I grew up during the lead shot days. Early steel and our hard core thoughts of full choke were not a great combo. Over the years I've shot a bit of everything and for decoying ducks I've found that 3" Win. Supreme #2's (12ga.) and a Briley skeet tube in my Benelli SBE is about as good as it gets.
I spent yesterday watching a dozen people shoot at 40+ yd ducks in a moderate breeze. It is amazing how much shooting for so few ducks collected for the day. Lots of those ducks surely were hit, many probably fatally. My question is what are people using for passing ducks? I don't often shoot ducks that way but I'd like to know what to try if need be.
I hate to see anything shot that is not cleanly killed, I'd like to do my best-I have no doubt it gets done. I have patterened steel #2's and BB's at 40yds and it's not pretty.
