Gil just got a fine Manufrance 16 bore of high grade, and snipe season is still on… I envy him the meals he is still collecting. We didn’t have much of a season here, and it is over. We need rain!
Tag: Bird Hunting
Meanwhile, at sea…
Brother- in- law George Graham has been getting more and more involved in observing, counting, and studying marine birds and fish off the coast of Massachusetts, so far as a volunteer. He sent this report and these excellent photos, as migration stretces its lines down the coasts. My only caveat is that George will have …
Speaking of pretty guns…
Andrew, using my former Grant, has a great day in the field. “It’s taken dumber birds already, but the Grant got its first wild birds today — and in style, limiting out on sharptail on our first day out. “It was a rough day with winds gusting well over 20mph. Despite being on private land …
Hunt & Doggish News
Not a dove on the plateau here— though major elk season is started. But Daniel Riviera is coming down through Montana after training in ND… With Bailey & ancient hammer Purdey, a happy man… (Last photo by Katherine) And though it is still hot in Alpaugh, it is almost time to run. John Burchard still …
Doggage
More relatives; Daniela’s boys in part, Shunkar, showing the permanent damage the rattler did; thank God he did not lose an eye. Then, Monnie’s new pups, from John B and Vladimir; sweet Kyra, Tigger’s daughter, with her GSD protector Eden, and (the little red) feisty Aeris, Taika’s neice and already a tiny tyrant who knows …
Big Guns
Like pigeons (which I will soon be writing about again) big bore shotguns are a constant recurring interest of mine shared by few contemporaries– those mostly coastal wildfowlers who used tens in the US, something I was at least born into. When it comes to Big Guns US shooting society tends to live in the …
Pointing Dogs
There are breeds other than tazis that I love, and places other than New Mexico. Daniel Riviera’s team is on the Northern Plains.
A VERY light gun returns
Thanksgiving’s shoot made me realize regular shotguns may be beyond me, barring surgery, steroids, or scarier drugs. So from California and artist Tom Quinn, my old T Turner English boxlock is returning. Only .410 I could ever shoot- 4 pounds 8 ounces but FIFTEEN INCH stock. Compare to old Grant Pigeon 12 for scale. Again, …
Upland season
Reader and friend Kirk Hogan from Wisconsin evokes the essence of a northern upland season in a few terse sentences… 14 – hours hunted in 2 days (losing light) 8 – small Brittanies, 3 probably from Herve’s original lines 43 – flushes per 5 minute rule (5 minutes between flushes, so probably not re-flushes of …
Gun Post
Sometimes it is good, if not a necessity, to have a gun that fits you perfectly, one made specifically for you. As you age you might find you do not shoot like you did in your youth, especially if your reflexes are not what they used to be. Instinctive shooting, ie wingshooting, requires an exact …