Shot Size
11-27-2006 | 08:39 PM
#11
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: CALIFORNIA
RE: Shot Size
2,3 and 4(on a good fog for ducks)
T,bb for geese and 2's if they're low. my buddy and i shot four cacklers out of a flock with 2's at 10 yards over the top after my dad and bro shot at them. it was raining geese
T,bb for geese and 2's if they're low. my buddy and i shot four cacklers out of a flock with 2's at 10 yards over the top after my dad and bro shot at them. it was raining geese
11-28-2006 | 10:46 PM
#12
Joined: Sep 2006
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RE: Shot Size
where i hunt its mostly wood ducks and teal in the early part of the season so i use #4's. when the bigger ducks (mallards, pintail, blue bill) and geese come down i use #2's. when im field hunting geese i use BB. always winchester expert steel HV. its fast, heavy, and cheap.
11-30-2006 | 11:00 AM
#14
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RE: Shot Size
Three of us are hunting a small pond. 2 of us are using 12ga. 3" with #4 steel, the other is using 12ga 31/2" with #4. None of us are able to kill a duck with one shot. 2 of us hit the same duck 5 times before we got him killed. We're only shooting at 30-40yrds. Should we switch to a heavier shot, like #2, switch to a tighter choke, what? It's getting frustrating throwing so much shot at one bird to kill it. The only time I've managed to kill one with less than 3 shots was with BB which was the last round in the mag on the previous duck that I missed, so it was in the chamber when I reloaded with #4s.
I think all 3 of us are using mod. chokes in our guns. Should we go to full or even tighter?
This won't help us much on this season since it closes in 2 days, but the next season opens Dec. 16th.
Thanks in anvance
I think all 3 of us are using mod. chokes in our guns. Should we go to full or even tighter?
This won't help us much on this season since it closes in 2 days, but the next season opens Dec. 16th.
Thanks in anvance
12-03-2006 | 01:17 PM
#16
Fork Horn
Joined: Apr 2004
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From: Olympia, WA 98502
RE: Shot Size
ORIGINAL: iloveto4x4innc
Three of us are hunting a small pond. 2 of us are using 12ga. 3" with #4 steel, the other is using 12ga 31/2" with #4. None of us are able to kill a duck with one shot. 2 of us hit the same duck 5 times before we got him killed. We're only shooting at 30-40yrds. Should we switch to a heavier shot, like #2, switch to a tighter choke, what? It's getting frustrating throwing so much shot at one bird to kill it. The only time I've managed to kill one with less than 3 shots was with BB which was the last round in the mag on the previous duck that I missed, so it was in the chamber when I reloaded with #4s.
I think all 3 of us are using mod. chokes in our guns. Should we go to full or even tighter?
This won't help us much on this season since it closes in 2 days, but the next season opens Dec. 16th.
Thanks in anvance
Three of us are hunting a small pond. 2 of us are using 12ga. 3" with #4 steel, the other is using 12ga 31/2" with #4. None of us are able to kill a duck with one shot. 2 of us hit the same duck 5 times before we got him killed. We're only shooting at 30-40yrds. Should we switch to a heavier shot, like #2, switch to a tighter choke, what? It's getting frustrating throwing so much shot at one bird to kill it. The only time I've managed to kill one with less than 3 shots was with BB which was the last round in the mag on the previous duck that I missed, so it was in the chamber when I reloaded with #4s.
I think all 3 of us are using mod. chokes in our guns. Should we go to full or even tighter?
This won't help us much on this season since it closes in 2 days, but the next season opens Dec. 16th.
Thanks in anvance
12-03-2006 | 02:09 PM
#17
Fork Horn
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: Estill Springs TN USA
RE: Shot Size
ORIGINAL: iloveto4x4innc
Three of us are hunting a small pond. 2 of us are using 12ga. 3" with #4 steel, the other is using 12ga 31/2" with #4. None of us are able to kill a duck with one shot. 2 of us hit the same duck 5 times before we got him killed. We're only shooting at 30-40yrds. Should we switch to a heavier shot, like #2, switch to a tighter choke, what? It's getting frustrating throwing so much shot at one bird to kill it. The only time I've managed to kill one with less than 3 shots was with BB which was the last round in the mag on the previous duck that I missed, so it was in the chamber when I reloaded with #4s.
I think all 3 of us are using mod. chokes in our guns. Should we go to full or even tighter?
This won't help us much on this season since it closes in 2 days, but the next season opens Dec. 16th.
Thanks in anvance
Three of us are hunting a small pond. 2 of us are using 12ga. 3" with #4 steel, the other is using 12ga 31/2" with #4. None of us are able to kill a duck with one shot. 2 of us hit the same duck 5 times before we got him killed. We're only shooting at 30-40yrds. Should we switch to a heavier shot, like #2, switch to a tighter choke, what? It's getting frustrating throwing so much shot at one bird to kill it. The only time I've managed to kill one with less than 3 shots was with BB which was the last round in the mag on the previous duck that I missed, so it was in the chamber when I reloaded with #4s.
I think all 3 of us are using mod. chokes in our guns. Should we go to full or even tighter?
This won't help us much on this season since it closes in 2 days, but the next season opens Dec. 16th.
Thanks in anvance
BTW I have felt the frustration you speak of and I almost quit duck hunting because of it.
12-03-2006 | 04:56 PM
#19
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Dec 2003
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From: Central Illinois
RE: Shot Size
ORIGINAL: deer_beer11
its fast, heavy, and cheap.
its fast, heavy, and cheap.
buy a shell that is going to actually patten worth a SH1T. supreme, drylok, kent, or maybe federal. spend the extra $$$
12-04-2006 | 12:04 PM
#20
Joined: Jul 2003
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RE: Shot Size
The one that's shooting 31/2" #4s is using heavyshot and he still can't kill them on the first shot. I'm going to try the full choke and #4s in mine as soon as season opens back up. If I'm still having trouble, I'll switch to #2s and see what happens. Thanks for the advice.
