I've hunted the bird in ID, WA & OR since 1983. My 3 go to's are a Roberts Bros glass over slate pot call, a 1983 Quaker Boy grand old master box and 2 mouth calls, one raspy (Heart of Dixie call) and 1 straight triple (Quaker boy true triple). 9 out of 10 times these will work, if not I go to...
I have a fist ful of 20's, OU's, semi auto's. Browwning A5, Beretta A400, Citori, but recently I keep grabbing my Franchi Affinity. Fits me well and performs nicely.
Ben, I too have a couple of Balvar 8's. One on a Pre 64 Model 70 chambered 300 H&H. Kuharsky Bros mounts..........I really like those tapered crosshairs too. I really don't why the notion of the adjustable mounts and a fixed scope didn't stick. The concept is so simple and I have tested many...
A small group of us built a private skeet club starting in 1990. Thru the years we have built into 2 skeet fields with Beomat machines, a 5 stand set up, a nice clubhouse, a well that enables us to have lush green grass on the infields and around the clubhouse. We pay target costs only ($4)...
Winning a State supertag is possible.....I proved it here in ID this year. Crazy thinking that I have no unit boundaries within which I can hunt speed goats.
Easterns were released there in 1985. I've hunted there since 1990 and early on we killed some pure eastern marked birds, however now most are just hybridized mutts.