DComeaux wrote:Darren wrote:Rick wrote:Am currently getting a grin out of how a "Smaller Gauges for Waterfowl" thread on DHC has morphed into a discussion of super-duper-killer-diller 10ga loads, because ducks won't come close anywhere (private or public) in Missouri. Must not be flooding enough corn...
At least they're shooting at ducks, here in Louisiana there are zero ducks anymore, so no use for a 10 ga anyway!
I'm keeping a log, date stamped, of these comments to present at a later date......maybe in a just a few short years from now.
Sort of like pre Trump election clips by the left media.
Go right ahead. There may be some changes here and there, but not the mass hysteria that J. G. would lead some to believe. My talks with the old timers at a club near Rick said same thing 8 years ago when I first hunted with them, "birds don't come here any more" they said, but since then I've put a few feathers on the cutting board from that location to the furthest east points of our state.
Things are changing, again, it's just not the mass chaos that some are claiming. One guy says "no birds are down" while the next farm over is blazing away, just all about perspective. Day before opener just this past season I saw waves on waves on waves of birds such that none of us from that area had ever seen before regardless of weather, time of season, etc. Plenty still came and we made out just fine. One thing is for certain, we have high expectations down here that's for sure! What's a junk slow hunt for us down here is bragworthy in a lot of other areas, again, perspective and expectations. If truly no birds, we'll still gain plenty of weight each season going to the camps regardless
@JohnC, no issues with those little dove loads in my M2, cycled just as a 3" would, didn't notice particular deformity of the hull