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Yessire- to huntin' squirrel-- years ago, I learned that if you want to be a successful big game hunter, first off-become a successful squirrel hunter-- In Oct. and Nov. (until our MI firearm deer season opens 15/Nov. I often hunt waterfowl in the morning, come home for lunch and a "re-fit" and head to area farms for squirrels with a scoped >22LR--and as an added bonus- often find a den tree and a nice fat-assed raccoon in a crotch- taking a siesta-
A CCI mini-Mag in the ear- and "adios" . As most of the farms I hunt are working dairy farms, and 'coons love grain and feed- the farmer's are happy with that business. RWTF
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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ken...my point is made. many champs have sbs's, (in the garage for a sunday drive)
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seems guns are like shoes. every event calls for a different shoe. some wear slippers around the house, some wear boots to go to the barn. some chance it and take the garbage out in slippers and ruin them. some sleep in their boots. (ask any soldier) each shoe has a specific purpose. could it be? the purpose of a sbs has changed? people are wearing the wrong shoes for the wrong reason? or just don't know what shoe to wear anymore?
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In addition many target shooters are not collectors or accumulators. They tend to have a few tools in the box and shoot the heck out of them. I've got to take exception to that statement. I hang with the target shooting crowd. I've held positions both local and national with the NSCA and talk with a lot of shooters. The majority of the shooters I know have a collection of shotguns including numerous SXS's that would be the envy of a lot of folks here. All the target shooters I know have dozens, in some cases dozens of dozens, of guns. And many of them extremely collectible as well as shootable. SxS's figure prominently in many of those collections. Personally, I haven't been squirrel hunting since Wednesday. I guess I am not so glum about the future of shotguns with properly oriented barrels as many here. But if there is a decline in progress, that means, more and cheaper guns to choose from. I am good with that too.
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan)
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Turn on the "Outdoor Channel" any time. No upland hunting, just deer and turkey. Upland hunting is not 'video-genic' because it mostly involves miles of walking and little shootin'. Hard to pose a covey rise.
No reason not to have a good squirrel hunt on TV though. Plenty of game. Cute little yappy dogs. Plenty of rabbits around as well, and everyone loves a beagle.
I don't know why we're letting small game hunting get forgotten. My grandson loves a squirrel hunt...Geo I like to call it being missed not necessarily "forgotten"...hunters 40 to 50 years old are geared towards big game hunting...the ones that miss out are their kids.
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Tell that to the millennial, they are the ones dragging down the statistics, its not my generation. They dont hunt and fish like the baby boomers do/did. It isn't just hunting, fishing, and shooting that isn't being done by millenials buzz. It seems they just aren't participating as much as earlier generations in all outdoor activities. We have about 8-10" of global warming on the ground right now, and temperatures are in the teens. Yesterday, it was in the mid-20's. I drove past a local school that has a long steep snow covered hill behind it. There were no kids there. The snow covered slope was unbroken. 20-30 years ago, it would have been filled with kids on sleds and toboggans. But they are too busy now with their Nintendos and Play Stations, or text messaging each other from across the living room. The ice skating rink at the park would have been filled with people too, but it closed down due to lack of interest. I wouldn't be surprised to find that there is reduced participation by millenials in golfing, tennis, water skiing, bicycling, or many other outdoor activities. If you look at some of your old school photos, you will notice that some kids you thought were chubby back then are not nearly as obese as a lot you see now.
A true sign of mental illness is any gun owner who would vote for an Anti-Gunner like Joe Biden.
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Of course with over twice the height of barrels to push through sideways.
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Are you saying that you actually shoot (at) ducks in such a place that you cannot swing the shotgun without having to push bulrushes aside with the barrels when you do?
If so, my first question is ........... why don't you knock a few down ahead of time? As in, before the ducks start flying.
SRH
May God bless America and those who defend her.
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Duck hunting in standing timber in Arkansas I topped a few trees with mine before...
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This is why my SxS 16bore double has a .22lr bore in the top rib! Waldlaufer all the way. Rimfire at the ready, no weight penalty. Yessire- to huntin' squirrel-- years ago, I learned that if you want to be a successful big game hunter, first off-become a successful squirrel hunter-- In Oct. and Nov. (until our MI firearm deer season opens 15/Nov. I often hunt waterfowl in the morning, come home for lunch and a "re-fit" and head to area farms for squirrels with a scoped >22LR--and as an added bonus- often find a den tree and a nice fat-assed raccoon in a crotch- taking a siesta-
A CCI mini-Mag in the ear- and "adios" . As most of the farms I hunt are working dairy farms, and 'coons love grain and feed- the farmer's are happy with that business. RWTF
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