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I had the chance to hunt Remington Farms several times in the 60's, when my Dad was a director at Remington. Hunting geese over "The Feathers" (stuffed taxidermy geese) was a real kick
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Funny you should bring up "stuffers" as we call them around here. I have 2 dozen which I use on those bluebird days when the decoying is tough. Add a flag to the setup and the odds tilt in your favor a bit. I'd be willing to bet your dad and I probably had some friends in common. Small world, is'nt it?
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Well this evening I went back to the same place I was at Labor Day monday evening !
I was just about ready to start getting down and a deer walked out beneath me and I dusted it with my old Parker GH 16 gauge damascus gun shooting my handloaded shells with 10 of the #1 Buck pellets , Remington SP-16 wad and 21 grains of Unique . At the boom of the gun the deer folded up as I aimed at the base of the head and since it was less then 10 yards from the base of the tree well you get the picture . When I fired I heard another one behind me walking around so I laid the Parker down and picked up my circa 2001 Marlin 444 loaded with the Mountain Molds Mt Sourdough 433-425GC bullet I had cast and pushed with 37 grains of RL-7 . Another one stepped out above me by about 15 yards and I drilled her behind the shoulder . She went 10 yards and fell back in a small ravine ! http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...psb315c3de.png The Parker GH 16 gauge damascus gun , http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...ps34d8343a.jpg The Parker and my 2001 Marlin 444 . http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...ps1f0b227b.jpg By the time I got down the tree it was pretty dark and my pics ain't so great . http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...ps250c204a.jpg http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...psa89c8714.png Next trip back in here I'll take my Ithaca NID 10 gauge #3 Buck in the right barrel and 000 buck in the left barrel . |
Well I wanna do some load work with a pair of Parker VH and VHE 12 gauge guns I've had a good while . Also the Philly Sterlingworth 12 and 20 as well as another Utica Sterlingworth 12 we've had a good long while !
So I have some more #3 Buck coming , as well as a bag of Remington SP-12 wads and a bag of Remington SP-20 wads . Also saw some recovered 0 Buck for sale I might scarf up . Seems this was all taken from old factory loads for some reason or another . Have several other 16's I wanna try as well in doubles and drillings but most certainly will not get them all taken care of this year . At some point I have W&C Scott hammerless sidelock guns in 12 and 20 both 2 1/2" I might try and get a deer with but only time and ease of loading will tell ! Christ I do not know whether I'm getting old just forgetfull or both ! I completley forgot about a pair of LC Smith 12's I have . Probably because they haven't been out of the safe other then for cleaning and oiling in about the last 10 years . Ones an Ideal grade and the others an older Field I thought but it may be the same era as my 10 anyway it was sent to Westley Richards to be sleaved so it's fluid steel . |
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Or was that John Olin's Nilo Farms that had the mirror blinds back in the 60's and 70's ? |
Didn't see mirror blinds at Remington. Had a chance to shoot at Nilo in the mid 70's. The duck shooting was really lame. They had trained a bunch of mallards to fly from their pen to the water. You stood with your back to the water, and it didn't matter what you did, or what you were wearing, those birds were making a bee line to the water (and corn) Not very elegant.
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Well we went out monday the 9th on the big piece we have for deer Damage Control and I tried a completely different area !
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Went DC hunting again this evening and went back in the woods to the same place I was at Labor Day evening !
Took my Ithaca NID 10 gauge loaded with #3 Buck in the right barrel and 000 Buck in the left barrel . Also hauled along my Ruger #1H 416 Rem Mag . But sorry to say nothing spotted ! http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...ps6fc62064.jpg http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...psb4c50898.jpg http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...ps02a79eba.jpg http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...ps9b420ce6.jpg http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...ps4a4432be.jpg http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...ps16c35c4e.jpg http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...ps09b28e6a.png http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...ps86fc0c35.png http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...ps40d9129a.png |
Great photos! Craig, you need to join PGCA
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craig that sure looked like a great spot you were hunting over..i really like that old ithaca 10 ga looks to be in really nice shape...i bet that 416 rigby is a handfull...reall nice pictures keepem coming...charlie
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We got that old Ithaca almost 35 years ago . It was a now deceased farmers tractor gun and was worn all over . He even had a leather pad on the comb . We sent it to a now deceased gunsmith by the name if Wes Peterson . He rust blued the barrels very nicely and redid the wood as well as put on a then new Pachmayer white line pad . We never fired that gun until about 1-2 years ago . It should do okay for a deer or two I think and maybe some late season dove !
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Went out this evening to yet another new spot on the 1300 acre farm . I was back in the woods on a starting to be cut cornfield !
Took along my wife's Ranger Arms LH 25-06 bolt gun loaded with the Nosler 100 BT and a charge of RL-22 . http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...ps01ed35b8.jpg http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...ps065b80ac.jpg http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...psdc030533.jpg http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...psde2dca86.jpg http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...psab288011.jpg http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...psadb25991.png http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...ps06ec68c6.png http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...psfdb7b46e.png http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...ps3a4fcbd1.png |
Doe and two fawms came up behind me at about 19:00 and I shot her at 25 yards . At the crack of the gun she hauled frieght out into the field and fell over !
