Picture of Parker Waterfowlers

[Southpaw]

The Willie Nelson version makes me cry. Great thread and topic. I love old guns, history and archaeology. Great picture and very hard to place but my guess its somewhere along the mid Mississippi Flyway. Looks like they even have sack of decoys thrown under the cabin.

Wife's family is from New Orleans and her dad and brother belong to the oldest hunting and fishing club still in existence. Founded 1815 in about the same area Jackson and Jean Lafitte defeated the British in that little affair called War of 1812. They put out a commemorative book last year with some neat old photos, stories, etc. One of the best photos was from about 1908 that had 4 or 5 guys wearing their fancy white shooting duds holding SXS's. One of the men is Teddy Roosevelt. I wish the pic showed more detail of the guns. One gun I am pretty sure is a Parker. They were shooting trap and club still has the old trap thrower, which at that time was not clay targets but glass balls. Would not be surprised if "Bust your Balls" saying did not come from that era. That was in an era of less vulgarity and they used to say literal things that could imply different meanings, call it slight of speech.

I agree with earlier post about hunting clothes for the so called sportsmen of that era. If they had a hunting or field coat it was for all outdoor activities. A hunting coat was a hunting coat no matter the quarry. I think they did figure out that at least for duck hunting that clothing had to be drab. Hard to tell with black and white photos.

Yep for duck hunting I don't care how much camo you got on, if you move too much they will see you. I think worst thing for a white guy that duck hunts is the face. You shine or move your face or head too much, it looks like a strobe light in the game woods. Learned a long time ago to cover my face and neck with a camo bandanna and noggin with an old green boonie hat from surplus store. The old bandanna works the best in my opinion because its easier to work the duck calls while wearing it.

Btw the best thing to avoid movement and shining your face is to get a good lab or duck dog. If they hunt ducks enough all you have to do is look at their face and eyes. Hunted a lot in beaver ponds and if you moved a muscle or showed your face those ducks would see it. My black lab just about told me everything after a few years of hunting. He told me where they were coming from, and would get this little quiver when it was time to shoot, all I needed to do was learn to cut my eyes and keep still and if setup right it was curtains for those ducks, if I did my part with the gun.