Photos thread -Hunting. MOD NOTE in post #1.

Double Barrel

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Tommyaya4

Mixed bag comp winning bag not bad day hunting

Cass

Nice tally.

EPointer=Birdss

Double Barrel wrote: »

Nice old Pape and good looking pup EP.
My guess it had 63mm chambers, may have being extended to 70mm and reproofed, should say so on the barrel flats.

From my files:
W.R.Pape
Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
W.R.Pape owned and operated a small gunsmithing and fishing tackle shop situated in Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, England from approx 1870 to about 1914.

W R Pape was unusual in that there was never a formal company in legal existence. It was just Pape himself making guns or rather Pape had guns made for him by various Gunmakers in Birmingham. Webley & Scott, for example, who supplied a large number of gunmakers with their boxlocks offered the Trade their ‘A&W’, which is an Anson & Deeley action with the Webley & Brain 1884 patent screw grip in five grades.
Pape himself was never trained as a Gunmaker and couldn't make guns himself. You ordered your guns from him and he had them built for you - with his name on them, obviously, built exactly as you wanted. This would account for the extraordinary number of size, shape and designs that Papes were built in.

However . . .

The guns that he had made were usually of the highest quality, and they weren't cheap, which is why so many survive. Such was the quality of Pape's guns that the Field called Pape: "The Purdey of the North”.
W.R.Pape was a winner of the London Gun Trials in 1858, 1859, 1866 & 1875

Best wishes for the Holiday Season and a prosperous New Year
DB

Cheers DB.
It's a tidy gun & is serving me well in combination with the pup.
Action is tight & clean overall.
To think of using something for every day shooting that's 100 plus years old is pretty cool.

Double Barrel

Great photo of pup & pheasant EP

Double Barrel

EP

I use Hull Cartridge's Imperial Game 26 & 28gm, 65mm 2.5” with a fiber wad for my older guns.
Give John Conroy in Portlaoisea a ring.

Productive day out feeding the cattle.
The dogs found the hen in a briar patch, broken wing and part of a leg shot off but alive.

cookimonster

Not quite a snow Angel rather the traces of a frozen Sika popsicle:D. Up last Saturday with the mate for a bit of hill stalking. He took a nice sized hind, dragged it down to an access road and back out for another go. By the time we picked it up there was about 2 inches of snowfall and a nicely chilled carcuss ready for the chill room.
We came away leaving nothing but our foot prints and one dear sized silhouette in the snow

dodderangler

Shot with .17hmr nice little guns that pack a punch

Mellor

How far out was he?
I didn't think rimfires were up to the job for foxes

dodderangler

Mellor wrote: »

How far out was he?
I didn't think rimfires were up to the job for foxes

Bout 60 yards.

Irish Springer 12G

I bred my 2 bitches Oddie(11 pups) and Cassie(7 pups) over the summer here are to four pups I kept back for myself.

Nipper(8 Weeks - Cassie)


Nidge(8 weeks - Cassie)


Trigger(6 weeks - Oddie)


Bella(6 weeks - Oddie)

Irish Springer 12G

Just out for bit of fitness after their pups, roll on the duck. Got my slab of HULL High Pheasant last night so we are all set. 5 boxes of 32g 5's and 5 Boxes of 32g 6's.

DMW22

Headed out for the first time with the .243 this evening. Headed to a field that was cut today hoping to get a shot at a crow. This field has some hills which makes it difficult to see to the far end. After cresting the first hill I could see nothing but as I moved over the next one I saw a fox around 150 yards away foraging away but he was moving over the crest of the last hill. I crept into position but the shot wasn't safe. I took out a fox caller and got his attention. He turned and headed straight for me. He stopped at 75 yards to have a look so I sent a 58gr Vmax his direction and down he went.

Very happy to have christened the rifle with a nice dog fox.

allthedoyles

RS98

Stumbled onto this fella coming into a large field. I was luckily downwind so it didn't get my scent. .22 still packs some puch! (60yards)

RS98

Picture didn't go up in the last post. .22 at 60 yards

Irish Springer 12G

Just the first day at the duck

Irish Springer 12G

Quick run to the pond after work yesterday evening... shooting a drake each.:D

Tommyaya4

Out after the storm

cookimonster

Tommyaya4 wrote: »

Out after the storm

Very, very nice....

stevep1018

I've been after this lad for a couple of weeks.hearing him whenever I was out but always out of arms reach..I could never get near him between all the doe's around and he had a fortress of a rutting stand and then today.I went out to check on the neighbours heifers and could hear him in the distance.I went for the gun and begun my assault on his fortress.I stalked and stalked,his grunt getting louder and louder,my own heartbeat, to me ,equally as loud.he was protected by 10 yard strip of old trees and 15-20 doe's.such a sight to me on my third year of stalking.I finished the last 100 yards on my belly to the brow of the hill ,I had made it past the doe's,the howling wind my best cover.I gave him the honor of a well placed shot.finally I thought...2 hours 30 mins of a stalk and then the drag begins.I pulled him for 70 mins over harsh terrain until my body gave up.my brother the saviour came to the rescue.the best days stalking of my 3 years at it.sorry for the long post but this is what it's all about for me.

ezra_

'Barley on Ice' for the duck tonight.

furandfeather

First ever left and right on foxes today. Great day for it. Cocker worked his socks of, he put out 8 foxes and we got 5. He ll sleep tonight!

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J.R.

Well Done - I've been shooting foxes on Sunday Fox Hunts for many, many years - only shot a left & right (like you did)

I often oftern shot a few on the same day but a left & right shot is very rare & some achievement.

I did it in 1977 & still remember every minute detail of that hunt to this day - you'll never forget it.

Irish Springer 12G

Just an update on my current crew I still have Oddie and Cassie, but now I have two dog pups from Cassie that are 17 months old. They are flying it. Couldn't be happier I was not gonna keep two pups out the same litter but they progressed so well I could get rid of either. Ye might see some off my breeding in the future hopefully if it keeps going well. Prefix as above. Hope to see a few pictures and posts on this again as everything is gone too quiet.

Cassie&her pups Nipper & Nidge(Cassie in the Middle, Nipper left and Nidge right)


The full Crew Nidge, Nipper, Cassie & Oddie


Double retrieve for Cassie and her Pup Nidge


Nipper

furandfeather

Great picture. Really like the stamp of the two pups. Have you a picture of their father? They look two fine strong dogs especially nipper

Irish Springer 12G

furandfeather wrote: »

Great picture. Really like the stamp of the two pups. Have you a picture of their father? They look two fine strong dogs especially nipper

I have a picture of the father but I don't own the rights to post it. As it's another hunting man dig. I will speak with him tomorrow and ask can I post it. Almost identical to Nipper