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Sidelock
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Sidelock
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Thanks, Karl. Makes sense. I can deduce that you are a serious shotgunner, wheh you use term "muscle memory"- out of the Chris Batha playbook. 90% of my shotgunning nowadays is either incomers, or quartering away birds-mainly pass shooting on waterfowl. Haven't missed a grouse in the last 20 some years, because that's about how long it has been since I hunted them. A good well trained pointing dog, a fine small bore side-by-side, and a good trusted friend to share the coverts with- RWTF
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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Sidelock
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Sidelock
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Fox,
Exactly! 6 days to "Grousemas"!
Karl
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Sidelock
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Sidelock
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Good hunting- 30 years ago, I might have also done a "Grouse-Mas count down. Now Sept means geese and teal, after 15th Turkey opens-- been my experience that the cover seems to keep getting a bit denser each passing Sept though- must be old age creeping up on me. I am just guessing you hunt with a dog-- hunting grouse and 'cock w/o a 4 legged companion is like having a 7 course gourmet meal served on a Dixie plate. RWTF
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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Sidelock
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Sidelock
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At 73, I hunt conservatively mostly logging roads ans single track with some walking in the edge cover. No dog, but I'm blessed to share time with friends who have them.
I truly believe that God does not subtract the time from a man's life that is spent hunting! I'm heading up to the U.P. this coming week to start the sequence once again.
Karl
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Sidelock
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Was at a local gunshop yesterday and they had two twenty bores with 28" barrels, an early Savage gun with some nice CC and a Philly gun, $1795 and $1895
Mike Proctor
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Sidelock
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Times sure have changed, price-wise. My 20 Sterlingworth with DT and AE, ad 28" tubes, is an early Utica gun- i bought it well used for $600 Cash money. Just for the hey of it, do either of these 20 Sterlingworths have ejectors. Always figured that feature added about 20% to the base price of the gun with extractors.
I learned many years ago to never leave empty ejected shells in any grouse covert- whether public lands, or private farms. A "tell tale" remainder of some hunting activity there-- RWTF
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