2021 Deer Hunting

[night owl]

Gut one....  Single shot 20 gauge.

 

 

[specialist]

On 12/4/2021 at 3:58 AM, night owl said:

Gut one....  Single shot 20 gauge.

 

 

Awesome, great shot placement Congratulations 

[Mikx]

Money.
 

[gregwa]

Love those boiler room shots, no meat ruined, god knows it happens. Great job guys.

[ged]

1 hour ago, gregwa said:

Love those boiler room shots, no meat ruined, god knows it happens. Great job guys.

Archery shots are the best. It is amazing how much damage a slug can do. 

[sams]

My daughter joined me for a quick Saturday afternoon hunt in z10 and we got this nice doe.  It was great to have her along, especially when it came time to do the dragging.

 

sam

 

 

[night owl]

On 12/6/2021 at 9:24 AM, ged said:

Archery shots are the best. It is amazing how much damage a slug can do. 

 

Even a 20 gauge slug is overkill power for deer. I don't know why on earth some guys are still using 12 gauge. I think it's an ignorance reason. Besides.... A 20 gauge shotgun is lighter to carry. Carrying a heavy 12 gauge in the woods is nonsense. 

[Tl1987]

Ct bow 

Ma bow

Father's ma shot gun 

[gregwa]

3 hours ago, night owl said:

 

Even a 20 gauge slug is overkill power for deer. I don't know why on earth some guys are still using 12 gauge. I think it's an ignorance reason. Besides.... A 20 gauge shotgun is lighter to carry. Carrying a heavy 12 gauge in the woods is nonsense. 

I have an 1100 auto 20 gauge, it has a green mountain saboted slug barrel on it. Its kind of like a 45 when using a sabbot. That things a shooter

[evancanalrat]

On 12/7/2021 at 1:50 PM, night owl said:

 

Even a 20 gauge slug is overkill power for deer. I don't know why on earth some guys are still using 12 gauge. I think it's an ignorance reason. Besides.... A 20 gauge shotgun is lighter to carry. Carrying a heavy 12 gauge in the woods is nonsense. 

Ammo availability and versatility are why most guys still use 12 gauge slug guns for deer. Especially in the age of ammo shortages. 

[shark lobster]

On 12/5/2021 at 1:04 PM, specialist said:

Awesome, great shot placement Congratulations 

Scope on a shotgun ????

[Plug and teaser]

55 mins ago, shark lobster said:

Scope on a shotgun ????

Sure, I even have one on my old smooth bore slug gun.

 

Scopes on Muzzle loaders is something I cant quite wrap my head around yet.

We've come a long way from a few guys with Flintlocks and smoothbore TC Renegades finishing up the year with a 3 day season.

Now it's over 2 weeks with 200 yard tack drivers.

 

But, the deer need to be kept in check so whatever works.

Muzzle loaders are no longer a handicap, they should just combine the season with shotgun and give everyone more time to hunt without buying another gun that some cant afford.

[DanCbass]

33 mins ago, Plug and teaser said:

Muzzle loaders are no longer a handicap, they should just combine the season with shotgun and give everyone more time to hunt without buying another gun that some cant afford.

In RI, you can use a Muzzleloader during Shotgun season, as long as you have a shotgun tag, but not vice-versa.

[ged]

2 mins ago, DanCbass said:

In RI, you can use a Muzzleloader during Shotgun season, as long as you have a shotgun tag, but not vice-versa.

Same as MA

[bob_G]

3 hours ago, shark lobster said:

Scope on a shotgun ????

Yup. I used to shoot a rifled Hastings barrel on my 1100 well before rifled barrels were legal.  I think my buddy and I bought the barrels way back in 1985. 

The barrels were illegal in Ma. They were primarily for law enforcement. A company called BRI (Ballistic Reaserch Ind) made a sabot slug to match the rifled barrel. 

Even with the factory rifle sights, my old 1100 was amazing. 100% difference from the old deer slugs we used in smooth bore barrels.

After a couple years I put a 1.5-4 power Bushnell scope on it.  Really nice.