16ga.com ~ View topic - 2016 Birds, Dogs, 16ga guns and such pictures

Joined: 20 Dec 2013 Posts: 26 Location: Wisconsin

Curious to know about the hammer gun too Mark.
Regards Jim

Joined: 09 Mar 2016 Posts: 756 Location: Mn.

Congrats Dave!!

I'm on the North Shore of Lake Superior grouse hunting this week. Have the 26" IC 37 and FAIR 500 but the 37 has been getting most of the work. I really, really like this gun a lot. The Toller seems pleased with it too!

Joined: 04 Jun 2009 Posts: 827 Location: N. Shore, mn

Good Job Mike!

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Mike, good going! When I hit semi-retirement in a couple more years we MN/WI 16'ners will have to start an annual grouse camp.

I'm going to hunt ducks again tomorrow and Sunday morning. I'll take the older dogs tomorrow, and the pup on Sunday morning. The afternoons and evenings will be spend rebuilding my now dry basement after some flooding. Grrr...

Here's a nice rooster from this morning with my Husky 12ga mod. 48. Not a 16, but I wanted to take it for its first bird hunt since I've owned it. I've converted this gun to straight grip and given it a butt transplant, but I still have to re-blue, re- checker and refinish. Those 2.5" Kent TM 1 1/16" #5 loads are expensive, but tremendously effective at longer ranges. It's really unfortunate they stopped making them.

Joined: 09 Mar 2016 Posts: 756 Location: Mn.

Finished up Sunday in the rain with the FAIR and picked up a red phase

Member Joined: 30 Nov 2011 Posts: 1698 Location: Minnesota

Love those red phase. Is the dogs vest by Sylmar?

Joined: 09 Sep 2006 Posts: 863 Location: NoDak

Hey all, fun post! I use a 16ga for quite a bit of my upland hunting and also my light British 12b guns. To keep the thread pure, here's my season so far using my 16ga guns:

16b Charles Hellis

16b John Wilkes

16ga Carl Goluch

16b Charles Boswell

Same Gun with my GSP Raina (had to post a pic of my girl!)

16ga Ugartecha 1030

16ga Arrieta 871

So far it's been a good year. Hope it keeps up!

Best,

Greg

Greg, some awful nice guns, and one fine looking dog, you are a lucky man.

Dale

Joined: 03 Mar 2015 Posts: 126 Location: Duluth, MN

Work and Travel have been crazy this fall, but I have been grabbing a quick morning or afternoon hunt when I can. This particular day, I did not see a ton of birds, but for some reason, the ones I saw presented a pretty good shot and I was actually hitting!

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Member Joined: 30 Nov 2011 Posts: 1698 Location: Minnesota

jsorvik, that new stock you made must fit you quite well. Looks like Stieg is fully recovered?

Joined: 03 Mar 2015 Posts: 126 Location: Duluth, MN

Well. . . it fit well that afternoon. . . Been a couple others that I wondered. Stieg seems to be back to normal. All the rest has left him a little out of shape, so his stamina is not at 100%, but he is coming along. When you coming up to the Duluth area next?

Certainly enjoy looking at everyone's hunting photo's! OH

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Here's my 8 month old Drahthaar pup Zeb Sunday morning. We're on our way out of the swamp after he tracked and retrieved his first three ducks.