Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Shotgun season is coming.
On my last blog I gave info on bow-hunting. This time its shotgun season's turn. First of all there are seven gauges, or bore sizes. There is 8 gauge, 10 gauge, 12 gauge, 16 gauge, 20 gauge, 28 gauge, and a .410. An 8 gauge shotgun is the biggest bore size and .410 is the smallest. In Illinois the biggest shotgun you can use to deer hunt is a 12 gauge and the smallest is a 20 gauge. There are also to types of ammunition you can use. There is what is called shot, and there are slugs. Shot is used for water-foul, upland game, turkeys, and varmint animals. Slugs are used for deer and other big game. If you are bird hunting, any gauge shot gun is legal except an 8 gauge. 8 gauges are used for very large animals. Sometimes 8 gauge shotguns are used for bears.
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I've really never had any experience at hunting, but have always been interested. What kind of animals do you prefer to hunt? A couple of my friends' dads deer, turkey and elk hunt.
ReplyDeleteGood blog Ben, I think it's cool how you picked a topic that you are very passionate about. You had a lot of good information in your paragraph. It kind of sounded like you started heading in a different direction when you went on to talk about the ammunition.
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