Posted in DOUBLES on Feb 14th, 2012
FN is one of the largest weapon manufacturers in the world. Today, they concentrate on military and tactical arms. But it wasn’t that long ago that they made double barrel shotguns. This side-by-side shown here is one of them. It’s a 12 gauge boxlock ejector with 28″ barrels, a straight grip, and very shootable dimensions [...]
Posted in ENJOYING BOTH on Jan 28th, 2012
I saw this on a great blog called Uplandbirdhunter.com. Check it out. I’m sure you could use the same technique to a grouse. OF course, you need to do something with those quail once they’re cleaned. You could even bring the ingredients along with you and do this in the field: Enjoy. www.dogsanddoubles.com
Posted in ENJOYING BOTH on Jan 14th, 2012
Check out this quick little video of some folks hunting for grouse and woodcock in Maine. It’s pretty well done. (FYI – turn you audio down before it gets going. The music is a bit much.) BTW: Do you think he popped that first grouse out of that pine tree?
Posted in ENJOYING BOTH on Jan 12th, 2012
I’ve always been told that grouse switch to Aspen buds as cold winter moves in and the ground freezes up. This string over at Upland Journal proves that that’s not the whole story. Some bird’s diets are a bit more diverse. The bird was shot in late December. Check out the content of it’s crop [...]
Posted in ENJOYING BOTH on Oct 20th, 2011
Well, I’m back from the 2011 pheasant opener in South Dakota. I had a great time and we saw shot plenty of birds. It took my crew 2 hours to limit out on both Saturday and Sunday. With almost a dozen shooters both days, that’s a lot of birds. I’m back up in Maine now, [...]
Posted in DOUBLES on Sep 2nd, 2011
Side-by-side, double barrel shotguns are usually easy to tell apart: You have boxlocks…. And you have sidelocks… But sometimes it’s not so easy, like with this Bernardelli: [...]
Posted in DOUBLES on Jul 1st, 2011
So it’s 1932. While everyone else was wiped out in the 1929 crash, you made out like Jesse Livermore and you’re rich. You’re also a hunter–birds, deer, maybe a bear–and you’re thinking it’s time for some nice double barrel shotguns and rifles. So what do you do? How about placing some orders with Holland & [...]
Posted in DOGS, ENJOYING BOTH on May 20th, 2011
The US and the UK: we both pursue game birds. We just do it in very different ways. Over here we hunt, in the UK they shoot. But on both sides of the Atlantic, well trained dogs are essential to having a good time and doing things right. Take a look at this video to [...]
