Recent content by davidtodd

I wear a Jones Style when I am after geese and ducks when it’s cold , just like my dear old dad used to! His was flannel lined however , mine is Gortex! DHT

Thanks and yup those boys are permanently locked and cocked when it comes to birds!LOL As far as my gun goes , it is an 1878 Westley Richards , the barrels were cut at one time so it is cylinder bore on both barrels but I have shot it on the 16 yard an ATA trap line on the NSSA skeet ranges...

My favorite pheasant gun Out chasing roosters with Louie the GSP! The hotel has cheap steaks you cook yourself on the grill in the bar The owner is a pheasant fanatic and my good friend owns the butcher shop where the hotel buys heir meat from DHT

My buddy getting his boys ready Tim giving his Spaniel Rooster, the pep talk! My son with Louie his GSP and a couple of Alberta roosters. Rooster and Louie taking a hard earned break. Security at the hotel we stay in is very strict- these watchdogs will gum you to death if you don't watch...

My experience after over 50 years of shotgunning is that the first shot on a bird is often high , and if it is a crossing shot, behind as well, same as on a skeet field . When the bird is flushed a rushed shot normally involves the cheek off the gun ( hence the high shot) and pointing directly...

I must be just an unrefined Canuck -worn a campaign hat for about 200 years now when I hunt - unless of course it is too cold, then thee beaver hat comes out! LOL! DT

Actually the Cortona is made by FAIR not Rizzini , two different companies , a split was made in 1972 . Isadoro Rizzini started FAIR which stands for Fabrique Armi Isadoro Rizzini . DT

Well now ain’t that a daisy! Fausti builds great shotguns , I was not aware that the Highlander was a Dea however!? They also built some of the Weatherby guns but the 28 I looked at was a heavier frame than my Dea . Glad George could help you out! DT

Fir my smokeless guns it is a FAIR 20 gauge Iside Vintage hammer double Black powder cartridge is an 1878 Westley Richards 12 bore hammer double Muzzle loaders is my Barreta Tri Centennial O/U percussion gun! Those are the three I use the most DT

One of our crew bought a very old 20 light A5 two years ago with a fixed full barrel and he does well with the birds . He doesn't Mount fast . I loaded some fast 1oz #6 loads for him and they perform perfectly . DT

We do pheasant pies and Cordon Bleu pheasant , as well as a bunch of other ways but those two are my favorites DT

I have used Russell’s in the past , they were a fantastic boot . I have a pair of Irish Setters I wear when I know it will be dry but fir the most part I have worn Muck Boots fir the past 6 years and love them! I was down on a ranch where the rancher wanted to come out with us and he threw on...

You should be able to get chokes for your Highlander from George Trulock at Trulock chokes . I had an a Instinct 20 for a while and it was s good gun . I just sold an older Franchi that was made in 1971 ( way before the sale to Benelli) and although it was a bit heavier than the modern guns it...

I remember a very famous bowyer from Montana who had built an Osage self bow and won a lot of traditional 3D tournaments and killed lots of deer and elk with it. The comments about how smooth and fast it cast got him to thinking and one day he put it through his chronograph. To his dismay it...

Chronograph??!! Heavens NO!�� The loads are going fast enough to kill birds cleanly and that is all I need to know!�� I have been shooting BP rifles and shotguns since 1977 or so and have seen guys danged near throw their guns away in disgust because they could not get the velocity expected ...