Today is bird dog Rio’s birthday. It has been a wonderful 6 years. We miss her puppy days, as destructive as they were at times, but now she is at her bird hunting peak and sweet as pie.
Whoever said “Money can’t buy happiness” never bought a puppy!
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Pray for Rain
Weather, moisture in particular, drives quail population more than anything else. If you hunt quail in west Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico or southern Arizona, this graph is a total bummer.
Also, Texas is on fire . . .
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shit.
Filed under Bird Hunting
Sweet Sixteen Auto-5
There are two classic repeaters that we love; the Winchester Model 12 and the Browning Auto-5. Here is a late 1950’s minty Sweet 16. It is a gem.
Filed under Firearms
Game Gun Reloading
When I was a much younger fellow, I spent most Sunday afternoons at the trap field with my father. I have very fond memories of those days trapshooting with dad and my grandfather’s model 12. Back then I reloaded shot shells mostly to save money but really enjoyed the therapy of it all. Cranking through piles of shot, primers, wads and kegs of powder to produce thousands of rounds was fun then and still is today. I remember paying $7.50 for 25 lbs. of chilled shot. Things have certainly changed!
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Filed under Firearms
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