Pheasent hunters?

Seven© · 07-26-2008, 09:49 PM

Good lookin' gun, Earl. Ruger uses some of the prettiest wood on their O/Us.

Earl Easter · 07-28-2008, 05:08 PM

Thanks Seven©
I almost did not show that gun only because most folk may think i might be rich or something.LOL....The truth is i am probably poorer than a church mouse. But happy as a hog, full of slop LOL... where the heck are the other shotguns you guys have, i like them all and they certainly don't have ta be new, i just did not show the 1913 the 1932 or the 1935. LOL they work as well as the new one depending on who is pulling the trigger.

SoDakHunter · 07-29-2008, 02:06 PM

Just don't come to our state to hunt pheasent. We hate you out of towners!

Well most of you...

The Businesses here obviously love it, small town tourism and what not, but if i get shot at any more by some dumb asses running around with their guns they shoot once a year, i'm gonna take 'em and call it self defense.

Earl Easter · 07-29-2008, 11:03 PM

SoDakHunter
Just who are you callin a dumb ass? All the post prior to yours are fellas that evidently
have been around for some time. Your welcome in my state anytime, just don't make some lame ass comments directed to anyone here. I have been shot at also, but would never have a bad invite for nobody like yours. And if thats a joke, i ain't a laughin.

Seven© · 07-29-2008, 11:10 PM

Overlook it, Earl. Don't let one post squash your mellow. It's the internets.

elmer fudd · 07-29-2008, 11:19 PM

here it is & i see what he means alot of the good people with guns wont pay 300 dollers to kill only 3 pheasents or cant afford it but the people that can only shoot guns accsoinoly and dont have much sence about guns i have witnessed this he has said it a little harsh but thats what he ment

elmer fudd · 07-29-2008, 11:22 PM

sorry forgot one

Earl Easter · 07-29-2008, 11:31 PM

Elmer
So thats the shotgun, i went looking for and could not find. Glad ta see that nice huckleberry. Thanks for posting those pictures. I suppose she has taken a lot of pheasants and kept ya some good company.

elmer fudd · 08-08-2008, 04:17 PM

shes a nice gun i got it last year right after pheasent seasen she has tooken lots of clays though im about 9 out of 10 with it

GlennM · 08-08-2008, 05:28 PM

Beauty O/U. Nice furniture. At my age, looking at and handling a nice O/U is ALMOST better than doing the same with a nice looking lady.

A l m o s t.

elmer fudd · 08-08-2008, 05:34 PM

^ LOL!!!!!!!! ya shes a pretty nice gun!

Capt'n Mil Coll · 08-09-2008, 01:30 AM

I got an invite to go shooting on my cousins land in Elbow Lake Minnesota this year. Its 180 acres of private land so shouldnt be too many ijits shooting at me.

forestgleaner · 08-21-2008, 12:52 AM

I hate to say it, but in Pa, you have to be retired to get a pheasant any more. The birds that make it through the winter are few, and the stock trucks run during the week. A working man doesn't get much of a crack at them. Seems like the guys that don't work, always know when and where the stocking trucks will be. Now grouse, we have those, and much more fun than stocked birds. I ever saw a chuckar last year walk through my yard, though in truth, had no idea what it was till I looked it up on the net.
Earl, you ever think about heading out west for some of those pheasants, I would split the driving and the fuel with ya, though I have twenty more years till retirement, and not much free time till then. Guess I will just have to call in sick, lol.

Earl Easter · 08-21-2008, 09:37 AM

forestgleaner
Truer words have never been spoken....LOL..i agree, the grouse are bullets that can make 60° turns and better. Us retired bums have the ability to spend a little more time
looking for the pheasants but as you said not many naturals left....LOL,,,Thanks for the offer in heading West i sure would like ta do a trip like that but retirement just don't carry the funds. I check the PA stockings listed on the internet to get an idea where the state
fluffs them out and try to make close trips, but they will not give you a time. It is a joke, as the last time i traveled to the State Game Lands i arrived, and after walking three miles or so to the large areas where i figured they might release them,the truck pulled in with a State Game Officer behind me, since you are not allowed to drive up there. I just stood there as they released the birds and watched them take there flight in all directions. The officer asked me why i was not shooting them, Duh... i told him it would be a better feeling for me to let them settle in a bit... He just looked at me and said "To each his own"...

I didn't care for the fellas cockyness and walk back down to the truck and headed home. This was a Friday, and i returned Saturday, morning first light. I shot my two birds and my son shot one as i called him the night before and let him in on my findings. I will stop by your profile and see if your in PA and if you are close i will hook up with you and maybe we
could have a well memorable day in the field.......earl

elmer fudd · 08-21-2008, 10:41 PM

oround here its hard to go 100 yards without seeing one i coundt stand seeing that!!

