GameBirdHunts
Pheasant Chick
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Bob
Master Hunter
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| 30 Jul 2009 11:46 AM |
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I prefer O/U's. I like the way you can set up the gun for different choke barrels and then use shells to match those chokes. I think they offer a hunter a lot of versatility......Bob |
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Porknbeans
Master Hunter
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| 30 Jul 2009 07:32 PM |
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I love o/u's but if I had to pick one skatter gun for all my types of hunting, I would have to go with a semi-auto because of the flexibility and extra shell for waterfowling.
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Bob
Master Hunter
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| 31 Jul 2009 03:12 PM |
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Ok PB, Just how many ducks do you get in the bag with that 3rd shot? When I was duck and goose hunting, by the time I got to the 3rd shot they were pretty close to being out of range......Bob |
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Hillbilly
Master Hunter
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| 31 Jul 2009 03:19 PM |
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O/u all the way tried switching back to a pump last year didn't work for me like a o/u. Been shooting them for 11 years now. |
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Porknbeans
Master Hunter
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| 31 Jul 2009 03:26 PM |
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Bob, I've never gone duck/goose hunting, but I want to try. You're probably right on the 3rd shot, but I would think it would be nice to have. I use an o/u for phez and grouse, but figured for all around the semi would offer more flexibility. I love cracking open the action on an o/u and having the shells and smoke pop out. There is something about that which I really like. |
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Tarheel Blue
Happy Puppy
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| 31 Jul 2009 08:28 PM |
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That's not FAIR!! Choosing only one shotgun, is kinda like saying you can only date one girl in your entire lifetime!! I love shooting a quality O/U on clays, phez and doves and would gladly select a Krieghoff K-80 Sporting Model, Crown Grade, ($36, 945 (!) as advertised on Gunbroker.com) with 32" barrels (with a matched set of 28" barrels for upland game, with full-length drop in sub-gauge tubes from Briley). Check it out at www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=135891129. Of course I could never afford to buy it, but we can only dream ...."What if I win the lottery?!"
However, I couldn't bring myself to take this high caliber of a gun into a duck blind with a muddy retriever and clumsy hunting buddies. I'd have to find a way to sneak in a trusty and ugly old pump gun for that kind of hunting.
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Bob
Master Hunter
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| 31 Jul 2009 10:46 PM |
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I'd hate to be saddled with only same choke for both close and far birds. I guess it is a trade-off no mater which way a shooter goes.......Bob |
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Bo
Pheasant Egg
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| 01 Aug 2009 04:19 AM |
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I love my O/U's , but use the pump(swap) barrels for a rifled deer slug, swap back put the gobblin thunder choke tube in for
turkey time the back to the bird barrel for gamebirds. Keep one close for home defense, would like to see the face of an intruder then you slam a shell in the chamber. |
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Zed
Pheasant Egg
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| 04 Sep 2009 05:21 PM |
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I love my Remington 11-87 too much to give it up |
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Porknbeans
Master Hunter
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| 10 Sep 2009 07:14 AM |
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Zed, an all around, reliable choice.
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Bob
Master Hunter
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| 10 Sep 2009 05:09 PM |
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How can you hunters adjust so quickly. I have an 11-87 and it stays in the rack most of time. I am so use to shooting my O/U's, the long sighting plane of the 11-87, gets me screwed up every time. But on the other hand it doesn't take much to screw me up.......Bob |
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Porknbeans
Master Hunter
Posts:535
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| 11 Sep 2009 06:19 AM |
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I actually find the it helpful. For me it is easier to gauge in my peripheral vision.
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grouchyolddude
Happy Puppy
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| 11 Sep 2009 08:12 AM |
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.."only one shotgun".... I refuse to play...  ... |
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Bob
Master Hunter
Posts:550
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| 11 Sep 2009 08:28 PM |
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Maybe that is it Pork, I have lost my peripheral vision. If you have ever shot skeet for example, I cannot see the birds on station 7. I just don't have the vision to see them anymore. The reason Glaucoma, it did some damage before it was caught and controlled......Bob |
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| My Dog And I Are A Team. We Practice Every Day.
I Always Trust Tony, He Knows More Than I do.
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