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jbmonkey said:
me neither ^. I'm assuming like ducks some are good eating and some arent...but I have no idear.
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I like it cooked the way I cook it, but...
Like most wild game...depends...on what they were feeding on...how it's care for in the field and prepared at home...and that's not over cooked.
jmh33 said:
I ate duck once.. Thats all I will say..;) Never ate goose..
John
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Some waterfowl is just not good table fare, what I said above applies, especially to waterfowl. I will not shoot merganser, coot or snow goose because I'll will not prepare any of it.
 
I have harvested Snow Geese from winter wheat fields and they were good table fare. Wood ducks, Mallards and Greenwing Teal were all good eating to me. Sometimes while tramping the marshes I could drop a Woodcock. Those were good too. Back then I used a 107 to process them. DM
 
pjsjr, were you using your super mag. with a BB load?
Yes, I would have been really disappointed if my dog couldn't go. DM
 
David Martin said:
pjsjr, were you using your super mag. with a BB load?
Yes, I would have been really disappointed if my dog couldn't go. DM
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David it was a new Super Black Eagle III with steel #2s. I had been having problems with the nine year old SBE II reliably loading since the spring. Called Benelli and sent it in but it was just before the season's starting, I needed an auto loader:rolleyes:. I found a 'good deal' on this new one.
I was using a Grounds Super Mag goose call with TC guts:D:p:D
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Humm, #2 lead in a 1 5/8 or 1 3/4 oz. Load is a renowned goose load. But I thought you'd have to go to a larger pellet to obtain the needed penation with steel. DM
 
Fun reading all this waterfowl talk. I used to hunt them more regularly, but now make one three-day trip each season to Currituck Sound - I like hunting them on the open water and the marshes - get to do both up there. Rule of thumb we use - puddle ducks (grain eaters) = good eating for the table, "fish eater" ducks not so good, however I made a good stew with some Ruddy's a few years ago and wouldn't hesitate to add a few to my bag. Preston, give the Federal Black Cloud 3" 12 GA BB load a try for geese or swan - they will knock down the big birds. Love that photo of your lab. Good Hunting gents! OH

Ps Usually with Benelli short recoil guns when you have trouble feeding (real slow bolt/carrier closing) it is the recoil spring in the buttstock. I replaced the one in my 2006 M-2 about five years ago with the Wolfe 25% plus power spring - not an issue since (other than it won't reliably handle real light loads such as a 1 oz. cheap promo load).
 
David Martin said:
Humm, #2 lead in a 1 5/8 or 1 3/4 oz. Load is a renowned goose load. But I thought you'd have to go to a larger pellet to obtain the needed penation with steel. DM
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David, I really didn't intend to stay and hunt. I had fabricated two different pit lids and wanted to try each on the top of the pit. After I did that and saw that geese were flying I loaded the shotgun, just happened to be 3" #2, steel , of course. There are more pellets in the #2s and I need the extra ones. I have an IC choke in now, was thinking of a Mod, but will stay with IC.
Old Hunter said:
Fun reading all this waterfowl talk. I used to hunt them more regularly, but now make one three-day trip each season to Currituck Sound - I like hunting them on the open water and the marshes - get to do both up there. Rule of thumb we use - puddle ducks (grain eaters) = good eating for the table, "fish eater" ducks not so good, however I made a good stew with some Ruddy's a few years ago and wouldn't hesitate to add a few to my bag. Preston, give the Federal Black Cloud 3" 12 GA BB load a try for geese or swan - they will knock down the big birds. Love that photo of your lab. Good Hunting gents! OH

