Eightbore,
Son of a friend of the original owner or more correctly son of a friend of friend, and was thinking about buying, but as I say I was real bad with the gun at Skeet. Too short on both ends and back then I did not think that O/U's were built funny. Shame to say I even shot an auto at the time in the 12 gauge. I shot the
20 and had, I think, a 14 and maybe a 16 at Skeet. A months worth of misses in two rounds will make you right humble.
Was it Dr. Metcalf who also shot Skeet, late 50's early 60's, and had one fine goose farm over on the upper shore? 40+ years ago I remember my father taking me goose hunting at his "Doctor" friends farm. I think it was Dr. Metcalf. Geese out the waazoo. Got our limits in maybe ten minutes after entering the blinds. Mine with my Winchester Model 12, 28 gauge. Longest shot might have been 20 yards. They had picked the corn crosswise, the amount of corn on the ground had to be 50%. Ducks, geese, dove out the you know what.
Heard that one of the Duponts offered the Dr. half a million or more for farm and he refused the offer. He said that he would not have a good place to hunt if he sold it and had enough money already. Man after my own heart. I remember Dr. Metcalf but I could be wrong about name. The farm was real and the hunt with my father was one of my best childhood memories of hunting with him.
Maybe, in heaven, we get to go hunting again with our fathers and grandfathers. Lead shot allowed, pipe smoke in the air, paper shells, thermos of sweeten coffee for the cold days, shoot until the Black ducks are safe in the night, old dogs, long gone, to do the retrieve. That is my kind of heaven.
Last edited by KY Jon; 02/19/08 06:13 PM.
