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Originally Posted by Bruce Day
You missed the photos of the wood duck, ruffed grouse , woodcock , pheasant , brace of setters and the like ?
Deer and elk were standard fare on C s only until about 1900. After that birds became the norm. Even before 1900 a significant number of C s had birds.
Coming back from bicycling across Iowa. I'll post photos again sometime.
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I missed nothing;
Deer, elk and other mammalia were common fare on C- and higher grade guns well up into the 19-teens (consider the iconic McCarty BHE 1919 pigeon/trap gun with running elk on the floorplate, and the c. 1913 AHE built for a Maine lumber baron with the sea otter floating on its back on a bed of kelp, cracking open a clam with a small rock).
If you're cycling across Iowa, better pedal fast - the national weather map shows lots of cyclonic cellular activity thereabouts! Safe home!
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