Camo stock or black synthetic? Which should I get?

KC10Chief · 08-20-2005, 02:24 PM

I am going to pick up a new Mossberg 935 sometime in the next few days. I hunt ducks every year, but I would like to try turkey this fall as well. If I bought the gun with the shadow grass camo, would it stick out in the woods when I'm hunting turkey? How about the black stock? Would it stand out more in either situation that a gun with a camo stock? Thanks for any thoughts or info! Matt

RedAllison · 08-20-2005, 02:35 PM

KC I personally feel that a guns color is more of importance too us than it is too the game! IMHO the only real consideration for waterfowl and turkey hunting is that the gun be as dull finished as possible. A turkey won't know the difference between shadowgrass and dull pink, but let him catch a glimpse of a shiny blued barrel at 70yds and it is, "We're out of here". Ducks likewise will see a shiny barrel sticking from out of a brushed blind. But if both situations see a hunter using a dull finished black, I suppose the only thing you need to worry about is whether you are going to grill or fry up the victims?

Camo is all about marketing, the most effective patterns (ASAT, Skyline and other "non-pattern" camos) have the least eye appeal too humans. It is the "pretty" and "geewhiz" factor of the latest and greatest from Real Tree and Mossy Oak that sell, therefore they are the ones that get the most attention.
RA

Rebel Hog · 08-20-2005, 02:40 PM

Ditto RA!

mallard81 · 08-20-2005, 05:38 PM

Go with the camo stock. It may cost more but when turkey or duck hunting you will appreciate the camo.

bigbulls · 08-20-2005, 06:18 PM

How many millions of turkey and ducks were killed before these camo companies started convincing everyone that they needed camo in order to be successful while hunting.

Camo guns are there only to get more money out of the consumer.

Besides that, aren't you suppose to be pointing the gun at the turkey and ducks in order to kill them?????? Take your gun and sit it on the counter UNLOADED and with the BOLT OPEN and step away to 40 yards and look down the barrel. How much camo can you honestly see? About 1% of the entire gun.

Heck, sit a black and a camo gun in the woods beside each other so that you can see the profiles of the guns and back off to forty yards and see how much difference it honestly makes between a black and a camo gun. Very little.

trailer · 08-20-2005, 06:46 PM

I"˜ve hunted for years with my shotgun with the wood stock and the blue barrel without any problems. Like previously mentioned, it"™s more about catching the customers eye then the game.

Rebel Hog · 08-20-2005, 06:51 PM

Man, I don't even use camo clothing and I stalk them!
Both in the same day!