Best Youth Shotguns for Little Duck Hunters

Helpful Hints and Suggestions to Find Your Little Hunting Buddy Their Perfect Shotgun

By David Rearick – Waterfowl Magazine

We all remember our first time shooting a gun. If you are like me, your mom or dad eagerly went over all the safety protocol, they had you sit right in their lap, and they told the standard “Breath out slowly and just ease on the trigger.” And then, BLAM! Your body was rocked back and the smell of burnt gunpowder packed your nostrils, sparking a flame for that adrenaline rush that comes when you pull the trigger.

For most, this first exposure was with a timid kicking .22 LR that may have tickled your shoulder but certainly didn’t rock your world. While this first time was fun and made you yearn for more, things probably changed when you stepped up to a small-caliber rifle or your first shotgun. For me, my first step up was to a beautiful little H&R 20-gauge single shot that kicked the living tar out of me. Not only did it give me a rude awakening to the power behind the bang, but it also gave me a hard case of the flinches. I would like to say my parents should have done better, but we weren’t sleeping on a mattress of hundred-dollar bills—they were more “swimming in the bathtub of pennies,” and they bought what they could afford. I had wanted to hunt with my dad since the day I realized what hunting was, and despite being scared to death of pulling the trigger, I certainly wasn’t going to let it keep me from going. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL STORY