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Hi all, the boys and I went out again today, still not the best. Birds spooky like yesterday. Just can't figure them out, not where they should be, scratching my head on this one.

Anyway, here's how we did:

My birds and my 12b J. Blanch with those nasty, bad and dangerous damascus barrels:



Will with his birds, he was using his Browning BSS/S 20ga:



Jim and his bird, he was using an AyA Model 4 Deluxe in 12ga:



Best!

Greg

Greg,

There's one thing for sure you have figured out and that's all the memories you are making every time you walk in the field with your boys!

What loads did Will use in his 20 ga to bag his birds?

Thanks

Thanks so much for the kind words!! I'm a lucky man, these two have been on the straight and narrow their entire lives, not one lick of trouble with them. I'm blessed. They're also the best hunting partners a guy can have.

Anyway, Will was using 2 3/4" 1oz of #6's. He's a good shot with that 20 of his. It's also tubed, so he was using IC/IM chokes.

Thanks again!

Greg

Glad to hear you did well. We had a horrible opener on this side of the river. Yesterday zilch and today I took a hun and sharptail, while my hunting partner got a rooster. First time ever that we had such a bad run. We only saw a dozen birds yesterday and about the same today. Very spooky birds for opener and none would hold to point. The huns though were nice with about 15 birds in the covey. It will get better I believe as some crops are in and the weather was very nice allowing the birds to roost in the fields.

They just won't sit tight this year Wade. We have plenty of birds this side of the Mighty Mo. Maybe tomorrow Greg and I can do some justice on them. I wish you could come with him.

Thanks for the invite, I sure appreciated it. Too much going on at work to break away since I have to be in DC mid week.

Hi all, well I wnet out to J.R.B. (Joel) place today, had one heck of a good time. One of the best hunts I've been on in a long time. Joel is truly a gentleman of the old school. He let me do all the shooting and said "This is your hunt", what a great guy! He's one of your basic down to earth types. Even had a nice dinner made by his 86 year old mother, she's also a wonderful person, had a wonderful visit with her as well.

Lots of birds, some spooky, but some held tight in the thick stuff. Thanks Joel for a truly wonderful day!!! I sure appreciated everything!

BTW, tomorrow is his birthday! Hope you have a great one!

This is for Homeless jOe, I'm supposed to tell you, these are a scotch triple.

Anyway, here are the pics:

Joel:



My Coggy 12b Konor and the birds:



One tired old dog:



Thanks again Joel!!!

Greg

Glad you had a good time Greg. I wish the shooting would have been even better. Poor Dutchess was pooped. I didn't have the heart to make old girl crawl up just one more creek bank today. You gotta find a set of X-Tra Tuffs boots to hunt my swamp. Birds were plentiful and I know we passed by quite a few. My gun of choice today is behind our pooped dog in the pickup. My go to gun E.R. Amantino 12 bore. I wasn't going to cross those old beaver dams with my Remington. Greg got to lift Dad's old 10 bore 1889 Remington. A full 10 pound gun that I used in my early years of hunting.

Nice hunt. Greg, it's a wonder that you get a limit nearly every time considering that you're using a different gun every time!!!!

I can vouche Adam that he shot his birds. Like I told Greg early this morning, "It's your hunt." Greg is a true sportsman and it was a pleasure to have him as a guest on my land. His gun of choice today was feather light compared to my go to gun. He was also in some of the finest pheasant country that Morton county has to offer.