Days Gone By: October 2007
That First Double
"This is a photo of me at 12 years old, my dad Lewis Whitney and Buff, our Chesapeake Bay Retriever. It was my first double on pheasants, taken October 1959 at Dusty, Washington. I started hunting with my dad when I was 9 years old and my brother Loren Whitney joined us two years later when he turned 9 years old. My first shotgun was a Fox & Stevens 20 gauge that was given to me by family friend and gunsmith Heber Ward, who also taught me how to shoot competition skeet. Dad and Heber have past on, but rest assured they are still swapping great shots and hunting stories!"
As told by Leonard Whitney, member of the Puget Sound Chapter of Pheasants Forever in western Washington.
If you have story ideas, dog photos, pre-1980 hunting photos and requests for future On The Wing consideration, please send correspondence to ahauck@pheasantsforever.org.
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