The American pastime of hunting...questions

[BeanCounter]

David,

I've got over 20 shotguns. I like my little Miroku LW 20 O/U for quail. I still shoot my Monkey Wards .410 that I got when I was 7 when quail hunting too. I've got 6 Model 12's but for some reason I can't shoot the shuckers as well. I've got a Remington 1100 too which is nice so I agree with you there.

Turnpike Boy,

Nothing like making a 800+ yard shot with the .375 H&H on a 7 point elk off the bluffs of Gravel Mountain there North of Jackson Hole. Now there's a head that's hung over my fireplace.

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Originally Posted by BeanCounter

David,

I've got over 20 shotguns. I like my little Miroku LW 20 O/U for quail. I still shoot my Monkey Wards .410 that I got when I was 7 when quail hunting too. I've got 6 Model 12's but for some reason I can't shoot the shuckers as well. I've got a Remington 1100 too which is nice so I agree with you there.

Turnpike Boy,

Nothing like making a 800+ yard shot with the .375 H&H on a 7 point elk off the bluffs of Gravel Mountain there North of Jackson Hole. Now there's a head that's hung over my fireplace.

I probably have as many shotguns myself, been collecting Brownings made before 1936 for some time now, have 8 of them, 2 model 12s, one 12 and one 16, I shoot both of them well, got a 20 you want to let go????????it'll finish my set, also looking for a shooter 97....I'm kinda starting to get into the cowboy action shooting and need a 97 for the three gun competition......

I probably have as many 16s as 12s, started off with the Reimngton 1100 when I was a kid and have always liked the 16s..

I do most of my hunting with either an el cheapo spanish made over/under, but it's well balanced and I shoot it well,made some modifications to it,trigger job,ported barrels,and a few other little things, the other gun I use the most is a Beretta AL390, second sweetest shooter behind the 1100s, to me anyway..........

Most of my shotgunning is for ducks/geese and we have to use steel shot, so I don't use any of the older guns,wish I could...the model 12s are my small game guns, the 1100 16 gauge is mostly used for doves (we hardly have anymore quail around these parts) and skeet shoots.

David

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Interesting, thanks for that...and yes, we are in NO position to throw stones, but baggy camo gear is so much worse than herringbone and tweed...ROFL

The herrigbone and tweed do look the part on a guy mounted on a nice horse getting ready for a fox hunt, very traditional......

my hunting clothes are geared more for comfort and use, small game and upland bird hunting usually invovles a lot of walking in thick stuff, briars and brambles, I think you'll call the stuff.......you see a lot of guys wearing baggy camo,cause they got tons of the stuff dirt cheap at thousands of army surplus stores as well as mail order houses all over the country..........

One thing I do admire about the Brits is that they take the time and lessons to learn proper shooting and gun fitting.... most Americans just buy a gun off the rack at Wally World and go hunting the next day without ever sighting it or testing the pattern......

Boy, this thread sure beats those political threads, for me anyway..........

David

[turnpike boy]

There really isn't a shotgun I've met that I don't like , and I regularly shoot a Beretta over/under (682) at targets, but side-by's just love me .

Bernie, like you, there's a passel of scatterguns in the vaults, in all actions, even a 20 ga. Charles Daly O/U made by Miroku...imagine that. Unfortunately the only 800 yd shots made in these parts are with police lasers (yeah, they're that hungry for revenue ). And with a .375...that's a lotta hold-over. Good on you - the mount belongs on the wall. PA permits rifle hunting in counties to the west of me, but it's generally still pretty short (<250 yds) shooting due to the woods. An old 8mm Mauser with my handloads is just fine for deer there.

Dave, you should shoot whatever fits you best - and it doesn't matter what that may be. Take it out and use it, 'cause that's some of the best therapy anybody can have.

If there is a favorite, I guess it would be......uh......I dunno. I enjoy the hell out of all of 'em; AR's, Model 700's, O/u's, side-by's, single-shots, pumps, autos, whatever. On any given day, it seems one will stand out more and that's the one that I'll take.


-Roger

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Glyn;

Hunting means different things to different folks, some just want to shoot, some want to limit out and some just want to be outdoors and enjoy the woods as much as the hunt......

I used to deer hunt quite a bit, now I hardly ever go, to me the most satisfation and fun is and has been duck hunting...We're usually from 4 to as many as 7 in a duck blind, and being with "the guys" is just as much fun as a getting a limit of ducks.... Some of my most memorial hunts were when we killed the fewest birds!!!!!!!! And ANY sunrise over a a decoy spread is just something to see........

I have taken my daughter duck hunting since she was about 10 years old, she's now 22 and looks forward to our yearly duck hunts, those hunts, I rarely fire a shot, let her do the shooting, still have some pictures of her first hunt when she killed a limit of mallards, hunting is not always about the kill, but the hunt itself....

My second year I drew out for a mountain lion. We chased him for three days and we finally got him cornered on an outcropping I swung my horse around and pulled out my rifle and slung it across my saddle. After about 30 seconds I put it back in the scabbard and pulled out my camera and took some pictures. It just didn't make sense to me. He hadn't raided my stock so I had no reason to kill him. When I turned around and looked at the guide all he said to me was "I know what you mean", and we rode back to camp. One of the best hunting trips I ever had.

Spoken like a true hunter, I can relate to that...........

I've been duck hunting since I was about 10 years old, this season will be my 43rd season, and I still spend a sleepless night the night before opening day!!!!!!!!!!! for me, bringing home some game is always nice, but just being outdoors and seeing nature is just as much fun if not more, when I quit enjoying that aspect, is when I quit hunting.

David

[bomelia]

Glynn, did not your country of origin enjoy chasing fuzzy red dogs with horses and hound dogs? No offense, but why do UKers see themselves as more advanced than USAers? I have long since put my guns up. But I do not see others that like to hunt as being beneath my sensibilities. Down here in dixie, we still hunt beagles for their pelts. Make great shoes.

Mike

[GlynMeek]

Originally Posted by bomelia

Glynn, did not your country of origin enjoy chasing fuzzy red dogs with horses and hound dogs? No offense, but why do UKers see themselves as more advanced than USAers? I have long since put my guns up. But I do not see others that like to hunt as being beneath my sensibilities. Down here in dixie, we still hunt beagles for their pelts. Make great shoes.

Mike

LOL...no offense taken, and UKers don't see y'all (!) as less advanced than they are, it's just that we are still pi$$ed at losing The Empire and we have to blame someone...the US just happens to currently have the biggest Empire...remember, everyone who wasn't Roman hated the Romans...lol. It's still Roosevelt's fault as far as the Ukers are concerned...made us break it up as a condition of saving our raggedy a$$es in WWII.

I TRULY don't see hunters as beneath my sensibilities, I am just serious about not understanding the part that I didn't perceive as "hunting", more as mindless "killing", that's all Mike. Also, all the tree hugging liberals in the UK got fox-hunting banned, which I always thought was an integral part of the fabric of the British countryside, and made for great paintings.... Country people never wanted it banned AND THE FOX ALWAYS STOOD A FIGHTING CHANCE OF GETTING AWAY!

Glyn



PS PLEASE tell me you are NOT serious about beagle hunting, one never know about Alabama!!!