Spent shotgun shells
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01/20/20 11:08 AM
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Cragar
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Another thread gave me this idea.
I'm throwing down the gauntlet/ issuing a challenge. I would love to see this go viral and become standard practice for sportsmen/outdoor enthusiasts. When you are out in the field , you will see spent shotgun shells. We have all seen them. It gives sportsmen a bad name. They will not degrade quickly at all and stay there for years and years.
Pick them up. Pack them out. This includes wads. Sportsmen have made strides cleaning up trash , most notably fishing line.
This makes us all look better. Leave no sign.
Anybody want to join me in this idea ?
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Re: Spent shotgun shells
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01/20/20 11:20 AM
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I pick up others hulls and wads when I see them.
I also always try and pick my own up , but I get sometimes you just don't see them.
Last edited by GREENCOUNTYPETE; 01/20/20 11:22 AM.
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Re: Spent shotgun shells
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I pick up shotgun shells when I can while hunting and what I find in the woods.Have never seen wads ever while hunting
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Re: Spent shotgun shells
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Re: Spent shotgun shells
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Litter my top pet peeve. I keep trash bags in my truck and all litter comes home with me. I have been known to walk forest roads making stacks of litter and then picking it up as I leave. I second this challenge.
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Litter my top pet peeve. I keep trash bags in my truck and all litter comes home with me. I have been known to walk forest roads making stacks of litter and then picking it up as I leave. I second this challenge. I am with you Sundance I have picked up others peoples garbage many times . We have an adopt a highway litter clean up program where organizations schedule several pick ups through out the year for their highway .. It is a very good program .But it is a shame that people are so ignorant that they just toss their junk out the window for others to clean . Imagine how much better the world would be if people spent their spare time helping other people instead on picking up there garbage .
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Re: Spent shotgun shells
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01/20/20 01:34 PM
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It would also help if the local dumps wouldn't charge people extra for such things as appliances, furniture,tires,etc.......Its the main reason why you find so much of it here in the woods.Its frustrating for sure finding trash in our great outdoors.
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Re: Spent shotgun shells
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I always leave a place cleaner than I find it, and recycle as much as possible.
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Semi auto in the waterways of Iowa in heavy wind do make them hard to find Still try because they were loaded in the 70's by my dad
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Re: Spent shotgun shells
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We always pick up our shells after dove hunting. Pick up any old ones also. Pheasant hunting is a little different. Usually to busy trying to find the bird to look for the spent shells. I don't mind running into one while I am hunting either lets you now something happened there.
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01/21/20 08:07 PM
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I've been picking up my hulls for years.
Help yourself.
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I pickup every one I see and have for years, and like you I wish other guys did. When I pop the O/U open after a shot they go straight in my right hand vest pocket. When the boys were little and just walking along. I gave them a nickel for everyone they picked up.
Everything the left touches it destroys
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