Game Getters

Hunters have lots of options come fall that don’t include members of the deer family. Upland birds, early migrating waterfowl and small game are all on the table—or they will be with the right setup and some luck. The new shotguns and rimfires now available to hunt these species are as varied as the birds and animals themselves. Be it a weatherproof workhorse 12-gauge or a super accurate .22 LR, each firearm in this roundup offers features that hunters will appreciate. The hardest decision may be choosing what to hunt with them, but luckily the best part of the year is only about to start.

SHOTGUNS

SAVAGE RENEGAUGE FIELD

The American-made Renegauge is the first semi-automatic shotgun to wear the Savage name, and the company’s engineers spent nearly eight years fine-tuning a gas system that will reliably cycle 12-gauge, 1-ounce target loads to 3-inch magnum hunting ammunition without the need for adjustment. Upon firing, two valves in the Renegauge’s Dual Regulating Inline Valve (DRIV) system open simultaneously to control gas pressure. While excess pressure is vented through the front of the fore-end, the DRIV system directs the optimal volume of gas needed for cycling to the shotgun’s