Norman Strung began contributing to F&S in the mid-1960s when he was an English professor at Montana State University in Bozeman. One of our most eclectic contributors, he did everything from elk hunting to saltwater fishing. He was a highly disciplined writer whose output was prodigious, but he did not live to see his 50th birthday.
Thanks to technological advancements in ammunition, the 20-gauge is now nearly as capable as a 12-gauge. But, it wasn’t always that way, not was it always viewed in a positive light.