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Federal Monarchs, 20 gauge, 7.5, 2.75 inch, paper. Ahhhhh!!!! I remember it so well from 50+ years ago. So well in fact that I hunted preserve quail, chukar, and pheasant in Oklahoma two weeks ago with Federal Gold Medal ( I think that is what they were called), 7.5's and 8's, but in 12. Not only did they perform adequately in my BSS SL, they were the hit of the day with the other two hunters wanting to "smell my empties" after each shoot!!! But like someone said earlier, the smell, although wonderful, is still not quite what it was over 50 years ago to an aspiring teenaged hunter. Thank to the originator of this thread and other contributors for these excellent memories of a youth well spent in the hunting fields and woods. I only wish my grandchildren could experience it, but I think they probably never will, at least not to the extent I did.
Perry M. Kissam NRA Patron Life Member
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By the way, can someone point me to a good source of paper shells in 20???
Perry M. Kissam NRA Patron Life Member
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RST sells a nice 20 gauge 'Paper Lite' in 2-1/2".
GMC(SW) - USN, Retired (1978-2001)
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Thanks Roundsworth!! I'll look them up.
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That musky smell of a canvas vest that has been stored for a season, the smell of fresh mown hay at the opening day of dove season, the smell of bird dogs after they have run all day and you take them out of their box after a days hunt, my grandmother's smothered quail and biscuits while you still had the sent of Hope's #9 on your hands from cleaning the L C Smith 20 that your father got from Santa in 1938 when he was 12, and the smell of a spring bream bed: best described by my long time hunting and fishing companion, MLC, III as " fish pussy"
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Got a box of old paper hulls from my grandpa the other day.
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How well I know the smell of bream beds on the "first full moon in April", Tyler.
Milrob, I shot almost a box of those exact shells at late season doves about 10 weeks ago. Purple, too.
SRH
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Full moon in April here is the prime time for shell crackers. My son and I caught 52 on our fly rods in about an hour and a half Easter Sunday afternoon last year. " Blue Pissers" are generally best three days before the full moon closest to June first. With two fly rods 100 in a hour is expected.
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Tyler,
Check your p.m.s, please.
SRH
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Tyler, just wondering; what are you pitching on those fly rods? Sinking Wooly-Boogers, popping bugs, roll-casting crickets with a split shot, or pond worms? Inquiring minds want to know...Geo
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