Brokennock
Cannon
Really? My impression of most waterfowl shooting during the original muzzleloading era is that there was very little shooting of "high flying" anything. In fact flock shooting sitting waterfowl is mentioned quite often.
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Hunting Question
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Only the market/professional "hunters" used punt guns to shoot flocks on the ground or water.
Everyone else used a regular shotgun of 4 to 12 guage with the same techniques used today.
Yes. More has been written about the market/peofessional "hunters" and their escapades than farmer Fred's or office worker Eugene's waterfowl hunting.
Also at this time over in Britian and Europe the Gentry were hunting waterfowl. For the most part, they were not shooting flocks on the ground or water, but in the air.
(I'm sure some did shoot at birds that were not flying as well, just as some around the world do today.)
Totally agree with Old Guy most of fowling was with the large bore guns from 8 to 10 bore the 4 and the 6 bore was mostly for the high birds and the smaller for decoying and the 10 bore for ducks . Enclosed is a image of my big bore guns and a bank gun and punt gun the latter two I never used but the others I shot many greylags but then came the law banning the use of lead shot over wetlands so now these guns are no longer used .
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Brokennock
Cannon
Screw "the gentry."
The guns in the image were mostly built for wildfowlers who made a living out of shooting fowl for the town market. These guns along with the punt guns were known {as tools of the trade} and not for the gentry because very few gentry of that period shot. It was done by their gamekeepers to supply game for the big house.
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