MOwaterfowler

full, at 25 the targets can be 40-50 yards befor you know it. preferable a extended choke with a parralell section. defintly patten though, i like the 1 target 5 shots. this shows if your load is consistent. patteren at 40 yards. then decide if your factroy choke works. if not then go aftermarket.

you used to be able to use 1, now some put out huge numbers of them. i just use a air lucky. and jerk string. i still get ducks. but the guys with motorized wings will get alot of birds.

also mercury is mildly poison all kinds of epa junk to sell a gun with it included.

for decoying (in your face ducks) 2 3/4 or 3" is all you need. in #4 and 5. i never liked 6's they work but i allways eneded up with lots of pellets in the meat. the 4 and 5 seam to go through better. i will with a pump or auto toss in a 3.5" for the long last shot. if your talking decoing but 35 yards or more then all 3.5" as listed.

for the price i have seen it could be the best and i wouldn't buy it. $20+ for steel shot is crazy even if it has luttle umbrella pellets, or razor or whatever they are. I dont like to pay more then 11 for steel. and even hevi is getting mor then i think it's worth.

cut in thin strips coat in flour deep fry. hard to get simpler if they still don't like it pack it in dry ice and send it to me i'll eat it.

use the ss nothing wrong with useing what works for you i mean you could spend 1700 on a sbe2 (a real waterfowl gun) or beretta exstrema 2 for around 1500 thoes be list price. i've seen them both for a lot less even seen the ss for less then 1k. but not a issue. i use a stoeger sxs i got for 299 my bro uses a mossy 935 so really if it shoots steel and kills it dont matter.

guess it will be another bad year for me. anytime duck numbers are up my area sees less and less.

looks like you got a find and dandy place there Luis.

hevi and the other new pellts blow through a cookie sheet at 50 yards a turkey head is no prob. as allways equipment can outpace ability. shot in your range not the guns.

tungsten is hard but brittle. one or 2 shots through a choke a season should be ok. just don't go shhot a round of clays or duck hunt with it. for 20ish you can pick upa cheep hevi shot tube. honestly i can see no differenc except it's .01" more open. .675 vs. .665 in the model i like

federal flight control wads don't like ported chokes.

Get it, one can never have enough dogs just like guns. and realy you can take that 1k and put it tward pro training. dad tried to train our lab and well it just never happened. the dicipline and stamina and time required he just couldn't put in, the dog would fetch and play ball and stuff but he never liked the birds. or the guns.

trying for AABM managment hunt. rest of the states fair game might try some of the walk in only areas. atleast only real hunters and heathy people should be there. CA (WMA) behind my house. uplander white shells f/hs strut .665

one of them loose masks thats long. i can put my call and hand up under it so they can't see me calling.