Pheasants on hammergun

[Bill Murphy]

The best research is looking at engraved Parkers before 1881.

[Brent Francis]

Bill, Ive been looking but I havn't found one with any pheasants yet. Lots of sage grouse and quail but nothing I think looks like a pheasant before the late teens. but im sure there are guys out there who've seen alot more early parkers than I have

[Bruce Day]

Originally Posted by Brent Francis

Bill, Ive been looking but I havn't found one with any pheasants yet. Lots of sage grouse and quail but nothing I think looks like a pheasant before the late teens. but im sure there are guys out there who've seen alot more early parkers than I have

Here are sage grouse. You've seen these on Parkers? I've seen sharptailed grouse but never sage grouse. I'd love to see photos.

Several years ago, Charlie and I made a special trip to Montana in pursuit of sage grouse. We never did bag one, pheasants yes but no sage grouse. Sage grouse are about the size of small turkeys and live only in sage.

[Brent Francis]

Bruce Im not sure but I thought that these looked more like sage grouse than sharp tails on a 1901 parker G It has some birds on the bottom I thought might be sharp tails.

[Brent Francis]

Here is the bottom of the gun with what I thought were sharp tails however I guess they could be quail the G engraving is usually pretty abstract.