Gun Infidelity

[Woodcock survey]

Garry one is in my avatar, a 20 ga. repro q1&2, an a grade fox 16 choked cylinder and improve, a Sterlingworth 16 imp. &mod., Parker 1 frame 12 imp&mod.and a Baretta 20 imp.&mod. Now that i think of it there may be a few more that will do the job but are rarely called on. As far as photos i was going to say that you could put me in the category of a well known poster on this forum but i did post one of my Remington hammer gun 4 years ago and of some just hatched woodcock and have yet to catch on to the method.

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by Daniel Carter

Garry one is in my avatar, a 20 ga. repro q1&2, an a grade fox 16 choked cylinder and improve, a Sterlingworth 16 imp. &mod., Parker 1 frame 12 imp&mod.and a Baretta 20 imp.&mod. Now that i think of it there may be a few more that will do the job but are rarely called on. As far as photos i was going to say that you could put me in the category of a well known poster on this forum but i did post one of my Remington hammer gun 4 years ago and of some just hatched woodcock and have yet to catch on to the method.

I like your avatar very much.

[Joe from MO]

I don't see how you can leave that Fox in the safe for so long.....

I guess the old saying.... So many guns, so little time has never been truer than it is for you. My collection of firearms is no where near what some of you guys have, and I can't find the time to give them near enough attention that I'd like to...... I guess, that's not really such a bad thing, but I do hear them softly crying in the back of the safe sometimes from lack of attention.

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by Joseph Sheerin

I don't see how you can leave that Fox in the safe for so long.....

I guess the old saying.... So many guns, so little time has never been truer than it is for you. My collection of firearms is no where near what some of you guys have, and I can't find the time to give them near enough attention that I'd like to...... I guess, that's not really such a bad thing, but I do hear them softly crying in the back of the safe sometimes from lack of attention.

Pat, when you retire, we’ll talk.

[Mills]

My guns don't care if I hunt without them. My dog is another story

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by Mills Morrison

My guns don't care if I hunt without them. My dog is another story

I pretty much quit deer hunting when I looked into my dog’s eyes after coming back from a deer hunt.

[Mills]

The weekend after Gator went on his last duck hunt, Harry and I went hunting on the river and left him due to it being a bit too strenuous for his old age. He sat by the door and whimpered over an hour after we left, according to Julia. I still regret that morning.

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by Mills Morrison

The weekend after Gator went on his last duck hunt, Harry and I went hunting on the river and left him due to it being a bit too strenuous for his old age. He sat by the door and whimpered over an hour after we left, according to Julia. I still regret that morning.

Mills, I have had similar experiences with my dogs. I’ve never been able to shake the regret from some of them, but it still haunts me.

[Dylan Rhodes]

I tend to make room in my hunting schedule for all the guns I own to get out at least once, but at the end of the day it’s the covers I hunt that define which ones see the most action. Being from a state where grouse are few and far between, and pheasants are essentially put and take, I find myself against the grain in the classic double world by desiring short barreled small chambered guns. Both for the lightness of the gun on long grouse walks and the fact I spend my time crawling through the places where no one else wants to for pheasants. So my 20 gauge lc smith, fox and Ithaca SKB’s get the nod for now. Being my collection is just beginning and a nice sub gauge graded gun from a prominent maker takes a little financial planning - I hope someday to have more options in these smaller gauge and barrel length configurations..But my 28” 12’s get their dose of vitamin D.

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by Dylan Rhodes

I tend to make room in my hunting schedule for all the guns I own to get out at least once, but at the end of the day it’s the covers I hunt that define which ones see the most action. Being from a state where grouse are few and far between, and pheasants are essentially put and take, I find myself against the grain in the classic double world by desiring short barreled small chambered guns. Both for the lightness of the gun on long grouse walks and the fact I spend my time crawling through the places where no one else wants to for pheasants. So my 20 gauge lc smith, fox and Ithaca SKB’s get the nod for now. Being my collection is just beginning and a nice sub gauge graded gun from a prominent maker takes a little financial planning - I hope someday to have more options in these smaller gauge and barrel length configurations..But my 28” 12’s get their dose of vitamin D.

Dylan, I spent quite a few years chasing grouse in SE Ohio. I wish you could have known it back then…or did you?