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The #1 reason for the steel shot laws is Catahoula Lake in central Louisiana. They found lead poisoning in Canvasbacks. Catahoula Lake has been heavily hunted for many years - always been a major wintering ground for ducks back into the market hunting days. For many years people have hunted...

Wow, this thread has legs. I know a 75 year old trapper that killed a 4 point buck with a hatchet. Now who wants to debate that he was under"gunned" and should have had at least a splitting maul to ensure a clean kill? Deer aren't the hardest animals to bring down. I lost one to a bow shot a...

No, I'm saying I have a beat up 870 that will lay them down with a full choke tube and 3" number one buck. I've never hunted with slugs or even shot them much. I have rifles. I don't shoot at running deer much anymore. Last year I deer hunted 1 afternoon for 1 hour and killed 1 deer that was...

Hey I'm being honest. I've had two do that to me. One went about 30 to 40 yards and left a gallon of blood on the way. One ran into a shallow slough. I don't know if he left any blood, because he was laying 30 yards out in the water from where he was when I shot him. Hit deer that are running...

I've shot a good many deer with the same 870 express, same full choke, same load, and almost all of them dropped like they were hit with the hammer of Thor. The two that went anywhere at all didn't go more than 30 yards. One of those was a 40-50 yard shot. I have never lost a deer with it. On...

I agree with the 40 yd max people above have said. I took a shotgun out once and patterned it with all kinds of buckshot loads and chokes, and in that gun I had the best patterns with #1 3" magnum in a full choke. Since then I have killed a lot of deer with that shotgun and load/choke. All...

In my experience, deer aren't too worried about hikers, berry pickers, guys driving tractors, etc. but they are more spooked when they detect some person being really sneaky. It's almost like they are surprised and alarmed by it, and that makes sense in a way, because deer see us way more than...

I have one of each, and have used both for many years. My SxS is a Victor Sarasqueta and my O/U is a Citori. In today''s market, there is a little advantage in going with an O/U in that there are is more quality available for less money than there is in today's available sxs guns. I like both...

Looking over my list, I suppose that most of my picks do not portray war as a very glorious and wonderful thing. All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Remarque The Civil War - A Narrative - Shelby Foote The First World War - John Keegan Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy The Book of War -...

Victorinox Swisstool. I have used dozens of different multi tools millions of times, and the Vic Swisstool is the nicest one I have ever used. If you need to carry it all the time, get the spirit, if not, the bigger swisstool. I have both.

It's really illegal to carry a loaded gun in your car in California? Geez! How do they get away with those drive by shootings then?

+1. I have a .30 Carbine Blackhawk too. That baby is loud.

Some of my ponies

I've lived about 39 of my 44 years in Louisiana, all of them carrying some kind of pocket knife. usually a slipjoint, sometimes a larger locking folder, most of the time both. Literally everywhere I go, including the kid's schools. Never an issue. Many, many guys carry a pocket knife all the...

No it's not. Learning to read is a serious life requirement, but school is not necessary for that. Formal schooling is important for the same reason that rent in Manhattan is astronomically high - because enough people buy into the idea that it should be so. Schooling != education. Real...