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Bob is thinking; "The Woodward got part of a thumb. The ten gauge Richland can take of his whole hand! Get closer Larry! Closer!"

Digger, Larry Brown, and Pete Thomas

A dapper Tiny talking to Bill Bozwell

Tiny's stockblanks in the foreground.

Tiny and his peers.

A few minutes after this picture my camera hit the ground and quit working so that's it for me..... unless Stackbarrel16 refuses to pay me the two fistfulls of ransome!

Chuck Graber wrote:

"Down!"
"Good"
"Now roll over."
"NOT YOU TINY, I was talking to the dogs."


Maynard Reece Byrd
Dodge City

Well, I thought I had 150 pics- I have 365.

Here are just a few, and feel free to steal any for caption contests.



Atticus Finch recoils in horror as he realized he has killed not the clay, but a mockingbird.



CIA finally and formally recognizes superior intelligence of KGB.



A selection of fine wood, including a Ruger forend blank.

WOW! Had not seen all the pics until a few minutes ago. Yep, as Ms. Harper Lee tells us, it is a sin "To Kill a Mockingbird" so a horrified look was appropriate.

However, later that afternoon in another part of that same city, I committed mass murder. Yep, I confess. It took Voss, Hink, Bluerock, Birddogbrewer and others to twist my arm, but I managed to kill several Ales from the mini-keg and a couple scotches before the long night was over.

I just think I'm gonna have to cop a plea and throw myself on the mercy of the Flatwater Court. There were just too many witnesses to the crime. Although come to think of it, most of the witnesses were too buzzed up to provide admissible testimony.

Uhhh.... change of plea! I'm innocent and pure as the driven snow!

I do not see any pictures of a Purdey Island Lock.

Did Tiny shoot one and could he hit anything with it?

It's in the cart (left), and I shot it poorly.

Is it because you shot her poorly, you photographed her the same as well? I know that you are capable of very good photography.

And I am sorry about your injured finger, ask Miss Alice to dial the phone for you.

Bob, you need to make it next year--for sure. We were short of REAL pheasant hunters to tell/show the NE/KS crowd how it's done. But we need to make ourselves available for a long interview with Boyer so he can put appropriate expertise in his forthcoming book.

Captions? That one guy on the left in the first picture looks like Hincker, only "huskier". :)

Damn commitments got me again this year, Larry. I was worried that the club would not get a new pro hired in time and when they did, I packed the guns I would take. Hard to believe that I have eight SxS take down cases, but I found that many among the boxes yet to be unpacked.

I even had Bill (the school principle) and his wife lined up to bring their dogs and come stay here to take care of all those that are kenneled here. Between mine and those in training, there are 15 that are still one more commitment that was in the way.

Then my Realtor buddy called and said he sold the house in town and we needed to close on the afternoon of the 24th. On Friday, I pinwheeled that sale into the construction loan to stop interest from accumulating.

Next year I am coming! Tiny better bring that Island Lock Purdey back so that I can shoot it. And I know that Scott can be made to understand that my steak will be just right if a good vet can make it walk again. :D

Throw in two fingers of Wild Turkey over ice and one of the Cubans I find left here each fall and I will be in a suitable mood to council Mr. Boyer with you.

Take care guys. I am glad that you all had a safe and fun rendezvous.