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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5784116" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p><em>THAT</em> was exactly my experience for most of the 1970's in Weakley!</p><p>Wasn't even an open deer season in Obion County & many others in West TN.</p><p></p><p>Believe it was 1971 when I killed my first buck with my 20 ga Remington Model 11 using slugs thru my "bird" barrel. I had another "full choke" barrel for squirrels & ducks.</p><p></p><p>As far as "not hitting much" went, things changed dramatically for me in 1976 when I got my Browning Sweet 16 with a full set of barrels (cylinder, improved cylinder, modified, full, <em>AND</em> a <em>"Buck Special"</em>).</p><p></p><p>With my "Buck Special" barrel, I increased my high-probability range from about 45 yds to 110 yds. And going to the Brenneke slugs made it even better. I killed one buck with it at @ 150 yds.</p><p></p><p>Did a lot of barrel changing back in those days, sometimes 3 times a day, as there were no screw-in choke tubes.</p><p></p><p>Back then, opening day of deer season was a bigger deal than it is today. But the opening day of squirrel season was a bigger deal for more hunters than the deer opening. And seemed nearly everybody had a "bird" dog, whether it would hunt or not.</p><p></p><p>Things sure have changed, and not all for the better.</p><p></p><p>After the physical "check in" began, checked in many a deer at "Sammy's Bait Shop" near where you live.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5784116, member: 1409"] [I]THAT[/I] was exactly my experience for most of the 1970's in Weakley! Wasn't even an open deer season in Obion County & many others in West TN. Believe it was 1971 when I killed my first buck with my 20 ga Remington Model 11 using slugs thru my "bird" barrel. I had another "full choke" barrel for squirrels & ducks. As far as "not hitting much" went, things changed dramatically for me in 1976 when I got my Browning Sweet 16 with a full set of barrels (cylinder, improved cylinder, modified, full, [I]AND[/I] a [I]"Buck Special"[/I]). With my "Buck Special" barrel, I increased my high-probability range from about 45 yds to 110 yds. And going to the Brenneke slugs made it even better. I killed one buck with it at @ 150 yds. Did a lot of barrel changing back in those days, sometimes 3 times a day, as there were no screw-in choke tubes. Back then, opening day of deer season was a bigger deal than it is today. But the opening day of squirrel season was a bigger deal for more hunters than the deer opening. And seemed nearly everybody had a "bird" dog, whether it would hunt or not. Things sure have changed, and not all for the better. After the physical "check in" began, checked in many a deer at "Sammy's Bait Shop" near where you live. [/QUOTE]
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