Broken Stock

[Harold Pickens]

I bet if you took the stock off alot of old Parkers we would find some old repairs and/or cracks in the wood. Hell, they are 100 years old and I think the wood just becomes brittle. Had the stock off a SW16 to take care of a safety issue and found a crack that would probably have broken with a good fall, so we pre-emptively accraglassed it.
E-setter, yes, Betty is a little sweetheart. Has an unbelievable nose, will back forever, retrieves and loves me to death. Tried to breed her in Feb., but was unsuccessful. BTW, I live in Wheeling now but lived the majority of my life in Belmont County, Oh and do most of my local hunting in Oh where I still own 170 acres. It is an absolute shame what has happened to the Ohio grouse population. I talk to several Cincinati grouse hunters each year in the UP.
Damn, I missedethat bird!