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Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: dannysdaddy on September 29, 2011, 12:07:23 PM

Title: shot?
Post by: dannysdaddy on September 29, 2011, 12:07:23 PM

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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Post by: jordano on 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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Post by: kckrawler on 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.  :twocents:

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Post by: Madison on September 29, 2011, 02:10:41 PM

2s for geese
anything cheap for ducks

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Post by: 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.

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Post by: terrellwa on 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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Post by: Crispy on 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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Post by: dawei on September 29, 2011, 06:57:31 PM

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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Post by: h2ofowlr on 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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Post by: CP on 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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Post by: D-Rock425 on October 01, 2011, 11:58:46 AM

I like shooting #2's.  I think its a good all purpose load.

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Post by: pjb3 on October 04, 2011, 06:41:24 PM

#2's

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Post by: lokidog on October 04, 2011, 09:07:43 PM

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.