Recent content by Emperor_MA

The vest is sold. Thanks for looking!

My wife and daughters presented me with a printed gift certificate for a new WingWorks Ballistic Upland Vest as a Christmas gift. All I need to do is send WingWorks the measurements and they'll build and ship my vest. I'm pretty darn excited, as I know these vests are the cat's meow. What a...

I agree. I also think crossers are the easiest shots to make clean kills on. while I am not very good at at left-to-right crossing shots, I am fairly decent at right-to-left (not unusual for right-handed shooters). I find that crossers usually mean I am hitting the head (when presented) or...

If you were around dog breeding about 15-20 years ago (even as recently as 10 years ago), just about every "pointing lab" breeder seemed to keep a few intact English Setters on the grounds. If you hung around a bit more, you'd even notice puppies that looked a lot like labs but had quite a bit...

The thing the velocity folks always seem to forget is that shotgun patterns are three-dimensional. What we see on a pattern board or a piece of paper or even breaking a clay is distinctly not the same thing the game bird sees in the real world. The bird is moving, the pattern is strung, wind...

If folks want to hunt with mixed-breeds, that is fine by me. I'm not really sure we needed to do that to make a "pointing Lab" but the Labrador Retriever as a purebred is such a out-of-this-world popular breed that it is easy to see why some set out to do it. I don't mind hunting over...

One of my all-time favorite loads for medium-size birds (chukar, huns, grouse) is 1oz of hard-antimony #7s (not 7 1/2s) that exit a 12ga barrel at about 1,300 fps. The load is good-quality shot, and I am sure that helps. However, I am convinced the load works so well because there is hardly any...

Thanks! They are pretty good dogs.

They're bibs so the sizing is obviously way more flexible than standard pants. The length is adjustable via the bib straps, which leads me to believe they'd probably fit anyone with a waist size between, say, 34' - 40" and a height of 5'9" to maybe 6'2" or a bit taller. I'd say their...

Come on, folks. This is a great set of bibs. Worth more than twice what I'm asking. It is as money can buy. I'm not looking to make a killing on this. Just want it to go to a hunting home where someone will use it. Make me a reasonable offer and it is yours. I guarantee you'll be happy with...

Come on, folks. This is a great vest. It is worth more than twice what I'm asking. It is as nice a vest as money can buy. Heck, the three different shell loops are worth what I'm asking. I'm not looking to make a killing on this. Just want it to go to a hunting home where someone will use it...

I will probably order one next week. Thanks!

I saw them, too. They look nice and I wanted to buy them but I just can't justify it when I have a pair of Filson Cover Cloth Brush Pants for early season, Filson Shelter Cloth Brush Pants for the shoulder season and the LL Bean Gore-Tex Upland Field Pants for winter. Hard to explain a new...

How long does it take to build one?

Dang! Shipping is almost as much as the box!