Originally Posted by
jerry d
When I first started hunting deer in NYS it was a shotgun only county. I had no choice but to get used to recoil. 12 gauge 2 3/4" slugs have enough recoil for me.
An old duck shooting pal of mine used to grip his Mossberg in such a way that he frequently punched himself in the nose with his right thumb under recoil fairly often. I even saw a bloody nose a few times. Poor guy never gave up though !