Show of hands, How many hunt with a semi auto?

Do you hunt with a Semi Auto?

  • Yes

    Votes: 460 81.0%
  • No

    Votes: 108 19.0%

  • Total voters
    568
I perfer a bolt for larger game... so I voted no. It's just simpler and less to go wrong. I don't hunt bear or anything like that.

Varmits on the other-hand...

I am surprised by the poll results. I figured it would be closer to 50:50, not so lop-sided.

Nobody I know hunts with a semi, except for one guy who uses a 10/22 for hares (and misses a lot of them :D ).

I think it's a "everyone is watching" thing cou:
 
ISSC mk22 for grouse and rabbit. I used a 10/22 for a while & a savage mkii also. But since I enjoy the MK22 so much more, I take it every time.
 
Speak for yourself man.

Im a pump shotgun hunter too... A minority these days. As a kid pumps ruled the fields and marshes. Not so today as firing 5 shots in 1.5 seconds seems to be important. Hunt pheasant south of the 49th in NoDak occasionally. Have to say with pheasant shooters lions share shoot O&U shotguns with autos following up next. Pump shotguns are a small minority these days.
 
Well I shoot a semi auto at ducks and geese but chasing pheasants my Winchester 1956 model 12 pump solid rib is MY gun of choice :)
 
Im a pump shotgun hunter too... A minority these days. As a kid pumps ruled the fields and marshes. Not so today as firing 5 shots in 1.5 seconds seems to be important. Hunt pheasant south of the 49th in NoDak occasionally. Have to say with pheasant shooters lions share shoot O&U shotguns with autos following up next. Pump shotguns are a small minority these days.

Have a friend that just getting into hunting, he got a quick taste at the end of the 2017 season and he keen on waterfoul hunting this year. If I get out and scratch the surface in that area I’ll be using a pump, not that I’m against a semi auto shotgun though. Two reasons I use a pump is I prefer the action and I don’t own any self loading shotguns. I’ve fired a few here and there and I still prefer a pump.
 
Hunt with the entire fleet.. Semi, bolt and lever rifles.. pump all day for ducks and geese (just enjoy the mechanical action of a pump shotgun)
 
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