41magsnub
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My hunting buddy for many years now has extremely bad knees. Both are candidates for replacement, but he is only 45, in great shape, and can still walk with pain so he is going to wait until he can't walk to get them done.
He is an avid upland game hunter and has a 5 year old Brittany who is now in her hunting prime. He uses two hiking poles to walk on rough terrain for safety and support. The problem is how can he carry around his shotgun and get it ready to fire quick enough if a bird jumps?
I do not know the exact model but he carries a Bennelli 12 ga over under which is not friendly to slings as far as I know but can be rigged. It is his only shotgun.
What are his options? My first thought is to convince him to retire the over under and pick up a 870 of some flavor or another and get tactical sling since there are a lot of options for it. Then he can just drop the poles and the shotgun is already in something close to a firing position.
My other thought is to get him to give up upland game hunting solo (he doesn't care if he shoots birds or not, just likes to go and work the dog) and take up duck/goose hunting over decoys. It is less fun for the dog but she still gets to retrieve birds which she loves. If that is the case then he would be better served by a pump or auto anyway that is choked properly for that type of hunting.
Any thoughts?
He is an avid upland game hunter and has a 5 year old Brittany who is now in her hunting prime. He uses two hiking poles to walk on rough terrain for safety and support. The problem is how can he carry around his shotgun and get it ready to fire quick enough if a bird jumps?
I do not know the exact model but he carries a Bennelli 12 ga over under which is not friendly to slings as far as I know but can be rigged. It is his only shotgun.
What are his options? My first thought is to convince him to retire the over under and pick up a 870 of some flavor or another and get tactical sling since there are a lot of options for it. Then he can just drop the poles and the shotgun is already in something close to a firing position.
My other thought is to get him to give up upland game hunting solo (he doesn't care if he shoots birds or not, just likes to go and work the dog) and take up duck/goose hunting over decoys. It is less fun for the dog but she still gets to retrieve birds which she loves. If that is the case then he would be better served by a pump or auto anyway that is choked properly for that type of hunting.
Any thoughts?