Gentlemen,
My buddy Galen from up in NY was here for the past 3 days, he had his new to him G&H 12 bore with him and unfortunately we only had one shot at a Grouse in about 6 hrs of hunting and I missed the shot with my 28 gauge Huglu 200A. Was wishing for my L.C. Smith 16 gauge to make that hard shot thru the trees.
Galens 12 gauge G&H 2" Chambered gun only weighs 5.9lbs and is a real beauty, with 25" barrels. I wanted him to be able to down a Grouse with that nice 2" Brit made double gun, unfortunately it was way to warm and the Grouse just would not sit at all, spooky birds beyond belief, only got with in 50 yards of one Grouse in 3 days. In fact we only saw 3 Grouse the entire time Galen was here, no Woodcock what so ever. Until we get some colder rainy weather, its going to be real tough bird hunting, to dry and noisy. Maybe after Thanksgiving, the weather will cooperate. This next week is still suppose to be in the 60's and mostly sunny. Not good Grouse hunting weather, thank the Lord the 1st 2 weeks were cool and rainy.
all the best,
Pine Creek/Dave
L.C. Smith Man
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My buddy Galen from up in NY was here for the past 3 days, he had his new to him G&H 12 bore with him and unfortunately we only had one shot at a Grouse in about 6 hrs of hunting and I missed the shot with my 28 gauge Huglu 200A. Was wishing for my L.C. Smith 16 gauge to make that hard shot thru the trees.
Galens 12 gauge G&H 2" Chambered gun only weighs 5.9lbs and is a real beauty, with 25" barrels. I wanted him to be able to down a Grouse with that nice 2" Brit made double gun, unfortunately it was way to warm and the Grouse just would not sit at all, spooky birds beyond belief, only got with in 50 yards of one Grouse in 3 days. In fact we only saw 3 Grouse the entire time Galen was here, no Woodcock what so ever. Until we get some colder rainy weather, its going to be real tough bird hunting, to dry and noisy. Maybe after Thanksgiving, the weather will cooperate. This next week is still suppose to be in the 60's and mostly sunny. Not good Grouse hunting weather, thank the Lord the 1st 2 weeks were cool and rainy.
all the best,
Pine Creek/Dave
L.C. Smith Man
