Tower Pheasent Partridge Pigeon loads
 

Well to be more exact Pheasent , Partidge , Pigeon loads for Brutus . It appears an 8 gauge is okay in WVA so if I’m able to attend the January shoot I’ll drag Brutus along . Be kinda neat to smack down a couple of their high flying pheasents with the brute . Loaded so far a box of 1 3/4 ounce #6’s pushed with 36.5 grains of Universal Clays . Think next week I’ll load another box of #6’s and perhaps a box of #4’s .

2 ounce loads pushed by 40 grains of bluedot aint a bad load easy on shoulder and got that 1/4 ounce of shot for insurance....charlie

Craig, what shoot in Wv is that? I'm in WV

This place isn’t to far from Winchester VA . Actually closer to Berryville VA and within a few miles of the Summitt Point race track .

Turkey hunting with an 8 gauge is the bomb

Would this happen to be Prospect Hall Craig?

Now we can’t divulge everything :whistle: But you may very well be onto something :whistle:

I’ve got a cousin that lives and breathes to hunt the gobble birds . He was out at the club a month or two ago on Tuesday night and id just shot a round of trap with Brutus . Think I talked him into calling a bird in for Brutus in the spring .

My club in northern Baltimore county has these tower shoots monthly and a driven bird shoot, which simulates an English driven shoot, 3 or 4 times during the season. We are a RSA (regulated shooting area) and it is legal.

If any PGCA members would like to participate in one please PM me.

What does “regulated shooting area” entail ? Does that mean 8 gauge optional ?

Craig,

Regulated Shooting Area (RSA) just menas that we are licensed by the state to release birds, upland and waterfowl, to hunt.

Daryl, are rats considered birds in Baltimore County? Asking for a friend.

I dunno but I’d think they’d be considered vermin . But again I’ve not hunted anything in Maryland in over five years .

So you guys have mallard tower shoots or a mix of mallards and pheasents perhaps ?

Yes. Sometimes all ducks or all pheasants or chukars. Sometimes mixed. You can even schedule a private shoot with some of your buddies for whatever you want.

You're thinking Baltimore City, unless you are referring to the politicians.:nono:

The Baltimore area club is First Mine Run. The West Virginia club is Prospect Hall. They are no secret, with shoots open to the invited public. However, Prospect Hall's shoots are generally not run by Prospect Hall. Invited public means an invitation through a member or the organization running the shoot.

Both are great facilities and shoots, but the operative word here is invited (e.g, reservation fees are taken beforehand and there are no walk-ons). Prospect Hall is currently under a 14-day lockdown (*quarantine") due to a member of the staff testing positive for COVID-19 very recently. Don't know about the status of First Mine Run but Daryl ("Double Lab") can clarify that for those interested.

So far, so good. We have not allowed this "virus" to interfere with our lives.:cool:

1 3/4 - 2 ounces of shot to kill a pen raised pheasant? What the heck? I've never seen the need for over 1 1/8 ounces of mid-sized lead shot with sufficient choke for tower thrown pheasants.

If I ever ran a tower shoot I wouldn't allow over 1 1/4 ounce. Shot fall is a real concern when you're shooting across the "circle" from someone possibly throwing 2 ounces of #4s up in the air. I'm not trying to start an argument, or chastise anyone, but shot fall is something that needs to be considered at these type shoots. I sure wouldn't want to be across from someone shooting loads like that.

SRH

I was there on the 19th when did he test positive ?

I agree a lot isn’t needed but if I carry that 8 gauge I sure as hell am not shooting 1 1/8 ounces . The 1 3/4 ounce load seems to work very well at forty yards on my pattern board .

Well ........ I guess that is the only thing that matters.

:banghead: SRH

Don't know - I learned about it yesterday (Wed. 1/6) but the person relaying the info belongs to a "therapy group" that shoots there every Thursday, so it probably was sometime after last Thursday; their group was alerted that today they would not be open and so could not meet.

Seems to me the next tower deal there oughtta be the 23rd of this month if it happens . I'd think they'll have resumed operations by then .

Today :bigbye:

looks like you like those Winchester hull...I do too...charlie

That’s 150 of them . I have four hundred more that match . Thought I’d swage 250 of them just to be prepared !

I have about 75 Winchester hulls andgot 500 of those once fired Remington hulls...they are hard to load till I bought a heat gun to spin them on...but the Winchester is still easiest to load....charlie

I finished up swagging 250 of the new Winchester’s at the shop today and have 300 untouched ones at the house . Have several hundred fired Remington’s and 200 unfired Remington’s so I’m set for life I believe .

I might go to the shoo Saturday and load about fifty with 6’s and maybe 50 with 4’s .

I got a call from Allgood this AM and their tower shoot is on for this Saturday . He said the last of the season . So I’ll make the trip provided the creek don’t rise :rotf: Also gonna take Brutus and see if I can kerplunk a Pheasent or two with him :whistle:. They’re only throwing pheasents this time no partridge or pigeons .:eek:

hope you and brutus do well..take a shot for me....charlie