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Yes, the Benelli is awesome. Probably one of the lightest 12 gauge semiautos out there. i bought the Winchester sx4 as it was light at around 6 lbs 8 oz and decent all day carry. Between hunting eastern Washington hills, lots of up and down and then North Dakota at Least once a year it’s done a...

It wasn’t till I started turkey hunting I found patterning helped with determining the max distance I wanted to take a shot at. Of course things have changed since tungsten became available. My fiocchi shells have always been great for hunting.

Sorry for the confusion. I guess my biggest point was patterning your shotgun with the loads I found that the 20 with 3 inch shells patterned very similar to the 12 with a 2 3/4 shell. confusion or frustration maybe on my part at having whiffed 3 birds. Having hunted with the 12 as my primary...

Having gone from a 12 ga Winchester sx4 and purchased a 20 ga sx4 I found the velocity of my hunting rounds for my 12 ga definitely had some kick. Bought the 20 because I wanted to rehome to my grandkids at some point. I’ve shot the 20 since last spring at the trap field. As both shotguns shoot...

Had a mec jr. in 12 gauge for many years. Gave it away about 6 years ago. Whoda thunk

Thanks for the information. All good. What kind of reloader are you using? Do you like it of course.? After many years, I am looking at going back to reloading for my 20 gauge. Primarily trap, and upland loads. trying to find a decent reloader new or used.

While pointers have become extremely popular over the years my preference in part due to the available land to hunt, available lands to train, costs of training, ease of training, a overall best dog around family would be my springer spaniels. They can be an out of the box hunter with almost no...

Having driven a Toyota Tacoma crew cab for a bit over a year, unless you are under 5’8” stay away from this vehicle. I had a 2010 crew cab TRD with lots upgraded features including seats. This can be a miserable vehicle for travel. the reason Toyouta has a but more ground clearance than others...

I run dogtra train and beep on my springers. While the run beep, point beep feature is turned off I do like the locate beep for when my dogs are in heavy cover and I want to precisely locate them. i also have placed rubber covers over the horn to minimize the loudness of the beeper. Rubber cover...

At that range either shto size is fine, especially on stocked birds. I hunt springer spaniels as well and my typical shot is at about 30 yards. i also hunt quite a few released birds where nontoxic is required. For that I prefer #5 or #4 and yes Kent Fasteel is great there too. When hunting wild...

While I don’t have the Trinity, I do own several Tri-Star O/U in 20 and .410. My 20 probably has about 700 rounds through it. Mostly in the field. The .410 is a bit newer and bought for my grandkids. to date both shotguns have held up well. The 20 has taken many pheasants. as a very light...

Most of us have done a fair share of experimentation and patterning. Having shot a12 ga for years with large, fast loads i didn’t pay much attention to speed. If anything I opted for faster loads. After doing a lot of viewing on YouTube about faster loads it still didn’t affect me. In part...

While not the best year coming to NODak last fall we did well overall. Areas of the state we frequent had some drier condition, while others were better than normal. Cover was good and the farmers are almost all exceptionally nice. Good, or bad we’ll be back this fall.

Seems I either start the season knocking everything down with a single shot or whiffing and having to take a second shot. Fortunately my dogs forgive me. In off season I try to get to the trap range at least once a month. This has helped. I do tend to choke up when hunting wild birds vs pen...

We find ourselves traveling and meeting up yearly in NODak these days. Coming from Washington state at one end and buddy from Tennessee meets us. a couple of us are retired, and a few guys we go with still earn a living so we have to keep our time at a minimum. For this reason we typically...

I personally think, as with any dog such as an English cocker or springer spaniel that training is the key. Any dog will run wild without it. My spaniels were trained to respond to electronic beep to hold up from flush. They typically work within about 15-20 yards unless on a visible running...

Yearly trips hunting and out of state hunts to NODak, I have considered selling my 2018 f150 screw for a late model expedition. While we also own a Subaru Forester there are usually 2 of us plus at least 2 dogs when we travel and hunt out of state. Love the ecoboost for power and fuel mileage...

Still around 4.18 average in Washington state. if you don’t like that, our wonderful governor is intent on adding another 40 cents right after the first of the year. If your looking for places to visit- don’t bring your business here.

Rather than a collar with gps for a lab, how about OnX hunt for you and an electronic collar for the dog. If you have a lab and are letting him run that far from you in the field you’d likely have problems being in range of birds. If you want to keep you dog in where you can see and hear him I...

A good, reasonable option on a semiauto might be a Winchester SX4. Gas operated, Lightweight, large oversized bolt release, safety button, and trigger guard make it much easier handling in inclement weather. Comes in 3 and 3 1/2 chamber, numerous camo, black synthetic and a couple wood...