Looks like I found a Slug today.

[Old River]

Went hunting with Young River today, and found this what looks like to me to be a shotgun slug. Found a few other relics also, and some trash. It was windy, and getting pretty cold. We made a late hunt today, and a front is blowing in. Suppose to freeze tonight.

 

[ivan salis]

yep foster type slug for a shotgun

 

[Mr Tuff]

yep deer slug

 

[CRUSADER]

http://blog.oregonlive.com/kympokorny/large_slug.JPG

I thought you had the above

 

[kdismuke1]

that slug would hurt.

 

[phantomfinder]

Cool find,wtg

 

[CRUSADER]

that slug would hurt.

which one, the slimmy one is harmless

 

[ivan salis]

garlic and butter --s car go

 

[gmstreet]

Found this one in our city park a few years back.


Foster slugs were invented by Karl Foster in 1931. Our city park was established in 1894 Bit of a mystery, who was shooting slugs in the city park??

 

[Old River]

Appreciate the picture. I would have never known.

 

[ivan salis]

yep before the foster slug with it "rifling" edge in 1931 shotgun deer slugs were big round ball "musket ball" designed items often called "pumpkin balls". the pumpkin balls were very inaccurate compared to the foster slugs-- the rilfing on the edge was to give the slug "spin"and thus stablize its flight path.----it was a big step forward for those who owned the smooth bore shotguns of that time and had to use slugs for deer hunting. --- while the foster style slug is stilled used by smooth bore shotgun gun hunters today ( 12 gauge smoothbore shotguns can hunt just about everything using the right load) -- its nothing compared to modern specialized rifled barreled slug guns which are almost rifle accurate up to 200 yards