new england grouse shooting by william foster

[Opening Day]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Practice makes perfect COB.

If you want to be good at something you have to dedicate yourself to mastering it.
A friend and I spent hours upon hours tying flies for our two-week trip to Alaska. When we had finished we each had about 200 flies of various Alaskan patterns. When my friend was telling me his list of equipment he was bringing he had included only one fly rod and reel but was bringing two spinning outfits.
I suggested to him that if he ever wanted to become really good at fly fishing he should dedicate himself to mastering it and the best way to start was to bring another fly rod, reel and additional spools and leave all the spinning stuff at home. He took my advice and by the second day was doing extremely well catching chinooks, rainbows, dolly vardens, and grayling and actually thanked me for pushing him that little bit extra.

I enjoy hunting grouse and woodcock with my hammer guns. And I know I can hunt with a hammerless whenever I want to, but I wanted to get good at it so I dedicated myself to it.

Your results may differ.





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Dean,
You are a better man them I am. I'm like Rich, tried, (probably not enough) and I just didn't feel safe for my dog or my partner, and I know that's me and I didn't give it enough time to get comfortable with it, but for me no. I love hammer guns, but for me it's on the clay courses. I just don't feel safe enough out in the field, and again that is probably to do with just more practice, but I just don't get into the woods enough times to practice that "how to" so I do what I am comfortable with. It would be special to shoot a grouse with a hammer gun... I would love that but I just don't see that in my future.

[King Cobb]

Yeah we are having a quail resurgence like you wouldn't believe thanks to the rain. I am doing a study in our county that is tracking quail numbers and we are getting great results.

There is actually a hunting place about 10 minutes from here that for $400 you can hunt pen raised pheasant. Either out in the pasture or some other way that is station based. I haven't ponied up for that bit of fun yet. We had a lot of feast in north texas and the pan handle at one time but not so much anymore.

[Dean Romig]

Nobody can fault that approach Eric. You're doing what's right for you.





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[King Cobb]

Original 1942 1st edition. Dusk jacket has a tear, but other than that it is in great shape, complete with post card sized print. Not bad for $42.

[Opening Day]

Originally Posted by Bill Holcombe

Original 1942 1st edition. Dusk jacket has a tear, but other than that it is in great shape, complete with post card sized print. Not bad for $42.

Bill where did you snag that one from.....? Wish I had come across it first. Eric

[King Cobb]

It was on amazon. No picture of the book and it was a library edition, but they said 1st edition 1942.

[Dean Romig]

Bill, you absolutely 'stole' that book.
I just missed one by two hours at a book seller that went for $225!






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[King Cobb]

Well as I said it isn't in perfect shape, but I will take it. It was just listed on amazon without a photo and its hard to sell books on amazon without putting up a picture of some kind!

[Dean Romig]

I'm still looking for an autographed copy - or better still, an inscribed copy






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[King Cobb]

That would be quite the find!