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Unread 06-13-2023, 04:46 PM   #1
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This is a Parker question before it's a hunting question (as far as I'm concerned). I know there are a few of you out there that will admit to hunting bushytails. Our Missouri season opened at Memorial Day and we are in a spate of cool "morning-ed" days that make me long to carry a Parker in the squirrel woods. I'm interested in taking enough to populate a Brunswick Stew (that's Brunswick, Virginia, thank you very much!) -- without butterbeans, I might add.

Here's the question: What Parker would you carry? You can base your answer on your experiences (probably as a kid, no doubt, like me) or, if you're a real connoisseur, what your current experience suggests.

Gauge, barrel length, chokes (grade??)...?
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me, i would use a 20 ga with 3/4 oz of 6s mod and imp/cly. they should be young and close. good luck
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I think that new to you 410 needs to be blooded.
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I think that new to you 410 needs to be blooded.
Ah-ha! I have one now, Jeff, inspired by you and Stan Hillis (although nowhere equal to a certain beautifully engraved .410 I was privileged to hold not long ago).
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me, i would use a 20 ga with 3/4 oz of 6s mod and imp/cly. they should be young and close. good luck
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Scott, I’ll have to check the chokes, but I may have what you recommend—thanks!
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Sorry; it was a .22 back in my squirrel days.
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Sorry; it was a .22 back in my squirrel days.
Mine, too, Phil, but times they are a-changin’
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410 ga with 7 1/2 oz shot.
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.410 are harmless to squirrels in the top of Tennessee hickory trees. Use a long barrel 20 of course! oh and full choke is an asset.
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410 ga with 7 1/2 oz shot.
Any particular choke?
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