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Quail season opens here in Texas Saturday. Joe Wood, my son, and I are leaving 7:30 Saturday morning for the lease. Joe and I are going to shoot hammer guns with black powder cartridges and my son is shooting an AYA 20 gauge SxS.

I will be taking my French Brittanies, Beau, Dubya, and Molly.

I posted these pictures before but I think the anticipation of Saturday meshes nicely with the anticipation of pointing dogs.

First the point (Beau on the left, 25lb Molly on the right:



Then the flush!



This is one of my favorite all time hunting pictures. This is my 29 pound Beau running across a draw on Joe's family ranch after an ice storm:



Though an ice storm is not likely being in the outdoors is something to look forward to.

Keeping with the anticipation theme here is 45lb Dubya on point:



This is the gun I am taking. It is a Purdey 14 bore with 16 bore chambers.





It was built as a muzzleloader in the 1840s and the then sent back in the 1880s and converted to a breechloader by Purdey. It has 28" barrels and weighs 7lbs 4oz. It has very little choke in either barrel. I am shooting Magtech brass shells loaded with 2-1/2 drams of black powder, a nitro card, fiber wad soaked in vegetable oil, 1oz of 7-1/2 shot, and an overshot card. All of the wads and cards are 13 gauge and are a tight fit in the 16 gauge Magtech brass hull.

I am so excited. Typically the night before opening day I wake my self up several times raising the gun when the birds in my dream flush. My dogs are in good shape and their manners are very good as we have been doing NSTRA field trials. With Joe and my boy and the dogs this could be the best opening day ever.

Best,

Mike

Hope you have a good hunt. The season open Nov. 15 here so I still gt a few weeks. I am really looking forward to it. Be sure to give a report of your hunt.

Here are few pics from last season, here in South Alabama. Enjoy!















Adam

Great pics from both of you.Mike with the weather we are getting here in Galveston you just might get ice or snow.Good luck and I hope it is your best hunt ever so far.

Good pics from both of you, thanks for sharing. Be safe, and have a good hunt.

Adam, what happened to your gun? Those barrels look funny...

Great pictures from both of you, thanks so much for posting them!

Mike, that looks like some birdy country. Never hunted buhds in Texas, YET, but keep posting, they're great.

Adam, now that countryside looks like my backyard! Fine looking dogs, all.

I'm sure jealous of you folks that still have enough birds to make keeping a dog worthwhile. Reminds me of the good ol' days with my setter.

Hey, Mike, have a great hunt. So you have those "preview" hunting dreams too! (So it ISN'T just me and the dogs, as my wife avers.....)

Adam those are great looking dogs - especially the Brittany. Thanks for postin the pics.

Will if it is snowing in Galveston we should be having a blizzard here!

Thank you JM and Mike.

Best,

Mike

Mike
That Purdey sure looks nice.

Do you know of any places in the Canyon TX. area that is open to the public to hunt quail. I am going to be there in a few weeks putting a new street sweeper into service.

Regards, Gordon

Thanks Gordon.

I emailed you.

Best,

Mike