Another Newb

[12gaDave]

Hi all,

The name's Dave and I'm from north OC. Even though I've spent most of my life hiking/camping/fishing, I just started hunting this year, and have thus far been out for rabbits and dove. I'm also looking forward to hunting quail in a few weeks, and hopefully I'll have some time to go after turkey this fall.

At the moment my arsenal is just a camo-dipped 12 gauge Mossberg 500 with a 28" field barrel, 18.5" "security" barrel, and 24" rifled slug barrel, though I'm planning on expanding the collection later as well as eventually delving into archery.

I'm looking forward to learning more and hopefully meeting some of you fine folks out in the field. Happy hunting!

 

[Shot Slinger]

Hi Dave and welcome to the site. Your one gun will do you well since you can do Upland Game, Waterfowl and Turkey with it. A small game rifle and big game rifle will fill in the other niches as will a solid bow. But with guns, just like fishing rods you can never really have too many. Good luck in your upcoming hunts.

 

[Gspman]

Welcome dave. Good to see you giving that 500 a work out. Lots of Guys, me included started with the 500 and lots of us also put our lives on the line with it. It will treat you right. Lots of great guys with huge knowledge on here. Read talk chat share and get out on the animals.

 

[Sigalert2012]

Welcome to the site looking forward to more kill pics!

 

[Baldkrash]

Welcome! Don't be shy about asking questions. And don't take it personal if you don't like the answers. People in this forum want to keep everyone safe and keep hunting alive in so cal.

 

[12gaDave]

Thanks for the welcomes!

Went out with a buddy yesterday to scout a few potential spots for quail but they seem to have dried up. Tried to bag some rabbits in the afternoon but wasn't able to get a good shot on the few we saw, though it still was a good day of hiking around with nice weather. I'm camping in lake arrowhead with the family next weekend, so hopefully I'll have some better luck then.

 

[Bowman]

Good times, welcome

 

[ilovesprig]

Dave,

Welcome to SCH.....And nice going a that fine cottontail.....Good eats right there.

 

[12gaDave]

Dave,

Welcome to SCH.....And nice going a that fine cottontail.....Good eats right there.

Thanks! It was pretty tasty after frying it up.

 

[12gaDave]

Welcome! Don't be shy about asking questions. And don't take it personal if you don't like the answers. People in this forum want to keep everyone safe and keep hunting alive in so cal.

Understood. I work for a general contractor and deal with subs all day, so I certainly know how to not be shy or take things personally

 

[12gaDave]

Welcome to the site looking forward to more kill pics!

I'll keep posting 'em as I'm bagging 'em!

 

[12gaDave]

Welcome dave. Good to see you giving that 500 a work out. Lots of Guys, me included started with the 500 and lots of us also put our lives on the line with it. It will treat you right. Lots of great guys with huge knowledge on here. Read talk chat share and get out on the animals.

It is a great shotgun. I've only had one little feeding issue that was fixed by tweaking the cartridge stop a little bit, otherwise it's eaten up everything I've run through it.

 

[12gaDave]

Hi Dave and welcome to the site. Your one gun will do you well since you can do Upland Game, Waterfowl and Turkey with it. A small game rifle and big game rifle will fill in the other niches as will a solid bow. But with guns, just like fishing rods you can never really have too many. Good luck in your upcoming hunts.

I keep trying to convince my wife that we can never have too many guns... The next purchase will likely be a semi-auto shotgun for her (she really liked shooting my buddy's Franchi Affinity during dove opener).

 

[SurfNHuntSD]

I keep trying to convince my wife that we can never have too many guns... The next purchase will likely be a semi-auto shotgun for her (she really liked shooting my buddy's Franchi Affinity during dove opener).

I love my Franchi...