I don't see anyhting wrong with using a crossbow during the archery season. It gives more people the ability to go out and enjoy the open air, plus it helps raise the number of people who buy licenses. I personaly don't think there should be any laws or restrictions against using them. It would only be fair to restrict inline muzzleloaders during primative season if you are going to restrict crossbows from archery season.
*It was an excellent show,*
It was an excellent, best I have seen so far. I just wish that in the show they wouldn't have spent so much time filming him at the range testing the Elite 6500 and spent more time with him telling personal recollections on times past.
It would be a close race between the Beretta Extrema 2 or the Benelli Super Black Eagle 2; both are awesome shotguns. For the sake of the question I would probably end up choosing the SBE 2.
It shouldn't be too bad, that slug load in your gun should have somewhere around 23 foot pounds of recoil. Your 1 7/8 ounce turkey load produces approximately 50 foot pounds of recoil. These figures are appoximations, but they should be fairly close to the acutal numbers.
"I have two guns, one for each of ya."
Doc Holliday
Benelli hands down; reliable, cheap, chambers all 12 gauge loads without having to buy a magnum receiver, it operates flawlessly in adverse conditions, the recoil system is top notch, and many more reasons.
Ford/Benelli, Savage, Ruger
Rapala has my vote, if I had to narrow it down to one I would have to go with the orginal floater due to its versatility.
Scott, I assume you are talking about the Maumee or Sandusky river. I know exactly how you feel when it comes to the snags in the Maumee. I have used Fireline Crystal for the past 3 walleye runs out there and love the stuff. It is as important to carry a glove with you as it is bringing a pole so when you get snagged, you can pull pull on it by wrapping the line around your gloved hand. I noticed that I lost fewer jigs when using this line because the line is a little stonger and won't strech. Another plus about Fireline is that it with stands the poundings on the rocks better than mono.