While it is the 12 ga. time of the season for duck hunting, I hope that
my new to me ghe 20 with 32" barrels gets here before the second season starts.
i hope to use it one day this year.

Jeff, have we seen pictures of that GHE?





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Rock Island auction

It's not a Parker but the next best thing.
A couple of fat Maryland Canadas with the 20 Sterlingworth.

It was a beautiful day in Saint Michaels Maryland. It had poured rain for two days over the weekend and Monday was greeted with balmy, clear skies and 50 degrees so not much was expected as far as bird movement.
I was'nt wrong. Nothing flew until 9:30 and when they did they were sky high and headed out to open water. It was'nt until 10:30 or so that three peeled off a large group and pitched in to about 100 stuffers. One of our group has taken the world championship goose calling contest 3 years in a row at the Easton Waterfowl festival and he just sweet talked them in range. That was the hard part. Dropping them at 30yds. was the easy part.
I had wanted for a while to limit out with a 20ga. and today presented the perfect opportunity. As late as yesterday afternoon I located a box of 20ga. Bismuth, 1oz. #5's so the gig was on. I just love this Sterly and it did not let me down.

Daryl, I am jealous of your hunt last Monday. I was in Annapolis with my wife visiting my in-laws last weekend (my Father in Law is a Naval Academy Grad, class of '59) and flew home Tuesday. Rain, rain, rain until Monday when as you say it broke. Have been to Saint Michael' s several times for lunch. Wish I was there hunting with you:)

Steve,
Please call next time you're in town. If not a hunt or shoot, we could at least have lunch.

St. Michaels is a beautiful area, My dog trainer for years was across the bridge on Tilghman Island.

Will do:)

It was the Crab Claw restaurant:)

Yep, that's a good one to chow down after a day in the blind.