Stan, a big, heavy, long barreled gun if fine for those birds you mention because you’re generally sitting or standing in one place and you don’t have to lug it uphill and down dale, across wooded and tangled slopes, through blackberry tangles and over blowdowns. Give me a 6 or 7 lb. Gun any say for this kind of work. I have a 9+ lb 10 gauge 3-frame D Lifter for turkeys if I want to use it but I’ll normally take my 12 ga. 2-frame 30” DH because it’s 7/12 lbs. I ofter sneak back into these covers before daylight and that’s over a mile in sometimes. That’s why I like a lighter gun.
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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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