January, 2014

Three Weeks out from a Cold Pheasant Shoot – It’s Cold Outside

Three Weeks out from a Cold Pheasant Shoot – It’s Cold Outside

The first time I shot in the European Pheasant Shoot at Quailridge we had a heavy wet snow in Dallas, heavy fog all of the way driving up to Oklahoma leaving at four in the morning and mushy snow and cold during the shoot that Saturday morning and then it got cold again.  I drove […]

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Learning a lesson the hard way – Never, Ever Light a Fire on the Ground in an Old Barn

Learning a lesson the hard way – Never, Ever Light a Fire on the Ground in an Old Barn

This is another “way back when I was just a kid” story that took place when I was about 12 years old in the 1950’s.  I used to hunt rabbits North of our town and on a blustery cold Saturday in January my buddy and I were about two miles North of town on a […]

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My Paw-Paw Embree’s Favorite Meal – 1880’s Clay Baked Quail !

My Paw-Paw Embree’s Favorite Meal – 1880’s Clay Baked Quail !

When I was a kid in the 1950’s my Paw-Paw Embree, my mom’s dad, told me this great story about what he felt was his favorite meal of all times.  I thought the meal must have been fantastic because I remember eating some wonderful meals at my grandparents house that consisted of his fresh caught […]

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Getting Ready to be On the Road Again – One Month Countdown to Pheasants

Getting Ready to be On the Road Again – One Month Countdown to Pheasants

The High Plains Shooting and Dining Society is getting ready to be on the road again. We are a month away from the Pheasant Shoot in Oklahoma at Quailridge.  Right now it appears that our group will have nine or ten guns participating, most of us from Texas with three Okies and David McElyea coming […]

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Gun Control – Germans and Guns

Gun Control – Germans and Guns

  Gun Control in the Third Reich This is an interesting book that addresses the subject of gun control under the Nazis.  Did it have make difference? I tend to think that it might have made a real difference at the outset of the persecution of the Jews and it would have been harder to […]

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How to travel with firearms on airlines and in your vehicle in Oklahoma

How to travel with firearms on airlines and in your vehicle in Oklahoma

TSA sign in Milwaukee Airport for the put-it-all back-together  area after going through security. So you maybe you would like to fly to OKC to shoot pheasants with us on February 22 in Tecumseh at Quailridge.  What do you need to do to get your gun on the airplane.  How to travel with guns on […]

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What do we do with the Pheasants after we shoot them?

What do we do with the Pheasants after we shoot them?

After the shoot in 2013 the distinguished fellow Keith Lane displays two of his share of 11 pheasants.  Keith oft times shoots an older side by side 12 ga with great effectiveness. What happens after we shoot the pheasants?  Fifteen pheasants are released during the shoot for each gun and  the birds are retrieved in […]

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Butt, Belly, Beak .. Bang!  How to shoot a pheasant

Butt, Belly, Beak .. Bang! How to shoot a pheasant

Pheasants can be a bit deceptive because so much of the bird is made up of tail feathers.  Especially on a male pheasant with beautiful plumage where the entire bird is almost three feet long and the back half to two thirds is feathers.  Since our shoot will be a European style shoot with pheasants […]

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More than just shotguns – rifles and pistols too?

More than just shotguns – rifles and pistols too?

Our High Plains Shooting and Dining Society has good participation in two bird events each year, doves and pheasants (see previous entries below) however we also have our summer tune up at Bluff Creek outside of Crawford where we have been given the opportunity to use Keith’s range and shoot various pistols and rifles, including […]

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Is the High Plains Shooting and Dining Society out of your league?

Is the High Plains Shooting and Dining Society out of your league?

The statement was made today that since we have a nifty logo and an incredible web site we might be to fancy for a person to feel comfortable because we might be out of his league.  Now here is a test to see if the person asking this question qualifies to be among us as […]

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