Anyone hunt ducks with a 10 gauge regularly?

[mobirdhunter]

OK, seriously...you're hooked. I can tell. Yes, you DO need another gun! and you do need to shoot 3.5" shells through a double.

[mobirdhunter]

P.S. I sure wish we could shoot buckshot at deer here in Missouri. One of the many things I miss from growing up in Virginia.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Garry L Gordon

P.S. I sure wish we could shoot buckshot at deer here in Missouri. One of the many things I miss from growing up in Virginia.

Wouldn't matter what state I were in

Funny thing I'm 56 and have hunted VA for 50 seasons but I NEVER used buckshot until I started loading for my 10 gauge accumulation .

But the way I do it isn't exactly the text book way .

I go up my tree and when settled in I'll have a rifle of some type hanging on the side the tree and a double of some sort across my climber . The shotgun be it with buck or slugs is used more like archery IE: I don't shoot if the deer isn't inside 25 yards .

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

Wouldn't matter what state I were in

Funny you should write this. I hope the statute of limitations is out...my first Missouri buck was on public land in an area with a shotgun only rule (slugs are the only legal ammo for shotguns, but I did not know this at the time). I took my old H&R 36" single shot out on the last morning of our 9-day season. I had the place to myself. I climbed up in someone's wooden stand (illegal now since it used nails). At daylight a nice buck came in and I shot him with buckshot -- left handed (I'm a righty, but he came in from the right). He dropped with multiple holes in his side. I took him to the check station and the agent checked him over (noting the multiple wounds in the deer's side). For some reason I did not say anything about shooting the deer with buckshot, even though I thought it was quite the accomplishment at the time. It was after checking the deer that I discovered I was illegal.

We bird hunt during the deer season sometimes. I have had the dogs point deer with some frequency (and turkeys). Every time I walk in to flush and a deer gets up, I wish I could have the left barrel loaded with buckshot. I would have taken some really large deer that way.

I like your two gun deer method, though. Especially getting to shoot one with a nice, old double.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Garry L Gordon

OK, seriously...you're hooked. I can tell. Yes, you DO need another gun! and you do need to shoot 3.5" shells through a double.

I recently acquired an Parker EH with factory original 28" barrels . I suspect before I ever get an NID MAG 10 I'll defer to a factory original EH in 26" or 24" .