need info on 1902 D3 Parker

[Kelly Price]

Dave

Yes, I cover Newfane but Wilmington is next district over.

[Bruce Day]

Kelly, you don't know my friend Bill. We have a little thing about not shooting the female quail out here. Well, Bill shot a couple anyway, said he couldn't tell. They don't have quail in Michigan, where he lives, but they have grouse and I wouldn't be surprised to hear that he shoots the females of that species also. So if he ever comes back east and winds up in Vermont, watch out for him and keep your citation book handy.

[Bill Bolyard]

Kelly,

You will notice Bruce holding a very rare Michigan Prairie Chicken, as a matter of fact they are now extinct.

Bill

[Richard Flanders]

Bruce: there are quail in Michigan, just not many I suspect. We used to hear them on our farm all summer. I remember hearing them daily in the late 50's and into the 60's until they took the bounty off fox. My sister has one that follows her around and sometimes sits on her foot as she hoes her garden and jumps off and grabs insects that get stirred up. I think there aren't many these days but there are a few. There's too many coons, possums, foxes and coyotes for upland birds to get too numerous these days. They have REALLY cleaned out the wild pheasants despite there being lots of good habitat.

[QUOTE=Richard Flanders;8361]Bruce: there are quail in Michigan, just not many I suspect. We used to hear them on our farm all summer. I remember hearing them daily in the late 50's and into the 60's until they took the bounty off fox. My sister has one that follows her around and sometimes sits on her foot as she hoes her garden and jumps off and grabs insects that get stirred up. I think there aren't many these days but there are a few. There's too many coons, possums, foxes and coyotes for upland birds to get too numerous these days. They have REALLY cleaned out the wild pheasants despite there being lots of good habitat. We do have a "on the books" quail season here in Michigan, but the lowest tier of counties that border Ohio and Indiana are the only ones open, and few birds, mainly due to predators- My son-in-law and I do our part to control them: woodchucks (not a true predator) fox, raccoon, feral cats and coyotes. Opening Day of our firearm deer season Nov 15 2008- private 260 Centennial Farm in Mecosta County- from opening light until 11:30- from a ground blind I shot two coyotes with my Dad's older M70 in 30-06 scoped and with 180 grain Rem Core-Lokt rounds-there is a sheep ranch/farm adjacent, those two rascals never circled or checked the wind, even though that farm had some hunting pressure for 6 weeks of the preceedent bow season for deer- This Fall while squirrel hunting with a scoped Ruger BA and hollow points- sunny still early October afternoons I shot several raccons, possums and one dog Fox that almost walked right up to me-The lack of hunting pressure and NO Bounties has emboldened those predators-- and in our area, where 20 years ago the farms held some huntable populations of ringnecked pheasants, clean farming and pesticides have taken their toll-

I agree about most gentlemen and ladies who hunt upland birds and the usage of double guns (even those bulky Over and Unders I see: Ruger and Citoris--You can never say never, but as the confiscation of your shotgun for a violation is a possibility, perhaps that may be one of many salient factors in the "staying within the limit" and playing the game fairly while afield. As far as the character of the gunner however, let us not forget that the late Nash Buckingham started with a Winchester M1893 pumpgun (and his father Miles told him to only load it with two shells when partnered with someone using a double gun) and although in his prime years he used many fine doubles (Becker, M21- etc) in his twilight years he used some autoloaders as well.

As far as those of us who treasure our Parkers and the scotch whisky syndrome, I can't speak to that: George Dickel, Old Cabin Still, Early Times, Bushmills Black and Tullamore Dew are my favorite choices- on the rocks please- not a Kilt in that gathering- alas--

Finally, as my GHE 12 Project parker also had some numbers besides the @ frame size stamp on the lug, I noted that this 12 DH size 1 & 1/2 framed Parker also had a number 8 in smaller case stamped on the barrel lug. I am curious as to what that might mean..

[Bill Murphy]

I see that Francis has not been talked into drinking the fifty dollar a fifth bourbon "koolaid". I don't know a lot about Cabin Still, but, some years ago, I had a customer who inflated my opinion of it. He would come into the store at all hours of the day and night, slip into the bourbon section, crank the lid off of a bottle of CS and take a long slow draw. He never changed brands, so I assumed he knew what he liked. He never stole a bottle and we never figured out who he was.

That brand of bourbon was the favorite of John Voelker- aka- Robert Traver, fly fisherman, lawyer, judge and curmudgeon first class from the UP- So, being an avid reader of his writings (I have the scarce "Danny And The Boys and Troubleshooter" and of course, Trout Madness) all great reads. John Traver's father Nick owned a brewery and a saloon- sent his son to the U of M and their fine Law School- great story in an older GSJ-- "Fishermen By Night" in which John tells of his Dad- and his "assigned duty" to make and refill the whiskey sours for Nick and his many friends- "A Doubler" was Nick Traver's term for a double shot, apparently. John served his Cabin Still whiskey sours in Mason Jars to his fishing pals at his cabin on Frenchman's Pond--to get an invite there was "top shelf" as John traver did not suffer fools easily-You had best be fishing dry flies with a split cane rod, have your drinking cap set right, and be a whiz at cribbage- he was a shark at that card game==

Maryland- Liquor Control Commisssion- we were in Ocean City this past June, my baby sister and her hubby are silent partners in both the Big Peckers Restaurant and the equally infamous Brass Balls Saloon across the causeway- But we made a side trip up to Fell's point to visit the reportedly oldest tavern in MD-- "You And The Horse You Rode In On"-- I would guess Jimmy Beam was the main choice in Bourbon-- Canadian Club in blended-- all good, but Old Cabin Still and George Dickel are true "sippin' whiskies" IMO!!

[Harry Collins]

You boy's talking about whiskey in the middle of the day makes my "Irish Constitution" weak. I'm looking out the window at my truck. In it is a .45 and two half pints. I keep the half pints because the last time I shot some SOB I wanted a drink afterward....... I can't booze it up to much this afternoon because of church this evening.

Harry

Pass the Elmer T. Lee

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Francis Morin;
As far as those of us who treasure our Parkers and the scotch whisky syndrome, I can't speak to that: George Dickel, Old Cabin Still, Early Times, Bushmills Black and Tullamore Dew are my favorite choices- on the rocks please- not a Kilt in that gathering- alas--

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Finally, as my GHE 12 Project parker also had some numbers besides the @ frame size stamp on the lug, I noted that this 12 DH size 1 & 1/2 framed Parker also had a number 8 in smaller case stamped on the barrel lug. I am curious as to what that might mean..

There are several markings or stamps that we don't know the meaning of.

[Richard Flanders]

Thank you Francis.... finally someone else who likes G Dickel.... not as good as the Balvenie 12ry old single malt I was introduced to at the RGS shoot in Minnesota, but a good sippin' whiskey nonetheless.... and yes, definitely on the rocks...