I go pheasant hunting at a game farm with a guy I work with occasionally. We had birds set yesterday morning (he didn't even have to set them himself; he also works at the hunt club.) I asked my younger son Red if he wanted to come along, and he did. We had 6 birds set, plus there are a zillion scratch birds out there. Red had his brother's 870 (the one in the pic) I had my Grandpa's old single shot H&R that he hunted pheasants all over North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota with. It has a hair trigger, to the point that I will deactivate it, as I shot several time when I wasn't expecting it! So did Bob, after the rear trigger guard screw on his 311 came off; we'd taken the trigger guard off, and he sure enough bumped it. Shot a dirt clod into the air. I was hoping he'd shot the dog-we used the club's dog, his was sick. The club dog kept running 75 yards or more in front of us, despite Bob shocking her repeatedly. Despite the dog, we ended up with 2 pheasants; Red got one, and I got one. Here's a pic of Red's:
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"Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." -Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
Murphy was an optimist.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an
invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, conn a ship, write a
sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the
dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an
equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a
computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects - Robert A. Heinlien
I forgot to mention afterward we stopped by at the Gun Club's new neighbor's and returned his towstrap. Rongo showed us his new digs.....nice place!
"Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." -Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
Murphy was an optimist.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an
invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, conn a ship, write a
sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the
dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an
equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a
computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects - Robert A. Heinlien
Nice catch, I don't think we have any left around here, the bobcats ate them all.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
So did Bob, after the rear trigger guard screw on his 311 came off; we'd taken the trigger guard off, and he sure enough bumped it. 
Shot a dirt clod into the air. I was hoping he'd shot the dog-we used the club's dog, his was sick. The club dog kept running 75 yards or more in front of us, despite Bob shocking her repeatedly. Despite the dog, we ended up with 2 pheasants; Red got one, and I got one. Here's a pic of Red's:
