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I have been blessed to be able to travel and hunt a lot of America and Internationally as well. However, the trip I just returned from (in my home state), is likely the best wing-shooting experience I have ever enjoyed. Good friends, nice dog work, and great Parkers highlighted the trip.
The intent was to shoot a trophy prairie chicken (long horn feathers, late season opportunity) and then get on South Dakota quail which are not necessarily widely found in SD.
Turned out, I was able to get 2 true doubles, one on prairie chicken and one on sharptails. This with a gun I had never taken out the house. The male prairie chicken is definitely a trophy.
The 2nd day provided an abundance of good fortune to take limits of Northern Bobs and then turn around and go after our state bird. This all with an amazing gun suited more for quail than pheasants.
I feel so fortunate to be near such a vibrant wild bird population. Merry Christmas to my Parker contingent. I wish you the best for the holiday and the New Year.
The guns are.....
1924 DH 16 gauge with 30" bbls Full/Full
1905 BHE 16 guage with 28" bbls Cyl/Mod
Pics
1 - Sparse SD prairie. Found birds in this thin stuff, hard to get close.
2 - A 2 mile strip of milo.
3&6 - Chicken double
4&5 - Trophy boomer chicken
7 - John & Joel are always ready to partner on these trips. Joel is photographer
8&9 - Parker BHE magic
10 - Bonus pheasants
11&12 - My SD quail limit. My first.
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Follow a good dog while carrying a fine shotgun and you will never be uninspired.
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The Following 31 Users Say Thank You to Dean Weber For Your Post:
Goodness - You had spome fine shooting! Congrats and a Merry Christmas to you!
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Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
The Following User Says Thank You to Dean Romig For Your Post:
A truly amazing hunt — one for the journal. Those wide open spaces really put things in perspective.
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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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