See thats the kind of pot stiring I like to see. Don't get me wrong I have a pump 12 guage, and a broke model 11 16 guage and I love to shoot them both. But as I get older I find myself drifting back to the basics. Last year and year before last together I took more than sixty squirrels, a nice little buck, two house cats (As they were feeding on hatchlings in my chicken pens), an armadillo, and a possum with that little single shot 20 of mine.
More modern style guns are good, and they work. For me though I think I have gone back to my old 20 to stay. Besides when I used the pump, or the semi I noticed on any given day of squirrel hunting I went through a whole box of shells and sometimes more and didn't come back with one more durned squirrel than I did on days I used my single shot. Last year I took thrity two squirrels and I still have shells left in the second box. I just tend to take more time with my single, and I don't seem to get that need to shoot now jitter that I get with a pump or semi.
Anyway I am far from perfect, I fudge my share of shots out in the field just like anybody, but as for me I fudge less of them using my single than I do anything else.
BTW I am with ya Billy D. So long as I am around there will be at least two of us as well.
TJ Yes yer hawken .50 counts, even if it ain't a shotgun. Blackpowder shooters got me beat for going back to basics I can tell you that fer sure and fer certain.
Note: I have also gotten one of my brothers into single shot hunting. I think he will probably wind up an addict just like me.
GoodOlBoy
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