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chuckie
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We did hams like that, ALA Smithfields from VA....Roger the guy on the right in the last pic. would be your grandson?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by chuckie
We did hams like that, ALA Smithfields from VA....Roger the guy on the right in the last pic. would be your grandson? |
chuckie....you must be a psychic. Yes, that's my grandson, Lars, with his buddy, Randy, known as the Purple Sage.
p.s. uh chuckie...in your photo, which is older...you or the shotgun? 
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chuckie
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The shotgun, actually, 16 Bore W.J. Jefferey, made 1899-1902....I am but 80..
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I just added a rifle..a Sharps Creedmoor 45-70 mfg 1874. Yup, we both are/have old guns, but still able to load and fire to the mark.
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Thanks Allen, my cellar is actually the wine storage but with a walk in door and space of 10' x 4' x 8' high there is plenty of room. I set the cooler
to 62 for economy but with winter here I can go to 55 no problem. So I may try a goose 1st.
By the way speaking of classic DBL barrels my Dad willed me his LC Smith dbl 12 Ga. It is a prize possession and deadly on Pheasant et al.
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I couldn't handle all this discussion, so Rooney (my pointer) and I went out yesterday afternoon. Guess what's hanging in our garage. Okay, it's only
one bird, but WTH it's a pheasant.
Nice doublegun, Mike.
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sweet!!
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Sounds like everybody did there part. I'm sure Rooney was happy too.
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Eastern Wash way back
Leader my 2nd Lab
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Hunted mostly with my grandfathers model 97 and the others Ithica sxs 16 -- Mason my 1st Lab
Mason my 3rd Lab doesn't retrieve anything.
At 11 he's pretty laid back now
He did play beaver on my bathroom cabinet and door though this year.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Russ
Hunted mostly with my grandfathers model 97 and the others Ithica sxs 16 --.
[Edited on 11-21-2014 by Russ] |
Nice older shotguns. When very young I inherited a Winchester odel 97 12 ga. pump (with that dang thumb-busting exposed hammer) from my uncle Norman.
Used it a lot... and learned the hard way about it's hammer.
On my 16th birthday, my father gave me a Ithaca 16 ga. pump action shotgun..model 'Featherweight' and has beautiful etching on it's receiver. It was
my favorite pheasant gun back then for walking all those miles.
Rare shotguns these days. Both of these are in my collection.
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What a great thread this is!
MMc Rooney was very happy. Her short tail was a blur as she retrieved the bird.
Russ, nice photos and nice looking Lab. Look at those eyes, "Who me, a beaver?"
I've passed along my 20-bore Ithaca Flues SxS to my granddaughter. It had been my uncle's and I acquired it in 1957. All my shotguns are doubles (two
are O/Us the rest are SxS) and gauges are .410, 28, 20, and 12. It's embarrassing that I have more than one of several gauges, but I rationalize that
my wife has more than one purse and I survive with a single wallet.
Allen R.
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I had knee surgery yesterday, and believe I will be well enough to head to Kansas again after Thanksgiving. I have 18 good doubles and will be
shooting a 12 bore "G" grade Lefever on the next outing . The fat lab in the pic is not my dog..I'll get a pic of him at work next week..I have about
a 3week window before I have to have a heart surgery, gonna maximize my time in the field....at 80 years young, dont want to miss any of it...stay
well,all
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Gave almost all my guns to my brother's kids in CO. Hope they use them. Kept the Browning Lightning and an old pump 22 pump. I'd love to have both
here....
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chuckie I hope all goes well with your knee surgery recovery and the upcoming heart surgery. I'm trailing you by only two years, but
so far (knock on head, closest thing to wood nearby) no R and R on any parts...yet.
You guys have some good guns in your cabinets.
At the risk of changing this thread to a "Baja" thread, have any of you shot birds in Baja? Funny thing with me, I shot birds (waterfowl, quail, and
dove) in Baja many years before we had our house at Punta Bufeo. Over on the Melling Ranch and a couple of other places.
