Im New. Help!
07-16-2012, 05:29 PM
#1
Spike
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Join Date: Jul 2012
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Im New. Help!
Hi all. I live in Northern VA and this will be my first year deer hunting. I was given a nice Bow and I am a pretty good shot, but I want to get into gun hunting too. I'll be mainly hunting on Marine Corps. Base Quantico at first. In terms of guns, slug guns are what I have to use. I found this :
http://www.gandermountain.com/modper...n&merchID=4005
Is this a good slug gun? What else do I need? Tips? Anything on slug guns and hunting tips in general will be helpful. I am on a tight budget this year.
Thanks!
http://www.gandermountain.com/modper...n&merchID=4005
Is this a good slug gun? What else do I need? Tips? Anything on slug guns and hunting tips in general will be helpful. I am on a tight budget this year.
Thanks!
07-17-2012, 12:50 AM
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: west central wi USA
Posts: 2,242
It's a very good slug gun but it will kick the snot out of you. A friend of mine had one. It was very accurate.
The best way to learn about your quarry and the land you are hunting is to spend a lot of time scouting. There's no substitute for woods time. Use binoculars from a good lookout spot if you're worried about spooking them. Learn the travel routes, food sources, bedding areas to be able to plan how to ambush them this fall. Good luck.
The best way to learn about your quarry and the land you are hunting is to spend a lot of time scouting. There's no substitute for woods time. Use binoculars from a good lookout spot if you're worried about spooking them. Learn the travel routes, food sources, bedding areas to be able to plan how to ambush them this fall. Good luck.
07-17-2012, 04:04 AM
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 2,445
That is a good slug gun. With today's newer ammo, the 20 Ga is all you need for deer out to 150 yds and even a little more. Don't worry about recoil. You don't feel it when shooting game, and these are not guns that you shoot for fun anyway.
I'm not a single shot guy. I like a repeater of any kind over a single shot for hunting, assuming acceptable accuracy. If you hunt an area where shots will not be over 75 yds, you can do just fine with a smoothbore and rifled slugs. MUCH cheaper to shoot. My Mosseberg 500, smoothbore slug barrel with rifle sights, will shoot 2" at 50 yds with a couple brands of rifled slugs.
Also, the gun is more of a general purpose gun with other barrels. I hunt turkeys and rabbits with it also. If you go with a smoothbore pump, I recommend a 12 Ga over a 20.
I'm not a single shot guy. I like a repeater of any kind over a single shot for hunting, assuming acceptable accuracy. If you hunt an area where shots will not be over 75 yds, you can do just fine with a smoothbore and rifled slugs. MUCH cheaper to shoot. My Mosseberg 500, smoothbore slug barrel with rifle sights, will shoot 2" at 50 yds with a couple brands of rifled slugs.
Also, the gun is more of a general purpose gun with other barrels. I hunt turkeys and rabbits with it also. If you go with a smoothbore pump, I recommend a 12 Ga over a 20.
07-17-2012, 07:31 AM
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 2,445
Any decent quality rifle scope is fine. Certain scopes are marketed as "shotgun" scopes, but they are not made any "stronger" than standard scopes. Find a decent scope that suits your hunting situtations and don't worry about the rest.
I shot a Bushnell Banner Dusk/Dawn 1.5-4.5x on a Marlin 512 Slug Gun for years with zero problems, and this is a relatively low end scope. Cost around $75 as I recall.
If you are thinking scope, you probably are not thinking smoothbore pump. But if you are thinking rifled Bore pump, then be sure to get a gun that has a slug barrel with the cantilever style scope mount, as opposed to the receiver mount.
I shot a Bushnell Banner Dusk/Dawn 1.5-4.5x on a Marlin 512 Slug Gun for years with zero problems, and this is a relatively low end scope. Cost around $75 as I recall.
If you are thinking scope, you probably are not thinking smoothbore pump. But if you are thinking rifled Bore pump, then be sure to get a gun that has a slug barrel with the cantilever style scope mount, as opposed to the receiver mount.
07-17-2012, 04:19 PM
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Spike
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Join Date: Jul 2012
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Any decent quality rifle scope is fine. Certain scopes are marketed as "shotgun" scopes, but they are not made any "stronger" than standard scopes. Find a decent scope that suits your hunting situtations and don't worry about the rest.
I shot a Bushnell Banner Dusk/Dawn 1.5-4.5x on a Marlin 512 Slug Gun for years with zero problems, and this is a relatively low end scope. Cost around $75 as I recall.
If you are thinking scope, you probably are not thinking smoothbore pump. But if you are thinking rifled Bore pump, then be sure to get a gun that has a slug barrel with the cantilever style scope mount, as opposed to the receiver mount.
I shot a Bushnell Banner Dusk/Dawn 1.5-4.5x on a Marlin 512 Slug Gun for years with zero problems, and this is a relatively low end scope. Cost around $75 as I recall.
If you are thinking scope, you probably are not thinking smoothbore pump. But if you are thinking rifled Bore pump, then be sure to get a gun that has a slug barrel with the cantilever style scope mount, as opposed to the receiver mount.