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The Ridiculously Oversized Punt Gun

If you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks to spare to support our efforts, check out our Patreon page whe→“punt gun,” that used to be somewhat common among commercial waterfowl hunters. What’s so special about this gun? It is capable of killing upwards of 50-100 birds in a single shot. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/09/ridiculously-oversized-punt-gun/ Sources: http://www.gunsandammo.com/blogs/history-books/punt-guns/ http://m.military.com/Shock/images.do;jsessionid=5E84DD2A517F2E3FCF4C1B7F165ACCA9.sfpweb204?displayContent=250264&page=1 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Content.aspx?dsNav=N:4294963828-4294963805&dsRecordDetails=R:CS2624 http://www.mlagb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/201302_irishtom.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punt_gun http://www.wideopenspaces.com/duck-cannon-past-punt-gun/ http://www.museum.state.il.us/RiverWeb/harvesting/harvest/waterfowl/tools_techniques/guns/punt_gun.html http://www.nrafamily.org/articles/2015/3/30/punt-guns-a-history/ http://www.fws.gov/international/laws-treaties-agreements/us-conservation-laws/lacey-act.html http://www.wildfowling.com/Puntgunning/puntgunning.htm https://www.fws.gov/laws/lawsdigest/migtrea.html http://www.museum.state.il.us/RiverWeb/harvesting/harvest/waterfowl/tools_techniques/market_hunting.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_hunters http://www.shootinguk.co.uk/features/punt-gunning-15129 http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-duc5.htm Image Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Punt_gun.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snowden_Slights_and_Procter_with_big_gun_YORYM-S383.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snowden_Slights_with_big_gun_YORYM-S364.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Side_view_of_punt_and_ducks_YORYM-S385.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snowden_Slights_and_Procter_with_big_gun_YORYM-S383.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Big_gun_moun

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  • Originally Aired August 28, 2017
  • Runtime 5 minutes
  • Production Code lUuzeVThj_A
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