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curious what people are using. I use #3 for ducks and bb or t for geese. don't really understand when to use different sizes so any input wpould be appreciated.
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September 29, 2011, 01:53:38 PM »
I use 2's and 3's for ducks. the higher number, the smaller the shot is.. so BBB is very BIG when a 6 is very small.
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September 29, 2011, 02:02:19 PM »
I like BB's for ducks, Triple B's or T's for geese. It may be a little overkill but the BB's definitely make the ducks fold up.
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September 29, 2011, 02:10:41 PM »
2s for geese
anything cheap for ducks
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September 29, 2011, 02:16:08 PM »
I use 3's or 4's for ducks and 2's of bb's for geese.
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September 29, 2011, 03:56:13 PM »
I like my birds to come in tight and into the decoys so I use #6 Hevi-Steel, until I run out of my last 2 cases then will move to #4's for ducks. I use #2 Hevi-Steel for geese or #2 black cloud snow goose loads for geese.
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September 29, 2011, 05:17:28 PM »
3" #2's for ducks seems to work well folding them for me. I try to stay consistent with speed and usually buy in the 1500-1560 FPS range.
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I am more limited as I use a 20ga because of shoulder injury and a total shoulder replacement. For ducks I use Kent® Fasteel™ #2, 3, 4. If Kent® Fasteel™ is not available I use Federal® BlackCloud® #2, 4. For geese I have several boxes of the discontinued Federal® Ulra-Shok #1 steel, and Hevi•Shot® #2. I limit my shots to <45yds and kill just as many ducks & geese as I ever did with a 12ga.
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September 30, 2011, 07:11:59 AM »
Larger shot size is easier to find in the duck breasts. Less likely of breaking a tooth. I shot a few boxes of #4 and so far have found 3 or 4 pellets in my pepperoni sticks. They were all the smaller shot size. I had thought I done a good job and throughally removed all the shot.
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September 30, 2011, 07:27:50 AM »
I’ve settled on #2 for ducks & pheasants and BB for geese. I will use #4 if there are a lot of teal around, I just know the teal are flying through the holes in my pattern, I can’t possibly be missing them.
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I like shooting #2's. I think its a good all purpose load.
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Quote from: vandeman17 on September 29, 2011, 02:16:08 PM
I use 3's or 4's for ducks and 2's of bb's for geese.
Same here. 4's for dekes, 3's to back up or 3's for jump shooting if it's a more open area.
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