A boy and a dog

Gary Laudermilch · 10-10-2015, 12:36 PM

I took my grandson out for kids pheasant day today. We took my youngest setter as he has never worked pheasant, strictly grouse and woodcock. So, it was a first for both of them. No, he was not shooting a Parker. That will come with time. They both did well and grandpa had a ball watching.

John E. Williams · 10-10-2015, 02:25 PM

Just curious, but is that Special Field a 12 or a 20? It seems to have sealed the deal nicely, whichever chambering it is! Congrats to all three of ya.

Gary Laudermilch · 10-10-2015, 03:27 PM

It's a 20.

Dean Romig · 10-10-2015, 04:02 PM

Nothing else matters quite so much after seeing that it is a straight grip. Nicely done!

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Gary Laudermilch · 10-10-2015, 07:47 PM

Pheasants in the morning and squirrels in the afternoon. A pretty good day.

Bob K · 10-11-2015, 09:01 PM

Gary,
I'm taking my grandson for squirrels tomorrow. I hope we have as good a day as you and your grandson had. He's not old enough to go for pheasants in the junior season yet. He'll be carrying a Springfield 410 double.

John Taddeo · 10-12-2015, 11:36 AM

Squirrel stew with dumplings..... mmmmm.. mmm...

Steve Hodges · 10-13-2015, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by John Taddeo

Squirrel stew with dumplings..... mmmmm.. mmm...

So being from the northeast and never hunting squirrels except off the bird feeders, are they really good to eat???? Mt wife says they are just rats with a good PR man

John E. Williams · 10-13-2015, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephen Hodges

are they really good to eat????

I served in the military with a young fellow from Brooklyn (Panzarelli was his name, as I recall) who found no end of amusement in knowing that I ate "Sqwe-rruls" and teased me about it no end. It was the kind of long-running joke that made military life so memorable. Of course, the joke was on him when he claimed my "chicken" pot pie was the best thing he'd ever eaten.

Yes, squirrels are quite fit to eat and taste pretty much nothing like chicken. There's a reason so many of us hunt them like we do, and poverty (as many seem to think) has little to do with it.

chris dawe · 10-13-2015, 09:48 PM

Just curious Gary but would they be similar to rabbit/hare in taste? ...my uneducated mind seems to think they would