“The Doubles Club” Program...

[Old and Reliable]

Hi Art- very nice addition to our Logo- the PGCA membership pin I received as well as the Parker Pages- I won't compare those with other double gun groups, as I 'walk both sides of the road" .
I am, a die-hard waterfowler, and I also belong to two Michigan based hunt clubs, Tower shoots on pheasants and pigeons- hard to gauge a true double at that venue, as they usually release one bird at a time (especially on the pheasants) and there may be as many as 20 "guns" at stands ringing the elevated tower and box-

I shoot flighting barn pigeons almost year around, and have nailed a few "dead a pair in the air" with either my 12 gauge GHE or my 12 Smiths- a 2E and a 3E.
have doubled on mallards twice in the last 5 seasons (60 days here) but NOT with the Parker-so as much as I would like a pin

Good luck at the Vintagers this coming week-end. I have a younger sister in Ocean City MD- hope to attend someday- Francis Morin

[Art Wheaton]

Francis...

Keep plugging away and maybe this is the year for a duck double with a Parker. Havent shot a double on grouse and/or woodcock and maybe this is the year. Good luck to you.

Vintager was great on Fri and Sat...Sat night rain and a real mess for Sunday..lots of folks bailed out with soupy grounds. A good turnout for the dinner..104 and a great gun show of 16 ga Parkers with an A1 Special winning the Peoples choice award.

No decision on next years venue yet.. The board will be looking at a number of opitons

Good shooting

Art Wheaton

[Old and Reliable]

[quote=Art Wheaton;4710]Francis...

Keep plugging away and maybe this is the year for a duck double with a Parker. Havent shot a double on grouse and/or woodcock and maybe this is the year. Good luck to you.

Vintager was great on Fri and Sat...Sat night rain and a real mess for Sunday..lots of folks bailed out with soupy grounds. A good turnout for the dinner..104 and a great gun show of 16 ga Parkers with an A1 Special winning the Peoples choice award. Good shooting-- Thanks Art- a true double from the old Orvis pin days might have been on a pair of: ruffed grouse, woodcock, snipe, pheasants, etc both flushed and airborne together- However, as a grouse and a woodcock seem to have different flight characteristics when flushed, I would consider a gentleman who took cleanly both a grouse and a woodcock with two shots from a side-by-side (Parker preferred) to be most skilled wingshot and with a gun well fitted to his shooting style.

Yesterday I was "scouting" area dairy farms with drain ponds, etc. for our coming waterfowl season, opening in our Zone on Sat. 10th Oct. Saw beaucoup Canadas at my "opener morning" farm, and did take the GHE and some AA reloads for barn pigeons- had a red letter day Thanks again for your kind replies.. Francis Morin