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Had one of the finest pheasant hunts in recent memory today. On account of foul weather, yesterday became a sightseeing day. Today, however was a true banner day. The birds were taken by my Horton, boss, and father-in-law’s Belgian Browning. We hunted the same slough and weed field we hunted on Tuesday, with much better results. We also headed over to a WPA and hunted an 80 acre weed field adjacent to cut corn, which produced one bird. Then, we turned our attention to a 5 acre slough in the middle of a bean field, Where are we located a bachelor party of three.My 11 year old griff turned in a spectacular performance, hunting for five or six hours today. My best shot of the day was with the full barrel of the 16 gauge which broke two wings of a pheasant at 45 yards. The memory of the bird flapping around on top of a cattle-grazed hill in the falling sunlight will be one that I remember for many years to come. Fate dictated that we would encounter yet another coyote in the same Weed field as two days prior, However, on this occasion, A 65 yard shot with the full barrel of the 16 gauge gave him something to think about, but did not bring him down.


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You should savor your day, but keep in mind, it is believed coyote are beneficial to game birds.


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Two days ago, where the arctic watershed starts in Ontario, near Gogama. Got my limit!

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Fine picture, Steve. I admit I had to look up Gogama on a map to get a perspective of where you were/are.

Very nice gun. Can you tell us more about it, maybe even another pic or two? Appears to be a single barrel fowler. Barrel length, choke? Make, year of manufacture?

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Beautiful single hammer shotgun, Steve!


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Last Sunday I grabbed both dogs and my shotguns and headed out to my house in South Dakota for some bird hunting. This will be the final year Lucy is able to hunt, she is almost 13 and has mobility issues, Tucker is 5 and in his prime. Monday morning I had a hard time reaching my rancher friend to verify access, it was cold, damp, foggy and really windy. All three of us wanted to hunt so we went to a field I knew I could access, it had not been picked yet and we found it full of short milo and birds but not luck in getting close enough to shoot at any of them. Afternoon brought access to the ranchers family farm and it had not been picked either but we gave it a go. Several nice long pushes for Tucker and I turned up nothing but the old lady worked this nice mature bird like the pro she has always been.

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Day two was a repeat weather wise with some morning drizzle added in as a bonus, we scouted a few public places and found almost everything grazed or baled due to the drought this summer. Since early October they have had lots of rain and things are greening up again. Afternoon the weather improved and we headed over to my friends ranch. Lucy had several nice flushes on hens and Tucker and I took two roosters out of the cattails.

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Wednesday I met up with board member Ken, his friend Jay and we hunted public land for Pheasant and Chickens. Jay lives in South Dakota and had scouted the area pre-season. Tucker worked a nice old rooster up out of the cattails and I missed but Jay managed a nice shot on it and the first bird was in the bag. We tried to hunt another spot but a group of guys was just ahead of us, we relocated to a field Jay said he had seen lots of Chickens in and Ken managed to kill his first PC. I missed a chicken in that field, and did not kill a bird that day. Still a great day with the dogs and good company.

Thursday I hunted the ranchers other place that had been picked. It was a warm and sunny day but extremely windy. Tucker and I started out along some old farm machinery with a wheat field bordering it, the field had some fairly tall grass due to the recent rain and Tucker flushed a single sharptail in the tall grass which we put in the bag. We worked the tumbleweed choked fence line back toward the trucker and took a nice rooster before working out into a small shelter belt where we moved a half dozen roosters but did not get a shot at any of them. I hunted both dogs a few more areas around the ranch but the wind was a serious challenge. At the end up the day I took Lucy out to the shelter belt where I found the group of roosters earlier and we managed to put another rooster in the bag.


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Friday came and it was warm, breezy and beautiful. We took a rooster off of each ranch, Tucker found his in the cattails and Lucy and I went back to the shelter belt.




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We had a great trip! Looking forward to returning.


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Good pics, Steve, and a good report, too. Those two dogs are really pretty. Nice to have the opportunity to let the elder help train the younger.


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Originally Posted by Stanton Hillis
Fine picture, Steve. I admit I had to look up Gogama on a map to get a perspective of where you were/are.

Very nice gun. Can you tell us more about it, maybe even another pic or two? Appears to be a single barrel fowler. Barrel length, choke? Make, year of manufacture?

Thanks for posting.

The gun is a delight. I believe it may have started life as a 16-bore single percussion fowler, made by Thomas Seymour of London (in business 1841-1844), with the lock and twist barrel repurposed to make a centre-fire gun. As the lock was left non-rebounding, I'm guessing the 'conversion' was done in the late 1860s or early 1870s. The lock and barrel might be the only original parts, the rest was probably added when converted, built with an unmarked double-bite screw-grip action. It was re-proofed for smokeless powder at some time in the 20th century, probably when it was restored/refinished, all in the UK (where I bought it more than 20 years ago). The barrel is 30 1/4", cylinder bore, and it has a 2 1/2" chamber. It has no serial number, and it weighs less than 5 pounds. Not a flashy gun by any means, slow to load and re-load, but nicely proportioned with attention to detail and invariably the gun I pick up if I'm going to be walking all day.

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What a lovely gun!

It is a pleasure to see that it is still in use.

When they converted it they may have been able to re-use the stock, but you may be able to tell from the style of the butt plate.

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I endorse the words of Parabola.

Steve, enjoy it!


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