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12-10-2022, 07:35 PM
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First Shots...
...from a new gun are special, and should be taken only after great deliberation and planning. Because of the good will of a member, I was able to acquire a "bucket list gun" -- a straight-splinter, two trigger, Damascus barreled, high grade 16 gauge Parker; in this case a BHE. I waited almost a year to find the right time and place to blood this gun. On a damp and still December day, it seemed right to take the gun along for a wild Bob hunt on a favored farm. Aspen found a nice covey from which I was able to cleanly take a right-barrel bird. The covey was large enough to pursue singles, and we did so. Another point by Aspen and a second shot for the BHE.
Is there anything more satisfying to a hunter than the explosion of feathers from a centered bird, taken over the point of his own dog...and having only to clean the right barrel of your gun at day's end?
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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers )
"'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy)
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The Following 38 Users Say Thank You to Garry L Gordon For Your Post:
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Austin Smith, Bob Jurewicz, Bob Kimble, Bruce Hering, Buddy Harrison, Chris Robenalt, Craig Larter, CraigThompson, Dan Steingraber, Daniel Carter, Dave Tatman, David Penland, Donald McQuade, Greg Baehman, GunnerGrilli, Harold Lee Pickens, Jeff Christie, Jerry Harlow, Jim Wescott, keavin nelson, Keith Doty, Kevin McCormack, Larry Frey, Mark Garrett, Matt Buckley, Michael Linn, Mike Franzen, Phil Yearout, Randy G Roberts, Reggie Bishop, Richard Flanders, Scott Gentry, Shawn Wayment, Stan Hillis, Stan Hoover, Timothy Salgado, Victor Wasylyna, William Maynard |
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12-10-2022, 07:56 PM
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Wow! What a Parker! Congrats!
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