonder they put in bag limits. I sometimes don't see that many ducks in a week let alone using a live decoy. They were the days. By the way OP, that's Mr. Smart A** to you.:rotf: Was that the first bird you killed with your Trojan the day you got it? Dave, thanks for the picture.

Working mans Remington
 

This was probably a duck gun, heavy wall thickness and 32" 10g a

Daryl O.P. didn't shoot that Woodcock. They (he and Dean AKA Grampy) drive around at night during the flight and hit them with the car:shock:

It's pretty easy really... driving through the mown fields at night their little eyes glow in the beam of the headlights.

Actually, I read somewhere that's what folks did long ago with flares or lights and they would just walk up to them at night and club them.... Pretty sporting, huh?

Ouch!

O grade 10 and big bird