We had just finished our morning hunt with Parker, Model 21s and 3 guides armed with Phila. Foxes at Beaver Dam in Tunica, Ms. on Thursday (12 grey ducks, 6 mal'lats) and we were heading north on Old Highway 61. Just as we approached the original site of the old (1882) Beaver Dam Ducking Club we saw flashing wings in the remnants of a cotton field. There must have been well over 100 snipe in three flocks. While seeing so many snipe is somewhat special in itself, seeing them just across from "the new ground" where Nash Buckingham and Ho'ace Miller had their great morning of shooting in 1909 in "Great Day in the Mawnin' " was even more special. Nash and his friend both had their limits of 50 ducks, 25 quail and 25 snipe before lunch.
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