Intro

Hi,

I’m Tom from Ontario, Canada. Great to join the TFL community. I’m looking forward to starting with reading members intros.

I’ve been hunting and shooting since age 12, starting with deer hunting. Nearly 30 years of empty shells behind me. I got my first shotgun at age 14 from my granddad, a Veteran of WWII, 8th Reconnaissance Regiment, 14th Canadian Hussars, 2nd Canadian Infantry Division. It’s a 16 ga H&R Topper Model 48 he bought in 1946 or so. That started my passion for shotguns and shotgunning, and a small short lived collection of 16 ga single barrels.

The first shotgun I carried hunting was an SKB Ithaca Model XL900, then a Remington 1100. I Bought my first new gun in 2007 while in college, a Remington 870. That’s when I started turkey hunting. I still shoot it the best of all my guns. It’s got to be my all-time favourite.

During my university days I didn’t get to shoot much but got introduced to waterfowling. I started upland hunting in 2015. Really, just grouse when moose hunting. I started pheasant hunting in September 2019 and got my first bird dog in December 2020, a pointer, and shortly after my first double gun, a 2004 original run Browning Cynergy composite field. I put about 4500 rounds through it. In total it had about 5000 through it. I sold it to upgrade to a Cynergy Wicked Wing. Yes, I do regret letting that one go. I now carry a Yildiz Elegant A5 20 ga SxS, 26” barrels, 5.9 lbs, for the long walks.