those old goose guns... how do they fare today ??? - Page 2

Virginian · February 21, 2015, 01:44 AM

Gads I feel really dumb. I always thought those old bolt actions were awful for wingshooting. I never realized - never dreamed - they were for ground shooting them.

HiBC · February 21, 2015, 07:39 AM

Just realize some guys will set out the few decoys they can carry out in a stubble field,then the lay down camo'd among them.

Ground shoot those "geese",you might kill somebody.

I get subsistence hunting.If you are feeding your family with no better options,there is a different set of rules.At the right time and place,who can judge the old First Nation people for stampeding bison over a cliff?

But,IMO,you shoot turkeys on the ground because that is where turkey hunting is done.

If I can't take a goose on the wing,I'd rather go home skunked.I guess you have to experience the whole thing of goose hunting to get it.Ground shooting them is like cheating at golf.Legal or not,if that's the way you do things..it tells me who you are.

February 21, 2015, 01:44 AM	#26
Virginian Senior Member Join Date: February 11, 2012 Location: Williamsburg, Va. Posts: 1,528	Gads I feel really dumb. I always thought those old bolt actions were awful for wingshooting. I never realized - never dreamed - they were for ground shooting them. __________________ What could have happened... did.

February 21, 2015, 07:39 AM	#27
HiBC Senior Member Join Date: November 13, 2006 Posts: 8,286	Just realize some guys will set out the few decoys they can carry out in a stubble field,then the lay down camo'd among them. Ground shoot those "geese",you might kill somebody. I get subsistence hunting.If you are feeding your family with no better options,there is a different set of rules.At the right time and place,who can judge the old First Nation people for stampeding bison over a cliff? But,IMO,you shoot turkeys on the ground because that is where turkey hunting is done. If I can't take a goose on the wing,I'd rather go home skunked.I guess you have to experience the whole thing of goose hunting to get it.Ground shooting them is like cheating at golf.Legal or not,if that's the way you do things..it tells me who you are.