Poll....who is hunting with small gauge for up-land birds?

[Battue]

Some of the Pa crew have been complaining about no Deer for years..Rare that I don't see 15 plus a day. One day a couple years ago before a big storm hit I saw in the low 40's. No Buck that I wanted to shoot.

Bigger Bucks are being killed in Pa than at any time in the previous 50 plus years. Yet the story stays the same...No Deer. If one lives anywhere close to farm country, the Deer are there.

[C.O.B.]

I have hunted deer in Pa but never with a small bore Parker

[Battue]

Originally Posted by Rich Anderson

I have hunted deer in Pa but never with a small bore Parker

Me neither, but I could have been successful more than a few times...

[Tom Flanigan]

My grouse guns are a 20 bore GH, a 20 bore PHE, my grandfather's 20 bore VH and a 28 bore Holland and Holland. I can't tell the difference in birds brought to bag with the 20's vs. the 28 bore. The 28 bore was my favorite grouse gun for years but now most days I take the PHE.

[C.O.B.]

Opening weekend will find me in the U. P. with Gunner's Gun

[Brett Hoop]

Originally Posted by Rich Anderson

Opening weekend will find me in the U. P. with Gunner's Gun

Rich

Please charge the batteries in the boys collars and your hearing aids. No more nightmare stories. That gave me nightmares.

[C.O.B.]

I ALWAYS carry extra hearing aid batteries and even bought a GPS collar. I don't want to go thru that again either. Ike just turned three yesterday and Duke will be two in a couple of weeks. I'll miss my 5 weeks in the U.P. but long weekends and my off week the end of October will give me almost 10 continuous days. Once again I'll celebrate my birthday with the dogs, a fine cigar and a good bourbon in the U.P.