Poll....who is hunting with small gauge for up-land birds?

[C.O.B.]

Opening weekend will find me in the U. P. with Gunner's Gun

[Brett Hoop]

Originally Posted by Rich Anderson

Opening weekend will find me in the U. P. with Gunner's Gun

Rich

Please charge the batteries in the boys collars and your hearing aids. No more nightmare stories. That gave me nightmares.

[C.O.B.]

I ALWAYS carry extra hearing aid batteries and even bought a GPS collar. I don't want to go thru that again either. Ike just turned three yesterday and Duke will be two in a couple of weeks. I'll miss my 5 weeks in the U.P. but long weekends and my off week the end of October will give me almost 10 continuous days. Once again I'll celebrate my birthday with the dogs, a fine cigar and a good bourbon in the U.P.

[Harold Pickens]

Hope the weather cools off for you. It is going to be in the upper 40's here tonight. Was going to call you tomorrow, but looks like you may be out hunting. Will be up there the last 2 weeks of Oct, and trying to u there for a 3-4 day hunt before that--along way to go for a short hunt, but going to try.
Terry and I have decided to bring the 28's also--he has a beretta 687, and me, my Uggie 28

[C.O.B.]

Harold I'll be there the 23 or 24 of October whatever day is Friday to the 2 or 3 of November. I'll need to shut her down by the first Tuesday in November.

[Don Strelioff]

Here’s the deal for me like everyone on this site I love shotguns I have since I was 10 yrs old I have guns in all gauges I like to hunt with sxs’s but also have a16 ga model 97 that I like to take out for sharp tail grouse I purchased some 1 1/4 oz no 4&5’s win mark 5’s that are deadly on pheasants and sharptails at longer yardage I also have a 1919 gh Parker 20ga 26” bbl Damascus gun I use it for ruffed grouse partridge and other smaller birds I do have a 28 ga browning model 12 just because I like it and a 1948 model 42 I shoot all of these from time to time there are a few others in the safe as well . All this being said if I had to have one gun it would be my 1928 vhe 1 1/2 frame 30 “bbl gun I load bismuth and lead for it 7/8” oz and 1 oz lead for up land same payload as the small gauges and 1 1/8 oz bismuth for waterfowl I shoot this gun like a laser . When I was a young man in the 70’s I hunted everything with a 28”bbl modified choked model 12 plain field gun and always came home with my share of game and usually helped with my partner s share . Beware of the man with one gun . Sorry for rambling

[Dean Romig]

I just remembered one more Parker that will get a bit of exercise in the grouse covers soon - the little 20 gauge Trojan I bought from Russ Jackson recently for my granddaughters. The little sweetie comes up so nicely it’l be hard to give it away.





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[Brett Hoop]

Dean

"hard to give away".... Oh Please, you and Edgar can talk that hardline, but you guys are too shrewd. Lets see Martha gets a Reproduction and next thing you know she's locating 24" 28ga from early production. There is no better investment than in the future users of things we hold dear. WTG grandpa!

[Dean Romig]

Brett - you are soo right!

It gives me tremendous joy to be able to introduce my grandchildren to the pleasures of the outdoors the way I have.

Cam is hooked on hunting and clays shooting and this year especially has become quite the fisherman!
His sister Katie loves hunting with Grampy and asks all the time about when she can come to Vermont with me.

Isabella and Lillia would never intentionally kill anything but really love it when I take them to Addieville to shoot clays.

I just love it!!





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[George "Scott" Davis]

Preparing to head to Montana for two weeks of upland bird hunting and 1/2 Day "Turkey" Shoot in Denton on the 10th for fund raiser for High School Shooting Team.
Three guns are making the trip: 16 gauge 1913 Fox, 1921 Fox 12 gauge and 1895 GH 12 # 2 frame. I'll use the two frame in the turkey shoot.