Ps Usually with Benelli short recoil guns when you have trouble feeding (real slow bolt/carrier closing) it is the recoil spring in the buttstock. I replaced the one in my 2006 M-2 about five years ago with the Wolfe 25% plus power spring - not an issue since (other than it won't reliably handle real light loads such as a 1 oz. cheap promo load).
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Bruce, I have had several recommend the Black Cloud and have looked. As with all ammo, the pickings are slim, when it comes available I will get some. Also, before I sent the black Benelli II in I had completely stripped it down, cleaned and lubed and replaced the recoil springs twice with reg power and reduced power(I was shooting a lot of 2 3/4", 1 1/8 ounce). I sent it in twice and have not tried it since it came back.
This older, 1972+. 121 worked great breasting the geese yesterday...
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Love the Buck Knives 121 Fisherman for breasting and of course for filleting. Friday I had a couple of nice Specks to fillet, used my late 121 Fisherman (think this one is 425MOD due to the edge and three spacers - must be early 1980's but came with a flap-over sheath). A good knife for the job, but the older and thinner 121 (like yours) still beats it. OH
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The two-liner and the three-liner tip-down have thinner blades as well (how they vary from a one-line I don't know). I have measured several of them over time, and they really vary, no distinct blade thickness that one can give to all knives from a certain time period. I guess it varied with what was available at a given time. OH
 
Concerning the Benelli shotguns and the Wilson springs.I wrote this for Shotgun World 8 years ago.

I would like to relate my experiences in installing the Wolff gun springs.I own seven Benellis.To claim that I like Benellis would be fair statement.I read this thread about the Wolff gun springs and decided my guns would benefit from the installation of these springs.

The first gun I worked on was an SBE with an E.R. Shaw custom slug barrel.I removed the butt stock.I then set the receiver in a Decker gun vice and applied heat with Benzomatic propane torch.It took approximately 20 seconds of heat to melt the adhesive material.I unscrewed the stock retaining nut screw using an 11/16 deep well socket while maintaining forward pressure to prevent the spring from escaping from the recoil spring tube.I used this socket because the stock retaining nut screw,on this particular model, was a six sided screw.I then tipped the gun backward and removed the recoil spring plunger.Before I began the installation, I ran a dry patch on a 20 ga. plastic fingered jag through the spring tube to remove accumulated gunk.I then ran a lightly oiled patch through the spring tube and lubricated the recoil spring plunger and spring before assembly. I followed this same procedure for an M1 12ga.,a Montefeltro 12ga. and a Montefeltro 20ga.I will note that the Montefeltros,maybe because of their age,required three 20 second applications of heat before the stock retaining nut screw could be tapped loose.I would urge caution when applying heat and check after each 20 second application of heat to determine if the adhesive has released.

All went well until I attempted to perform this same procedure with an M1 20 ga. The first difference I noticed was the stock retaining nut screw was bright metal,stainless steel, instead of blue and it had two flat sides instead of the six sided screw on the previous guns.It also had a "U" shaped cutout on the forward edge of one of the flat sides.This indicated this stock retaining nut screw had some plastic material holding the screw in place and it needed no heat to remove.I then used a 17MM open ended wrench to remove the stock retaining screw.This is a newer gun so be careful about applying heat to this stainless steel stock retaining screw. After removal of the spring I noticed that the recoil spring plunger was also stainless steel.I followed the same assembly procedure and all went well.

I have two more guns to do,a SBEII and an M2.I was contemplating using the Sure Cycle system on these two guns,since they will see use around salt and branch water environment ,as well as during foul weather.Since the recoil spring plungers as well as the stock retaining nut screws are stainless steel,I'm not sure it's worth the money.I'll think about this over the week end.

I hope my experiences will help some members with their installations.
 
Old Hunter said:
The two-liner and the three-liner tip-down have thinner blades as well (how they vary from a one-line I don't know). I have measured several of them over time, and they really vary, no distinct blade thickness that one can give to all knives from a certain time period. I guess it varied with what was available at a given time. OH
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I understand that the older ones can vary because the blades with done by hand, by different individuals.
sportingspecialist said:
My old 121 is considerably thinner than my newer one.
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What is the date of the older one? Thanks.
 
Sporting, I like your comparison photo of the 121 spine thickness.
I have taken my limit of Sandhill Cranes & geese using a 1 1/8 oz. & 1 1/4 oz. load of BB. Velocity at 1300. Just standard copper plated BB reloads. With a modified choke. DM
 
Here you draw for the license and you're allowed 2 birds. In neighboring states you can take 6. There are very large birds and have a loud distinctive call. They land in milo & wheat fields. DM
 
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