12ga or 20ga
03-23-2008, 07:31 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 289
12ga or 20ga
What would you all prefer to hunt with? I live in a shotgun only area and was wondering what others like and why?
Myself I bought a 20ga slug gun for the upcoming season,lighter less recoil and will do every thing a 12ga will do in the areas I hunt.(longest shot is 125yds)
We can also use our muzzy's for the shotgun hunt and I do but I wanted a new gun.
Myself I bought a 20ga slug gun for the upcoming season,lighter less recoil and will do every thing a 12ga will do in the areas I hunt.(longest shot is 125yds)
We can also use our muzzy's for the shotgun hunt and I do but I wanted a new gun.
03-23-2008, 08:13 PM
#2
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: IL
Posts: 6,575
RE: 12ga or 20ga
When I bird hunt its mostly pheasants, quail, chuckar, a 20ga is perfect, I do also turkey hunt, and would want a 12ga in that instance.
Slugs I use a 12ga, but if I were to buy a new slug gun it would be a 20ga, probably benelli.
Slugs I use a 12ga, but if I were to buy a new slug gun it would be a 20ga, probably benelli.
03-24-2008, 12:59 PM
#4
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Northern California
Posts: 18,380
RE: 12ga or 20ga
I use a 20 gauge for pheasants, quail and chukar. I use a 12 gauge for turkeys, ducks and geese. I don't hunt deer or any large game with a shotgun but would probably use a 12 gauge for that if I had to.
03-27-2008, 07:49 PM
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: North Central, Iowa
Posts: 1,900
RE: 12ga or 20ga
12ga. for everything, I would rather be too big, than too small (no pun intended). But in some times we will have 20 guys on a drive, and if it is a long drive, I will switch to thw 20ga.
