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Joined: 21 Mar 2013 Posts: 16 Location: Jamestown. NY

1. Has this forum influenced you to buy your first 16 Ga. gun?
No, I had my first one a dozen years ago.
2. Did you own and use 16 Ga. gun prior to joining this forum?
Yes, but it rekindled my interest for more!
3. Do you use a 16 Ga. most, sometimes, seldom for upland hunting?
Seldom get to hunt upland species, but I use my 16 pump as a backup/second gun during deer season.
4. What do you shoot a single shot, pump, Auto, O/U and or a SxS?
One Ithaca 37 pump, one Ithaca NID SxS. Looking for a Marlin O/U.
5. Do you reload, yes, no?
Yes.
6.Do you reload, plastic, paper, and or all brass?
Plastic for now, getting into brass shells soon.
7. Do you hunt behind a pointing dog and or a flushing dog, if so what breed(s)?
No dog.
8. Does your spouse hunt with you?
No.
9. Do you hunt with your kids?
No.
10. Do you hunt with your grandkids?
Not that old yet!

Member Joined: 24 May 2008 Posts: 56 Location: N. Idaho

1. Has this forum influenced you to buy your first 16 Ga. gun?
Yes. My cousin had a Stevens 311 as a kid (1980) and I always admired it. When Browning started remaking the Citori 16's I decided it was time to get one.

2. Did you own and use 16 Ga. gun prior to joining this forum?
No.

3. Do you use a 16 Ga. most, sometimes, seldom for upland hunting?
Most of the time.

4. What do you shoot a single shot, pump, Auto, O/U and or a SxS?
(in order of usage) Baker Black Beauty SxS, A5 Sweet 16, Fox Model B SxS.

5. Do you reload, yes, no?
yes

6.Do you reload, plastic, paper, and or all brass?
plastic.

7. Do you hunt behind a pointing dog and or a flushing dog, if so what breed(s)? Both: brittany and a yellow lab.

8. Does your spouse hunt with you?
No, but she does shoot clays with us on occasion.

9. Do you hunt with your kids?
Yes (all five of them).

10. Do you hunt with your grandkids?
no grandkids yet.

Member Joined: 11 Nov 2013 Posts: 5 Location: New Jersey

1. Has this forum influenced you to buy your first 16 Ga. gun?
No, had one a few years before finding this site.

2. Did you own and use 16 Ga. gun prior to joining this forum?
yes

3. Do you use a 16 Ga. most, sometimes, seldom for upland hunting?
Most of the time.

4. What do you shoot a single shot, pump, Auto, O/U and or a SxS?
SXS

5. Do you reload, yes, no?
Yes

6.Do you reload, plastic, paper, and or all brass?
Plastic

7. Do you hunt behind a pointing dog and or a flushing dog, if so what breed(s)?
Flushing dog, Wachtelhund

8. Does your spouse hunt with you?
Nope

9. Do you hunt with your kids?
Not any more they are on their own.

10. Do you hunt with your grandkids?
Not yet, too young.

Joined: 18 Jul 2013 Posts: 1 Location: Farmerville, La

1. No
2. Yes
3. Always for upland game
4. Pump, O/U
5. Yes
6. Plastic
7. No
8. Always, she also shoots Sporting Clays in league.
9. Yes, both girls until they left home.
10. None

Joined: 03 Feb 2014 Posts: 41 Location: Middle Tennessee

1. Has this forum influenced you to buy your first 16 Ga. gun?
No

2. Did you own and use 16 Ga. gun prior to joining this forum?
Yes ,1st year Model 12

3. Do you use a 16 Ga. most, sometimes, seldom for upland hunting?
Mostly , have a 28ga M12 and 20ga M31 that get to go hunting too.

4. What do you shoot a single shot, pump, Auto, O/U and or a SxS?
Pumps mostly , SxS and O/U for competition , singles are fun for wood loafing, especially in 410.

5. Do you reload, yes, no?
Yes , no way else to feed my habit, Like the flexability to load what I need as my mood changes.

6.Do you reload, plastic, paper, and or all brass?
mostly plastic, have some Gold Medal papers I like for Vintage. They smell SO Good!

7. Do you hunt behind a pointing dog and or a flushing dog, if so what breed(s)?
What ever my host has !

8. Does your spouse hunt with you?
Has no interest

9. Do you hunt with your kids?
Yes

10. Do you hunt with your grandkids?
None yet, but looking forward to that time!

Joined: 16 Nov 2006 Posts: 367

1. Has this forum influenced you to buy your first 16 Ga. gun?
No, already addicted with Model 90!

2. Did you own and use 16 Ga. gun prior to joining this forum?
Yes, see answer #1.

3. Do you use a 16 Ga. most, sometimes, seldom for upland hunting?
Ithaca 37 either skt or MOD barrel. next is Ruger Red with blued action in Skt & Skt.

4. What do you shoot a single shot, pump, Auto, O/U and or a SxS?
Switch easily between pump, OU and semi.

5. Do you reload, yes, no?
Yes.

6.Do you reload, plastic, paper, and or all brass?
plastic.

