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My 1st 5-bird day this year was on Monday.

Hey all, Will and I went out and hit a couple spots. Very slow.....almost downright poor hunting.

Last place we hit got up two and I managed to get a double. So, not all was lost!

Addie did well as always.

Used my 16ga Ugartechea 1030

Stay well my friends

Greg

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Hey all, my son, daughter, and grandson and I went out for a morning hunt prior to it getting hot this afternoon.

We did well, I managed to limit (first time this year), and my son managed two. Addie did very well.....good retrieves and good points. Didn't run into any groups, just singles.

Stay well my friends

Greg


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A big cold front swept through last night, and with it came a few birds. This snipe, a first for both me and Dusty, was one of them. Dust flushed it from a hayfield we were crossing. It flew around in crazy circles over and over again, until it flew over me. A couple of woodcock were flushed too, and one will be part of dinner with this snipe tonight.

We did well seeing that I mismatched my ammo and gun this morning. I grabbed a Cashmore 2.75" chamber gun rather than a Skimin and Woods 2" gun to go with the ammo in my vest. Both wear eland leather buttpads and I just was not paying attention when I was leaving the truck because I was watching some traffic on the county road instead. But the snipe did not notice the gaffe, nor the woodcock. Luckily, the ammo was loaded with plastic wads rather than the normal fiber that I use for hunting with this ammo.

More woodcock should be arriving tonight and the rest of this week.

Here is a picture of a opening day pheasant hunt in Minnesota with a new to me Vickers Imperial Sidelock 16 gauge with 30" barrels I purchased from Kirby Hoyt. I couldn't be happier with its handling and how nice it carries.

Hey all, well, opener was terrible! High winds (20 to 35) all weekend. Got out for about an hour on Saturday.......got blowned back to the truck!

Today was a much better day. Low winds, cool, nice walking weather.

Addie did well as always, she got me a limit! Saw quite a few, but some ve@ry spooky.

Anyway. I used my 12ga AyA XXV SLE, didn't fail me!

Stay well my friends!

Greg

Went out yesterday looking for a few forest grouse. I did a walk through of some older pine/spruce forestry plantations. Chased up six grouse and managed to connect with three, all were singles. Was out with my AyA 4/53 Cabela’s Classic, 12 GA. BLE.







A close up photo of my AyA 4/53 Cabela’s Classic detailing the coin finished engraving pattern.



This model was supposed entirely hand engraved, as stated by Bruce Buck in his review of the Cabela's Classic in the Shooting Sportsman book, 'Shotguns on Review', published in 2011, pgs. 20-24. He also stated that this foliate and flower engraving pattern wasn’t seen as coming from either England, or Italy. So my speculation, then maybe this engraving pattern was truly Spanish in design? Anyway, each to his own. I like it.

Those are really nice - the grouse and the engraving.

That pattern of engraving has been around since at least the 1950s. I lifted this image off the web, a 16 very similar to yours:



I saw a number 4 deluxe, the model with the scalloped back frame, in 20 gauge a few years back, with the identical engraving, wish I had paid a bit more attention to it and perhaps gotten my bill fold out, it was a really sweet handling little gun.

Enjoy.

Best,
Ted