Great photo, Stan. Looks like a bag of all mallards. Any black ducks in that game-rich area? I shot a banded black duck back in early Nov. First black duck in my daily bag in almost 25 years, last banded bird I shot was a drake pintail, late Oct 2000.

No need to apologize for that fine looking young man holding a 390- sportsmanship and the ethics of hunting do not encompass the make and model of the ordnance. Fine looking HE Fox you have there, amigo. I owned one fairly much like it, about 30 years ago. I love to shoot "tall birds" on crows and barn pigeons (in the mode of George Digweed) and I often used it for those feathered targets on area dairy farms. Amazing range, tell you what-that HE was so well fitted that I could NOT close it fully shooting AA reloads (Pacific 250 press)- It would only close and lock with factory new shells. Sorta wish I had kept it- RWTF


"The field is the touchstone of the man"..