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If you know the right guys box birds are still shot here. I happen to know of several within a 100 miles. They always avoid the press and the cost is very high.
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Sorry for my poor english - that's not me on the pictures! :-))
Neither with the gun nor with the "Newspaper" hat... ;-)
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Fair enough Gunwolf, I wouldn't admit to that hat either.
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I think the guy's hat is nicely accented by his footwear!
"Every one must believe in something, I believe I'll go hunting today."
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Indeed, he's in real leisure dress…!!
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Look at the current ZZ bird ring rules except for the cartridges used. They are pretty closely follow current box bird rules.
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Stan, yes, the two shot European system is the one in use today, just about everywhere. The last shoot I am aware of using the one shot, low gun rules was one event at the Hegins, PA Labor Day Shoot. This shoot closed down several years ago, but will always be a part of pigeon shooting history. My garden shed is about full of the old hand pulled traps from the Hegins rings. The one shot event at Hegins was really something to see. The two shot fields were full of Perazzis, Brownings, Krieghoffs, and high grade side by sides. The one shot field, alone and nearest to the residences of Hegins, was populated by Model 12s, Model 97s, single barrel hardware store guns, mixed in with the guns of more affluent shooters. It was an experience, shooting that field with a street full of houses, exposed on the back side, not much more than 150 yards from the ring.
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That's interesting stuff, Bill. Thanks. Those times won't be coming back, I'm afraid.
We've got a flyer shoot coming up near me next month. Usually attracts the like of Cooley, Mein, McGuire, etc. Fun weekend. It's the one that the PETA idiots tried to fly the drone with the camera over a couple years ago. Their plan, however, was shot down ......... literally.
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They shot the whirly bird at Wing Pointe a while back also. We have our own local shoot here, just an hour from my house. Not as much activity in PA as there once was, however.
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I think, the guy in the first picture shoots with a SxS, what do you mean?
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