December Grouse

[Harold Pickens]

What a nice looking gun! Any more pictures of it? I have a VH20 and a VHE 20 that I use on grouse, but both are 26" guns.
I would trade all my Parkers for a Mossberg pump if that would bring back the grouse to my area of Ohio and Wva.

[James L. Martin]

There is just something about 20ga Parkers that I really like. I have 4 of them ,a 26" VH , 28" VH , 28" Trojan and this 30" VHE. All feel great and shoot good but there is somthing about small bores and long barrels that's special. As to Grouse, they are hard to come by here in New York's Catskills ,like you I wish they would come back , also a tough year for Woodcock.

[Hixie]

Originally Posted by James L. Martin

As to Grouse, they are hard to come by here in New York's Catskills ,like you I wish they would come back , also a tough year for Woodcock.

I found the same north of you in the Adirondacks. I put easily 30 miles of hunting in to get the three of each I got this Fall. The hot and humid weather did not make it any easier. Tough hunting for sure this year.

[C.O.B.]

A bird hunter can never have to many 20 gauges.

[Southpaw]

Originally Posted by Harold Lee Pickens

What a nice looking gun! Any more pictures of it? I have a VH20 and a VHE 20 that I use on grouse, but both are 26" guns.
I would trade all my Parkers for a Mossberg pump if that would bring back the grouse to my area of Ohio and Wva.

I know for a fact the sitting governor of West Virginia is a die hard grouse hunter. He has some reserved ground by some of his land holdings that he dedicates to grouse management and has done well there. He is worried about jobs and industry but he would probably do back flips to help grouse populations if he could.