[quote=battue]There is a significant difference between often successful and consistently successful. There is a difference between stoned dead and crippled dead. However, your vote for sk II at 50 yards is noted.[/quote

Note first that I'm speaking of nongame birds. Crows, black birds , and cow birds. I call often successful as 50%, consistently at 70%. My opinion. There are no cripples on crows. Any bird that hits the ground if no dead from shot will be dead from the hawks, foxes, or coyotes within minutes as they also respond to the caller.

Games birds are different. I still use SKII. I use 7 1/2s, 7s when I could find them, for small birds (quail and dove). 8s lose penetration quickly beyond 30 yards. If I had laser ranging vision I would limit my shots on game birds to an absolute 40 yards.

I suspect you also have a great Dog.

Last edited by websterparish47; 03/21/19.