Dad and I both knew the goose was the biggest one we'd ever seen but had no idea it was that heavy till we hung it up on their scale. We just looked at each other amazed, it was one of those things you never forget. I've still got a pair of wing feathers I pulled out of it laying amongst some artifacts on the top of my roll top desk.
Twenty nine pellet holes is a lot even at just 25 or so yards, that gun must have some real choke in it. A good fowling piece for certain......
Destry
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I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV
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