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Topic: Some pics of my 2023 Season
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PostForum: 16ga. General Discussion   Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:23 am   Subject: Some pics of my 2023 Season
Nice photos of the birds and guns! Looks like the rubber on that old truck is in decent shape or is that your hunting rig? Laughing
Topic: Turkeys- another first
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PostForum: 16ga. General Discussion   Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:15 am   Subject: Turkeys- another first
Not sure how the numbers are a bit farther west in WA, but where my brother lives, in Newman Lake, just across the ID border, they're thick!
Topic: Grouse hunting the Northern tier of Pa.
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PostForum: 16ga. General Discussion   Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 2:54 pm   Subject: Grouse hunting the Northern tier of Pa.
I moved 5 grouse this morning, 3 of which I could have got off some good open shots, however, I was packing a rifle on an elk hunt! The first 2 startled me as they flushed separately and from differen ...
Topic: Traditional fair chase Grouse hunting here in Pa
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PostForum: 16ga. General Discussion   Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2023 8:36 am   Subject: Traditional fair chase Grouse hunting here in Pa
When it's cold and/or with snow on the ground, I often wear my Filson single layer tin pants. I find them to be comfortable, they break the wind great and work for me. That said I do have a couple pai ...
Topic: Traditional fair chase Grouse hunting here in Pa
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PostForum: 16ga. General Discussion   Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 9:05 am   Subject: Traditional fair chase Grouse hunting here in Pa
A tradition on grouse, all 3 species of forest grouse around here was to have a 410 or small gauge in the truck on the way to hunting big game, mainly elk and swat them along the road or if they happe ...
Topic: The "Old Country"
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PostForum: 16ga. General Discussion   Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2023 8:58 am   Subject: The "Old Country"
I had some friends, brothers who were from Bemidji that I met while in AK. One used to talk about the Bemidji area as "God's Country!"
Topic: The "Old Country"
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PostForum: 16ga. General Discussion   Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 6:28 am   Subject: The "Old Country"
You can't go home in the sense that it will be the same a number of years after one left. People pass, new ones move in and the old country changes with time both faces and places! In my case, I moved ...
Topic: Light 16's
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PostForum: 16ga. General Discussion   Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2023 2:48 pm   Subject: Light 16's
The lightest 16 I own is a 29.5 inch barreled, 5 lb 11 oz, N Guyot, French boxlock, with the next lightest being a German guild at 6.2 lbs.
Topic: Just checking
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PostForum: 16ga. General Discussion   Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2023 8:31 am   Subject: Just checking
A few years back myself and a friend were out big game hunting but had our shotguns along. As we drove down an old logging road, we spotted a few ruffed grouse in the road, so I bailed out and swatted ...
Topic: Hunting - what not to do
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PostForum: 16ga. General Discussion   Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2023 3:51 pm   Subject: Hunting - what not to do
Many years ago in the 70's when S Idaho was a pheasant hunting destination, A friend whos family owned a large farming property invited myself and another friend down for a few days of pheasant huntin ...
Topic: 16 ga weight
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PostForum: 16ga. General Discussion   Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2023 7:35 am   Subject: 16 ga weight
I carried a 10 ga double one time all day turkey hunting with a friend. Thought it'd be cool to bag a tom with it. Last time I did that bonehead move!

Although I grew up using a Winchester model 37 ...
Topic: 1oz VS 1 1/8 OZ These days
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PostForum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading   Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2023 3:25 pm   Subject: 1oz VS 1 1/8 OZ These days
I like to hunt early season birds i.e. chukar, huns, quail and pheasants with a 1 oz load of #5 or #6 shot and late season pheasants with a 1 1/8 oz load of #5 shot.
Topic: 16 ga weight
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PostForum: 16ga. General Discussion   Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2023 10:18 am   Subject: 16 ga weight
My heaviest 16 ga is a 30" barreled, Remington Model 11 Sportsman at 7 lbs 6 oz. I don't use it often but occasionally will take it dove hunting and for shorter walks through pheasant cover. The ...
Topic: Browning 16s for sale on Spokane Gun Trader
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PostForum: 16ga. Guns Wanted or For Sale   Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 6:44 am   Subject: Browning 16s for sale on Spokane Gun Trader
Looks like a decent price and not too far from Post Falls. If I didn't already have a 16 ga Rem 11-48 and 16 ga Remington model 11 I'd be taking a serious look at it!
Topic: Gun for 1st of September
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PostForum: 16ga. General Discussion   Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2023 12:35 pm   Subject: Gun for 1st of September
It'll be a 16 ga, but not sure yet which one(s)!
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