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Other Hunting => Upland Birds => Topic started by: fethrduster on October 17, 2012, 12:56:01 PM

Title: Hunted with my Dad today...
Post by: fethrduster on October 17, 2012, 12:56:01 PM: ...for the first time since he passed away in 1998. I know, I just painted him on my gun, but it was a really neat experience to be able to look down and see him there with me. He was a kind, gracious, and great man, and we used to hunt together all the time. I really miss him, especially on days like today.

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My setter Briar wanted in on the action too:

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Post by: hrd2fnd on October 17, 2012, 01:22:28 PM: Nice tribute you have there. Your father will now experience the hunt and companionship for years to come
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Post by: Klyne3 on October 17, 2012, 01:27:32 PM: very cool!
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Post by: GrampasGuns on October 17, 2012, 02:22:49 PM: Beautiful Gun, Dog and story. I hunt with my late grandfathers guns and it really bring something extra to the hunt for me. Wish he was here to show me how its really done.

Great post man.
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Post by: CP on October 17, 2012, 02:48:43 PM: Very cool - :tup:
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Post by: Cascade_fisher on October 17, 2012, 04:06:33 PM: That's a really nice tribute to your father and says a lot about the son he raised as well. Have a great season together :tup:
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Post by: X-Force on October 17, 2012, 04:13:28 PM: :tup: cool tribute
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Post by: Stilly bay on October 17, 2012, 04:17:14 PM: very cool tribute! that gun is big medicine!

I am always jealous of folks with hunting families and traditions.

I can't thank my dad enough for getting me into hunting... he is a militant anti-hunter and I think I mainly took up hunting to piss him off when I was a teenager... oh well worked out in the end.
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Post by: Knocker of rocks on October 17, 2012, 04:31:43 PM: Beautiful work and a fitting tribute
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Post by: brianb231 on October 17, 2012, 04:37:00 PM: That is awesome. I too come from a hunting heritage handed down from my father who passed away in 2009. Tough being in the woods without them. I have special wraps on my arrows in his memory. These things are important.

Great way to remember your father.

Regards,

Brianb231
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Post by: akirkland on October 17, 2012, 04:49:21 PM: Very cool!
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Post by: singleshot12 on October 17, 2012, 04:52:19 PM: That is some nice art work there :tup: great idea, The day I give up the ghost I would hope my son would do something like that in memorial for our times in the field.
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Post by: 10Key on October 17, 2012, 04:55:29 PM: Sweet, thanks for posting
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Post by: dukethedog on October 17, 2012, 05:43:10 PM: I think I'll go call my dad........thanks for that......Love the tribute.

sg
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Post by: fethrduster on October 17, 2012, 06:16:18 PM: Fantastic replies guys, thanks. I appreciate the kind words and I'm glad I've been able to foster some good will.

Stilly, I can appreciate your iconoclasm within your family. Good for you for being your own person.
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Post by: ShaneTyTrey on October 17, 2012, 08:06:48 PM: Extremely cool, thanks for sharing
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Post by: runamuk on October 17, 2012, 08:27:07 PM: that shotgun is a work of art and that is the coolest tribute....thank you for sharing with all of us
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Post by: buckhorn2 on October 17, 2012, 08:43:16 PM: What a great tribute to your father hope this season is a great one for you.
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Post by: whackemstackem on October 18, 2012, 10:12:06 AM: That is awesome way to keep tribute. Shoot me a pm if your still interested in feather rockets this season.
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Post by: fethrduster on October 18, 2012, 03:23:15 PM: Thanks again everyone. Turning guns into art makes the whole experience more meaningful for me. Just for grins, here's what this little 5.7lb 16ga hammer gun looked like before I did all the work to it:

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I'm working on this 12ga damascus hammer gun right now to pair with it:

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Title: Re: Hunted with my Dad today...
Post by: Stilly bay on October 18, 2012, 03:50:49 PM: what kind of theme is this new hammer gun going to have?
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Post by: fethrduster on October 18, 2012, 04:47:58 PM: It's an idea I've wanted to do for 7 or 8 yrs. The right side of the stock will have a cropped half lion face staring at you, and to its right will be a fleur de lis opening its wings and morphing into a bird in three stages, and some vines/leaves to mimic the receiver metal engraving. The left side will have the same half lion face, and vines/leaves, except with his mouth open showing his teeth, and a naked woman lying down in the cheek rest area. It's a yin/yang concept, showing our spiritual and primal sides and our duality as men. The right side is titled "Fleur de Lion," the left side is "Primal."
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Post by: lokidog on October 18, 2012, 05:24:11 PM: Nice art and great photos!
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Post by: Stilly bay on October 18, 2012, 07:14:58 PM: Quote from: fethrduster on October 18, 2012, 04:47:58 PM
It's a yin/yang concept, showing our spiritual and primal sides and our duality as men. The right side is titled "Fleur de Lion," the left side is "Primal."

if anyone asks you about the barrel constriction on that gun; you can always say your choked primal for up close and personal shots and spiritual for those poke and hope shots... :chuckle:

I can't wait to see that concept wrapped around that gorgeous hammer gun.
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Post by: singleshot12 on October 18, 2012, 10:58:06 PM: :yeah:
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Post by: TeacherMan on October 18, 2012, 11:31:02 PM: Very, very cool. Makes a person stop and think how important family is and what really important. Thank you for sharing.
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Post by: fethrduster on October 19, 2012, 08:28:16 AM: Quote from: TeacherMan on October 18, 2012, 11:31:02 PM
Very, very cool. Makes a person stop and think how important family is and what really important. Thank you for sharing.

:tup:

I'll post pics of the new hammer gun when I'm done.
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Post by: Heartsblood on October 19, 2012, 11:54:47 AM: Wow. Thanks so much for sharing. You are obviously gifted in several ways. And what a nice tribute! Very cool.
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Post by: fethrduster on November 06, 2012, 11:21:54 AM: In the vein of "art with a nice gun attached to it", I finished the Belgian 12 hammer gun. As mentioned previously, this piece of art is titled "Duality."

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Title: Re: Hunted with my Dad today...
Post by: runamuk on November 06, 2012, 11:39:51 AM: ayayayay.......gungasm twice :chuckle:...dang thats gorgeous.....

gotta wipe the drool off my keyboard now

you are an amazing artist and turn already gorgeous guns into something unbelievable.... your passion is pretty easy to see :tup:

Quote from: fethrduster on November 06, 2012, 11:21:54 AM
In the vein of "art with a nice gun attached to it", I finished the Belgian 12 hammer gun. As mentioned previously, this piece of art is titled "Duality."

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Title: Re: Hunted with my Dad today...
Post by: fethrduster on November 06, 2012, 11:54:44 AM: Wow, thank you very much. I always get a bit nervous showing this kind of work, because some people feel it is way over the top. I don't care though. I like pushing the envelope. "Gungasm!" Hilarious! :chuckle: :IBCOOL: