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I don't know how I ever wrote a whole thread about my 28 Parkers when I could have been talking about Bourbon whiskey. I am a bit on the tight side when it comes to Bourbon, probably because I was in the business for 29 years and know almost as much as my friend Harry C. does about how it is made and what is good and bad. Does anyone remember how George Herter made his Jack Daniel? He recommended that we take the cheapest, nastiest Bourbon we could buy, Town Club or Ten High, add a good slug of powdered sugar, shake it up and put it in a JD bottle. I love a bottle of boutique bourbon as well as the next guy, but prefer to take a good bottle of more common stuff on a hunting or gun buying trip. My best Bourbon drinking buddy, now ready to turn 93, likes Ezra Brooks. What do you think of old Ezra? I believe it is just a name bottled by Heaven Hill but does anyone know what they put in the bottle?
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10-15-2009, 05:30 PM
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John, a good bird shot would just recommend that you shoot far enough ahead of a crossing pheasant that you don't put any shot into the body. That's easily said but not so easily done. Last season, I was in a good pond blind and some geese came in real close. I was shooting my favorite ten, picked a goose and body shot him. I was shooting with a couple of guys I had just met who were real waterfowlers and was embarrassed to have taken such an easy shot in the body. As a way to apologize to my new hunting companions for my poor judgement, I said "Dammit, I shot him in the ass." The fellow sitting next to me turned to me without smiling and said, "Yup, you shot him in the ass." Later I redeemed myself by saving an escaping goose at about 90 yards that one of the fellows probably hit a little light. I took him on my second shot but I still felt like I had paid back the body shot at 30 yards.
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10-15-2009, 07:31 PM
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10-15-2009, 08:33 PM
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I use a VHE 28 with 28 inch bbls choked skt/skt for Pheasants (both wild and preserve), Grouse, Woodcock and Quail. The Quail are alas preserve birds and I only use the 28 when a certain friend isn't letteing me use his VHE 410 skeet gun
 Bill I have sampeled Izra Brooks and its not bad stuff still no Jack Daniels or Makers Mark however. I'll stick to what I know best which is JD and prefer the Gentalman Jack and REALLY prefer Singel Barrel but at $40+ a fifth those outings are few and far between. Back to the 28 I usually shoot std skeet loads for everything but Pheasants and for them I have some B&P 3/4 oz 6's. Jay what were you drinking when you moved 100 Grouse? 
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10-15-2009, 06:23 PM
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Bill,
I've killed a lot of geese and I always feel good when they fall no matter where they're hit. It's nice to bust ones neck at 30 yards but if I center him in the pattern he's just as dead. *wink* Destry
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I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV |
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10-15-2009, 06:51 PM
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John,
What size shot were you shooting? Harry |
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10-15-2009, 07:11 PM
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Hi Harry!
I was loaded with Federal 28 Gauge Premium (wing-shock) #6, 2-3/4, 3/4 oz (which is about a 1300 fps load, I think??)... As this was in my 28 Repro - I had no hesitation about using a modern load... What are your thoughts?? Best to you - and thanks!! John |
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I just finished up 19days of hunting ruffies with Trigg in Saskatchewan and Alberta and ruffies and woodcock in Minnesota at the RGS annual shoot, all with my 26" 28ga SK1/SK2 Repro and felt I had the perfect gun. Strangely enough(to me anyway), some folks were using 12ga guns with 1-1/4oz heavy hunting loads. That seemed overkill to me, and I'm not even a very good shot. I used mostly 7-1/2 shot and even when hit with 2-3 pellets birds went down well. I had not gotten or even seen a woodcock in 43yrs and got 3 during the RGS hunt. Very fun. We did our last hunting for sharptails in Alberta this morning but saw only one ruffed grouse and we're on our way home tonite, which will take two more long days of driving. We've got the geese we got with Bob Brown frozen and in the car top carrier. Bob called us today while we were walking the edge of a pea field. Hopefully we'll get to hunt with him and Brett again next year. Brett offered us a whole deer he had hanging in his barn... next to his elk.... today, but we didn't have room in the car! Too bad!
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