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Another WI opener and within the first 3 minutes Gus my 7 year old Drahthaar had a rooster pinned and my partner took an easy 18 yard bird in rhythm. It was clear that this property was going to be a quick hunt, so I suggested we pull out and go to another larger piece because I wanted to give the dogs more work and didn't want to be done hunting in 7 1/2 minutes!

This other piece gets hunted pretty hard and i find there are usually a few birds that get pushed up into the grassy hills and plum thickets. We made a pass through the lowlands and Gus found a dead rooster that someone left floating in a pond. I accepted it from him and left it for a scavenger. I assume it was shot earlier, but it was pretty stiff and didn't look the greatest.

So up the hills we went and soon I saw Gus way above me getting the wiggle-butt going and after a quick point a rooster was soon getting outa dodge and when it cleared the wall of thickets it was a good 45 yards and plummeting down the valley giving a long crossing shot. I'm thinking, "crap!" and went back to the rear trigger, saw a couple feet of daylight, and sent a load of 5's on its way and down it went! Nice way to start the season.

It was getting dark when I got home, so I took the tailgate shot and pulled an older picture of the boys as they never sit pretty for photos anyway. Old Jazz is now 12 and stays pretty close to me. Seems just glad to be along!

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Great
Thank you

Good deal Dave,

Nice to have the two trigger choice eh??

Joined: 25 Aug 2014 Posts: 286 Location: Finger Lakes

What's the gun and load you were using?

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You write well. I could easily "see" you and the dogs as you described what happened.
I hope the season goes well for you.
Sam Ogle

Member Joined: 09 Jun 2005 Posts: 885 Location: Wisconsin

Thanks, for the interesting write up and pictures.

Member Joined: 25 Jun 2008 Posts: 1863 Location: Wisconsin

Big fan of the rear trigger, easy to change chokes in situations the author described. Had he took the time to flip the barrel selector on a single triggered action, the bird may have been 70 yards. Great example when deciding between the choices when buying a two pipe shoot. Reno

Joined: 18 Jun 2014 Posts: 312 Location: Western Wisconsin

Fantastic, Dave! Sounds like a great day!

Yep, I, too, am a fan of double triggers. I had Cole, the "go to"man for Beretta USA, convert my 686 to double triggers. It's a 20 gauge.

Here's my 16 gauge with double triggers.

Joined: 15 Jun 2010 Posts: 1358 Location: Twin Cities, MN

Dave,
Nice shot, nice gun and great pic of your boys! About 15 years ago my brother had his ultimate pheasant gun built by Beretta (back then they took special orders). 12 gauge 686 Black Onyx with double triggers, pistol grip and two 28" fixed choke barrels. One set choked SK/LM and the other M/F. When he got rid of it to ficus on small bore guns I passed - I like 30" barrels and the stock was too low. Don't know where it ended up but it was a heck of a gun for not much money. I do enjoy hunting with my Beretta 20/28 single trigger over/under and have considered having Cole put double triggers in it.
Glad to see you taking Jazz out - it's worth it just to have them with.
Regards,
Jeff

Member Joined: 25 Jun 2008 Posts: 1863 Location: Wisconsin

Rich Cole did my Silver Pigeon 28 gauge 2 trigger job. When I got it back, the front trigger articulated. Bonus!

Reno

Joined: 26 Apr 2010 Posts: 3178 Location: NCWa

My favorite trigger was a twin trigger on a Browning OU that my dad had. On firing what ever trigger that fired reset to fire the other barrel. so you had instant choice of barrel, then without moving your finger, ability to fire the other barrel.

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