I'll never hear the end of it...
 

So, it's about 1:45 on Monday afternoon and we just set out for our first hunt of the week at Morrison Pines. Wouldn't you know it, Rich Anderson shoots a double on Quail with his 28 ga Parker on the very first covey rise. :banghead: Somebody get the doubles pin ready.

Mike

Good for you Rich! That's awesome but unfortunately Rich isn't a PGCA member

Man I missing this trip already...:crying:

Mike did you get it on video, if not it doesn't count for Anderson....:) Now you have to get a double with that little hammergun of yours. :rolleyes:

And he probably had to be one at the time of the shot. So he can't get a retroactive membership except if its Life, right?

double pin
 

Couldn't been Rich he was spotted in Tahiti under a palm tree with an adult beverage someone bought for him. Way to go Old Timer I knew they could get your wheelchair out into the field. Mr Roberts has spoken!!!!

"Old Timer" Hahahaha, that's precious! Hahaha :biglaugh:






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Mike,

You are playing ball right. Just throw a baseball to take out one of those quail.
Might be one hell of a curve ball or slider to get a double though.

Dave, Rich said he's not much for bling anyway. :rotf:

John, I don't know about the ball, but some of these coveys are so thick I could have used one of my new wooden bats.

Eric, the weather is here, wish you were beautiful. Wait did I say that right?

Mike

Rich
 

You didn't say that but Jimmy Buffett did!

A 34" 31 oz ash bat would be great in this weather. Too cold for a maple wood bat.

Have fun guys.

" Eric, the weather is here, wish you were beautiful. Wait did I say that right?"

I think I know what you mean..... (I think :eek: )

Man I wish I was there, you better have some pictures..! Right now I'm looking at the CD you burned for me from last years hunt, and no I'm not
just sittting here for no reason... the f#$king watersoftener let go, water in the basement, guys are replacing it and I am watching my quail hunting trip money for next year go up in "smoke" (or I guess water :cuss: )

Hope you guys are having a great time, remember pictures...... Eric

O D, don't get your water from the Flint River do you? During the War I lived at my Grand dad's place in Flushing while my Dad was in the Pacific and the river ran a couple 100 yards behind his place. My Mom always said "don't go near it; you'll get polio".

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1459/...19f16419_b.jpgDouble on Quail! by Mike Smith, on Flickr

Didn't have to wait too long. Last Covey of the day, got my Double. I'll have to take my GH 16 ga out tomorrow so I can do it again with a Parker. Shot lights out with my Sterlingworth 20ga though!

Mike

Good for you Mike, and now you don't have to listen to Rich about his double :)
Now you only have to get a double with the Parker and a double with that little 28 ga. hammergun....You still have a couple of days, piece of cake.:rotf::rotf:

Sort of like Tinker to Evers to Chance.

Our annual trip there is coming up in a few weeks and I can't wait.

Mike - Is that a GoPro mounted on the barrels,or something in the background?

It is a GoPro mounted to the gun. I shot all four days last year with it, and with the wide angles it shoots you couldn't see a single bird against all those pine trees. I'm trying it again his year on some different settings. Hopefully we get some good results, but I won't know until I get home.

Another great day here today. Eric, if you remember the hilltop around that old feeding station we got into last year, we hit that again today. Dog went on point and Jason (our guide) said, "I think this is that single from earlier." It ended up being a covey of about 50 quail, nested all over that hill. Rich and I both shot over 15 times. There were so many birds, and the dogs were touching off so many trying to pick up dead birds it was like shooting a flurry. So many birds we couldn't begin to walk off all the singles. It was an awesome way to wrap up the day.

Mike

I remember exactly where, what a great way to end the day. Did Jason have that little Cocker out retrieving? Man you better have some pics....

I have pics, and video, so I'll post more when I get home. I have good video of Rich shooting his FOURTH double yesterday. I did manage to shoot another double yesterday too, and with my Parker GH 16ga, so I see a doubles pin in my future. We hunted in the rain yesterday, but the birds still flew pretty well. Our last hunt is this morning, and the weather looks beautiful. It will be tough to leave, that's for sure.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1611/...ddd7df7a_k.jpgRich's FOURTH Double by Mike Smith, on Flickr

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1600/...2f101c90_k.jpgSecond Double by Mike Smith, on Flickr

Mike

Congratulations Mike. Hope to shoot with you soon.

Way to go guys! I hope you enjoyed "the cinema" last night.:)

Is that a fancy quail call Rich has ?

I'm home damit...stayed an extra half day due to unexpected complications. Went out with one of the guides and practiced my "guide skills" and even managed to shoot a couple of birds myself.

This place is unbelievable in so many ways and when compared to some of the other Quail hunting venues in the area it's VERY FAIRLY priced. With three hunters on the wagon and shooting only two guns at a time you still go through two boxes of shells per day. If it was the usual two guns per wagon your shooting would increase a third and that would translate into at least 2.5 boxes per day.

Mike shot great video from his phone and I hope he can post it here. If not be sure to ask to see it at the Southern.

We have rebooked for next year and maybe some more folks will give it a try.

Here are a few shots of some of the great dogs we had the privilege to hunt with. Everyone got to take home 80 birds and you could shoot at many as you had shells for.

This is Stryker a 14mo old English Cocker. We hunted with him last year and he wasn't much bigger than your hand then but was flushing and retrieving then, he is amazing now.

Two boxes of shells per day? That's how hunting should be!