What steel shot size?
I hope to go duck hunting for the first time over the Christmas holiday. I expect to hunt a 2 to 5 acre pond. What steel shot size should I use? I was thinking #2, but I really have no idea and lifted this number from a book. Since I haven't been there to hunt I can't say what the hunting is like, what range on average the shooting will be. What would be a good safe steel shot size or "all purpose" steel shot size for this circumstance? I'm using a 12 gauge pump shotgun that can handle 2 3/4", 3", and 3 1/2" shells, though I would prefer to use 2 3/4" shells. I have Modified and Improved choke tubes and will likely purchase a Full choke tube, though I may not use this latter choke tube in the near term -- I'm not a seasoned shotgunner, and this tight choke may just increase my miss percentage.