I use a Traditions ALS2100 and I clean it after at least every other hunt. You can never be to cautious with an automatic.

Congratulations dude. We're still waiting on the info from the first banded woodie we killed at mahanna. We killed another in Marks a couple days ago.

We've killed two banded woodies this year and neither have had reward bands. These were the first banded woodies we've killed.

I don't prefer the Browning Gold because of the weight. It shoots decent, but it's a load to heave around. The Beretta Pintail is a solid gun.

We hunted mahana opening morning, and we were forced to wake up at a little before 2 o'clock to go get our spot we scouted. We arrived to find out we weren't the first one's there. After we sat there until 5, the rush was absolutely ridiculous. I haven't quite decided if it was worth the hassle or ...