Fox guns and ducks
 

I want to share a picture of a couple of upgraded Sterlingworth 20 gauges doing what they are meant to do.
These are guns I posted pictures of earlier, only this time with some Gadwalls.

I am hoping someone can share their recipe for duck breast fillets.

Coat filets with olive oil. Sprinkle with Montreal Steak seasoning. Place in a sealed plastic bag and refrigerate overnight. Take out to room temperature and grill rare. Outstanding.

I just started the filets. I had everything I needed in the pantry.
I will fire up the grill tomorrow.
Unless I can't wait and fire up the grill this evening.
Thanks for the recipe Steve.

Stunning wood.

Montreal seasoning works or just salt and pepper to taste after EVO coating. Put them in fridg for an hour or so, then remove and allow them to reach room temp. Cast iron skillet on stovetop, Heat more EVO, avocado or grapeseed oil in skillet then sear top, bottom and sides. Place in preheated oven of 425* for 2-3 mins still in the skillet. Remove and allow to rest 5 mins then slice and enjoy.

This blueberry duck recipe came from a Delta Waterfowl magazine and is a hit with my family. My 11 year old daughter for the most part doesn’t touch meat and she loves this recipe.

WHAT??? No wrapping the breasts in BACON???

Here's the best thing you can do to duck breasts.

10 oz. Jar Red Currant Jelly
1 ½ cups sherry
3 oz lemon juice
2 oz A1 sauce
3 oz ketchup
8 duck Breasts

Combine all ingredients in saucepan. Simmer for 3 hours or longer to reduce. (Don't overcook it or you will get a sticky mess.) Soak breasts in vegetable oil for 30-60 minutes. Broil on hot grille for 2 ½ to 3 minutes (longer for goose)

To serve, slice thinly on the bias (like flank steak) and drizzle sauce on breasts.

Leave the breast fat/skin on if you can. It makes a world of difference IMO.

I have used Matts Blueberry recipe on divers, Bluebill,Bufflehead ,Ringneck made them quite edible.

I marinade the duck breasts in Teriyaki sauce and cook on the grill till medium rare.

Wow guys all of these recipes sound so good. I should have shot more ducks.

You did those Sterlingworth's proud. Nice looking guns.

All credit goes to member Chris Dawe. A true artist.

For a twist on grilling duck try leaving it whole, plucking it. The fat is under the skin and adds much flavor to the meat. Get a couple of the little doohickeys that hold a chicken upright on the grill, butt down.

Coat liberally with EVO then pack lots of salt and pepper on the EVO. Grill on low heat being careful not to overcook. Scrumptious.

Nice pic, Phil.

Phil, I remember the "Brady Rose" 20, but I'm not familiar with the semi- beaver tail 20. Is this another custom Chris built for you? I'm just loving your small bore Foxes!

Both are done by Chris Dawe. The one with the Beavertail was contracted by my good friend David H.

Ok, I thought the receiver with the gold letters looked familiar. Those are great looking guns!

Never shot a duck, or at one for that matter, have never been duck hunting. Those pictures and recipes makes me want to start.
What loads are you shooting thru those 20s?

Tell us more about the guns. What all did Chris Dawe do? Anything in particular to make them safe with duck loads? Beautiful guns

Foxes and ducks definitely belong together - in this case a 12 ga. 32" 3" SuperFox. Berthieville, Quebec, Canada Fall 2008. "Ducks? You bat you!

I don't do a lot of high volume shooting. Most of my duck hunting is a bonus while quail hunting. I use Bismuth loads.

We did Nothing special to shoot the Bismuth loads. I just don't feed it a steady diet of heavy loads.
Chris took blanks I supplied and built these beautiful stocks, contoured the metal, did all of the bluing and coordinated the engraving and case harding.
Assisted with the import and export.
We could not be happier with the results.

Can you guys with recipes transfer them to the recipes thread? I’ll NEVER remember to look for them with Foxes.

Pictured is an A. H Fox "pin gun"(my buddies) alongside a 2bbl set Ithaca NID4E(mine) doing what these guns do best, collecting greens!

You do not need "duck loads" per se to kill ducks. I shoot ducks and geese both through my old SxS's using 1oz loads of #4 Bismuth with a mv of 1200 fps. They fold the birds dead if I do my part correctly. I limit my shots to under 40 yards and I shoot them working over the decoys as opposed to pass shooting.

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MD Eastern shore Canadas with a Fox 30" 20
 

Spent a couple great days with friends in Rock Hall, MD chasing canada geese. For those of you who might have gone to Hopkin's Sporting clays for the vintagers, it's not far from there. Well we really weren't chasing them, more like sitting and waiting in a blind for them. But they did show up. The first day I always like to hunt with my Dad's Beretta 303 which I had won at a clay shoot 30+ years ago and gave to him because I didn't shoot right handed autoloaders and he really liked it. He hunted with it until his death at 97 so there are plenty of ding and dents to remind me of our hunts together. We limited out by 0830 but the interesting thing was that we were shooting over a pond and these birds presented themselves, wings cupped, at 30yds. Hmmmm. The next day my 30" 20ga sterly made it's way to the blind and although it took a little longer to limit out I waited and got the perfect set and three birds made the mistake of gliding in, wings cupped and necks outstretched. Game over with two shots.