tucker301

Waylon, Nice camera work! Try Hogue Poly Swivels http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/ctd/product.asp?sku=86357

No. I'm a member of the Meherin River Hunt Club. What's the bulletin about, and why would it kill me? [ 06-03-2005, 08:57 AM: Message edited by: tucker301 ]

Actually, my true love is rifles. My secret is that I know how to use Google. http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-13,GGLD:en&q=S686+Special The 686 Special appears to have been produced between 1980 - 1984. You can obtain more information from this website. http://www.berettaservices.com/ Click "Historical Catalogs" "Accept" "1980-1984"

Cappy, The nova is crap!!! Easily the worst pump shotgun ever produced. However, I do know some dumb hillbillies who seem to like them for some reason, so I'm willing to offer you $100 plus shipping for the gun.

Interesting. Ever considered building a floating blind that slides up and down the poles as the water level varies? We have goose blind on a design like that and it works out very well for us. On a given day, the water level fluctuates 2'-3', depending on power demands. Also, does this kind of flooded crop field setup get around the baiting laws OK in KY? [ 06-02-2005, 08:28 PM: Message edited by: tucker301 ]

"heat treated, corrosion resistant, aircraft quality stainless steel"

I voted "Any Spares". Good luck with your poll.

Looks like Bell South got it done for you! A question: Is there going to be water? [ 06-02-2005, 04:23 PM: Message edited by: tucker301 ]

Lightest I've gone is the recommended minimum, but it has performed flawlessly. Meanwhile, my blindmate sprayed a half a can of WD-40 into his 1187 in one morning

Excellent use of the quote Have a great time!

Looks a lot like a white box with a red X in the middle

I was merely showing you how wrong it is to stereotype and to generalize. Looks like you got the message, or at least part of it. Good luck in grad school and in the upcoming season. [ 06-02-2005, 12:57 PM: Message edited by: tucker301 ]

http://stockfitting.virtualave.net/

Try these: http://www.brennekeusa.com/web/text/faq.html#which http://www.federalcartridge.com http://www.remington.com/ammo/shotshell/shotshell.htm http://www.winchester.com/products/catalog/shotshell.aspx

sprigss, "If you disagree with me on these points, then you don't care about the duck population..." is just about the dumbest thing I've read on these boards in a while. And there has been some pretty dumb stuff tossed around here! Also, the saying is "couldn't care less", not "could care less". And it's "just fine", not "just find". And if you don't care enough about the English language to take the time to use it correctly, then you don't care about the future of America! _______________ I'm in VA. Most of my waterfowl hunting is done within a few miles of a refuge. We don't bait, but the VDGF plants two huge ponds in grain and floods them each Fall on the refuge. This holds the waterfowl in the area. Most leave the refuge from time to time and venture into other feeding and holding areas. We also see quite a few heavily financed groups who lease land adjacent to the refuge, plant corn and then flood it. That whole issue is being carefully reviewed for its legalities and there may be something done to stop it, but so far, they continue to get most of the shooting. We too work hard on our blinds and have hunted these areas for years and years without a problem. [ 06-07-2005, 02:03 PM: Message edited by: tucker301 ]

Son, I was taught what hunting was all about before your mamma met your daddy. and I was probably slogging through cattails and muck while you were still mucking in your pampers. Whenever I have had the opportunity to improve my chances of getting my limits, through improved technologies, I have done so. I suspect that you have too, whether consciously or not. 1. Because it's in my nature. This is how my kind made its way to the top of the food chain, through ingenuity and technological advancements. 2. Because I don't get to hunt as much as I'd like to, so I optimize my chances for success by using the best equipment I can afford. And before you say something noble like, "Success isn't measured by the number of ducks; it's the fellowship, the outdoors, the challenge of calling 'em in close", let me just ask you why it bothers you so much that the ducks are passing you up and going for the robos? Why don't you just go out and do your calling in the off season, unarmed? My camo, my gun, everything I do to take my limit definitely affects the next blind. And the next, and the next, and the next. If three mallards pass my spread and I dump two with my autoloader, hevi-shot, and $80 choke tube, that doesn't leave two for my neighbor's blind, now does it? So my three shot is a definite instrument for lesser hunters to take more ducks. Is yours? Or are you just on the Benelli boards for fun? My noisy 12 ga. scares ducks away from the next blind, but a bow and arrow wouldn't bother the next guy's calling one bit. I'm pretty sure the roboduck issue has been and will continue to be looked at by skilled and knowledgeable management experts. I would dare say that their impact on populations has been considerably less than the impact of pump action and autoloader shotguns have been. I'd also bet that when man first began using duck calls and decoys, some poor purist in the next blind felt rather defeated. Or maybe he was smart enough to realize that if he wanted to keep up with the times, he'd better step up his game as well? Baiting. Now that's an interesting comment indeed. I wonder how many WMA's and refuges there are in Texas? I wonder how many ducks and geese would make the trip and bother holding over if the 'conservationists' weren't providing them with room and board? WMA's and refuges are organized baiting designed for no other prupose than to hold in close proximity millions of fowl for $pending $portsmen. The golf analogy was nice, but completely wasted on me. I stopped golfing years ago, when all these newfangled graphite and alloy clubs, carts, exotic turf grasses, chemicals, fertilizers, aerators, range finders, shoes, gloves, driving ranges, putting greens, and club pros just ruined it for me. I'm a purist. I played back when real men washed their own balls! Actually, just kidding about that part. I've tried cooking them little white balls every way I know how, and I still can't get the shells off.

F'ing A, good buddy! In fact, if we're going on pure skills, with no help from technology, then let's also say that camo clothing (ANY clothing!), blinds, shotguns, shells, dogs, boats, calls, waders, GPS's, flashlights, heaters, and all the other crap we use to take game is for losers as well. If I see some other guy getting all the shooting because he's using a roboduck, you bet your Benelli I've got sense enough to even the score by using one as well. Toss away all of the above listed equipment and use just your "skills".... Welcome to duck-free hunting experience that you'd remember for a long time were it not for the fact that you froze or drowned trying to swim naked to your little piece of the marsh. [ 05-31-2005, 08:20 PM: Message edited by: tucker301 ]

MTOLS14 Please call Benelli customer service.

Retired, Glad the Benellis are working out for you. There are people who shoot competitively who want the fastest shotgun they can get. For them, the Winchester X2 is the current gun of choice.

When I was about your age, I killed seven quail with a single load of buckshot, so believe me, it's possible.

See the chart about 3/4ths of the way down the page. http://www.federalcartridge.com/default.asp?menu=1&s1=5&s2=9

sprigsss, Were it not for technologial advances, you'd be duck hunting with a stick, so think twice before knocking them.

Shoot lead 6's on upland game if legal in your area. Shoot 8's on doves. Lead is preferred whenever legal because it is cheap and dense (kinda like The Gun Guy). [ 05-30-2005, 08:36 PM: Message edited by: tucker301 ]

An absolute guess would be that they are still doing it for free, but the way to find out is to call customer service and ask them.

Do you mind sharing with the group what it is you'll be shooting at?