Copper Shot?

A5 Sweet 16 said:
28s are pea shooters. Act retarded to get permission. Anywhere is a good place to dump mud; you might just have to be more careful some places. Gregory, SD looks like a good area to hunt. The library of interesting Goose-isms is actually rather vast.
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I used to hunt with this midget, and we always got permission. That guy was a great permission getter, not much of a hunter but he can really get permission.
 
Labradinger said:
have you ever met a midget who works at the Congo?
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One time while turkey hunting near Altura, MN, a whole bus of midgets pulled up and streamed into the bar we were in…midget mud wrestling, the ring was set up in the Quonset hut part of the bar in the back. 2 pm on a Sunday. More later, X-rated…
 
I was simply there, an innocent bystander. I also had a hunter in my camp several times about 20 years ago that had a midget fetish…”little people”…he’d follow them if he saw any…he’d desert his whole family at the mall, or on vacation, if any were spotted. I don’t judge, I just observe intently and take many photographs…😜
 
They are 100% copper shot and they are $40 a box and there is 20 shells per box. I have heard that you can use them where none toxic shot is required but damn that is a lot per shot and with my shooting the season could get expensive!
I do shoot copper plated shot and have had good results.
 
Goosemaster said:
Oh yeah some of these guys on here never miss, always limit out,and shoot 300 birds every season with their 28 gauge. They have Japanese geechee girls peeling grapes for them when they get finished hunting.They are legends in their own mind.
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The key to shooting a lot of birds, for me at least, is hunting in areas that have lots of birds. And putting the time in…hunt a lot. And doing some shooting practice pre-season. And having decent dogs that are in shape that find birds and recover downed birds. I shot 10 with a 28 gauge this season so far, 5 last season, recovered them all. I’ve missed lots of birds, including 5 in one 90 minute walk about 11 days ago. Had many days I didn’t limit out, many days I got my limit or more. Shooting lots of birds is simple, but not easy…you have to hunt a lot, and I find that most guys I hunt with won’t or can’t do that…that’s ok, but if the goal is to shoot lots of birds, you have to be out there hunting. That’s all. I recall shooting my first rooster in 1977, age 11, East of Interstate 35 near Northfield, MN, with my dad and our lab named Dude…there was undulation in the field, I recall that…could have been harvested corn with some weedy cover. It was with my 870 16 gauge. Nothing legendary about any of this, just the way it is. If I had to grade myself, from best to worst, I’d say I’m very good at building relationships, I’m able to walk for long stretches without any issues, I’m a pretty good shot most days, my dogs have great traits but I’m not great at controlling at least one of them, which costs me birds, and I probably don’t communicate effectively with multiple hunters when we’re hunting a particular cover or field…I assume they can read my mind, which is stupid of me. Overall, with good bird #’s, things seem to work out almost every day…but I only shoot birds on the days I’m out there hunting…40+ days this year between ND/SD…75% of those in SD. I hosted about 18 different guys in SD this season, some came multiple times; some I knew, some I didn’t…all good guys, I’d have them all back. Many of them didn’t know the choke in their guns, or have a firm grasp of the ammo they were using. Probably none of them have done any patterning. More than likely less than 9 shot clays preseason. Simple things that put birds in the vest. Gun safety is very important and a must…these other things are optional from one guy to the next…all about priorities. Oh, I lost some birds this season…5% of what I knocked down? My guess…could be more, or less…definitely lost some…shoot #5 lead in all gauges I use…
 
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Yeah those copper shells sound a little too rich for my blood. I'll stick with lead and bismuth. When the bismuth runs out it should be a year or two from now. A lot can change in the commodity markets by that time. If I shot a lot of sub-gauge on wpa's I'd either have a large stockpile or roll my own bismuth shells.
 
The hunting club I belong to in Michigan went all nontoxic this year. We don’t have any wild birds in my area anymore so to get the dog warmed up and take my grandkids out that’s the only option. Don’t know why I have to explain that but this is a tough crowd sometimes. Anyway I was paying 50$ for a box of bismuth at cabelas 20 gauge. I have a few older guns that steel is a bad choice. Is what it is. 2 bucks a pop makes you a better shot
 
Mrben said:
The hunting club I belong to in Michigan went all nontoxic this year. We don’t have any wild birds in my area anymore so to get the dog warmed up and take my grandkids out that’s the only option. Don’t know why I have to explain that but this is a tough crowd sometimes. Anyway I was paying 50$ for a box of bismuth at cabelas 20 gauge. I have a few older guns that steel is a bad choice. Is what it is. 2 bucks a pop makes you a better shot
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Best non-tox I’ve ever shot was hevi-shot, perhaps a Remington shell? I had about 7 boxes of 10 shells per box…20 years ago…think it was 1 oz of #6 hevi shot, 20 gauge…that stoned the late season roosters! Never seen anything like it. Probably using IC out of my Beretta AL 391. I’ve got a few boxes of non-tox for 28 gauges for Sharptail hunting…$50 a box….I enjoy my guns, paying an extra buck per shell, or whatever it comes to, is a rounding error…don’t go through too many of them in the grand scheme of things…if I could buy some of that hevi-shot I had 20 years ago, I would…limit is 3 per day, though group hunting can change the #…but even 5 per day isn’t that many shots, even with some misses factored in…
 
I had some of that hevishot. Mine were all 20 3 inch back when I thought they were better. I had them for road hunting next to federal land and the rare occasion I walked a gpa or waterfowl spot. I may even have a few around. They came in those 10 round boxes like slugs do
 
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