Shotgun Shells?@#%^!

[JakePhelps]

Whats the most shotgun shells youv found in one spot, my record is 35 in my woods along the same path Looks like someone was alil trigger happy with the 12g huh? They are all from the 20's to the 50's.

 

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[Nana40]

One spot?..............How big a spot?

Nana

 

[JakePhelps]

a 25 foot long walking trail

 

[Nana40]

HAHA! Well........I don't think I have been in a straight line any time I have been in my woods!!! I must look like a betsy bug back there! But I have found lots and lots a shells. Haven't took the time to count them....

Guess it's better than finding nothing though~!

Nana

 

[DigEmAll]

Is it in the middle of the woods or along the edge of a field? If it is along the edge of a field or what was once a field, it could be bird or duck hunters. If it is in the absolute middle of the woods, the only explanation would be squirrel hunters. It has to be something where you can sit in one spot and take a lot of game. That rules out deer or turkey or any other wary type of game.

 

[JakePhelps]

Its just a trail in the woods Im guessing bird hunters, seeing i dont see how shotguns are that effective against deer

 

[DigEmAll]

They don't call it buckshot for nothing! I have taken many a deer with buckshot... when the range is short and the brush is thick, you can't beat it! 8)

 

[Monty]

Sounds like dove hunters or target shooting at clay pigeons. Either one would cause a bunch of shells to pile up in one spot like that. I have done both and have shot up to 3 boxes of shells in one spot. JIM aka KW

 

[AzSports]

35 shots in 30 years? All 12 ga. no 16? Sounds like Grandpas stories of "evey year I get up here and take one fine buck on opening day".
There are so many good reasons to blow 30 shots in one place but none for leaving the brass around. At least the paper is gone on those old shells.

It's a damn good thing there is no evidence of all the arrows I've flung at those demon squirrels, somebody would be calling it an old battle site for sure.

 

[red]

Don't hunt over that area of shells to fast.
We have all stuck them there shells in our pockets and pulled them out without thinking about the coin or 2 that might jump out with them.
And back in the 20s to 50s few people used or could go out and buy the new game and shell vest so them shells went in there pocket with coins and knives,

red

 

[rebelinmass]

Remember Jake, in the state of Mass it is illegal to hunt with a rifle. The state laws on hunting is only shotgun,muzzle loader and bow and arrow. I agree to keep at the area of those shells. You never know what might of popped out of the pockets.

 

[JakePhelps]

Never knew that! I thought it was alright to use rifles, but guesss not, really do learn something everyday I have swept over the path its self many many times, and theres no more things on it, i havent checked every inch of bround off the path though, but most of it. Ill keep looking though Off to the woods today after im done homework

 

[Lee-MI-MI]

It's a damn good thing there is no evidence of all the arrows I've flung at those demon squirrels, somebody would be calling it an old battle site for sure.

Oh, but there is. All hunting arrows use those wicked razor tips. Even the target practice arrows have a metal tip. Then there are the aluminum shafts and I think the latest graphite shafts will even go beep.

I have found a few arrows in the woods. Usually at the brow of a low rise where the hunter is shooting over the rise and shoots low or else the deer is closer and the hunter shoots high. At any rate, they are there and, yes, they can be detected.

Now, squirrel hunting is pretty bold archery attempt and I bet you do lose many arrows and I'll also bet that they may be stuck in trees and all over the woods. In your case I would guess that most of them would land point down and stick in the ground and look like any other growing twig until you tripped over it.

One of my detecting club friends is often asked by a local hunt club to help them find lost arrows.

 

[AzSports]

Right on. I have used my metal detector to find errant practice shots that scoot under the pine needles! It's a valuable tool in camp.

The graphite ones do have aluminum inserts, and even the plastic blunt tips for squirrels have an aluminum shaft inside.
I haven't lost one to squirrels yet, but did have to return the next day once to find one sticking up at the base of the tree just as you say! I believe the thieving beast lost his grip on my arrow as he slept

I did leave a razor broadhead 15 feet high in a tree after being led into hitting it by a turkey. I was shooting across a small ravine and THWACK. I tried to shimmy up to get it, alone, way out in the woods, half mile from camp, 40 miles to a hospital, 700 miles from home, for a five dollar bent and dull toy. It's still there.

Hunting or other rec camps sites are loaded with junk so good discrimination is needed, but the chance of something of interest lost must be high. I'm missing a fine skinning knife, and if it doesn't turn up I've got to get back and search!