Good year for Bobwhite
 

A buddy from Ste Genevieve reports that they have been doing very well on wild bobwhite quail.

Good birds, good dogs, off to SoDak tomorrow....pheasant and maybe some prairie chickens there.

Bruce ,You didn't mention good guns ,What will you be carrying ? Maybe that beautiful little C Grade 20 h'mm ,so many to choose from .Sounds like a great time for everyone but the birds ! Have a great time ! Look forward to pics. :corn:

I usually just carry my old PHE 16ga beater, but I'll bring 20ga's in C and D for John Dunkle. Pictures to follow.

gun forrrr ,Dunkle , ooo ok, :whistle: good luck with that :rotf:

Where is St. Genevieve? I love to hunt Quail esp wild ones. A staunch pointer and the lovely VHE 28 skeet or perhaps the CHE 20 thats what dreams are made of:bowdown:

eastern border of Missouri

Bruce ,I know exactly what you mean ,I figure I will take a different gun and always grab this old PH Grade 20 Ga. ,I just love this little gun just a tad under 6 lb. and 28" Barrels swings like an extension of my arm , just seems to always do the job ! Good Hunting , Now I don't know for sure ,since I have never had the pleasure of taking a trip with you fellas but just from what I have read from previous posts ,you may want to check your gun cases just before you and Mr. Dunkle part ways !:rotf:

good lookin dogs and hunting terain...wish the quail no s were up in miss...hope yall have a good hunt...im headed to kansas do a little phez hunting and go see were wyatt earp and doc holiday use to get together..mite even get to run into mister dillon and old chester....charlie ps good lookin gun

Say "Hi" to Miss Kitty for us :smiley7:

If you are talking about the Dodge City area, I'm out there a lot and that is familiar ground. Pheasants are supposed to be very good this year.

Very nice PH. Is that the original finish? How many damascus barreled 20 qauge shotguns did Parker Bros manufacture?

For the past three season's five of us have leasted the small game hunting rights from a farmer/rancher in South central Nebraska.

This year, we arrived to find that the owner had removed the property from the CRP program and all that wonderful grassland habitat was in large round bales at the side of field. You know the impact on the pheasant hunting. However, we found the quail numbers up in the woody draws and creek bottoms.

My Goodness: Bruce just reading that makes me itch. I sure wish that was the case in Georgia. I have an old friend in Mandon N.D. Does anyone do any hunting near there? He doesn't hunt and is not able. Well go getem. Gerald.

Hello Mervyn,Thank you for the compliment on the little 20 Ga.,No this is not the original finish ,it was refinished when I bought it ,and according to TPS ,there were 120, PH ,20 Ga. guns with 28 " Twist steel barrels .

Hi Russ,
1 out of 120 makes for a special Parker. The refinish does not look overdone.and the twist barrels add a lot of character compared to blued steel.

She's definitely a keeper!

Mervyn ; You sound like me ,I like unique items ,The odd barrel lengths , Very few produced etc. Here is one ,The Parker Story has this gun listed as the only known 25 " Titantic Steel barreled D Grade in 28 Ga., non ejecter , just a little early for ejecters ,the only thing that would make this nicer in my mind is if was Damascus Steel !

oh Russ....Your killin me.....

Dave; I hope not ,Danny still needs his hunting buddy ,and what would Dean do ?????????????:)

:biglaugh:

Hi Russ,
Very nice little D grade.I've never shot a 28 gauge, I have a hard enough time hitting anything with a 20! I had a chance to purchase an Ithaca 28 gauge 1 1/2 grade but settled on a Parker GH 20 with damascus barrels. Circa 1900. It is currently being restored as someone had belt sanded the stock and the damascus pattern was very faint. I felt that it would be a shame not to see how she looked 110 years ago.

Merv

Me and Danny'll get by...

You are just full of surprises Russ :clap:

Expect a PM from me.