Shooting the Family Guns.....
No Parkers for me this past Sunday so I thought this would be the place for a report.
The day started at O Dark Thirty with a meet at "the barn" then off to the grain bins for a pigeon shoot. We had the decoys out by daylight and the birds started to fly about half an hour later.
It was hot and heavy, nice flocks coming in all the time. I couldn't seem to miss and everybody else was shooting well too. Two doubles for me and a lot of singles, I was shooting Dad's old Stevens 311 quail gun with Remington International Pigeon Loads. The eight gunners had 76 on the ground when the smoke cleared, a new record for our friend Mr. Russel's farm.
After that it was breakfast then a quick nap at the house and into the sunflower fields for doves. I took out Grandpa's little 20 gauge J.C. Higgins with the straight grip stock Dad put on for him in the early 60's. After the decoy pigeon shooting, the doves had me baffled for a bit. I finally managed to get in the groove and killed 10. We had a big crew of shooters and the final count was 180 amongst everybody, another record for the farm.
Good way to start the season to say the least. Dad was shooting well at doves and pigeons both. He left the Model 21 Winchester at home and tried his new Benelli Vinci. I forgave him that, he's over 70 so a lighter gun with slight recoil suits him better on a volume shooting day. He promised he'd have the Winchester out on the duck opener though!
DLH
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