Like CRS it is difficult to just name one day so here are a few very brief:
My father's last hunt was for moose. He was 89. We partnered on the license and scored. He is now 93 and doing fine.
I field trial labs and I have only been serious for 5 years. In my 3rd year I made it to the 10th series of the Canadian National and lost on the last bird. The same dog is entered in this years Canadian National in September.
I guide for ducks and geese and one year with 10 hunts per week for 11 weeks we limited on every hunt.
I never thought I would get the chance to shoot a Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep and now I have taken 3.
When I was a teenager way back in the country we always had a hunt on the harvest moon. I won't say how long we shot and how many birds we took home or how many beer we drank on the way home.
A few years ago I took my Wm Moore hammer gun, finished in Canada, loaned it to a youth who had never shot a sxs before and blew a large hole in a duck puddling pond. He now has the collector bug for vintage sxs as well.
My personal goose hunting is in December on the edge of the city limits. We had a field we called the, 'killing field'. One year it was planted in canola and on 4 weekends we shot 288 geese. On the last hunt we took a guest hunter who was a chief at a nice restaurant and wrote an excellent book on cooking wild game. In and out of the field in 1 1/2 hours with 42 birds. To see the delight in his eyes after the hunt, I will never forget.
I take my friends to a private hunt club I belong to in January and February. I am the only one with a vintage sxs with black powder rounds. I shoot my fair share then I am very content to hang my gun over my shoulder and just run my dogs. One of them is a 12 year old miniature wirehair dachshund. It is a great pleasure to see that dog and the other hunters enjoying themselves.
And last I have always drooled over fine double shotguns but never thought I would have the ability or finances to own one. Now when I'm asked how many I own I suggest the questioner ask what is the most interesting gun I own.
Last edited by Tamid; 07/15/16 01:32 AM.
