High Plains Shooting and Dining Society, a little bit about it.

High Plains Shooting and Dining Society, a little bit about it.

Once upon a time in Texas On September 1, 1994, opening day of dove season, my good friend, Larry Bedinghaus, and I went to Osage, Texas down by Crawford and we stayed in an old vacant farm house on an old family farm. Neither of us had any idea how to hunt and shoot doves […]

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Taking the Texas CHL one more time.

Taking the Texas CHL one more time.

Two years ago I was still working and before my Texas Concealed Handgun license expired I failed to retake the course which was required at the time and renew my CHL. Yesterday I finally did take the course again at the Bandera Gun Club where I am a life member. It was a pleasant six […]

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I wondered for years why .22 ammo was so cheap since I was paying 70 cents per box of 50 rds. in 1962 because I could not afford to pay $7 for a brick very often. At that time reg. gasoline was usually about 28 cents a gallon, etc. etc. etc. In recent years, until […]

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Some Dandy Pictures of the Pheasant Shoot

Some Dandy Pictures of the Pheasant Shoot

I took my camera to Oklahoma but I neglected to take the battery off of the charger and insert it into the camera so when I got back home I had a well charged battery but no pictures with my camera. Jeff Stiles and David McElyea get credit for these pictures.

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Business cards for your Expeditor and Archivist have been made

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Bringing Home the Pheasants – A Most Excellent Dinner

Bringing Home the Pheasants – A Most Excellent Dinner

Our Oklahoma Pheasant Shoot was a success and last night Mary and I had Meghan and grandsons Ivan and James over for a fresh pheasant dinner. The menu consisted of appetizers, grilled bacon wrapped scallops and then the main course of boneless, skinless pheasant breast smothered in mushrooms, garlic, chopped onions, chopped red and gold […]

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The  Mighty, Great,  Successful,  Oklahoma   Quail-Ridge Pheasant Hunt

The Mighty, Great, Successful, Oklahoma Quail-Ridge Pheasant Hunt

All-righty then. We ended up with eight guns who are fellows in our High Plains Shooting and Dining Society. Friday evening most of us were able to gather in Tecumseh Oklahoma for a fine evening of dining in the private, Elvis Room of the Boomerang Diner which is an old 1950’s diner with a rock […]

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Getting Ready to Hit the Road to Oklahoma and Shoot Pheasants

Getting Ready to Hit the Road to Oklahoma and Shoot Pheasants

The final week countdown is on and it is time to get my gear and spread it out in the extra bedroom and make sure I have just enough stuff for a successful European Pheasant Shoot.  A little too much is not bad unless you are traveling by air, bicycle or horseback and I am […]

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Favorite Gun, It’s Your Turn to Share

Favorite Gun, It’s Your Turn to Share

I am inviting our good fellow shooters and any friends who would like to join in to share a bit about their experiences learning to shoot and their favorite gun, .. guns.  My first gun was a little single shot .22 rifle that had to cocked by hand each time it was reloaded.  I was […]

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Yes, Shooting in Cold Weather Can Be Fun

Yes, Shooting in Cold Weather Can Be Fun

No, you don’t really have to gear up this much for Oklahoma like our David McElyea did a few years ago for a trip to France. The ten day prediction for Tecumseh which puts us one week from our Pheasant Shoot show continuing cold weather with high of 40 and low of 31 which is not […]

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