Hello from the Republic of Texas
 

Hello all.
Just discovered the forum yesterday and joined today.
I have one original Parker and two repros - all double trigger, splinter forend, and straight stocked. They are all hunting guns and I can provide pix later when I have time to figure out the picture loading routine.
Off to the rifle range now to prepare for Colorado elk hunt this weekend.

Welcome Charles! Good luck on the elk hunt!

Welcome from another free state (Commonwealth), Virginia!
I wish you a safe and exciting hunt.

Larry Mason

my uncle just returned from colrado on a bow hunting trip for elk.he said was very hot and dry out there they had no luck hope you do better...and wecome to parkers aint nothing like it.... charlie

Thanks for the well wishes. I have licenses for elk and black bear in southeast Colorado and if the weather cools a bit hope to shoot something worth reporting.

Thanks for all the positive vibes - it worked and i shot my first elk last week! He is a 6x6 and I amstill on cloude 9.
They were not buguling, so we really had to hunt hard and finally bumped a good bull from his bed and he chose to run straight away and a little uphill, leaving me no option but the "Texas Heart Shot". However the .338 Win Mag did the job.
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps9f05c1e7.jpg
Note damp mud where he had been wallowing the previous night. Got it all over the rifle taking PIX, but no matter.
My guide asked me to smile and I told him it was impossible to stop smiling:
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...psf8c41cd3.jpg

Now I can get back to bird hunting and wait for the meat and antlers to come to Texas.
I promise next post will be about a Parker shotgun.

Ya done good! Congratulations!! Now--Join up and have fun with your Parkers!!

nid-28,
I just joined PGCA - thanks for the reminder.:)

Welcome to the group.
What part of heaven do you live in? I'm in San Antonio.
Nice shooting, by the way.

Paul,
I live northeast of Dallas in Farmersville.
Btw, I get down your way a few time a year to hunt over near Hondo. Shot doves there one week after opening of season and will be back with rifle the weekend after Thanksgiving. I hope to get back to the D'Hanis Outback Saloon that weekend too.