Got a chance to do a little out of state hunting this year. Last week was my yearly Lake Erie fishing trip and was kind of a bust with bad weather and just no action so I made an impulsive decision and hooked up with some friends to do some hunting in KY (Sorry JohnA it was the other end of the state and was kind of a last minute thing else I would have tried to meet up.)
Got this guy the second evening of a short hunt. Two came in and we might have had a double but it happened fast and my buddy didn't even get a change to put down his call and pick up his gun before it was over.
He was 18 pounds with a 10 1/8" beard.
Got him with my 930 using Winchester Longbeard 3" #6's and a Primos Tight Wad choke. He was about 10 yards away when I shot him.
We weren't really even seriously hunting, it was more of a scouting mission to see where they were roosting for the next mornings hunt. He gobble behind us so I had to move around to get a shot. He then went silent so I thought I had been busted when all of a sudden I heard leaves rustling and he ran in with a buddy. They passed behind a root cluster of a blown over tree and when they stepped out on the other side I busted him.
My 930 ejected the round but failed to load the second I didn't realize this until I got back to the truck and unloaded. I realized I had the OR3GUN parts set up for really light loads so I wonder if it cycled to fast with the 3" mags due to little pressure on the bolt. I found the ejected casing about 15 feet from where I was sitting which leads me to believe it was ejected with a lot of force. I'll play with it and figure it out. My MI season does not start until May 7.
We had one close the next time out in the same area but I failed to fill my second tag. We are only allowed one in MI.
So far the hunting season is off to a great start.
As a side, the group that went out a few days after us limited out on Walleye in about an an hour two days in a row. The water temp increased a bit, the wind and snow died down and the water cleared up. We just missed that window.
Got this guy the second evening of a short hunt. Two came in and we might have had a double but it happened fast and my buddy didn't even get a change to put down his call and pick up his gun before it was over.
He was 18 pounds with a 10 1/8" beard.
Got him with my 930 using Winchester Longbeard 3" #6's and a Primos Tight Wad choke. He was about 10 yards away when I shot him.
We weren't really even seriously hunting, it was more of a scouting mission to see where they were roosting for the next mornings hunt. He gobble behind us so I had to move around to get a shot. He then went silent so I thought I had been busted when all of a sudden I heard leaves rustling and he ran in with a buddy. They passed behind a root cluster of a blown over tree and when they stepped out on the other side I busted him.
My 930 ejected the round but failed to load the second I didn't realize this until I got back to the truck and unloaded. I realized I had the OR3GUN parts set up for really light loads so I wonder if it cycled to fast with the 3" mags due to little pressure on the bolt. I found the ejected casing about 15 feet from where I was sitting which leads me to believe it was ejected with a lot of force. I'll play with it and figure it out. My MI season does not start until May 7.
We had one close the next time out in the same area but I failed to fill my second tag. We are only allowed one in MI.
So far the hunting season is off to a great start.
As a side, the group that went out a few days after us limited out on Walleye in about an an hour two days in a row. The water temp increased a bit, the wind and snow died down and the water cleared up. We just missed that window.