GlennM · 08-21-2008, 11:26 PM

Quote:

oround here its hard to go 100 yards without seeing one i coundt stand seeing that!!

Even if I -am- on your friends list, Elmer... I hate you.

We have to work HARD to get our 2-bird limit here in the People's Republic of Illinois. Ever need help in keeping them from swarming you, ya know who to call.

elmer fudd · 08-24-2008, 10:44 PM

LOL!!! well you guys have maple syrup right? but i guess we have all the corn to make the pancakes! LOL ya you should come here and hunt some of the little devils lol

Kismet · 08-25-2008, 12:39 AM

I just stumbled into this thread and it was like finding a family reunion I didn't know I had.

Moved to Wisconsin 20 years ago to live in the country and hunt pheasants. Found some. Got a GREAT dog. Found a bunch more.

Dog died, so did a lot of my enthusiasm for hunting.

After a year, was told I was getting a "rescue" dog. GREAT dog, known as Young Bert, the not-right dog; a GWP.

Not a lot of birds around SW Wisconsin, but some. Fewer hunters, really. Friends have died, moved, or gone bust over the years.

But while Young Bert and I can get around, we'll be annoying the pretty birds.

Earl Easter · 08-25-2008, 10:01 AM

Kismet
Thats a nice shotgun and the bird is a beaut, Yep we all can thank Elmer for the thread. I will keep coming back to this one as long as it lasts and when its exhausted maybe one of us will create another one ta keep us old guys excited..LOL......

Kismet · 08-25-2008, 10:21 AM

Thanks Earl.

Shotgun is an AYA Matador II. Twenty gauge, improved and modified, single selective trigger, vent rib, 26 in barrels, tang safety.

LOVE it. Got it in 1969 used, with three payments over three months to make the $125 purchase price. (Early marraige economics.)

07-26-2008, 09:49 PM	#61
Seven© Exalted Grand Poobah Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: WNC Posts: 996 Images: 15 Blog Entries: 2	Good lookin' gun, Earl. Ruger uses some of the prettiest wood on their O/Us. __________________

07-29-2008, 11:10 PM	#65
Seven© Exalted Grand Poobah Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: WNC Posts: 996 Images: 15 Blog Entries: 2	Overlook it, Earl. Don't let one post squash your mellow. It's the internets. __________________

07-29-2008, 11:19 PM	#66
elmer fudd Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: pheasant country USA! Posts: 2,030	here it is & i see what he means alot of the good people with guns wont pay 300 dollers to kill only 3 pheasents or cant afford it but the people that can only shoot guns accsoinoly and dont have much sence about guns i have witnessed this he has said it a little harsh but thats what he ment __________________ spur hard, shoot straight, party hardy!

07-29-2008, 11:22 PM	#67
elmer fudd Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: pheasant country USA! Posts: 2,030	sorry forgot one __________________ spur hard, shoot straight, party hardy!

08-08-2008, 04:17 PM	#69
elmer fudd Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: pheasant country USA! Posts: 2,030	shes a nice gun i got it last year right after pheasent seasen she has tooken lots of clays though im about 9 out of 10 with it __________________ spur hard, shoot straight, party hardy!

07-28-2008, 05:08 PM	#62
Earl Easter Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 786 Images: 20	Thanks Seven© I almost did not show that gun only because most folk may think i might be rich or something.LOL....The truth is i am probably poorer than a church mouse. But happy as a hog, full of slop LOL... where the heck are the other shotguns you guys have, i like them all and they certainly don't have ta be new, i just did not show the 1913 the 1932 or the 1935. LOL they work as well as the new one depending on who is pulling the trigger.

07-29-2008, 02:06 PM	#63
SoDakHunter Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 353	Just don't come to our state to hunt pheasent. We hate you out of towners! Well most of you... The Businesses here obviously love it, small town tourism and what not, but if i get shot at any more by some dumb asses running around with their guns they shoot once a year, i'm gonna take 'em and call it self defense.

07-29-2008, 11:03 PM	#64
Earl Easter Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 786 Images: 20	SoDakHunter Just who are you callin a dumb ass? All the post prior to yours are fellas that evidently have been around for some time. Your welcome in my state anytime, just don't make some lame ass comments directed to anyone here. I have been shot at also, but would never have a bad invite for nobody like yours. And if thats a joke, i ain't a laughin.

07-29-2008, 11:31 PM	#68
Earl Easter Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 786 Images: 20	Elmer So thats the shotgun, i went looking for and could not find. Glad ta see that nice huckleberry. Thanks for posting those pictures. I suppose she has taken a lot of pheasants and kept ya some good company.

