re: Thoughts on duck hunting these days

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Don't know about "these days" and I'm not a grandfather, but I've seen this going on for at least 30 years. So, it's not a very new thing.

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Amen! It's been nearly 30 years ago that Federal and Mossberg teamed up to give us the 3 and 1/2 inch magnum shotshell. Going much further back, wasn't it the legendary Nash Buckingham and Winchester that developed and popularized the 3-inch magnum back in the 30's? Remember when "buffered" loads became commercially available back in the late-70's. All so we can shoot more shot further and kill ducks farther away than before.

This is nothing new. I've been hunting ducks since the early-70's and I heard nearly everything on this thread from the old-timers of that era too.