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...psaa39019d.jpg She ran maybe 30 yards out into the field before she fell over ! http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...ps7dc30bd9.jpg http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...psd1e91018.png http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...ps7a867ceb.png http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...pse5f8c6c3.png And the jacket I recovered from the Nosler 100 grain Ballistic Tip on the off side just under the hide ! http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...ps5c65a097.png http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...ps7a706cce.png Think i'll carry my 338 Win Mag next time and a drilling ! |
Well that 25-06 oughtta be a good setup for my wife once she's here !
The 100 grain bullet has virtually no recoil from the bench and certainly not when hunting . I bought it just because I liked the fiddle back in the maple stock . Plus it came with a nice old Redfield 3-9 from the same time period as the 6-18 thats on it now . The rifle was made between 68-74 I believe . The company was not in buisness very long . Their trigger is not as good as a 700 as I can't get it below about 3 1/2 pounds but it is creep free and rather crisp when it breaks . So it should be plenty safe for my wife . I'm going back to the Philippines February 15th provided the shyte doesn't hit the fan anywhere as I'm going thru Dubai again . Anyway when I go over this time I plan to get some 22 ammo once I'm over there and take her to her brothers house and give her some instruction shooting his old Remington 512 I think it is ! Thats my BIL's preferred pigeon gun :whistle: I went wild pigeon hunting with him and his buddy in June of 2009 . We went out in what looked like jungle and shot them out of the tree's with 22 Shorts and Air Pellet rifles . I thought we would hunt from the beach or something and went in shorts and sandles MISTAKE ! |
Well after the dove shoot today I went over to my buddys house , cleaned the birds , took a quick shower and then returned to the same farm to try and get a deer or two for the Damage Control Permits !
My buddy smoked a doe around 18:30 with his CZ550 in 375 H&H MAG . He sent me a text message and I told him lets sit it out until dark . Since I was back in the woods over looking a cornfield I came down a hair before he would come out . And as I walked up the fence inside the woods I saw a doe out in the cornfield I hadn't seen earlier . I had taken along my Ruger #1B 338 WIN MAG and was shooting handloaded Hornady 225SST bullets . I also had along my Ithaca NID 10 gauge loaded with handloaded #3 buck in the right barrel and handloaded 000 buck in the left barrel . The doe was about 40 yards from the fence so I poked the 338 through the woven wire fence , the deer was facing away from me at a very slight quartering angle . So I aimed on the front edge on the hindquarter and let fly . And at the boom of the gun the deer carried freight ! I was confident I hit it , but the way she ran gave me doubts . So I leaned the rifle and my pack against the fence and eased out into the field with the 10 gauge . There was a strip of semi tall grass going up thru the middle of the uncut part and I saw her go up thru there . I rounded the corner went in about 10-15 yards and she jumped up so I leveled the 10 and let fly with a load of #3 buck at about 35 yards . This time at the boom of the gun she folded . The first shot had gone in behind the diaphragm ranged forward and got the offside lung . http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...ps81b735c1.png Found a couple of the #3 Buckshot while skinning the deer ! http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...psa9200d1b.png |
craig that sure was a good hunt good thing you carried that old ten with buckshot its hard to hit a jumped deer with a rifle at close range especially with a scope on it..those are really good pictures of your stand and the area your hunting.. i enjoy your hunts... charlie
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We've yet to scratch the surface LOL's ! DCP season is over the end of this month however . I hope to get 5 more on his place before the end of the month . If no rain we're going tomorrow afternoon and I'll take my Ruger #1H in 375 H&H MAG with handloads using the no longer made Nosler 260 grain Ballistic Tip and of course I'll haul along my Ithaca NID 10 gauge ! |
Got deer #'s 11 and 12 this evening . Shot them both with my Ruger #1H in 375 H&H MAG shooting the no longer made Nosler 260 grain Ballistic Tip pushed with 74 grains of RL-15 . Have a 60's era Weaver V7 on top !
Shot the first one at 12 yards and she dropped like a sack of potatoes , I shot the second one at 29 yards and she flopped maybe 5 yards after the shot . Saturday I think I'll take my Ruger #1B in 270 WIN shooting handloaded 130 grain Nosler BT's and Combined Technology 130's they both have the same powder charge and hit the same POI at 100 yards . And of course I'll drag along my Ithaca NID 10 gauge just n case ! Sorry but I actually forgot to take pics this evening . I was by myself and was more intrested in geting them home skinned cut up and in the freezer ! |
thats what you call a good evening of hunting.. charlie
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Well saturday was a "Rain Out" !
