2008 Hunts are brought to you by: Click on a logo to visit the sponsor's website                                                     Winchester Ammunition     We don't think that anything more can be said about the reputation of this phenomenal company except that we are proud to use their products. Once again Winchester helped us harvest some of our most prized trophies and provided us with the confidence to enter the woods each day knowing that if the shot presented itself and we did our part, the bullet would put that animal on the ground. We harvested waterfowl, whitetails, bears, turkeys, coyotes and small game this season with this ammo and we can testify that it is devastating.         The XP3 line up in centerfire rifles is an absolutely incredible product that allowed us to shoot with long range accuracy and heavy hitting power. The versatility that this bullet offers with its 2-stage expansion design makes it effective on small to large-sized game. This is a great feature that eliminates the need to sight in a new load before each different hunt.         Moving to their shotgun sabots, Winchester is producing a line up that out performs all the competition and provides shotgun hunters with a very impressive option delivering heavy knock-down power and long range accuracy. The new Winchester XP3 sabots and the Winchester Partition Gold Sabots are both very potent medicine for big game shotgun hunters.         We used the Winchester Xtended Range HD Turkey Loads on all 5 of our shotgun gobblers this year and well, this video's and pictures are proof of just how deadly this load is. As you will see from the patterning board on the video, the Winchester Xtended Range HD holds a tighter, denser pattern to longer distances giving you some extra yards that, on some hunts, can be the difference between turkey dinner and tag soup.         Their waterfowl steel shot line is second to none as well featuring loads that hit heavy and keep a well placed pattern. If you are not using these products all ready, step up your game and get some for this season.     This is the patterning board after one shot at 40 yards with the 12 guage, Winchester Xtended Range HD #6. The inner-most white circle is 8" across. You can see for yourself that at 40 yards, this pattern is killing a bird everytime.     Return to 2008 Hunts Page