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Filling the sky with 2 1/4 oz of shot, a shot-gunner should feel embarrassed by misses!

This is hilarious! Check out the hole size in the shot column bar.




DMc : )

PS: I have no idea where you'd find hulls for reloading?


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That’s too big. Lol

I don’t like carrying a 11 lb shotgun around.
I’ll stick to my 7.3 lb gun thx.

That's why "we" get em to come to us!



I don't shoot a 10ga, but have, long ago when I was actively chasing geese. Chicken Fried Goose is the bomb, but don't let the word out, or there won't be anymore geese! I tend to go the opposite way as far as gauges go..., All the way down to .410's which I love but would never chase ducks with one. Here's a couple of my quacker guns.




DMc

Love the blind.
One of the places I waterfowl Hunt I have to walk a half mile in that’s why I don’t like carrying heavy objects but what we do is strap my buddy’s canoe to my deer cart and roll everything inside the canoe.
Makes for a much easier hike.

We have the Brazos River close by. Would take our canoes to the tail race at Possum Kingdom Lake to launch. (Well aware of portaging loaded canoes.) We'd paddle (float) 16 miles downriver to a Boy Scout ranch where one of us would park our car for the trip out. I never went further downstream, but many did float the river all the way to Waco, TX. Beautiful trip and the fishing & camping were always terrific. On a few occasions we rescued tubers that were caught in unexpected heavy water releases from the dam.

If you notice the aluminum poles behind the duck blind, this allowed the floating blind to rise and settle as water levels changed. The board on the front of the blind, facing the camera was for a 2hp outboard motor. We could disconnect the blind and motor it across the pond to accommodate for favorable winds to where other poles had been set. That's a ladder on the left side of the blind that folds down into the water for ease of access. A lot of ducks died there.

I was in Reno, NV once shooting craps. A Chinese guy was beside me. We started talking and come to find out, he owned a Chinese restaurant in Arlington, TX. Dang! He was practically my neighbor. Never paid for a meal there as long as I brought him ducks! He did love duck, and I'm sure several of his customers did too.


DMc : )

A full choke and steel shot isn't a good mix, and not just for the bulging danger. If you've been a rifle shooter all your life, wingshooting may prove to be a challenge. So give yourself every advantage with an open choke. Out to 30 yards or so, decoying range, an IC choke and steel shot will work fine. And an 870 is as good a platform as any, no need to do anything other than get a barrel for choke tubes.

Oh yeah, and do lots of practise at the skeet range.

A barrel for the 870. Or if your just wanting a new gun there are many out that are good for fowling. I use an old SBE but Beretta makes a great gas gun that helps with recoil of magnum loads as does Browning and others. Im partial to benelli and Beretta because they fit me and the quality is top notch. I'm not a fan of the new A5 nor the maxis but it's because the shape and pitch of the pistol grip and stock. The SX3 SX4 are nice and reliable.