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Post by greghopper on Sept 2, 2024 17:49:23 GMT -5
I got out last 2 mornings. Different spots Day 1 was 26 between 3 of us. Day 2 was 15 between 2 of us. Day 2 was much more comfortable! Any bands? |
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Post by duff on Sept 2, 2024 18:17:52 GMT -5
I got out last 2 mornings. Different spots Day 1 was 26 between 3 of us. Day 2 was 15 between 2 of us. Day 2 was much more comfortable! Any bands? Not that I saw. My guess we would overlook them. I know a few guys who have killed banded doves. Every one they were banded on same property that they were killed. I would be interested in seeing the info on band recoveries. I am sure they get some good distance on them. |
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Post by BigJLocke on Sept 2, 2024 19:15:28 GMT -5
We got out there today and had a great spot in front of the cut sun flowers and I have a few take aways on the whole thing. There were enough birds that my son and I each got a few shots off on birds (mine were better aimed haha). There was probably about an hour between birds, usually singles, would give you a chance. If it hadn’t been an organized thing, I could see the roost trees on the far side of the field and could have been on way more birds, but still a really fun time.
I have to ask though, does anyone have trouble killing birds with steel shot? We ended up with a single dove, but only because at least three of them were hit, blew feathers off of them, and flew away like nothing happened. Piles of dove feathers in the field, but no body.
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Post by duff on Sept 2, 2024 20:41:36 GMT -5
Happens with lead too. Steel kills them good. They do shed feathers easy too. One reason why experts don't suggest using them for dog training
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Post by esshup on Sept 4, 2024 17:43:06 GMT -5
I have to ask though, does anyone have trouble killing birds with steel shot? We ended up with a single dove, but only because at least three of them were hit, blew feathers off of them, and flew away like nothing happened. Piles of dove feathers in the field, but no body. I can't stress enough that people need to pattern their shotgun on paper at the distance and with the same choke that they are planning on shooting birds at, with the SAME shells that they will be hunting at. Just changing shot size will change the percentage of hits in a pattern. I'm not just talking about the number of pellets in a 30" circle, but the percentage of pellets that are in that circle. I have done a LOT of pattern work with shotguns, and I still find it amazing that 2 shotguns from the same mfg, with the same chokes (say modified) from the same mfg will pattern the exact same shell differently. Shot size matters too, my Browning O/U will pattern #6 shot tighter when shot through a light full choke than either a full or extra full choke at the same distance. The pellet hit percentage increased tremendously when switching to # 7 1/2 shot and increased even more with #8 shot. |
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