7. Do you hunt behind a pointing dog and or a flushing dog, if so what breed(s)?
Used to hunt or Springer / Brit, present springer is EXTREMELY gun-shy,
she is a rescued but previous owners must mistreated as they tried to make her a pointer.

8. Does your spouse hunt with you?
Ladies don't hunt /handle firearms.

9. Do you hunt with your kids?
No, had no interest but did learned small bore rifle and hunter safety.

10. Do you hunt with your grandkids?
Haven't been blessed / cursed , yet!

Joined: 12 Jan 2013 Posts: 87

1. It has influenced me to buy more. But I bought my first after lifting/swinging it thinking I would buy a 12 ga version, just couldn't get the balance out of my head!

2. Bought my first around the same time.

3. I hunted the entire bird season this year with my grade 3 citori, blue grouse to ring necks.

4. Both 16's are browning O/U.

5. No reloading

6. N/A

7. Both pointers 1) 12 year old Weim & a 3 year old golden who thinks he's a pointer Smile

8. She will shoot but won't wake up early enough to hunt.

9. Not yet, he's got three more years to wait.

10. I'll be in my mid to late seventies if I get the chance...late bloomer.

Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 154 Location: Kentucky

1 No
2. Yes. Over 40 yrs ago
3. Often. 16ga 40%, 20ga 40% all others 20%
4. Auto & pump
5 No
6. No
7 No. Mostly dove shoot but do hunt farm pheasant where guide has pointing lab
8. No
9. No
10. No

Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 39 Location: maryland

1. Has this forum influenced you to buy your first 16 Ga. gun? Nope

2. Did you own and use 16 Ga. gun prior to joining this forum? Yep

3. Do you use a 16 Ga. most, sometimes, seldom for upland hunting? Sometimes

4. What do you shoot a single shot, pump, Auto, O/U and or a SxS? Mostly side by side but I own 16 gauge pumps too.

5. Do you reload, yes, no? Absolutely in 10 12 & 16 gauges

6.Do you reload, plastic, paper, and or all brass? Paper or plastic just like the grocery store

7. Do you hunt behind a pointing dog and or a flushing dog, if so what breed(s)?
Flushing
8. Does your spouse hunt with you? no, she hates my hobby

9. Do you hunt with your kids? My dog is my kids so yes

10. Do you hunt with your grandkids? n/a

Joined: 16 Feb 2014 Posts: 4 Location: Nor Cal

1. No
2. Yes
3. Sometimes
4. O/U,pump,semi auto.
5. Yes
6. Plastic. Use to reload paper.
7. Flusher, Chocolate Lab.
8. Yes
9. Yes
10. Do not have any.

1. NO
2. YES
3. YES
4. SXS
5. YES
6. Plastic in 16,20 28 and410 , plastic and paper(Fed.) in 12ga.
7.English Pointer
8. NO
9. YES
10. YES

Art

1. Has this forum influenced you to buy your first 16ga gun ?
No , I found this forum shortly after
2. Did you own and use 16 Ga. gun prior to joining this forum?
Yes , but only by a couple of weeks
3. Do you use a 16 Ga. most, sometimes, seldom for upland hunting?
Most of the time , but I have 12's and 20's that like to play too . Most all of my hunting is primarily small game -I love fried squirrel and rabbit-moreso than upland .
4. What do you shoot a single shot, pump, Auto, O/U and or a SxS?
In order : Auto ('33 Auto5 with an FN , not Browning, rollstamp , '66 1100) Pump ('52 Model 12) and a brand spanking new NOS Stoeger O/U. Those are my 16ga hunters .
5. Do you reload, yes, no?
Yes
6.Do you reload, plastic, paper, and or all brass?
Plastic at this time , I'd love to find some 16ga paper hulls . And I may at some point order some RMC brass because .............SHINY
7. Do you hunt behind a pointing dog and or a flushing dog, if so what breed(s)?
No , but I have a Chihuahua that will fetch doves
8. Does your spouse hunt with you?
No
9. Do you hunt with your kids?
No , we shoot together but he doesn't enjoy hunting
10. Do you hunt with your grandkids?
Not yet , but I sure hope so when he (and the shes , too) gets a little older

Bigboy, I'm trying to envision a scenario in which you would first decide to take a Chihuahua hunting.

Your pup would be easy to transport to the field. He could ride in the shell bag. Smile

I guess even the little dogs have an instinct for hunting.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, I know a guy who stopped to ask a farmer if he could hunt his ground. The fellow said, "Sure, take old Rufus with you" indicating a St. Bernard standing in the farmyard. My friend tried to gracefully decline, but the farmer insisted. Turns out, old Rufus was a capable flushing dog, finding birds and staying within range.

Jagdhund:
I have no idea how she started it , but she's a first rate fetcher , and she's the Anti-Chihuahua - she's FRIENDLY . I used to take her to work with me sometimes because all the ladies that worked for me doted on her . I had her with me on the opening day of dove season one year , so out to the field she went when I bugged out of the shop at noon , The first bird I shot , she took off like a rocket and caught it on the first bounce . She's been a dove retrieving machine since . Not a lot of doves around here , so I keep a whole one frozen to toss for her sometimes