Attn: Waterfowl fanatics!

[SO7mm]

I grew up hunting the sac valley, shot lots of aleutians and cacklers.

I'm a life long tule pond and open water hunter in the delta and even though I can see tens of thousands geese in a day I have not shot that many.

 

[Deleted member 38069]

This ghastly act happened today, I came out to my truck after shopping. I noticed some man had opened up my truck and put a new shotgun in there!

Upon further inspection, it’s a SX4 20 gauge. The guy had a pair on him to pull that stunt

 

[MarvB]

I'm a life long tule pond and open water hunter in the delta and even though I can see tens of thousands geese in a day I have not shot that many.

Drove down to see the Mom in Cali this weekend, Delevan was COVERED up in specs and snows! Miss that …

 

[Runnin_Chupacabra]

Best hunt of the season

 

[Deleted member 38069]

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Best hunt of the season

Awesome mixed bag! Those pintails and wigeon make it for me.

 

[Treeshark]

Love the plumed out drake greenwings, they are usually long gone from WI by the time they look like that. Great hunt!

 

[Runnin_Chupacabra]

Awesome mixed bag! Those pintails and wigeon make it for me.

Never seen so many pintails. Crazy that their numbers are so down

 

[Runnin_Chupacabra]

Love the plumed out drake greenwings, they are usually long gone from WI by the time they look like that. Great hunt!

Same! Good looking birds!

 

[Treeshark]

Never seen so many pintails. Crazy that their numbers are so down

Are pintails down? I saw more of them this year than I can ever remember- it became a nuisance honestly, since the limit here is one.

I only hunted 5 times or so (all in mid October) so may have just been lucky timing.

 

[JShane]

This ghastly act happened today, I came out to my truck after shopping. I noticed some man had opened up my truck and put a new shotgun in there!

Upon further inspection, it’s a SX4 20 gauge. The guy had a pair on him to pull that stunt

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That the story your telling the Mrs.

 

[Deleted member 38069]

That the story your telling the Mrs.

Correct, after the laughs, she said “take me to Florida”. So I got a new gun and a vacation to Florida next month!!

 

[JShane]

Sweet. Need any help or recommendations hit me up I'll help where I can.

 

[beginnerhunter]

20ga ammo being hard to find, I picked up some hevi metal 20ga today. Bought it since it stated 1oz load and most are 7/8oz. I've been using boss bismuth all year but ran out. The hevimetal is basically a steel/bismuth duplex. I've heard theoretical concerns about the steel fracturing the bismuth pellets. Anyone have any experience with this ammo??

 

[Nick87]

20ga ammo being hard to find, I picked up some hevi metal 20ga today. Bought it since it stated 1oz load and most are 7/8oz. I've been using boss bismuth all year but ran out. The hevimetal is basically a steel/bismuth duplex. I've heard theoretical concerns about the steel fracturing the bismuth pellets. Anyone have any experience with this ammo??

I've had really good luck with hevi-metal. I know @JShane is also a big fan.

 

[Deleted member 38069]

20ga ammo being hard to find, I picked up some hevi metal 20ga today. Bought it since it stated 1oz load and most are 7/8oz. I've been using boss bismuth all year but ran out. The hevimetal is basically a steel/bismuth duplex. I've heard theoretical concerns about the steel fracturing the bismuth pellets. Anyone have any experience with this ammo??

Hevi hammer, their mid tier shell, is my go to and it’s work flawlessly.

 

[Deleted member 38069]

Did you see first lite is finally going to make a waterfowl line?

 

[WestKyHunt]

Did you see first lite is finally going to make a waterfowl line?

 

[Deleted member 38069]

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The question was rhetorical, just spreading the news. It’s about time waterfowl gets some love.

 

[JShane]

20ga ammo being hard to find, I picked up some hevi metal 20ga today. Bought it since it stated 1oz load and most are 7/8oz. I've been using boss bismuth all year but ran out. The hevimetal is basically a steel/bismuth duplex. I've heard theoretical concerns about the steel fracturing the bismuth pellets. Anyone have any experience with this ammo??

So far so good. Im using hevi hammer right now in #6's for the wood ducks I'm shooting. Hevi metal has done me right in first phase and the beginning of second phase down here on big ducks.

 

[WestKyHunt]

Thrme question was rhetorical, just spreading the news. It’s about time waterfowl gets some love.

I was just adding some reference for those not in the know