Shot Size
#11
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: CALIFORNIA
Posts: 131
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
#12
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location:
Posts: 33
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.
#14
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location:
Posts: 213
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
#16
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
#17
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Estill Springs TN USA
Posts: 270
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.
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 1,672
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 $$$
#20
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location:
Posts: 213
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.