The ducks are getting away after being shot!
11-26-2005, 03:11 PM
#11
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: East Central, Minnesota
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RE: The ducks are getting away after being shot!
another idea, wich i suggest at the local shooting range. Try extending your lead a little farther...think of it like this...when u shoot u have some bb's flying faster those are thinner and up in front more...as you get farther back in the pattern you get more, tighter bb's so if u extend ure lead...you will be hitting the duck with the best part of the pattern. just a thought. MNfowl
11-28-2005, 02:46 PM
#14
Typical Buck
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RE: The ducks are getting away after being shot!
$10 says you're using too large a shot size. Go to number 5 Matrix (not steel). One pellet of #2 through the gut, the duck is down and lost, without a dog. One pellet of #5 thru the gut, one thru the chest, and one thru the throat, the duck is down and dead.
On a recent trip to Canada, no dog, three of us using matrix 5's in potholes,shot 71 ducks, retrieved 60. A dog would have gotten them all (well, mayber not the 2 crippled redheads).
In the fields, using Matrix 4's for geese, weshot 23, retrieved 22, and never had to shoot a cripple over.
Try that with steel.
Years ago, when we shot several hundred ducks a season, mostly divers, lead #6's were the norm with lead #8's for cripples. Deadly.
On a recent trip to Canada, no dog, three of us using matrix 5's in potholes,shot 71 ducks, retrieved 60. A dog would have gotten them all (well, mayber not the 2 crippled redheads).
In the fields, using Matrix 4's for geese, weshot 23, retrieved 22, and never had to shoot a cripple over.
Try that with steel.
Years ago, when we shot several hundred ducks a season, mostly divers, lead #6's were the norm with lead #8's for cripples. Deadly.
12-05-2005, 07:59 AM
#17
Join Date: Jan 2004
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RE: The ducks are getting away after being shot!
Buy a Patternmaster choke tube. You wont have to worry about it. I just bought mine before this season and you either hit them and they are STONE dead or you miss and they keep flying. My group of 10 guys shot 40 mallards yesterday that was out limit and we never lost a duck. We also all had Patternmaster chokes in. They rule, you could also get a dog it makes it a lot easier.
Good luck.
Good luck.
12-06-2005, 07:14 AM
#19
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RE: The ducks are getting away after being shot!
ORIGINAL: losthwy
Some good ideas. But, I would also use a better load like Hevi-shot. Using a PatternMaster will give you tighter patterns, but it will also be much louder.
Some good ideas. But, I would also use a better load like Hevi-shot. Using a PatternMaster will give you tighter patterns, but it will also be much louder.
