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All-weather "whoops-I-dropped-it-in-the-mud" shotgun (duck, squirrel, dove, hog, deer, rabbit, quail) :
>Maverick 88 w/ 28" barrel and IC, Mod, and Full choke tubes and mid rib bead sight.
"Dallas" shotgun (upland birds, clays, pretending to be important)
>Browning Gold Hunter with IC, Mod, and Full choke tubes
Range rifle (whitetail, hogs):
>Pre-Cerberus Remington 700 in .30-06 with a 3-9x40 scope, freefloated barrel, and 165gr. handloads
Knockaround .22 (rabbit, snake, grouse, squirrel, rabid tin cans):
>Marlin Model 60, open sights, shockingly accurate despite an ugly paintjob and over >13k round count
Handguns... I usually carry one of the following due to the impossibility of carrying or maneuvering a long gun off-trail in the thick, thorny brush of S. Texas
When dealing with hogs in thick brush:
>.44 Mag Ruger Redhawk
When not sure if I'll be bagging a rabbit on the way home, dispatching a rabid coyote (it's happened), or (rarely) delivering a mercy shot on wounded game
>.38 special S&W model 10
If I'm just going out scouting and maybe slaying some vermin around the property
>.22 Ruger MkIII
Also picked up a recurve bow this year, looking forward to doing some bowfishing and maybe hog hunting with it.
Pic is a sawed-off single-shot 20 gauge that I was gifted. I am in the process of restoring it from a "people only" weapon to a hunting tool that will put food on the table for years to come.
