Clearing Shooting Lanes

 I had one 5 inch diameter limb that has blocked a portion of my shooting lane for a few years now. It was too high up to reach with the trusty pole saw.The limb was coming off an ancient white pine. I was thinking of dragging the step ladder out there and reaching up with the pole saw, from there,  but I am not sure that would have been enough. I also was not sure I wanted to get up on a step ladder and fight with pole saw since the ground is uneven and soft down there. Plan "B" was to tie a hammer to a rope and toss it over and try and snap it. 

 After thinking about it for a while I stumbled onto the solution. The good ole Browning shotgun ! After wading through the muddy slough that sucked off one my Muck knee highs, I got positioned under it and in 2 shots the limb was gone! It was so easy that I knocked off a few more that were close and would have been a problem sooner or later.

 Just thought I would pass this on. It was so easy that I felt kind of dumb for not doing it sooner. Stay safe out there. Next thing you know it will be time to dig out the hunting gear. Mrt.

Was only trying to take of a limb  , not kill it  !

OSOK- you could have a great second handle on lake link-six shots one limb-LOL-

I used a pre-1970 browning with modified choke, so I am guessing it was more like full choke. I brought along about 20 rounds of ammo and was surprised that it only took a couple of shots! Way more fun than a saw. You can bet that I will be using this this method in the future. I did notify the neighbors that kind of keep an eye on things for me. Mrt.

I used a shotgun on a big limb of an oak at a neighbors after an ice storm . It took about 6 shots to loosen it . Wasn't sure which choke to use  !

I recently used a rope saw to cut a half dozen 3" maple limbs that were a good 30-40 feet up and starting to shade my solar panel. Getting a line over the correct limb turned out to be the biggest issue. Plan A didn't work so i borrowed a buddies big shot slingshot to get a small bag of gravel over a branch to pull up the rope saw. Had someone had a lawn chair and a few beers it would have made for quite the show, LOL!

That solution is way more fun than a rope saw, but if anyone needs to do the same and cannot use a shotgun to clear the limb, a rope saw is another option.