Who is hunting with 16 gauge???

[Mills]

That is awesome!

[Ed Norman]

thanks edgar and garry,
What a great picture Edgar of your daughter, I bet you are a proud papa. I am trying to "learn on the fly" after my 40 year layoff from hunting. I really want to take the 2 guys that have helped me with our brittany so much out there for a hunt someday. Hap is 73 or 74 and Fred is 68. Hap is a left handed shooter and I am hoping to get him a gun where the stock can be bent to fit him better. I know he has several guns, so I was going to concentrate on one he can use around here on grouse and woodcock. I just really wanted to take an old side by side for the nostalgia and all the good memories growing up hunting out west. Garry, you explained everything very well, I went the other day with Fred who has one of his brittanies recovering from a leg injury. He kept him on a lead and let him point a couple of pheasants at a farm we often go to. I was 5 for 5 with a fox 16 gauge and Fred told me later that I was waiting and not rushing my shot like I did the first year hunting with him. I wanted to get this planned soon as the years are catching up on all of us. Hap just got back from Iowa tonight, so I will get filled in on his hunt out there. I will try to post a picture of his Iowa hunt if I can figure it out. Thanks again for all the good input in here everyone.

[edgarspencer]

I love this picture. I was going to say I love this shot but the intended pun was too much. Zoom in and you can see the shot stream.

[Ed Norman]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

I love this picture. I was going to say I love this shot but the intended pun was too much. Zoom in and you can see the shot stream.

Edgar,
What a great picture, and 3 pheasants up to boot. Your daughter is the one that has a charter fishing business? I think I read that somewhere. That picture is a wallhanger

[Ron Scott]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

I love this picture. I was going to say I love this shot but the intended pun was too much. Zoom in and you can see the shot stream.

Great pic! I've been caught off guard like she was many times -- the gun doesn't quite get up where it should be. Maybe it catches on your clothing in the rush or your just too much in a hurry due to the commotion to mount the gun where it should be. Regardless, you somehow hit the target -- I say it's an exceptional skill!

[Mills]

I'm on a tight leash but still manage a few here and there.

The 16 hammer gun was worth the grief that came along with it

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Mills Morrison

I'm on a tight leash but still manage a few here and there.

The 16 hammer gun was worth the grief that came along with it

YEAH, RIIIIIIGHT!!!!!!!!!!

[Romac]

I really like 16's but for me the magic is in the light weight guns, 5 3/4 to 6 1/2 pounds is the sweet spot for me. I'd rather not have to carry anything heavier .

I have more 16's than any other gauge but do like to get the 20's out on occasion too.

[Ed Norman]

Originally Posted by roger mcmanimon

I really like 16's but for me the magic is in the light weight guns, 5 3/4 to 6 1/2 pounds is the sweet spot for me. I'd rather not have to carry anything heavier .

I have more 16's than any other gauge but do like to get the 20's out on occasion too.

Romac,
Are you the same Romac thats in the fox forum? Your collection of guns is just so impressive. So are the pictures you post over there.

[Romac]

Originally Posted by Ed Norman

Romac,
Are you the same Romac thats in the fox forum? Your collection of guns is just so impressive. So are the pictures you post over there.

Yeah, I'm the same guy. I like to keep things simple so I use the same contraction of my full name almost everywhere.

I'm glad you like some of my guns. My philosophy is this; If I work too hard to go hunting as much as I'd like to, I buy interesting toys as a reward. When things slow down I hunt more and don't need to scratch the same itch.

I tell my wife that a well diversified retirement portfolio needs at 15% - 20% of it in a gun nut 401K!