Subtle, but sure, signs of Fall hunting -- What are yours?

[Hixie]

Dean - I don't think its an Elsie but I admit that I am not good at identifying guns from photos. Here are some others which may show it clearer. In at least one you can see a vent rib? It's a big gun, perhaps 10 ga? I've scanned through the book and see no mention of guns, gauges or loads. This book was published in 1939 nd he referred to several years of "research" leading up to his writing of it.

[Dean Romig]

I believe it’s a graded single-trigger Ithaca though I’m not good at identifying Ithaca’s grades.




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[Mills]

That is my guess too, but I am not an expert on Ithaca's either.

[Reggie B]

Ithaca for sure. The checkering pattern is Ithaca.

[Dean Romig]

I'm thinking Grade 4 or 5.





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[Ken Hill]

Garry,

Sorry to hear about your Gordon. Hope it will work out.

The sign that hunting is around the corner--my Gordon starts getting a bunch of stick tights and other seed heads in her hair on our little hikes. The evening temps are dropping into the 50s and the forecast has a cold front coming in a day or two before 1 Sept. Of course, elk muzzle loading season is getting closer. The aspens at 10,000' will be turning when we get in and just about a full golden color when we head out 10 days later.

Ken

[Dean Romig]

In Maine here, not only are the swamp maples taking on the reds, yellows and pinks of the coming Autumn but the lake here just a half hour after sunrise was covered by cottony streamers and small clouds of vapor lifting from the warm water into the cold air.


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[Dean Romig]

one more.

[Ron Scott]

Here in central mass the hummingbirds are getting more active at the feeder — apparently fattening up for the migration south

[mobirdhunter]

Dean, those photos are beautiful. There's nothing quite like the seasons changing -- especially when the next one reveals itself through subtle hints.

This morning we went to the farm to finish up some work. The day was cool and damp, and the sky filled with low clouds. Days like this concentrate color, and I had to stop (in the road!) to take this photo of wild sunflowers. The photo does not do this field justice. It is about 20-30 acres of vivid yellow, made more intense by the low clouds.

I've been seeing lots of dove. Still deciding which gun to use for the opener next Sunday.