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I have owned and hunted most above; have chosen ESS (Springer) as my go to favored dog for upland hunting (phez, grouse, woodcock, etc.) Good bird finders and just like FBI on downed birds...they never give up. As for guns, if I had to choose one I might quit shooting. My "rotation" includes Super 20, Citori 16 SLF, M21 20, RBL 28, 16 and Parker Repro 20, 16 & 28.
A Springer Spaniel, a 6# double and a fair day to hunt.
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George that video is fantastic. It gets to the heart of why I can't pick which I like best. Much as I love upland, that video sure reminds me of why all the early mornings, hard work and miserable weather of duck hunting is so much fun! Thanks!
When I was about 11 or 12 my dad and I used to go hunting in some fields within the city limits of Winnipeg and see that pretty regularly. It was 10 minutes from our home and the advancing suburbs were clearly visible. Don't know why but back then, no one else thought to hunt in the city.
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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a·nach·ro·nism (-nkr-nzm) n. 1. The representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper, or historical order. 2. One that is out of its proper or chronological order, especially a person or practice that belongs to an earlier time I think that pretty well describes how I feel about a few things. I own a fabric covered biplane, fascinated by the WW2 fighters rather than jets. I think that girls with tatoos are nasty, earrings belong on girls not guys, baseball hats should be worn with the brim forward, coffee is meant to be drank hot and black, beer cold, whiskey sparingly, wine with food. I think good bar-b-que (not grilled food) is finer food than chateubriand, beef wellington, or crepe suzzettes. I think every kid should learn at an early age where our food comes from. I mean they should visit places that process our foods, including the animal variety. It strikes me as completely incongruent that a 8 yr old kid will want to go to McDonalds for a burger and not know it's from a dead cow. Dang! Did I get off track? Crap! My adult ADD is flaring up again. Ok, I like sxs guns, good dogs regardless of breed, and good hunting grounds. I have a particular fondness to hunt wild California valley quail with a .410 and a dog. I like hunting them over my lab, but I recently acquired an English Pointer to see if that's how I want to hunt them and because the lab is aging and the heat is often a challenge for a dog here. The jury is still out on the pointer type of hunting. The reason I like hunting with the .410 is that I found it was more rewarding when I actually took game with it. Many times more rewarding to me. I have a particular affliction for the early 20th century American .410's and other small bores. That's a narrow selection, but I have a few. I like hunting with just me and a dog, but prefer to hunt with one or two friends. Here's the new one.  Me, my bro-in-law, my dogs. (Amarillo Mike's birds, our birds were too big to lug into the picture)  The double malt ... er I mean double gun militia [IMG] http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c125/roaniecowpony/DSC_3266.jpg[/IMGI like what you said and how you said it too- great fotos- and dogs and dead birds and fine shottyguns and NO Females to screw things up-- As my Granddad taught me- there are things men do (they all start with the letter P) that are NOT for females- Poker, shooting Pool, Shooting Pheasants and Pigeons, Politics-- and also none of the Limey fops with their faggy looking tweeds and +pip pip+ crap- or the goofy looking dues (and dude-ettes) dressed like 1890 and carrying fancy shottyguns for shooting clay Discs-- BS- shotguns were made to KILL BIRDS AND Game-- let's keep it that way!!
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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Come on Foxy, "goofy looking dudes and dudettes dressed like 1890........shooting clay discs." Tomorrow I'll be dressed in bib overalls, T-shirt with yellow stained armpits, my favorite clodhopper boots, baseball cap, and shooting clay discs with my Brazilian go-to-gun.  If my dudette girly is nice I'll even put my Billy-Bob teeth in for her. 
Practice safe eating. Always use a condiment.
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 I'm a Springer man. Briar, myself and the late grate miss Maggie May.  And the new student, Lucy, who is Maggie's granddaughter. Lucy looks like she will turn into an excellent bird dog. I'm holding a Birmingham SLNE by Ogden, a nice shooter that fits well.  if the weather is decent in the pheasant fields you will find me carrying my old Holland, an early self opener built in the 20's with 29" bbls and weighs 6lbs 9ozs.
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An imposing Scot enters an outfitters.
The nervous young clerk approaches.
"What would be your pleasure, Sir?"
With a scowl, the Scot replies
"That would be pigeons and fornication, not that it's any concern of yours. I'm here for a flat cap."
have a day
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You're welcome to post a picture of the hat, but I really don't wanna see any of the pigeon fornication.
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I agree with Daryl, breed does not matter as there are good and bad examples. Further he is right about the most important factor is getting the dog the experience. No different than quarterbacks or soldiers, the number of repetitions matter most.
You can't make a genius play at the top of their game without experience. You can make a journeyman look steller with enough repetitions. Most of us are journeymen.
On guns, my thoughts are about the same. I have seen some best gun performance from men with pumps and consistent mediocrity from high dollar guns. The difference comes down to how many rounds in experience the shooter possesses with the gun.
My one regret in my gun life is that I have owned too many guns. I wish I had brought and get fitted to a high dollar SLE when I was in my twenties, instead of the long trial of second and third tier BLNE and BLEs I went through.
I still remember the Purdey I held in 1985 with a $5k price tag that I could have afforded (pre-marraige). It was even a 16 which was part of the discount at the time (those were the days and I was too careful)
Shooting one gun alot is better than twenty more beautiful guns alittle.
Michael Dittamo Topeka, KS
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What is that under over in the picture?
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