I began the paperwork on having legal shotguns down there but didn't complete the process. It wasn't overwhelming, the paperwork, etc., but we were
just doing other things and none of them involved shooting at birds. I think now the process of having legal shotguns in Baja has changed and it's
much more difficult. On my last trip to shoot on mainland of Mexico I used one of the guns at the lodge, and even that was over ten years ago.
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Good thread, chuckie. Talking guns and hunting is always a pleasant pastime.
The Baja shotgun below was a Model 1912 Winchester 12ga. pump, commonly known as a Model 12. Photo was taken at Playa Buenaventura during some
disagreements about 4-5 years ago. The fellow rested the shotgun on my pickup window while he talked to me. During the discussion, I unloaded it.
Which is quite easy to do...just push the release button and pump out the shells...1-2-3 done. (3 if the plug is in)
Like always, never a dull moment in Baja.
bufeo, just noticed your post about bringing shotguns to Baja for doves, quail, etc. Yes, we used to...but not anymore.
A Winchester Model 42 .410 pump was our shotgun of choice for hunting doves in Baja years ago...this trip was in 1977. We would hunt the areas around
Pta. Chivato and inland ranchos. Also fly over to Navajoa millet fields for excellent dove, duck, and quail. We always used the same
guide/outfitter...Oscar Santandar. Hah...I remember one evening sitting with Oscar at a waterhole hunting javalinas...with his Remington Model 66
nylon .22 automatic rifle. I had one back home exactly like it. He thought that was the ultimate gun for wild pigs...Hoo boy.
It was a lot easier back in the day to bring shotguns to Baja...today I would not want to lose a quality shotgun to someone's interpretation of the
law.
BAJA AND MAINLAND DOVE HUNTS – WINCHESTER 42 .410 PUMP
edit to add...my white-wing hunting amigo is using a Browning A5 .12 ga. A lot of overkill in my estimation.
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chuckie
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I hunted pheasants, quail and doves in Baja Norte two years ago, with Arturo Malo, south of Mexicali. Used his guns to avoid the paperwork, good guns,
Beretta O/U's. Shot driven and flushed Pheasants, wild birds not pen raised...LOTS of em....limited out by noon then napped and shot
dove/quail...Great experience....Roger? Your nephew keeps getting younger..
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| Quote: | Originally posted by chuckie
I hunted pheasants, quail and doves in Baja Norte two years ago, with Arturo Malo, south of Mexicali. Used his guns to avoid the paperwork, good guns,
Beretta O/U's. Shot driven and flushed Pheasants, wild birds not pen raised...LOTS of em....limited out by noon then napped and shot
dove/quail...Great experience....Roger? Your nephew keeps getting younger.. |
chuckie...yup, I was a few years younger back in the day. My 'nephew' would have loved to have been with us on that shoot...if only he'd been born.
I won a rather large bet for the Reno gambler who flew us over to the mainland...about who could hit what with .410's. Hitting doves with a
full-choked .410 pump while they're flitting around in a millet field is a mite challenging. But then, it's all fun...even with a .12 ga.
Here's the present-day me in a honker field before the big snow storm covered us up. Yes, I guess I'm a little worn down and missing a few parts, but
still hitting the mark. For this type of shooting I use my Browning Citori O/U 12. ga. Full bored ...still the way I like things.
Good grief..where did the time go?
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About twenty years ago my hubby and I were invited to a family dinner .. Our host served Pheasant that was cooked in Champagne..That was the most
delicious pheasant I have ever eaten..Stupid me should have begged the recipe.
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Enjoying this thread, and the tasty recipe suggestions. We've not tried game birds in Champagne, but I don't know why not. After all sparkling wine is
just that, "sparkling" wine.
I don't shoot many Canada geese, greenheads, or other waterfowl. I'm way too lazy. I save up what energy I have for chasing chukars around the hills,
knowing that one of these days I'll come home and that will have been my last time for those birds.
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