Ok, the battery will be: 1889 Gr2 28" pg 12, 1936 Gr3 30" pg 16, 1927 Trojan 28" pg 20.

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12 days till opening morning.
I will open this year with my VHE 16 ga 32" 1 1/2 frame F/F SG DT Splinter.
Affectionately named "The Nightmare"
I took her to Canada a couple weeks back and she shot right where I looked! Numerous doubles on decoying Canada geese and mallards
Kent 1 1/16 #5 loads (of which I now have plenty -TY PGCA friends) will again be the preferred load.
Starting in a wood duck pond.
Will be Ellie's first hunt at Vanderbilt.
She is my 2 year old Drathaar taking over for Emma after 8 seasons.
Counting down the days :)

Great pup! Great gun! I wish you good hunting.

I acquired a 30" 16 on a 1 frame this year and hope to try it on ducks.

Leave for Montana this week and will spend 7 days hunting in Lewistown Area:
1892 GH 12 gauge and 1914 Fox 12 gauge.
Arizona Quail:
1949 L.C. Smith 16 gauge and 1913 Fox 16 gauge
New Mexico late season quail:
1913 Fox 16 Gauge and 1905 GH Parker 12 gauge
Southern Arizona Pond jumping waterfowl hunting:
1895 GH Parker 12 gauge.
RST Shells some factory and others handloads.

Where abouts in Southern AZ — I hunt the southeast section near Bisbee

Scott, I was actually just thinking about using the GH 16 I bought from you on doves if we get an invite soon

Mills, one of the three shotguns I regret selling (Fox SBT, Lefever EE and your Parker 16 gauge).
Hope to see you at the Spring S x S Shoot.

Ron,
I would recommend purchasing a copy of Arizona Atlas and Gazetteer which is a detailed topographic maps by county. Extremely detailed and has larger stock tanks marked. I prefer the area around Wilcox, several large tanks in Dragoon Mountains, back side of the Huachuca Mountains along the Coronado Trail Road (my favorite with 5 tanks between Parker Canyon Lake and Coronado Lookout) and west of Patagonia towards I-17.

Last week I hunted with a put together VHE 28 ga that had no forend or wood, after a year and a half it is now in the field, shoots nice tight M and F (ie spearders) it's my raining day gun

I remember that one. . . . another one that I should have bought but that got away. Glad you have it out hunting

Leaving for SD soon and actually just made my mind up on which guns to take for opening of pheasant season, of course we will be chasing Chickens and Sharpies as well. I have settled on two 16 gauge guns. The primary gun will be a 32" VHE, F/F which weighs in at 6-12 and carries pretty easy for me after all the 8 pound target guns. The 2nd will be a 32" DHE, F/F. This gun is on a 1 1/2 frame and is a little heavy but I have fallen for it so it's going for some short walks and blocking sits. Happy and safe hunting to all.

A 28 gauge VHE as a rain gun? Yikes! Mine is a Remington 31L in 20 gauge

Yeah, my rain guns would be decorating someone's bar or fireplace if I hadn't bought them