08-08-2008, 05:28 PM	#70
GlennM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 171 Blog Entries: 1	Beauty O/U. Nice furniture. At my age, looking at and handling a nice O/U is ALMOST better than doing the same with a nice looking lady. A l m o s t. __________________ A Matter of Timing - A Novel for all Patriots. Sneak Preview & Links here: www.gmillercompanies.com

08-08-2008, 05:34 PM	#71
elmer fudd Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: pheasant country USA! Posts: 2,030	^ LOL!!!!!!!! ya shes a pretty nice gun! __________________ spur hard, shoot straight, party hardy!

08-09-2008, 01:30 AM	#72
Capt'n Mil Coll Military Rifle Collector Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Right behind you. -NRA Member- Posts: 2,578 Images: 38	I got an invite to go shooting on my cousins land in Elbow Lake Minnesota this year. Its 180 acres of private land so shouldnt be too many ijits shooting at me. __________________ Let's light this fuse and see what happens!

08-21-2008, 12:52 AM	#73
forestgleaner Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 182	I hate to say it, but in Pa, you have to be retired to get a pheasant any more. The birds that make it through the winter are few, and the stock trucks run during the week. A working man doesn't get much of a crack at them. Seems like the guys that don't work, always know when and where the stocking trucks will be. Now grouse, we have those, and much more fun than stocked birds. I ever saw a chuckar last year walk through my yard, though in truth, had no idea what it was till I looked it up on the net. Earl, you ever think about heading out west for some of those pheasants, I would split the driving and the fuel with ya, though I have twenty more years till retirement, and not much free time till then. Guess I will just have to call in sick, lol.

08-21-2008, 09:37 AM	#74
Earl Easter Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 786 Images: 20	forestgleaner Truer words have never been spoken....LOL..i agree, the grouse are bullets that can make 60° turns and better. Us retired bums have the ability to spend a little more time looking for the pheasants but as you said not many naturals left....LOL,,,Thanks for the offer in heading West i sure would like ta do a trip like that but retirement just don't carry the funds. I check the PA stockings listed on the internet to get an idea where the state fluffs them out and try to make close trips, but they will not give you a time. It is a joke, as the last time i traveled to the State Game Lands i arrived, and after walking three miles or so to the large areas where i figured they might release them,the truck pulled in with a State Game Officer behind me, since you are not allowed to drive up there. I just stood there as they released the birds and watched them take there flight in all directions. The officer asked me why i was not shooting them, Duh... i told him it would be a better feeling for me to let them settle in a bit... He just looked at me and said "To each his own"... I didn't care for the fellas cockyness and walk back down to the truck and headed home. This was a Friday, and i returned Saturday, morning first light. I shot my two birds and my son shot one as i called him the night before and let him in on my findings. I will stop by your profile and see if your in PA and if you are close i will hook up with you and maybe we could have a well memorable day in the field.......earl

08-21-2008, 10:41 PM	#75
elmer fudd Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: pheasant country USA! Posts: 2,030	oround here its hard to go 100 yards without seeing one i coundt stand seeing that!! __________________ spur hard, shoot straight, party hardy!

08-24-2008, 10:44 PM	#77
elmer fudd Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: pheasant country USA! Posts: 2,030	LOL!!! well you guys have maple syrup right? but i guess we have all the corn to make the pancakes! LOL ya you should come here and hunt some of the little devils lol __________________ spur hard, shoot straight, party hardy!

08-25-2008, 12:39 AM	#78
Kismet Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: rural WI Posts: 191	I just stumbled into this thread and it was like finding a family reunion I didn't know I had. Moved to Wisconsin 20 years ago to live in the country and hunt pheasants. Found some. Got a GREAT dog. Found a bunch more. Dog died, so did a lot of my enthusiasm for hunting. After a year, was told I was getting a "rescue" dog. GREAT dog, known as Young Bert, the not-right dog; a GWP. Not a lot of birds around SW Wisconsin, but some. Fewer hunters, really. Friends have died, moved, or gone bust over the years. But while Young Bert and I can get around, we'll be annoying the pretty birds. __________________ Kis Safety? SAFETY??? Is gun for to shoot, not to be on SAFETY!!!

08-25-2008, 10:01 AM	#79
Earl Easter Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 786 Images: 20	Kismet Thats a nice shotgun and the bird is a beaut, Yep we all can thank Elmer for the thread. I will keep coming back to this one as long as it lasts and when its exhausted maybe one of us will create another one ta keep us old guys excited..LOL......

08-25-2008, 10:21 AM	#80
Kismet Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: rural WI Posts: 191	Thanks Earl. Shotgun is an AYA Matador II. Twenty gauge, improved and modified, single selective trigger, vent rib, 26 in barrels, tang safety. LOVE it. Got it in 1969 used, with three payments over three months to make the $125 purchase price. (Early marraige economics.) __________________ Kis Safety? SAFETY??? Is gun for to shoot, not to be on SAFETY!!! Last edited by Kismet; 08-25-2008 at 10:25 AM.