Shotguns plugged to 3 shells

Personally speaking, rather than speculate on existing regs - it may be best to become intimately familiar with one's firearm of choice and practise often as permissible while imitating field shooting conditions.

If memory serves, last season, a guy on HuntOntario site took three whitetails with his TC in-line pausing only to reload in between his shots.

I suppose the lesson here would be - don't loose your cool and make that first shot count! :) ..... if it is doable with a ML it is also doable with a 3 shot shotgun (smoothbore or rifled bbl) as long one knows his/her firearm and shooting conditions. Anyone and everyone can miss at one time or the other.

http://forums.oodmag.com/showthread.php?t=26010 ......one may need to register in order to view.
 
chalkriver said:
You can have 8 in your shotgun if you want ...just dont hunt anything with the capability to hold more than 3. The game wardens have a wooden plug they shove in your gun to check.

Sorta like the alien anal probing...ok I digress

Tell my Ex brother in law about never having to shoot more than 3 shots at a deer...TRUE STORY ..10 shots out of a Garand !!! He new he was in trouble when he heard the clip go ping!!! I called it a Husqvarna after that..lol
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The real question is where the hell can one find a 10 shot garand!

Seriously, 4 guys with a mix of compound and recurve bow took 4 deers from a drive last fall, so I'm not sure how many rounds you really need out of a gun.
 
sherlockbonez said:
The real question is where the hell can one find a 10 shot garand!

He needed to reload and fire 2 more after the clip ejected...I knew someone was going to question that fact :)

And I agree wholeheartedly in the making sure you can hit what you are shooting at by practising .The initial question was why can the shotgun be restricted to 3 rounds as apposed to the 5 round restriction on other types of firearms for the same type of hunting .
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You guys need to come to Manitoba to hunt with your shotguns. I just checked the rules here and it says that a shotgun need not be plugged to restrict the number of shells while hunting big game .
 
If only Ontario had Manitoba-style rules. Here in Ontario, even if you're out for a walk in the wilderness, carrying your shotgun for bear protection, the 2+1 limit rule applies. It is not just for migratory birds, it is for ANY shotgun hunt, period.

In Ontario, the only places you can have more than 2+1 are at the range and the home...
 
I dont agree with the regulation and would like someone from the MNR to explain the reasoning behind it...but I cant see that happening anytime soon ..the same goes with them changing the regs .

And when I called to try and get an explanation the answer I received was typical...It is what it is she said
 
1 shot: meat in the freezer
2 shots: maybe
3 shots: miss.

Other than running into a covey of quails, ptarmigans, or Hungarian partridges, I cannot conceive of a Canadian hunting situation in which a shotgun is adequate, where there would be any real upside to having more than three shells loaded.

If you cannot kill what you are aiming at with three shells, you are either a poor shot, or are too far away from what you are shooting at, and should not have taken the shot in the first place.

I may be missing something, but that is my two cents of wisdom.

Further, the extra two shells can probably be loaded in about the same time it takes to cycle that bolt action rifle.
 
pacobillie said:
1 shot: meat in the freezer
2 shots: maybe
3 shots: miss.

Other than running into a covey of quails, ptarmigans, or Hungarian partridges, I cannot conceive of a Canadian hunting situation in which a shotgun is adequate, where there would be any real upside to having more than three shells loaded.

If you cannot kill what you are aiming at with three shells, you are either a poor shot, or are too far away from what you are shooting at, and should not have taken the shot in the first place.

I may be missing something, but that is my two cents of wisdom.

Further, the extra two shells can probably be loaded in about the same time it takes to cycle that bolt action rifle.
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How many shells do you load in your huting rifle when hunting big game?
 
blasted_saber said:
Well, the easy answer is dont take a shot at running deer if your not sure the 1st shot will do the job

and, what happened to his 2nd shot? Did he miss?
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Hit the first one 2 x's.

The second deer was honestly hit well and I have seen worse shots taken by experienced guys in tree stands.

These were not long shots probably 20m.

Im not gonna get into an argument about one shot kills and the ethics of shooting a running deer.

Do you really think it is that much different even with a shot right through the lungs. The difference was he was standing over it while it died instead of it running off while he waited in a tree stand.

It would have died in seconds regardless.

The only truly good shot is right between the eyes by your standards.
 
pacobillie said:
No more than 3. Now let me turn the question around. How many big game animals did you kill with your fourth or fifth shot?
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I'm not saying it is necesary and that you need 5 shells to kill something. My point is, why can't we? The rules should apply the same as rifles as you are hunting the same species/hunt.
 
asphalt599 said:
I'm not saying it is necesary and that you need 5 shells to kill something. My point is, why can't we? The rules should apply the same as rifles as you are hunting the same species/hunt.
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Look at the bright side. The next time you go goose hunting with that same shotgun, you will not have to look for and reinstall the plug, and there is no risk of forgetting to do it and getting afoul of the law when you run into that friendly game warden.

There are stupid rules worth fighting against, and there are some that, although annoying, are better left alone. This is one of the latter IMHO.
 
pacobillie said:
Look at the bright side. The next time you go goose hunting with that same shotgun, you will not have to look for and reinstall the plug, and there is no risk of forgetting to do it and getting afoul of the law when you run into that friendly game warden.

There are stupid rules worth fighting against, and there are some that, although annoying, are better left alone. This is one of the latter IMHO.
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agree with that
 
brybenn said:
I've tried arguing that my rifle barrelled shotgun shooting sabots is I rifle I should be able to have 5 in the gun. They won't ever change it. Like southern ont I can hunt groundhogs with a 270 wby mag but not a 44-40 or 32-20 lever gun
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Sadly you can't hunt ANYTHING in S.W. Ontario with anything bigger then a .275 BUT you can legally target shoot in the same areas with w/e you want...stupid restriction
 
UncleMax said:
If only Ontario had Manitoba-style rules. Here in Ontario, even if you're out for a walk in the wilderness, carrying your shotgun for bear protection, the 2+1 limit rule applies. It is not just for migratory birds, it is for ANY shotgun hunt, period.

In Ontario, the only places you can have more than 2+1 are at the range and the home...
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If your out target shooting on crown land there is no limit on a pump shotgun.
 
Its a stupid law but its not the ONLY stupid law. I've had to reload my deer rifle before when 5 deer came out to me but than again my deer rifle only holds 3 as well so its no different to when I go in the controlled hunt.
 
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