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American Shooting Journal // October 2022

CONTENTS

VOLUME 12 • ISSUE 1

COVER STORY

SCATTERGUN ALLEY: EARLY BIRD HUNTERS GET TO TRY OUT THE GOODS

An early-season Canada goose hunt in Ohio provided our Larry Case with an opportunity to put Stoeger’s M3500 Waterfowl semiauto and Fiocchi’s Golden Waterfowl Bismuth shotshells through their paces.

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37 ROADHUNTER: KNOW YOUR BLACKTAIL TIMING

If you want to learn how to hunt the deer species often referred to as the “ghost of the forest,” you turn to an expert. That would be our Scott Haugen, who literally wrote the book on the West Coast’s secretive blacktails. He shares how to approach October’s prerut and rut and notch your tag.

48 STONE RAM TOUGH

Two years of Covid-related travel delays only served to ripen the anticipation for ram hunter Terry Rodakowski, who traveled to far northern British Columbia by jet, bush plane, boat, horse and foot for a shot at a majestic Stone sheep.

59 BULLET BULLETIN: SQUIRRELIN’ AROUND WITH C.C.I.

An invite to the Land Between the Lakes for Kentucky’s squirrel opener had Phil Massaro grabbing his .22 rifle for a chance to return to a favorite pursuit from his youth as well as test out the myriad bushytail loads from CCI. Find out what the venerable ammo company has in stock for squirrels and how our professor of projectiles rates those bullets!

LARRY CASE

71 LAW ENFORCEMENT SPOTLIGHT: NO SUCH THING AS OFFDUTY

Sergeant Kendrick Simpo’s shift for the Houston Police Department was over, and it wasn’t. While working a side job as a mall security guard, he got word about a man armed with an AR-style rifle on the premises and decided to take action.

73 SELFDEFENSE TRAINING: SHERRY MYERS ON SELFDEFENSE FOR WOMEN

With the abduction and murder of a Tennessee woman making headlines recently, Paul Pawela turned to fellow self-defense instructor Sherry Myers for her thoughts on the best ways women can protect themselves from an attacker.

101 BLACK POWDER: THE END OF AN ERA?

For 44 years, black powder cartridge shooters have gathered in a small western Washington town for an annual competition. But where once it attracted 100-plus participants, this year it barely scraped together a baker’s dozen. Proud muzzleloader Mike Nesbitt reflects on 2022’s edition of the Gib Isaakson Memorial Shoot and whether it will return next summer.

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