I grew up bird hunting with my father in Virginia. The first bird I ever shot was in Matthews Co. with Dad and Capt. Coles Hudgins. Those two had limited out; the dog pointed beside a tidal creek and they told me go ahead and shoot. I walked in, the bird took to flight, swung to the left, and I got him with my grandfather's Model 21. I have a fairly large collection of bird hunting books, but the one that captures the essence of the sport best, for me, is Robert Ruark's The Old Man and the Boy.
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