A new pardner....

[upnut]

Went to a garage sale the other day, and a N.E.F. 20 ga. Pardner followed me home. It looks like this one, only with sling attachments: http://www.hr1871.com/images/zoom_pardner.jpg

Light-weight, simple and rugged....I'm guessing alot of small game has been taken with firearms similar to this, probably by many of you guys. Can't wait to try it out! Great forum here, too........

Scott B.

Anybody have a favorite/sentimental small game firearm?

[jeffm]

Cool deal, Gota luv those kinda finds.

Looks like my 16GA. Springfield, single, I got from my Gramp's that passed 36yrs. ago, Wow !! dont seem that long ago, time sure fly's.

If I am going small game hunting, it still is always a Debate, on which one to bring, my pump or my sweet ole 16ga. single, The single shot 16 that I have been using since 12 wins 98% of the time.

[PaleRider]

Cool deal, Gota luv those kinda finds.

Looks like my 16GA. Springfield, single, I got from my Gramp's that passed 36yrs. ago, Wow !! dont seem that long ago, time sure fly's.

If I am going small game hunting, it still is always a Debate, on which one to bring, my pump or my sweet ole 16ga. single, The single shot 16 that I have been using since 12 wins 98% of the time.

You got it Jeffm, a handfull of memoires before the first shot is fired, don't forget to pass it on to your son or daugher then the time comes.

[Whit1]

Went to a garage sale the other day, and a N.E.F. 20 ga. Pardner followed me home. http://www.hr1871.com/images/zoom_pardner.jpg



Isn't it odd how those things follow you home?


My first shotgun was a J.C. Higgins (Sears & Roebuck) single shot 16 ga. The first rabbit that I took with that gun was while I was hunting along a set of railroad tracks in the Childsdale (Kent County) area north of Grand Rapids. Do ya wanna hear the story?.........:lol:

[jeffm]

(Whit1's Statement)
Do ya wanna hear the story?.........:lol:
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I would like to here it, I'll be gone all day, but will look for it later,

that lol at the end of your post isnt a inside joke is it ? (Im a newby)

or do you enjoy writing down your adventures and sharing them with others ?

(We could use a special spot here in this smallgame forum for you "Old Fart's"
That enjoy yarn spinning (story telling from hunts of the past.) :D:D :lol:

I enjoy reading that kind of stuff, even story's from the young, middle age.
That way it wont tie-up somebodys thread I know how that seems to bothers some people.

[1wildchild]

(Whit1's Statement)
Do ya wanna hear the story?.........:lol:
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(We could use a special spot here in this smallgame forum for you "Old Fart's"
That enjoy yarn spinning (story telling from hunts of the past.) :D:D :lol:

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Whit doesn't merely spin yarns...he knits the whole dang sweater! LMAO Tell it!

[upnut]

(We could use a special spot here in this smallgame forum for you "Old Fart's"
That enjoy yarn spinning (story telling from hunts of the past.) :D:D :lol:

I enjoy reading that kind of stuff, even story's from the young, middle age.
That way it wont tie-up somebodys thread I know how that seems to bothers some people.


For example, my all time favorite thread on this site. Whit1 comes in about page 7: http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/forum/showthread.php?t=152199&highlight=whit1+goose

Enjoy!
Scott B.

[Whit1]

"I would like to here it, I'll be gone all day, but will look for it later,

that lol at the end of your post isnt a inside joke is it ? (Im a newby)

or do you enjoy writing down your adventures and sharing them with others ?

(We could use a special spot here in this smallgame forum for you "Old Fart's"
That enjoy yarn spinning (story telling from hunts of the past.) :D:D :lol:

I enjoy reading that kind of stuff, even story's from the young, middle age.
That way it wont tie-up somebodys thread I know how that seems to bothers some people."





There is no "inside joke" other than those that have known me here in MS have read some of my stories as you can tell from WildChild's post. I do enjoy writing.

A "first gam" or fish story is always special as it should be. I can tell you in detail about my first legal trout, first steelhead, large brown trout, brookie, deer, squirrel, pheasant, grouse. I've written up some of these and they have been published. Keep in mind that I'm 64 years old and a chronologically gifted fart rather than that crass "old" description.....:lol:

My dad and I were hunting along a set of RR tracks north of Grand Rapids and near the Rogue R. at Childsdale. We hadn't seen much, but it was a crisp, sunny late October day and one of those that was made for being afield.

The RR tracks ran east/west and we walked along them to the west. Of course a set of RR tracks is not a prime area for any small game let alone rabbits. What drew us to that area was the fact that along the tracks the land rose and fell. The hollows were covered with low growing brush especially grape vines. Dad and I would get off the tracks and walk through the low vines hoping to flush a bunny or two.

He was using my .22 (J.C. Higgins/Sears Roebuck) with the hopes of catching a sitting cottontail. I carried my single shot, 16 ga. shotgun also a J.C. Higgins model.

We had been going along for about a 1/2 hour with no game showing when once again we dropped into one of those vine filled hollows that paralleled the tracks. Dad was to my right as we moved along when suddenly a rabbit scooted out from under my feet in his escape attempt. I pulled up 16 ga., pointed and swung as the rabbit scampered away. Just before the bunny cleared the top of a small knoll I squeezed the trigger and the gun "barked" (why do guns "bark"?). The rabbit went out of sight over the small rise and I could not tell if I'd scored.

Quickly, with the steps of youth that are long gone from these legs, I hurried over the small mound in the vines. There on the other side lay the largest rabbit I ever saw before or since. He was stretched out stone dead on the ground covered by an accumlation of that autumn's leaf drop.

"I got 'em", I called to my father; my teenage voice was filled with excitment.

I bent down, picked the rabbit up by its hind legs and held him aloft for Dad and, perhaps the whole world, to see.

Not only was that the largest cottontail that I've ever shot, but also the tastiest.

Do ya wanna hear about my first pheasant?.............:lol:

[itchn2fish]

My favorite sentimental firearm now belongs to my brother Buzz. It was bought by my Grandfather after he came here from the Netherlands. It is a rolling block single shot .22 short cal. My dad got the gun from my Grandmaother. I shot my first rabbit with it and it was a constant companion on many hunts and on the trapping line.
My second favorite was the first gun I bought with my own money. It is a 20ga Western Arms (Mossberg) 3 shot bolt action from Montgomery Wards (monkey wards) that I think was on sale for $38.88 (in about 1972-3). It needs a new bolt, and I haven't used it for quite a while. Alota firsts with that gun (first pheasant, grouse & woodcock)!

[jeffm]

(itchn2fish's statement)
Alota firsts with that gun (first pheasant, grouse & woodcock)!

Same with me and my ole 16ga.single, alota firsts, well put.


(1wildchild's statement)
Whit doesn't merely spin yarns...he knits the whole dang sweater! LMAO Tell it!
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:lol::lol:

He KNITS pretty darn good, (dangit !! forgot that big word he used just a second) for a chronologically gifted fart, that he is. :lol:

Good story Whit1, I really do enjoy the story tell'n stuff.
Thanks for sharing them.