Preferred Shotgun For Hunting (Poll)

[huntnphool]

Pump gun for me. I shoot left handed, and I like the 3rd,4th or even 5th shot option.

I have not hunted birds in years so don't know the rules but can you use a gun with 5 shells in it? I remember year ago we couldn't, maybe it was the area we were in?

[bobcat]

Pump gun for me. I shoot left handed, and I like the 3rd,4th or even 5th shot option.

I have not hunted birds in years so don't know the rules but can you use a gun with 5 shells in it? I remember year ago we couldn't, maybe it was the area we were in?

There isn't a 3-shot limit if you're hunting deer, elk, bear, coyotes, bobcats, etc. Just birds.

[snowpack]

Is there a shell limit for crows?

[Ridgeratt]

This is a broad topic!!
Turkie's                     870 remington
Waterfowl                Thats a Auto
Pheasant's               Thats a Stack Barrel
Road Cheekens        that could be a SxS or Single

Just too many choices.   

That doesn't even include if I drag somethin out to bust clay pidgons!!!! LOL I know I crushed the spelling also!!

[wildweeds]

For upland, O/U , waterfowl pump gun.That said if anyone wants to cram a bunch of shells in a gun and hunt pheasants,from what I've seen in South Dakota the  locals gun of choice is a Bennelli Montefeltro with  9 shells jammed in it.It's legal there to hunt upland birds with more than three shells.

[follow maggie]

Depends on what I'm after: 870 for turkeys and nasty weather upland; 1100 for waterfowl; Weatherby over/under 20 guage for decent weather upland, grouse, and early season waterfowl

[270Shooter]

I am pretty much only a duck hunter with the occasional pheasant and quail here and there. And I like to hunt turkeys as well. I shoot a Benelli m2 left handed model. Very reliable, the only time I would prefer a pump is in extreme cold hunts where the gun may get wet.

[huntnphool]

Great info guys, keep it coming!

[rasbo]

870 12gauge never needed anything more,never fails

[rtspring]

WSX3. By far the best gin I have ever owned..,  not one jam or any issues. Easy to dismantle for cleaning.. 

[bear hunter]

  I like them all 

[pianoman9701]

I chose semi-auto. The only think I use shotgun for is geese. I've scored a few doubles with it and would love to get a triple. I don't see that's possible with the others, possibly excepting the pump. It's also really reliable.

[scout/sniper]

I use a semi-auto for waterfowl. Very reliable gun.
I do however bring a pump with me in the boat as a backup.
When it gets very cold the semi-auto can get sluggish, not commonly though.

[AWS]

I like a SxS or O/U as long as it has two triggers, instant selection of choke and load.  Even my predator gun is a O/U Rifle/Shotgun with two triggers.  I rarely take more than one bird from a flock of ducks, makes the day last longer and I rarely wound ducks that way.  I've taken 24 ducks and five geese with the same two boxes of shells in the past three weeks.  I keep a #6 in the right barrel and a #4 in the left, 2 1/2" 7/8 oz. ITX handloads.  If  goose comes in I cock the left hammer and a duck the right, never have to fumble around changing shells for different birds.



In the upland I shoot a SxS 12ga that is a featherweight at 5# 15 oz , easy to carry and handles better than anything I've shot before.



Both together cost less than an SBE.

[Caseyd]

I'm not a single choice kinda guy.

Waterfowl- pump
Upland- semi or o/u
Trap- o/u