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Shot Size
Duck season opens this weekend. I've always shot #2's at ducks. What do u guy's like to shoot the best. If so what type. I normally use regular steel. I did buy some heavy steel this yr. though.
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I prefer #3 steel. Its not for everyone though...just for those who can't make up their minds about #2 or #4's.
Mainly I shoot Kent TM through my old guns, but, since that's not an option anymore, I'll go back to Hevi out of choke tubed guns. I like #6's for open water and #7.5's for tight timber. |
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I like heavey steel myself, like #3 one ounce shells. Unfortunaltely, my 20 gauge takes only up to 2 and three quarter shells... I bought some 3 inch shells not knowing this. How embarissing it was to tear down the gun in the middle of the blind...
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I use BBB in my 010 Ga.
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I use BB's. Only reason is then I won't need to tryto change loads when geese are coming in, and they don't rip up ducks too bad.
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ORIGINAL: Chantecler111 I use BBB in my 010 Ga. Caldoc |
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shoot #2 and #4 for ducks ..... and #2 and bb for geese ..... mainly #2's tho for both ducks and geese
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I use mainly my reloads .
I shoot #5 for teal . For big ducks in the timber I shoot #4 I start the marsh with #4 backed up with #3 Later I switch to #3 backed up with #2 By the end of Jan I shoot #2, #1 or even B if they are fat and not decoying But I mix in #7 or #6 Hevi loads in for several guns Geese I start out with B then BB or BBB But if I am hunting with the 20 Gauor the 2 3/4"12 gauI shoot #4 Hevi shot Johnch |
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I always put the first 2 in with #2 and the last one with BB. This is all Winchester Super Steel 3" 1 3/8oz
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Depends on the ducks we're shooting...
Early season being mostly woodies, teal, smiley mallards, ext -1 1/8 oz. #4s Later season being mostly mallards - 1 1/4 or 1 3/8 oz. #2s Ducks and geese - 1 3/8oz. #1s Geese - 1 3/8oz. #1s or BBs jeff matura www.takeem.com |
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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  |
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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.
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I shoot 3's with ducks and 1's with Geese. I have a couple spare boxes of hevishot 4s which I'll use for geese this weekend.
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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 |
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Winchester Supreme #2 for teal to Geese
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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 |
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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 BTW I have felt the frustration you speak of and I almost quit duck hunting because of it. |
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Winchester Supreme 3" #2 shot at Ducks.
Winchester Supreme 3 1/2" BB shot at Geese |
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ORIGINAL: deer_beer11 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 $$$ |
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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.
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