Looks like monday will be a 270 WIN day and either my Ithaca 10 gauge with buck or the Kerner 16-16-7x57R drilling loaded with buck and ball . Oh yeah pictures are not an option for awhile as Photobucket says me account is filled . Starge they told me I was 90% full a week ago and I've deleted 300 pictures from my account and they now say my bandwidth is 100% full . Seems deleting almost half increased the total as I've not added anything since I recieved their email ! |
i like the idea of the 16 ga with buck and ball..your a hunting man of my type i really like useing differant gun on game..good luck... charlie
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Oh yeah then we start regular hunting seasons bow then ML and then guns ! It's a viciouse never ending cycle LOL's ! |
i know what you mean glad to season open up and glad when it closes... charlie
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And thats just for large game species (IE deer , bear , piggies). Actually if I pursued piggies here in Virginia I could hunt them ALL YEAR in the county adjacent to mine ! By the time I get everything recleaned and put away after hunting season it's about time to get the unblooded ones back out and check the sight in's for the next DCP season ! My best year to date was 20 deer about 8 years ago . I'd like to hit 21 this year for a new personal record as I don't think I have to many more years I'm going to be willing to go at it that hard ! |
i think you got it in you to go for the 21 deer...charlie
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If I'm not mistaken 15 puts me at present in a tie for my 3rd best season . My best was 20 and second best was 17 . Since actual hunting season hasn't opened yet I think I'm in good shape ! Got my muzlleloader and shotgun permits for the Blackwater NWR and an invite from a friend at Allens Fresh (Charles County) Maryland for the antlerless early muzzle loader season . Also a fellow I've been selling some stuff for asked me again today if I was still planning to come up to his place to get a bear and of course me not wanting to hurt his feelings said SURE ! So if I can keep up the pace I'm sure my harvest will increase . But if it doesn't I've already had a very very good year ! |
i m still bettin on the 21... charlie
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Have my fathers Ruger #1B 243 WIN with a Leupold Vari XIII 3.5-10AO out to take this evening . Am also debating in my head whether to carry along my ithaca NID 10 gauge , the Kerner drilling or a Franz Kettner 16 gauge side by .The Ithaca's downstairs in the case with a stock boot and sheels on it so more then likely that'll go with me !
The place I'm going this evening will probably be to long for a good buckshot shot but I'll carry one anyway ! I got 10 pounds of single 0 Buck yesterday , so hopefully this weekend I can get maybe 2 dozen shells loaded with it and can pattern all my classic 12 gauge guns . Well atleast a pair of Parker V grades , pair of LC's and a pair of Sterlingworths ! |
What the heck might have to pattern my old Greener and the Westley Richards !
Be kinda neat to kill a deer with handloaded buckshot outta either of those two . As all they've ever been fired at since I owned them were dove , quail , grouse or clay targets ! Have an old 60's Superposed long tang flat knob 12 skeet gun I might try the buck in also ! |
Well Charlie I got number 16 this evening at about 19:00 . Shot her with the Ruger #1B 243 I gave my dad for Xmas about 5 or 6 years ago !
First time I ever took it out !!!!! Was shooting the Nosler 95 grain Ballistic Tip pushed with 42,5 grains of IMR4350 ! I am not a big advocate of a 243 or 6mm for deer and had not shot one with either cartridge in quite awhile . But I gotta say that bullet knocked the fire out of the doe I shot ! She was a lasered 56 yards and I popped her thru the two front shoulders and she bumbled maybe 30 yards forward . Next trip is going to be a 1B I have in 6mm REM loaded with Hornady 95 grain SST's ! |
well we got 5 more to go now you got me counting each deer...the 243 is one gun i ve never owned or shotquite a few people hunt with them around were i live.. i like the looks of the old 6mmswedish round the bullet looked like it was as long as the case..had a friend that dropped a lot of deer with a 6mm rem. mag.. i m looking for no 17 now.... charlie
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My little Border Terrier Keelie had to be put to sleep today . She was 15 years and two months a couple days ago !
She was fine up until friday afternoon and then she couldn't keep anything down . We took her to the Vet saturday morning and they said she had an infection of some type so we then took her to the pet hospital in Charlottesville and they did tests etc . We were informed she had cancer in her liver and it was nothing they could do . So we went up this morning to see her one last time , they put her to sleep and we brought her home . |
Craig; truly sorry to hear that.
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So sorry for your loss Craig.
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Craig, I am truly sorry for your loss. These animals may be pets but they are more than that. They are loved family members.
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Thanks to all ! And yes sir they are truely part of the family ! I've had Border Terriers since 1962 ! And it looks as if I may very well be taking a trip a little south of Nashville to get another before the end of the year . I kept English Setters also for awhile for grouse , But all my bird dogs were kennel dogs . Now granted I thought alot of all of them , the Borders were ALL house dogs so as one would expect when the time comes it's a whole lot rougher . |
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Truly sorry to hear of her passing. I'd love to get 15yrs. out of my dogs. Show us the new pup when it arrives. |
i know how you feel craig..i m sorry but also remember the good times... charlie
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