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Bourjaily: A Happy Ending to the Bo Whoop Story
By Philip Bourjaily
Previously I posted about the sale of author Nash Buckingham’s missing A.H. Fox shotgun “Bo Whoop,” the most famous American shotgun of all time. It disappeared in 1948, resurfaced in 2006, and was sold at auction earlier this month. In a followup post I said it sold for $175,000 at James D. Julia’s auction on March 15. Wes Dillon of Julia’s corrects me: there was a 15% buyer’s premium (a fee the buyer pays to the auction house) added, so the full price paid was $201,250.
Dillon also told me the buyer’s name: Hal B. Howard, Jr. Howard is Buckingham’s godson, the son of Nash’s best friend, and a frequent hunting companion. Not a gun collector, Howard bought the gun purely for sentimental reasons. He will present it to Ducks Unlimited at DU’s national meeting in Dallas this May. Bo Whoop will go on display at DU headquarters in Memphis, alongside Nash’s second Super Fox, Bo Whoop II, which is already there. Short of Howard or his children – he is 84 -- knocking down limits of greenheads in flooded timber with his godfather’s gun, that is the absolute best ending to the Bo Whoop saga imaginable given that Buckingham was from Memphis and devoted so much of his energy to waterfowl conservation.
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Comments (18)
Is there any word on whether or not he went hunting with it?
If I shelled out that much for sentiment,I now I would have gone hunting.
And so, after many twists and turns, the famous Fox shotgun comes home. It should still be taken out of its' display case once a year to shoot a limit of ducks. D.U. should start a raffle for this. A one-day guided hunt at Stuttgart shooting Bo-Whoop.
I should also ask ," Wouldn't you?"
Now that's a "fun-draiser"
Cool.
The Hope Diamond of the Shotgun World...without a curse.
Perfect ending.
Glad to see that this "Once upon a time" has a happy ending.
Good news! Thanks for the update.
It's an amazing story - legendary, actually. The gun has gone full circle. I wonder if the story ends here.
I agree, great news.
My old friend Charlie who passed away summer before last at age 93 lived his whole life in and around Memphis. He apparently hunted with Nash several times over a half century ago including for "birds" (aka bobwhite quail) near Coffeeville, MS. Charlie had several Fox guns over the years and prefered them to any other double, I wonder is Nash influenced him.
Wow! I know guns can not talk but I bet Bo Whoop is at least smiling.
Phil,
I think this is a neat story, and thanks for sharing it on the blog. I am noramlly a very practical person, but a bit sentimental as well. When my father passed,I received his guns, while they are run of the mill factory issue; they all have special meaning to me.
I still hunt with them and feel my dad's memory contributes to the hunting experience. It's all about the memories...
Great ending to a great story!!!!!!!!!!!!
good guy who appreciates the value of a valuable gun
damn fine ending. maybe there is someone up stairs making sure eveything falls into place.
that's a fine looking shotgun!
that's awesome! the gun endedup in the rightfull owners hands, and now it will be in a museum for all to see. now, if D.U. doesnt get broken into, and bo-whoop I and II dont get stolen! that would be a real kick in the *****!
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Is there any word on whether or not he went hunting with it?
If I shelled out that much for sentiment,I now I would have gone hunting.
And so, after many twists and turns, the famous Fox shotgun comes home. It should still be taken out of its' display case once a year to shoot a limit of ducks. D.U. should start a raffle for this. A one-day guided hunt at Stuttgart shooting Bo-Whoop.
Cool.
The Hope Diamond of the Shotgun World...without a curse.
My old friend Charlie who passed away summer before last at age 93 lived his whole life in and around Memphis. He apparently hunted with Nash several times over a half century ago including for "birds" (aka bobwhite quail) near Coffeeville, MS. Charlie had several Fox guns over the years and prefered them to any other double, I wonder is Nash influenced him.
I should also ask ," Wouldn't you?"
Now that's a "fun-draiser"
Perfect ending.
Glad to see that this "Once upon a time" has a happy ending.
Good news! Thanks for the update.
It's an amazing story - legendary, actually. The gun has gone full circle. I wonder if the story ends here.
I agree, great news.
Wow! I know guns can not talk but I bet Bo Whoop is at least smiling.
Phil,
I think this is a neat story, and thanks for sharing it on the blog. I am noramlly a very practical person, but a bit sentimental as well. When my father passed,I received his guns, while they are run of the mill factory issue; they all have special meaning to me.
I still hunt with them and feel my dad's memory contributes to the hunting experience. It's all about the memories...
good guy who appreciates the value of a valuable gun
damn fine ending. maybe there is someone up stairs making sure eveything falls into place.
that's a fine looking shotgun!
that's awesome! the gun endedup in the rightfull owners hands, and now it will be in a museum for all to see. now, if D.U. doesnt get broken into, and bo-whoop I and II dont get stolen! that would be a real kick in the *****!
Great ending to a great story!!!!!!!!!!!!
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