My first hunt with a Parker was sixty years ago with a 12 gauge Trojan. That Trojan accounted for a lot of pheasants and rabbits as well as my only double on woodcock.
My first grouse taken with a Parker was almost twenty years ago with a Damascus GHE 16.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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