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02-04-2015, 07:14 PM
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Beautiful Hunt Pictures and Classy Shotguns
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Originally Posted by Rich Anderson
Mills I hope you don't mind but I'll chime in here vs starting another thread.
This trip originated over dinner last year while shooting at Drakes Landing. I wanted to do a southern Quail hunt with PGCA members and both Mills and Julia recommended Morrison Pines.
Morrison Pines encompasses approximately 5000 acres of Long Leaf Pine and wiregrass as Mills photos show. This land has been in the same family for six generations. When I first drove up the road I thought to myself look at all this open space, this will be a piece of cake. I couldn't have been more wrong. The explosion of the covey will unnerve you as you go from bird to bird. No one shot a double on the rise all weekend.
To try to describe each hunt would be impossible but leave it to say that all were excellent. I would say that we saw 200 birds per day and I know I shot over two boxes of shells each day. The dog work was supreme with a mix of English Pointers, German Shorthairs, English Setters and the odd Boyken Spaniel (Bogard was a true bird finding dog) and a couple of Labs joined in the mix. We had four different guides and to a man they were capable and friendly. Their only goal was to put us on birds and boy did they ever accomplish that goal.
I took 5 guns for the three day hunt. They were made up of Gunner's Gun (naturally), VHE 28 skeet, AAHE upgrade 28, Holland & Holland 20 and a Fox FE .410.
The only thing I would do different would be to stay longer and we have fixed that situation for next year as we have made it a 4 day hunt.
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It looks like it was a terrific hunt and the birds that were killed with some of the pictured guns are indeed blessed to have succumbed to such high grade and classy shotguns. Thanks for the pictures and info.
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02-04-2015, 09:18 PM
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Here is a picture of Bogard the Boykin Spaniel doing his thing...a thing he does very well by the way. You can see the Quail at the end of the log. There were a half dozen or so here and Bogard had them nailed.
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There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter...Earnest Hemingway
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