Official Holiday of Texas has been set....

[Brute 23]

SEPTEMBER 23 :banana:


Might be a good year... no grass, only thing growing is weeds, not alot of water around. Its about time to break the floats off the water troughs.

 

[Jim62]

Maybe it's just me, but could you clarify that a little? :???:

 

[kenny thomas]

Thought Labor Day was first official day in TX. Dove hunting season opens. haha

 

[Brute 23]

South Zone is the 23rd.

 

[TexasBred]

South Zone is the 23rd.

23rd use to be an "african american" holiday....was the day the new Cadillacs came out. :lol2: :lol2:

 

[Caustic Burno]

I plan on smoking them with a 16 gauge on Sept 1st. I should never have to get out of a lawn chair setting by one of the stock tanks. The quandry is the Model 12 the Remington double or one of my Brownings. I am leaning towards the Remington. When my oldest grandson shows up that weekend I will loose the Remington as he thinks that is the only gun in the safe.

 

[Brute 23]

I am seeing lots of birds. Hope they don't get pushed out.

 

[houstoncutter]

sorry fellas but the 23rd of Sept will be a hurricane week... My reason of thinkin is its too late in the year to do us any good drought wise and I am gonna be fishing the last week of Sept and Oct... So take it to the bank.

 

[Caustic Burno]

sorry fellas but the 23rd of Sept will be a hurricane week... My reason of thinkin is its too late in the year to do us any good drought wise and I am gonna be fishing the last week of Sept and Oct... So take it to the bank.

Well Rita broke us over like a single barrel shotgun Sept 24, 2005 . Rita was the most intense hurricane ever observed in the gulf. HC thanks for bringing those memories back. If a Rita hit now it would be the last nail in the coffin here.
When she hit here no one had a fence standing had to pen the cows and hay them until they could be repaired.
There is no hay reserve here this year they would all end up at the salebarn, except for a lucky few.

 

[JSCATTLE]

Ive been seeing a bunch of doves this year too... cb you must have some extra 16 gauge shells laying around... i looked and some the other day but they are twice the price of 12 gauge .... pasture is full of goat weed I think ill mow the last week of august .

 

[Caustic Burno]

Ive been seeing a bunch of doves this year too... cb you must have some extra 16 gauge shells laying around... i looked and some the other day but they are twice the price of 12 gauge .... pasture is full of goat weed I think ill mow the last week of august .

I buy them by the case, some things are worth it. I have a pile of 12's, can't remember the last time I shot one.
I don't own a 20 gauge as I find it to be a worthless gauge. Most 20's can't pattern a load as gun manufactures have sold the American hunter a bill of good's. The 12 was designed for an ounce and quarter of shot the 16 ounce the 20 7/8 ounce.
Larger load's don't make shotguns pattern better it is like trying to put 10 pounds of shyt in a five pound bucket.
Take a piece of tin and pattern your shotgun at 30 yards, the 20's won't pattern well as the shot string is to long due to small bore diameter trying to cram an ounce or more of shot in a gauge not designed for or ever intended to shoot.
The ammo makers have not screwed with the 16's load's. Shooting the shotgun is all about pattern at thirty yards as shot to powder ratio is the same if your shooting a 28 gauge or a 10.
http://www.ableammo.com/catalog/default ... =3a&page=2

 

[Brute 23]

You should always pattern your shotguns. You would be surprised how many come from the factory with a defect and won't put a pattern on a sheet of plywood.

 

[JSCATTLE]

I have a old 16 gauge single shot I like to squirrel hunt with.. love the gun .. I would guess the price difference is because a lot of people shoot .12 gauge .

 

[TexasBred]

JS I just think 16 gauge shotguns are sort of rare. You just don't see a whole lot of them. I bought a Browning Sweet Sixteen back about 1972 and wouldn't part with it. Was hard to find ammo for it for a long time but now mail order it.

 

[Caustic Burno]

Browning currently has 16 gauges in production in BPS Upland Special and Hunter models.
Bought one of each when they came out, still like the model 12 Win for chasing tree rats.

 

[Texas Gal]

JS I just think 16 gauge shotguns are sort of rare. You just don't see a whole lot of them. I bought a Browning Sweet Sixteen back about 1972 and wouldn't part with it. Was hard to find ammo for it for a long time but now mail order it.

That's what I shoot and LOVE it. My husband and nephew reload so that's what I use. Otherwise, I'd have to order them too. All the big box stores have 20 and 12 gauge shells but very few if any 16s. If they do have them, they're higher than a cat's back!

 

[houstoncutter]

Shotguns for for busy tails!!!! make mine a 22. Granted a little lead may fly on them cat squirells, but heck shotgunning em aint even sportin.

 

[JSCATTLE]

Shotguns for for busy tails!!!! make mine a 22. Granted a little lead may fly on them cat squirells, but heck shotgunning em aint even sportin.

I like to hunt them with a dog so they are usually limbing out when we get to them.. I like my 22 for still hunting ..

 

[Caustic Burno]

Shotguns for for busy tails!!!! make mine a 22. Granted a little lead may fly on them cat squirells, but heck shotgunning em aint even sportin.

You would need a red wagon full of 22 shells to get a limit and then that would be a maybe if you were Annie Oakley.
We ain't hunting fox squirrels we hunting cat's and it ain't nothing for one to bail out and hit the ground running.
You just want to shoot I am hunting for supper. I feel the same way about a deer rifle with a scope and a feeder.

 

[Caustic Burno]

You should always pattern your shotguns. You would be surprised how many come from the factory with a defect and won't put a pattern on a sheet of plywood.

I shot competition trap for years and a 16 gauge is a squared load and will usually out pattern most other gauges.
The one exception I shot was a model 97 in 12 gauge.