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 sling or no sling?
#4501442
08/22/13 02:13 PM
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Cypress Legend
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Picked up a new shotgun this year and I have been thinking about adding a sling for dove/duck/teal. I have a new pup hunting with me this year and I have been thinking it will be nice to have a sling but I have never hunted with a sling.
Yall using a sling or no sling?
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Re: sling or no sling?
[Re: Cypress Legend]
#4501446
08/22/13 02:16 PM
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Hooligan
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Never had a sling before but the public spots I'll be getting to this year I might add one for the long trek in
Militavi Non Sine Gloria
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Re: sling or no sling?
[Re: Hooligan]
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08/22/13 02:19 PM
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FamousAmos
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Sling. I carry a lot of stuff in.
“And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.”
Micah 6:8
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Re: sling or no sling?
[Re: FamousAmos]
#4501461
08/22/13 02:22 PM
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Beretta
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Yep always a sling for me
Two kinds of people vote democrat. Rich people that don't have to work, and poor people who don't want to work.
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Re: sling or no sling?
[Re: FamousAmos]
#4501463
08/22/13 02:22 PM
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Cochise
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No sling for me. If I'm walking in I keep my gun in the case, which has a sling, until I get set up.
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Re: sling or no sling?
[Re: Cochise]
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08/22/13 02:27 PM
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russ warner
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I have one on my gun, but it depends on the spot i'm hunting on whether it gets used or not. It really doesn't get in the way, so I just go by, "It's better to have it and not need it then need it and not have it."
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Re: sling or no sling?
[Re: russ warner]
#4501489
08/22/13 02:33 PM
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Cypress Legend
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What sling are yall using?
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#4501492
08/22/13 02:35 PM
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Houston Wildcat
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Have a sling on gun and a gun case just in case. As Russ said better safe than sorry.
"I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it."
- Clint Eastwood
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Re: sling or no sling?
[Re: Houston Wildcat]
#4501518
08/22/13 02:45 PM
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Water Turkey2
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Always used a sling. It frees up your hands to carry all the other crap that we duck hunters lug around.
I use a Claw sling.
You get used to it and forget it is there when you shoot. I used to think it would get in the way, nahh.
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08/22/13 03:07 PM
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mbole
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I have one, but I take it off when I get set up. No reason to have it in the way. I've had it catch on branches too many times.
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[Re: mbole]
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08/22/13 03:14 PM
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Ben Lilly
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If you duck hunt with a dog then you need a sling.
Scenario - you go to adjust decoys...dog steps on gun...hunter gets shot.
Don't believe me? Google "dog steps on hunters gun". Happens all the time.
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Re: sling or no sling?
[Re: mbole]
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08/22/13 03:14 PM
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Marcstar
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Sling...always. Just makes it easier to carry the shotgun. Also at time the sling can help when I'm not holding it...set it up in a branch or on a nail in the blind, etc. The utility is too great not to use it.
Dear Lord please bullwhip me for saying this but I agree, Marcstar is in the lead. Please nobody use this as a quote!!!
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Re: sling or no sling?
[Re: Ben Lilly]
#4501618
08/22/13 03:16 PM
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BMowatt
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Re: sling or no sling?
[Re: BMowatt]
#4501668
08/22/13 03:27 PM
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AndrewMac
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If you build it, they will come
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Re: sling or no sling?
[Re: AndrewMac]
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08/22/13 04:20 PM
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Trout-killer
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Re: sling or no sling?
[Re: mbole]
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08/22/13 04:22 PM
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ArkansasTraveler
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Didn't use one for a long time. Put one on a few years back and I won't go back. Makes things a lot easier. Like they said I don't notice it's even there most of the time
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Re: sling or no sling?
[Re: ArkansasTraveler]
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08/22/13 04:54 PM
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1FowlHntR
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I've always used a sling...just my personal preference.
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
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Re: sling or no sling?
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08/22/13 05:00 PM
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J-Conn
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I use one to haul in, but once I get set up at my site, I take it off. I just hate the way it gets in the way went I mount the gun. For me it's just distracting.
"Liberty is the souls right to breath, and when it cannot take a long breath, laws are girdled too tight. Without liberty man is a syncope"
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Re: sling or no sling?
[Re: J-Conn]
#4502127
08/22/13 05:41 PM
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scalebuster
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Re: sling or no sling?
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#4502142
08/22/13 05:49 PM
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NTXBowfisher
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depends, layout blind no, everywhere else yes.
I run a Final Approach neoprene sling, it adjusts easy, keep loose so I can wear it, tighten it up when i'm hunting to keep it outa the way.
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#4502205
08/22/13 06:16 PM
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Aggieduck
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