Carl N. Brown
Member
Horror story
My son, my cousin and some of their friends (and I) were sitting
around the campfire burning windfall logs, barbequeing ribs,
and swapping stories.
A friend of my uncle's who had been deer hunting came out of the
woods and joined us. As happens around campfires, the subject
turned to horror stories.
Sometime earlier, one of the deer hunter's friends had accepted
an invite to go dove hunting. Lacking a dove gun himself, the
friend had borrowed a 3.5" turkey gun which, the owner assured him,
was plugged to two shots.
They were afield on public land when they were approached by three
game wardens who checked their licenses and guns. One warden asked
to see the turkey gun. He ejected one 2.75" dove load from the firing
chamber and two from the magazine. He asked for another shell and
proceeded to stuff three in the magazine.
To cut to the punchline of this horror story, when they got home,
hanging from the car door handle was a hook--no, wrong story.
The newbie dove hunter was cited for violation of the two-shot
magazine limit and had to pay a $172.00 fine. Oooo-Eeeee-Ooooo.
The moral of this story is don't make out on lovers lane with a
hook handed serial killer on the loose--oops, wrong story, again.
The moral is, if you hunt subject to a two shot limit, make sure the
magazine plug is the right size for the shells you are using.
For some wardens, apparently, having a plug in the magazine and only
loading two rounds is not enough.
Before you go afield, make sure the magazine plug is the right size for
the shells you are using.
(I have found a Mossberg 590 with magazine plug intended for Model 500
which actually allowed the 590 to hold four rounds.)
My son, my cousin and some of their friends (and I) were sitting
around the campfire burning windfall logs, barbequeing ribs,
and swapping stories.
A friend of my uncle's who had been deer hunting came out of the
woods and joined us. As happens around campfires, the subject
turned to horror stories.
Sometime earlier, one of the deer hunter's friends had accepted
an invite to go dove hunting. Lacking a dove gun himself, the
friend had borrowed a 3.5" turkey gun which, the owner assured him,
was plugged to two shots.
They were afield on public land when they were approached by three
game wardens who checked their licenses and guns. One warden asked
to see the turkey gun. He ejected one 2.75" dove load from the firing
chamber and two from the magazine. He asked for another shell and
proceeded to stuff three in the magazine.
To cut to the punchline of this horror story, when they got home,
hanging from the car door handle was a hook--no, wrong story.
The newbie dove hunter was cited for violation of the two-shot
magazine limit and had to pay a $172.00 fine. Oooo-Eeeee-Ooooo.
The moral of this story is don't make out on lovers lane with a
hook handed serial killer on the loose--oops, wrong story, again.
The moral is, if you hunt subject to a two shot limit, make sure the
magazine plug is the right size for the shells you are using.
For some wardens, apparently, having a plug in the magazine and only
loading two rounds is not enough.
Before you go afield, make sure the magazine plug is the right size for
the shells you are using.
(I have found a Mossberg 590 with magazine plug intended for Model 500
which actually allowed the 590 to hold four rounds.)
