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Quote from: General Disarray on December 15, 2010, 09:43:54 PMI kill ducks(and a few geese) with nothing but 4's and 6's in 3" 1-1/4oz loads. I only shoot 2's when I'm guiding and having to finish off birds a little further out.I'd venture to say that your shot on the goose was a bit more than 25 yards possibly. then again, the back is very bony and covered with thicker feathers than the breast. I've seen a coyote dumped with #4's, one shot at 20 yards.
I kill ducks(and a few geese) with nothing but 4's and 6's in 3" 1-1/4oz loads. I only shoot 2's when I'm guiding and having to finish off birds a little further out.I'd venture to say that your shot on the goose was a bit more than 25 yards possibly. then again, the back is very bony and covered with thicker feathers than the breast.
#4 for decoying ducks #2 and BBs for everything else. This year I'm trying 3 1/2 #3 they seam to be OK. One thing I have found out slow the steel shot down it works better. I'm loading 10 gage ammo this year with 2oz of #4 and boy do they whack the smaller geese and ducks.