Airgun Shooter

SMALL GAME HUNTING THE AMERICAN WAY

I think anyone that was raised around guns here in the States started out hunting with an airgun. I know me and all of my buddies did. Then by the time I was seven I was using my sister’s shotgun for dove hunting and by 10 years old dad gave all of us kids a shotgun of our own. Now, like all normal Americans, I own a few guns.

So if you come from a background like mine, why would you digress and start hunting with airguns again? Maybe it’s something new? Or maybe you’re living your second childhood? I’m not a clinical psychologist so we’ll skip over the whys and I’ll cover the reasons that I’m big time into hunting small game with airguns.

Airguns have opened up a lot more hunting access for me. I don’t know if I’ve ever been denied hunting access on a farm, ranch or feedlot if I tell them that I’m going to be using

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