wondering what choke you guys use for woodcock, geese, and pheasant and what size barrel you are using with it.
thanks in advance.
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wondering what choke you guys use for woodcock, geese, and pheasant and what size barrel you are using with it.
thanks in advance.
I use a full or modified choke in my 12 gauge Mossberg 3" pump 28" barrel I believe... I do hunt over geese decoys in the fields so my modified choke usually gets the call.
hard to beat a good modified choke for everything. Also a 28" barrel will tackle anything you will come by in Ontario. Also good for resale value if you decide to go another directions in the future.
Improved cyclinder for all three. Hunt woodcock and pheasant with the dogs and kicking them up myself so shots are close. Geese are shot over decooys and steele shoot tight anyways.
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Originally Posted by fratri
very interesting , wondering if you guys have tried any thing less constricted (choke wise)? and results?Quote:
Originally Posted by boilerguy2412
Using lead shot, cylinder/skeet for woodcock and grouse, tightening to improved cylinder and modified for pheasant. Modified for geese as steel patterns tighter than lead. When we could hunt geese with lead I shot full choke.
I typically hunt geese over water so I use an extended full choke made for steel shot as they are more often a passing shot within 25 yards I find it really knocks them down hard or misses them completely. I never really use anything more open than IC for anything else I hunt.
Ic or skeet for upland depending on landscape ic for waterfowl over decoys mod if shooting traffic
Mod choke in a 28 “ barrel for field shooting geese over silhouette decoys, with 3 1/2” Blind Side ammo - no cripples with this setup!
Hunting high flying Geese,I use my Remington 870 Wingmaster 28" 12ga full choke. For ducks over dekes ,I use modified and for upland 20ga O/U mod in top barrel,IC in the bottom.
I use a modified choke exclusively for waterfowl. I shoot a Benelli SBE II, and use 3" steel ammo, shot size varies depending on ducks vs. geese, and early vs, late season. I use a different gun ( guns) for upland.
Patternmaster Long Range for ducks and geese always. It’s a wad stripping choke, but patterns similar to an IM or Full.
Everything else you mentioned gets IC or MOD depending on the situation.
-N.
Briley or Carlson extended in Improved Mod. I have one for the 12ga premier and both 20's (BPS & SA-08).
Thanks all for the input! So if I'm hunting geese no decoys over either a cut corn field or infront of a swamp in a field what would you recommend?
Sorry for the noob question, thus will be my first bird hunting season.
My dad hasn't went for ducks/birds since we were still allowed to use lead so hes a noob to this as well now.
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Why wouldn't you use decoys in a cut field?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bowjob
Slap a modified choke in there and leave it. It'll cover all your bases.
-N.
mainly because i dont have any and because im not ready to spend 400$ plus on decoys right now haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sprite
with some of the silo decoy prices these days you can get a good enough decoy spread for $220 + tax from Pat at CWS. If you were looking to buy another chokes just use the money from the choke on the decoys. Will lead to much better success.
Also shooting upland birds and waterfowl are very different situations. Depending on what gun you have they usually come with interchangeable chokes. I.C. for upland - Mod. for waterfowl. That is always the general rule.
I think sometimes people like to spend there money on the "flashy" and newest thing but if you spend your money on the basics will like pay off more.
Don't worry about the newbie questions. We were all there at one point. Even the so called best of the best started out somewhere at sometime and had no idea what they were doing.
Like Boilerguy said, invest your money into decoys. You can pick up a dozen or two used decoys on Kijiji for cheap, or do what he suggested and pick up a few dozen silhouettes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bowjob
I run a 100% silhouette spread these days -- they work.
-N.
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Originally Posted by boilerguy2412
thanks both of ya that was great information as well apricate that !Quote:
Originally Posted by Sprite
White rock Silhouette decoys are currently on sale at cabelas . Bought 2 dozen and had my doubts but they brought them in yesterday. Would buy them again at the sale price. Used a modified choke on my Winchester SX4.
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i was using the extended full choke for a while and switched back to mod. i tend to kill more ducks and geese that way
Put out an invite for a hunt ? Price ? Bring decoys ! Lots of guys with gear but no fields to use them in.
Hello Guys,
Pat at Canadian Waterfowl Supplies in Scotland (Ontario) usually has several types of Canada Geese decoys on sale for the "Black Friday" sale (Friday after the US Thanksgiving) ... if I remember correctly ... if not then he definitely has them on sale at other times of the year. Check out his web page for more options.
Jerome
Ouu ill have to check basspro to see if they have them, if not I might make the drive to barrie tomorrow then thanks a bunch!
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You can make some silhouette decoys out of wood or stiff cardboard.
I have some templates I can email you, print them off, each one will print into many pages, then put them together like a puzzle on to cardboard, take the cardboard template and trace onto thin plywood.
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Originally Posted by Bowjob
Just went to basspro and picked up a half dozen Higdon outdoors decoy pack. Was 130 bucks with tax. They didn't have the silhouettes in stock so I went with those. They look great actually im impressed. Hopefully I have some luck next time out! I appreciate all the info guys!
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