Gunning Snipe on the Gulf Coast 1901

[TallCrow]

Stumbled across this thread and loved every minute of it...here are a few pics from this past season.

Commonly considered a fool’s errand and snipe hunting a great practical joke but I can assure you it’s real and anything but a joke! Miles through coastal marshes and sporty shooting is required to scratch out a few of these dainty migratory beauties.

“I won’t require a lullaby to be put to sleep.”

[John Davis]

I love to chase snipe!

[Dollar]

Awesome bird that is severely underrated

[Harry Collins]

Papa said it was most fun on a high tide with a full moon. I suppose spring tides made the pushing easy as well as spotting the downed birds.

[Garth Gustafson]

I couldn't resist bringing this Sept rail hunting story back to the top. A good chuckle for sure.

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthr...t=merrymeeting

[John Marscher]

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Sure do miss hunting them, and burning for them.

[Will Gurton]

Love Snipe!

Thanks for not banning me!

Will

[Bill Murphy]

Whoa. What a squareback, Will. Tell us about it.

[Will Gurton]

Thanks Bill,

It is a circa 1910 production Remington Autoloading Shotgun Grade No.5 (Expert).

Two barrels 28" SR Cylinder with Twin Ivories and a later Remington Factory added 30" VR Full.

Came out of upper Indiana in a Red Head 2 barrel leather case.

It has good dimensions and just the right amount of wear to be steady in the field.

Will

[Dean Romig]

At a gun show about ten years ago I saw a Browning A-5 with about ther same amount of engraving coverage - beautiful old gun with some honest wear that somebody had cut the barrel to 22" and mounted rifle sights on it to make it a deer gun... what a horrible shame.





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