Fantastic Pheasant Hunt to celebrate a Birthday

[Stan Hoover]

We were invited to join in on a pheasant hunt this past Friday. We were actually given a choice on the date and I picked December 30 since it would be my son Shane’s 17th birthday.
The hunt took place at Triple Creek Farm in Canton, Ohio, a great place to chase pheasants.
We traveled out to Canton Ohio Thursday afternoon and then met our host at the great Benders Tavern. We were advised to try the turtle soup as an appetizer and we were not disappointed, it was unique but very good! The main course was halibut, walleye, and center cut strip steak. If you’re ever in Canton, definitely look up Benders, their food is great!
After a well rested night, we met at Triple Creek at 8am.
There was 4 hunters and it was to be a special day, we were all prepared to shoot Parker hammer guns. 3 16 gauges, a lone 20 gauge, also 12, 10, & 8 gauges. There was also a Parker 28 gauge VHE on hand if the owner decided to rest his hammer gun.
The weather was a little overcast with a few raindrops a time or two, but when the hunt ended the sun was shining. The dog work was great even though it was rather warm. The pheasants flew great and a great time was had by all. There was some good natured ribbing going around when a pheasant escaped the Parker hammer guns, but that rarely happened.
My host had earlier on suggested that I should bring the few lifters that I enjoy and take a bird with each. This was accomplished. I failed to take a group picture or of the grounds we were hunting on, but I did include a few gun/bird pictures.

#1 Shane on his 17th birthday
#2 Gun rack full of Parkers
#3 Parker Lifter family with birds
#4 Shane and myself
#5 & 6 consecutively serial #’d 16 gauges from 1880 (see latest Parker Pages Article)