Pump 12 Day

[ACP230]

Today was the opening of small game season in Michigan.
My son, Little Loudmouth, and I went out for a while looking for grouse.
The area has been good to me before but some logging had been done and that changed things a bit. There are going to be a ton of raspberries and blackberries there next year and there haven't been that many before, for instance. (My wife has been notified.)

We saw no grouse and no gray squirrels or rabbits.
The sky was cloudless and blue and the woods looked good. We had a good time opening the season together.

I took my Mossberg 590 since I needed some pictures of me in the woods with it. LL used his Sears Model 20. For a change we could use the same ammo and took a box and a half of Winchester "Super Speed" XTRA heavy game loads. They use a ounce of seven and a halfs at 1350 fps.

I haven't shot any game with these loads but they worked well in both shotguns on clay targets this summer and last fall.

I didn't get out much last year, so starting off on opening day this year felt good.

 

[Rupestris]

ACP,

I'm glad you and LL got out today and had a good time. I probably won't get out for small game untill the end of October. (business travel :banghead: )
Keep us posted on the rest of the season!

 

[ACP230]

My son, Little Loudmouth, fired his first shot at game from his old J.C. Higgins Model 20 yesterday evening.
The gun worked fine but the operator added a little error to the system.
Result: a miss behind the flushing grouse.
LL came and showed me the empty shell.
I think he'll hang on to it for a while.

I have yet to see a grouse. I'd put the shotgun away and gone to trout fishing. The fish ignored the red and white spoon I was chucking. Grouse season goes on longer than trout season, so I wanted to squeeze in a few more attempts to catch one.

 

[Dave McCracken]

Thanks for posting that,ACP. LLM will remember that to his last breath....