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A few pics from yesterdays hunt. At 9 years old Emma is at the top of her game. My woodcock numbers have fallen as the season draws to a close,but she found 3 birds and the little 16 ga Husqvarna brought them down. In the thick hawthorn sometimes they don't make it to the ground.


Emma with one of her birds.


Two of my three bird limit. The other bird I "centered" too well and regrettably was all "shot to he!!".


All in all it was just about as perfect as a day could be.

Neat pix; neat gun!

I guess I can now see why Continental makers used to make special guns for woodcock with "Spreader" barrels: 1) not to miss at close range, and 2) not to hit TOO well at close range! (I suspect that's happened to just about everybody--a side effect of caffeine?).

A follow up to the dog in the gun case. Huck missed the deer hunt but got in on the duck hunt the following day. Classic deer hunt. Sat down and let others unknowingly push this buck to me. Not a large guy but excellent meat. Then a stroll across the same field next morning for ducks. The double is a Fox B in 12 ga.

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My Husqvarna 12 gauge SxS with two Illinois roosters.



JERRY

Hi Guys:

I just got back from my first pheasant hunt in South Dakota. I don't know what took me so long to get there. It was a great trip. I hunted with Dukxdog (Bobby)and stayed at his home that he advertised in the "for sale" section here. Very nice accommodations and Bobby is both a good cook and a very capable hunter. He was a big help to a newcomer. In fact, all the guys that stayed there were very nice. Here's a few photos from the hunt. Bobby is the guy behind my brittany Tilly that is on point.

Tom, that's a beauty of a Britt. My two Britts have more orange than white which can make them harder to see in cover than Tilly's coat. Gil

Gil, thanks for kind remarks. Tilly's breeder is breeding for more white so they can been seen more easily in the woods. We are mostly grouse / woodcock hunters in northern Wisconsin. No wild pheasants here.

Today's the opener of the first of the split duck season in GA. Up at 5 ..... left home with Cady, my black lab, at 5:55 ..... arrived at little "woody hole" at 6:05 ..... waited until shooting time at 6:31 ..... shot three times (RIO BlueSteel 4s) and downed three "Woodrows" ..... three fine retrieves by Cady. Back in the house with the BSS already wiped down and put away at 7:22, sipping on the second mug of joe. I swapped the flip-flops for waders this morning, Gil. I'd call it a decent start to the season.

Two of the still warm woodies and the ol' BSS.



SRH

What a way to start the day. Thanks, Stan.


Mike

Stan, I can almost taste those birds. Nothing better in the pan. Good start. Thinking of going you-know-where to run the MuttPak after a covey or two. Gil