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by Stan Hillis
Fri Nov 15, 2024 11:26 pm
Forum: Hunting with a Fox
Topic: Hunting for Woodcock
Replies: 8
Views: 420

Re: Hunting for Woodcock

Thanks for the report, Roger. You may be drier than usual up there but it's not so down he'ah. We had 12.9" from Debby in August, 6" from Helene last month, and 5.5" last week from some unnamed system that came up from the Gulf. We've still got 200 acres of peanuts to harvest and it's...
by Stan Hillis
Fri Nov 08, 2024 6:36 am
Forum: Hunting with a Fox
Topic: CE16
Replies: 9
Views: 326

Re: CE16

Very nice!
by Stan Hillis
Thu Nov 07, 2024 7:11 am
Forum: Hunting with a Fox
Topic: Slow waterfowl season
Replies: 10
Views: 339

Re: Slow waterfowl season

We've only had the short, early teal season so far, and didn't have any teal where I hunt. Awaiting the next season with hope.
by Stan Hillis
Sun Nov 03, 2024 10:01 pm
Forum: Fox Collectors Forum
Topic: Hunting Season(s) Approaching - What gun(s) will go with you for opening day?
Replies: 36
Views: 2769

Re: Hunting Season(s) Approaching - What gun(s) will go with you for opening day?

Always love your hunting photos, Frank. The one of Vixen and the grouse is especially nice!
by Stan Hillis
Tue Oct 29, 2024 7:52 pm
Forum: Fox Collectors Forum
Topic: How do you warm up for bird season?
Replies: 21
Views: 881

Re: How do you warm up for bird season?

All very good info, Jeff. That's the kind of stuff i can get my teeth into.

Stan
by Stan Hillis
Sat Oct 19, 2024 7:57 am
Forum: Our Hunting Dog Friends
Topic: The Island That Wasn't
Replies: 6
Views: 353

Re: The Island That Wasn't

Close calls. Glad your dog got out of there. I've got a weird sense of humor I guess but it reminded me of Charlie Daniels' song The Legend of Wooley Swamp. "But they hadn't gone nowhere when they realized They were running in quicksand And they struggled and screamed but they couldn't get away...
by Stan Hillis
Thu Oct 17, 2024 9:18 pm
Forum: Fox Collectors Forum
Topic: William W. Headrick
Replies: 18
Views: 779

Re: William W. Headrick

Wish i had known him! Bobby Me too, Bobby. One story in particular stands out in my mind, about Pop Headrick shooting doves on a Missouri field with a big HE Fox. It prompted me to do the same a couple years ago in the late season here. http://forum.foxcollectors.com/viewtopic.php?t=10113 https://w...
by Stan Hillis
Fri Oct 11, 2024 7:11 am
Forum: Fox Collectors Forum
Topic: 2024 Vintagers
Replies: 22
Views: 2110

Re: 2024 Vintagers

DarylC wrote: Target prices were $67/50 and carts were $100/day.
:shock: Ouch!
by Stan Hillis
Sat Oct 05, 2024 6:37 pm
Forum: Our Hunting Dog Friends
Topic: Miss Ruby
Replies: 11
Views: 887

Re: Miss Ruby

Good to see the pics of Ruby, and of you Alan. Been a long time. May you fare well.
by Stan Hillis
Thu Oct 03, 2024 7:01 am
Forum: Fox Collectors Forum
Topic: How do you warm up for bird season?
Replies: 21
Views: 881

Re: How do you warm up for bird season?

I don't usually go through a "warm up" before dove season, which is our first game bird season down here. I've shot them all my life, and shoot sporting clays when I can, so I just depend on muscle memory to take over on the bird field. Sometimes a clays club will have a Saturday 100 bird ...
by Stan Hillis
Thu Oct 03, 2024 6:52 am
Forum: Other Vintage Guns
Topic: Clays with a LC Smith 10-gauge
Replies: 10
Views: 526

Re: Clays with a LC Smith 10-gauge

Very nice condition, Frank. I wish we could get her together with Valerie, my Ithaca Super Ten on a clays course. That would be "big" fun!

Thanks for the pics.
by Stan Hillis
Sat Sep 21, 2024 6:09 pm
Forum: Other Vintage Guns
Topic: Guild guns
Replies: 13
Views: 779

Re: Guild guns

Great photo of the top tang. Very nice. Is that wing nut thingie the safety? If so, which way is off safe?
by Stan Hillis
Sat Sep 21, 2024 7:05 am
Forum: Other Vintage Guns
Topic: Guild guns
Replies: 13
Views: 779

Re: Guild guns

I usually don't care for the "Germanic style" of engraving or stock architecture, but that's one that doesn't fit the "mold" and is a very pretty and unique gun. I like it!
by Stan Hillis
Sat Sep 14, 2024 7:55 pm
Forum: Fox Paper, catalogs and advertising
Topic: Ridiculously heavy loads
Replies: 19
Views: 1316

Re: Ridiculously heavy loads

I shot similar loads thru an 870 Wing Master in the sixties. We shot geese while lying in the mud in rubber waders and a rubber camo raincoat. I quit being that mad at anything a long time ago. I'm 72 and I'd still do that, but I'd need a very high level of confidence that the birds would show. Thi...