Shotguns, Birds & Bird Dog Pics Thread

I'll bet your son remembers those times for the rest of his life.

Im looking forward to getting my two boys and daughter into the sport. I think this fall the boys will be able to follow along for some birds.
No guns in these or birds, but nine pointer made me think of these pics.


These two make me laugh as every time my boys see the "little brown truck" they yell to my wife that its bringing us more decoys.
 
Heres a couple more from chukar country. Can't seem to find many pics with the shotguns, dogs, and birds all in the same pic. Might tell you something about my wingshooting lol.





Gotta carry my camera and take more pics this fall.
 
Here is my brother's dog when they came up to do some late season duck hunting. My lab is his 11 month old cousin who has a bit of work ahead of him to get him ready for his first hunting season this fall.

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Since there is no gun in the first picture, my best day out last season. Two geese and limit (8) of ducks.
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Ya I had a great season last year! I have a great spot on Lake Winnipeg that is just a few miles away so I got to go out a lot in the fall. I took a friend out for his first duck hunt and we both got our limits within the first half hour. Safe to say he's hooked. Lot's of fun.
 
Sorry no birds or pic of the shotgun but all these fox were shot with a Remington model 31 12ga. This is my grandpa and a pair of his best hounds in the late 30s or early 40s.
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Yes those 31s were a great shotgun. It shot everything from Fox,ducks,geese rabbits, squirrel and grouse and even deer and who knows what else. I remember asking grandpa when I was younger why he never had a high powered rifle. He said I have nothing against them or anybody that uses them but I think if I'm not a good enough hunter to get within 35-40 yds of what I'm hunting, I don't deserve to get that animal. He said there was enough game he seen that he never got a shot at because of this thinking but never once regretted it. The guys that I started coyote hunting with when I was about 16 asked me to invite grandpa along for a hunt. By this time he was in his mid 80s and hadn't hunted for many years. Well the dogs jumped a fox and All the guys couldn't believe how he knew how to read those dogs and exactly where the fox would cross. He said to them they used to cross right here 50 years ago, they still do, and likely still will 50 yrs from now. We lost grandpa 19 years ago but I will never forget everything he taught me about hunting and fishing
 
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Here's my a couple of pictures of my "duck dog" from a few years ago, he passed at the age of 14 in 2012. I was blessed to have him and the Brittany for two years together. Here he is showing off....

Now for the hero shot,
 
Brutus said:
Chukar hunting, kind of unique in most of Canada. Perhaps more unique than turkey hunting IMO.
Leverjunkie, what distances are you pegging them down at?
What load/choke please??

Nice pics too.....
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VictoryXC said:
Great pictures & terrain. Where are you hunting?
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Those pictures are of a hunt just west of Kamloops. They certainly are a cool bird that lives in some of the most unique country (for Canada anyways). Always have a nice view in chukar country it seems :)

I've always used my 20ga Wingmaster as its lighter than any of my other shotguns. Lighter has always been better for me in my limited chukar hunting experience as most of the country they like is up or down lol. Would love a nice light 28ga sxs as both gun and ammo are lighter :) The birds above were killed with 1 1/8oz of #6 copper plated buffered federal pheasant loads through a mod choke. Most likely not necessary as they're basically the same size as huns. I was operating on the line of thought that a couple or more #6 pellets would kill decent and I didn't want a whole bunch of pellets in a wide pattern swatting birds in the covey I wasn't swinging on.

In the past Ive pretty well kicked them up from under the dogs nose. other times they flush 20yrds ahead of the dog. Overall in my limited experience they hold decent if they feel they've got cover.
 
Im Stating to run low on pics gonna have to search my storage :(

Couple more from Chukar country. Believe my buddy was carrying his 20ga browning cynergy, loaded with 7/8oz of 7.5shot I believe. Didn't matter on this day as the only thing we killed was our legs and knees.





These guys kept distracting the dog so we moved a bit farther on.
 
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