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3 weeks ago | 
outdoorlife.com | Phil Bourjaily
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › No other shotgun feels quite like an original Browning Auto 5 when it goes off. The entire barrel moves backward with the bolt, then forward as it picks up the next shell and returns to battery. That unique bouncing recoil sensation, the Auto 5’s many fans will tell you, is just one more way you know that you’re shooting the greatest semiauto shotgun ever made.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Phil Bourjaily
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More ›There are still a ton of great Browning Auto 5 shotguns in the used market. No other shotgun feels quite like an original Browning Auto 5 when it goes off. The entire barrel moves backward with the bolt, then forward as it picks up the next shell and returns to battery.
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1 month ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Phil Bourjaily |Will Brantley |Travis Hall |Matthew Every
A turkey hunter's life, to paraphrase what they say about a soldier’s, is 99 percent boredom, 1 percent sheer excitement (instead of terror). You make plans, scout, walk for miles, and wait for hours, days even, in hopes of a momentary thrill. But those few minutes can change your whole season, even your entire spring. Like many Americans, I am blessed, and slightly cursed, to live a comfortable, unexciting life.
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1 month ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Phil Bourjaily
Pump guns are cheap, they’re durable, and they work no matter what. They’ll cycle in all weather, shrug off abuse, and shoot faithfully for years, all in exchange for minimal care. The pump’s dependability makes it a favorite for law enforcement, for the military, and for home defense, all for the same reasons it makes a good hunting gun. They will shoot any load they’re chambered for, no matter how light or heavy.
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1 month ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Phil Bourjaily
If you buy into turkey chokes and expensive, tight-shooting turkey loads, your gun needs a sight. Period. Otherwise, you will whistle dense, tiny, grapefruit-size patterns right past the heads of turkeys, leaving them unharmed. Ask me how I know. One good solution is to mount a red dot, and the most elegant red dot mounting solution on the market is the new Vortex Viper Shotgun Enclosed Red Dot.
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1 month ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Phil Bourjaily
A man once asked me for advice about his goose gun. The recoil of 3 ½-inch shells caused the trigger guard of his gun to whack the middle finger of his hand, leaving him bruised and sore after the hunt. He wanted to know if there was some kind of padding made for trigger guards. I said yes, such things existed, but why not try some 3-inch shells that wouldn’t kick as much? He was so stunned by my suggestion, he couldn’t form words to reply.
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1 month ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Phil Bourjaily
Trap is a simple game. The shots aren’t difficult, and the targets are the same everywhere you go. All you have to do is not miss. Then, you get into a shoot-off with everybody else who didn’t miss, and you don’t miss some more. Then you win. Being simple doesn’t make trap easy. It takes tremendous mental toughness to stay in the moment and focus only on breaking the next bird in competition.
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1 month ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Phil Bourjaily |Christine Peterson
A 22.5-Inch Beard. 13 Beards Total. And 4 More Incredible Wild Turkey RecordsEvery turkey is a trophy, of course, but some are more unusual trophies than others. As hunters tag birds across the country this spring some birds have more beards or longer beards or spurs. Some are heavyweights, and some combine beards, spurs and weight to score high on the National Wild Turkey Federation scoring system. The NWTF keeps the record book on turkeys.
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1 month ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Phil Bourjaily
While most skunk sprayings don’t do permanent harm to dogs, they will make your dog stink and possibly make it nauseous, as the scent may cling to the dog for days. Skunks live throughout North America and are most active early and late in the day. Fortunately for hunters with dogs, cool weather makes skunks spend more time in their dens. Most hunting dog-skunk encounters take place early in the warm temperatures of the early season.
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1 month ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Alice Jones Webb |Jace Bauserman |Phil Bourjaily
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn moreI first started testing out custom turkey chokes with different models and gauge shotguns a few years ago. Like old sage Toms tend to do, a thick-bearded Eastern hung up on the field edge. We had the best decoys imaginable but the bird wasn’t going to break off his girls. He was 60 yards, and never in my turkey career had I attempted such a shot.
