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yes every one I can find. I have used an O/U for several years for that reason. If you are hunting in open pasture or farmland, you should police your debris. Cows can pick up those hulls and stuff doesn't deteriorate much like it used to. Plastic wadding has eliminated bore scrub and made for better patterns in modern shotguns but it comes with a price. The plastic will float around out there for a very long time.
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I’ve been surprised by the number of guys who leave them where they lay, which can add up to a pile when dove hunting.
Of course, when you do find an old shell in the woods, it tells a story of someone having a good day out there once. Not sure why...public shooting areas around here BLM or State Trust Land.....empty hulls from clay bird shooting sessions... 6-7 shooters x 50 rds each...? My hell pick up your empties Bring a lawn rake & let the kids clean up & set a good example How hard would that be ?
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Always. Hate it when I can't find one, especially grouse and woodcock hunting. Why would you want to advertise where the best spots are?
"Somehow, the sound of a shotgun tends to cheer one up" -- Robert Ruark
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I pick up all brass, hulls and the plastic wads when I find em. I hate littering, plus with brass at $2.04 a pound I cash em in for a steak-n-shake.....😁
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yes
at the gunclub, no, those little 16yo kids working the shop can get off their phones and do it. That's partly what they get paid to do. Plus I dont reload and leave them for the hull whores.
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Always, if I can find them.
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I keep most bird hunting. The occasional hull gets missed. I hunt with doubles and pumps mostly.
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I always pick up what I can find. Always have. I figured people would be more likely to let me hunt if I left it like I found it. Or left it better.
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I pick up all brass, hulls and the plastic wads when I find em. I hate littering, plus with brass at $2.04 a pound I cash em in for a steak-n-shake.....😁 I remember once picking up 20 1X'd 243 Norma brass along with the paper box What a ding dong that would leave 1X Norma brass on the ground
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I like to find stuff that others left, years ago, it kind of gives you a sense of history. I don’t worry about most of the shells, the only difference between a artifact and litter is time…
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I usually leave them. I like seeing a shell occasionally and wondering it’s history. Candy wrappers, pop bottles, grocery bags ect, I hate seeing that chit. A spent shell is different IMO.
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Dove hunting try too as best as possible. Last year wasn't a issue 🥴🥴🥴😔 Tree rats ... hell no ain't searching for them. Too much moving around. Turkey I will save the spent shell to go along with the kill.
Let's hear some comments the non posting " pics or it never happened" apple dumpling gang types.... 🤣🤣🤣
Oh PS.. Solid guys that don't post pics, we don't doubt what you cats post.
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I pick it all up.
I load everything I shoot so I keep all my hulls, plus I try not to litter. Same here, it’s been decades since I shot a factory shot shell, except 410, and I pick those up as well.
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I try to. Keep cows from chewin’ on em
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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Was taught to pick up hulls growing up. Still do especially on private land where I am a guest. It’s a common courtesy.
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Darn right, just because I can't replace my stash of OLD Winchester AA hulls
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I pick up mine and any others I find. I really don't care to see trash laying around.
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I always pick up my shells as should everyone else! If someone was going around throwing gum wrappers on the ground he would get chit, same should apply for shotgun shells, IMO
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