During the May season I have made six attempts at harvesting this bird we call Goldie. On my first
attempt, Goldie was along the edge of a woods. I had to make a big loop around him in order to head him off
and have a chance for a shot. As I was making my loop I tripped over a down fence and ended up in the
hospital with ten stitches under my eye. On May 25th I spotted him and another tom in another small field. As I was glassing the field I noticed a steep bank on the west side of the field. This was an ideal sneaking situation. I had to make my way through about 100 yards of swamp to get to the bank and into position. When I finally got to the bank I crawled up to the top and peaked my head over and Goldie was right there in front of me. I slowly pulled my Benelli shotgun to my shoulder and aimed. I fired one shot of the 3-1/2 inch Hevi-Shot load and Goldie
instantly tumbled to the ground. As I went to pick Goldie up I counted off 50 paces to him. Hevi-Shot
sure did its job. I finally got Goldie. What a trophy.

Robert K. Stempien Jr.
Quincy, MI 49082

It was February 11, 2006, the second to the last day of goose season in Colorado. I was supposed to be in Las Vegas at the S.H.O.T. Show, but my wife questioned her doctor and being the "good" husband decided I should stay home while she took the treatment she had delayed by a week (But that is a different story altogether).

We were guided by John Hagen of John Hagen Outdoors, a man who loves hunting geese and knows how to do it. He didn't know me from Adam, but the gentleman who invited me was an old friend, Mick Hinman with whom I had never hunted. However, he was under the impression that I could shoot, although I have never claimed to be much of a goose shot. The other members of our party were Kurt, and Chuck Jones. Chuck and I have hunted together for several years, and I consider him a great friend and mentor.

After setting up over 25 dozen decoys, we settled into the pit. It was a blue bird day so, little was happening, which gave John plenty of time to inform us of the safety rules and how to effectively shoot these little geese that were in the area.

It was nearly 10:30, when the only flock of the morning began to work, John called sparingly, using a flag very effectively, the hunters didn't move. A pair lit right in front of the pit, flying so low that we could see the veins on their feet. After a few moments, John called the shot. I was sitting immediately on his left. As I stood up to pick a target, John told me to shoot the geese behind us, I turned around to see 5 geese within 10 yards of me...and no one but me shooting that direction. I looked over the birds, started at the back and fired at the back bird, dropping it stone dead. I then moved to the next bird, firing and again dropping it stone dead. With that, I picked another bird, and shooting through a snowstorm of feathers, dropped it as well! A triple, with the guide looking over my shoulder. The bonus to the story was the band on the 3rd goose I shot.

In all, we dropped 6 birds from that first flock. We finished our limits with the second flock in the afternoon. The day left me with a number of memories. Spending a wonderfull day in the blind with friends, shooting a triple with a witness, shooting a banded goose, and watching a flock of pintails work the decoys.

I was using Hevi-Shot, 3 inch #4's. A load I have found deadly on geese, and as a great late season duck load.

I have attached a couple of pictures I sent to my compatriots on the Ducks Unlimited National Shooting Sub-Committee. While they were working the S.H.O.T. Show, I shot my first banded goose!

Matt Rivera

Dear Sir,

We were tired of using steel shot so this goose season we bought your product, and we had a record day. We were very impressed with the long shots and the pass through on the Canadian Geese using the dead coyote shot. Every bird we shot at we dropped instantly. We even made some long shots at 60 to 70 yards. We're very impressed and we will never go back to steel shot. Here is a picture of our success of that day.

Sincerely,
Erik Caudle

Thanks Hevishot

I had one successful turkey hunt this year that I could not have had without Hevishot. I saw this Tom and hen in a field walking up towards the west end. The field had a rise in the middle so I was able to run down the egde to get ahead of them. Five minutes later I could see the fan coming across the rise and then the rest of him. But he would not come any closer. The hen was staying below the knoll. He was up there strutting. Well, to be honest, I'm a bad judge of distance, especially where there is rolling land envolved. I thought the was about 50 yards, so I decided to give it a shot. One pull of the trigger and the gobbler fell. Well once my nerves settled I went back to the truck and got my rangefinders and found that I was way off, try 62 yards!

Thanks Hevishot
Kent Parrott

Here is the turkey I killed this morning. I am so pleased with your companies 20 ga. HEVI-Shot load that I have ordered more boxes. This stuff is a real killer for big Toms. Mine weight in at 19.5 lbs. and a 10.5 inch beard.

Thanks,

Steve Kerlin