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earlier this week I planned on getting out into some my favorite grouse coverts. My gun of choice would have ben either my 16 gauge SIACE hammer gun or my old 12 gauge William Read Belgian Guild gun. Unfortunately that ain't happening.
Thursday a two long burn small forest fires on my mountain went from a hundred or two acres to now something near 100,000 acres. They have evacuated communities just to our east and we are under a pre evacuation order. We're packed and ready to load the dogs and get out of dodge if need be but honestly looking at the forecast I don't think we are likely to have to leave. The worst part is due to a number of fires this summer and now this fire most of my close by coverts have been scorched. Plus we're staying close to home if we need to button up and go. Maybe we can get out next weekend. Oh, well it is way to hot anyway. October and November are really the months to hunt grouse here in Utah.   I took this yesterday. We live just at the base of the ridge on the right of the frame  From the back porch 
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09-15-2018, 06:50 PM
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I hope you and your family remain safe and out of the path of the fire. If there is a positive note fire regenerates growth and your coverts may come back better than before.
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09-16-2018, 06:22 AM
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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers ) "'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy) |
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09-15-2018, 07:20 PM
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well I love it HOW MUCH Dean.
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09-15-2018, 07:51 PM
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Stop by the Fox booth at the Vintagers next weekend and we will 'heathen' you right the hell up!!
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09-15-2018, 08:25 PM
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Just say'n you Parker only guys should consider Fox small bores---a couple of 20ga CE's
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09-15-2018, 08:56 PM
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Sssssh Craig, you know there are'nt enough Fox smallbores to go around. They seem happy with their Parkers.
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09-15-2018, 09:03 PM
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I'm the onlty Parker guy I knoiw who doesn't shoot anthing else unless it is from London. Those Fox 20 bores look wonderful, But after all is said and done, they are not Parkers. I have a stgrong bias for Parkersn since I grew up with them. When I was only ten, my grandfather took one of his DHE's out in the yard and let me shoot it. It kicked me like hell but I would never admit it. Fox small bores are great, no doubt about it, But I would feel dirty if I took one into my grouse coverts.
 I think I'll stay away from the Fox booth at the Vintagers. It would break my heart to see Kevin there and not at a Parker booth. He was a mainstay at Parker booths for many years. Seeing him at that booth is akin to General Washington seeing Benedict Arnold wearing a British uniform. |
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