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Rick, The hat is yours. It is a classic, at least from my point of view. Please send me your address. You can email it to: slpress@comcast.net. Best, Worth

Mike, I don't have any way to send you a picture. The hat is new, never been worn. It is like any baseball cap, dark green in color. But what makes it special is that it was made by Filson with their famous heavy fabric. Along with the Washington Brant Foundation it has a flying black brant on...

Washington Brant Foundation cap made by Filson. A classic collectible item! Best Offer

For those interested, here is some more about Forest and Stream. There is an excellent podcast devoted to the magazine. It can be found at Forest and Stream org. You also might be interested in the opinion that Bryon Muche, host of the podcast, is regarding the new Field & Stream claiming the...

Greg, Lynn Bogue Hunt also wrote a few articles for FOREST AND STREAM in the early 1900s. These may or may not been before he started his art career? I wonder if many individuals on this page are aware of just how important FOREST AND STREAM was in early North American outdoor magazines. It was...

I have been a little late in learning that Field & Stream has new owners and they are planning to start offering a printed copy of the magazine once again. That is very good news. It was once the premiere outdoor magazine. To a degree, my family goes far back with the magazine. In 1926 my...

I have a Charles Boswell game engraved Best side lock 12 bore I would like to sell. Price $5000. The Best was Boswell's top grade. The gun has an extra set of barrels, both 30 inches and made of Whitworth steel. Whitworth steel was the highest grade of steel used and even some Purdey guns didn't...

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Just got a new book that should be of interest to those of you on this page. It was written by a long time waterfowler, Dick Hutmacher. The title is The Last Dog, available from Amazon, paperback, $17.00. Dick wrote about being at an advanced age and deciding to get a young dog. I am certain...

This morning I got an email from John Byers, the duck call and decoy maker in the State of Victoria. He was the fellow that I hunted with when I went down from 2002 until 2013. He is also the person that now has the Barnegat that I shipped down in 2006. This report was what was feared. The...

My guess that I will fire someone up with my opinion of Model 21s. But everyone tends to look at things somewhat differently. Regarding the American doubles made for waterfowling, Fox, L.C. Smith, Parker, Ithaca, and Winchester, I place the very low grades of Model 21s at the bottom. When...

Two total classics!

While I am on the subject of Australia, I will mention a duck hunting contest that Field & Game use to, or still does, hold. It was during the years of the seven duck limit. Now that I think of it, the current Victoria limit was 4 this year so the contest wouldn't work. But what was entailed...

Eric, I have a new email address. I am getting emails still to my old email address which was: slpress@macnet.com. My new address is: slpress@comcast.net. Please change this. Thanks. Best, Worth

Todd, Many of the antis in Australia are very aggressive. In 2006 I had an encounter with a large bunch. A small group of us were going to shoot a red gum swamp. (very much like flooded oaks in Arkansas) When we arrived at the place we planned to park the rigs about 60 antis were waiting for us...

Joe, Unfortunately some of that is true. Or was several years back. There was a time, largely before I first went down in 2002, that many viewed duck hunting as a camp out, vast amount of beer drinking, and worst of all a "if it flies it dies" attitude. That meant some shooters would shoot any...

Some on this page might be aware that hunting is outlawed in the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and ACT. Sometime within the next month there will be a decision to outlaw duck and quail hunting in the states of Victoria and South Australia. The anti hunters...

How stable is a poke boat? Do they flip over easily? Or hard to flip one over? Thanks.

Matt, Wonderful decoy of a wonderful duck! Just wish I was still doing the Delta youth decoy contest. I am certain that he would have won first prize. Judging was done by five duck hunting friends that came over for a pizza lunch. First prize was a CZ double 20 bore. Second and third place was a...

Steve, I forgot to mention that Marge is a small 80 year old woman. She certainly doesn't show any signs of slowing down. In fact, on several days she has out shot me. I am a very lucky man! Best, Worth