Found ducks now what?

[The Duck Hammer]

What are you using for shells...length, shot size, how heavy, velocity?

2 3/4 Remington sportsman steel will drop jumped ducks like rain. Shells aren't the important part, getting used to that style of hunting is what gets ya.


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[realunlucky]

What are you using for shells...length, shot size, how heavy, velocity?

2 3/4 Remington sportsman steel will drop jumped ducks like rain. Shells aren't the important part, getting used to that style of hunting is what gets ya.


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I'm using the sportsman's with a Winchester97 full choke. I'd use better shells but they need to low end velocity because gun is a classic. Using 4 shot because its old steel barrel with full choke and I'm not sure if 2 would work

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[NuffDaddy]

That's all you need. The full choke is probably what's making it tough on you. Probably have a overly dense pattern for the close shots.

[realunlucky]

If they are flying directly away you should still be leading them correct

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[The Duck Hammer]

If they are flying directly away you should still be leading them correct

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You almost always have to lead 'em. You'll have to shoot over their heads, so you'll be blocking them out with your barrel before you shoot.

[NuffDaddy]

How much prior wing shooting experience do you have?

[realunlucky]

Not much unfortunately

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[assateague]

I will say this- if you do waterswat (I do, nothing wrong with it in my book), cover the bird up with the barrel. If you can see the bird, you're gonna shoot low. In my experience, this also applies to anything coming right at you or right away from you, as well. Don't put the bead on the target, or you'll go low.

Again, just my experience. Nothing scientific behind it, as far as I know.

[NuffDaddy]

If I blot em, I hit high. Just above my bead seems to be center of my pattern. Just another reason to pattern your gun.

[The Duck Hammer]

If I blot em, I hit high. Just above my bead seems to be center of my pattern. Just another reason to pattern your gun.

I have only patterned my gun one time and that was for turkey loads, probably should do it. I know my Nova would throw terrible patterns sometimes by watching the water when I was swatting.

[NuffDaddy]

If I blot em, I hit high. Just above my bead seems to be center of my pattern. Just another reason to pattern your gun.

I have only patterned my gun one time and that was for turkey loads, probably should do it. I know my Nova would throw terrible patterns sometimes by watching the water when I was swatting.

As long as your happy with how it kills ducks, I wouldn't worry.

[The Duck Hammer]

If I blot em, I hit high. Just above my bead seems to be center of my pattern. Just another reason to pattern your gun.

I have only patterned my gun one time and that was for turkey loads, probably should do it. I know my Nova would throw terrible patterns sometimes by watching the water when I was swatting.

As long as your happy with how it kills ducks, I wouldn't worry.

It was an interesting deal with the turkey loads. A factory full choke for an A5 will throw about a 6-8" pattern at 20 yards. I wasn't expecting the recoil from a turkey load either, almost put me on my ass.

[NuffDaddy]

If I blot em, I hit high. Just above my bead seems to be center of my pattern. Just another reason to pattern your gun.

I have only patterned my gun one time and that was for turkey loads, probably should do it. I know my Nova would throw terrible patterns sometimes by watching the water when I was swatting.

As long as your happy with how it kills ducks, I wouldn't worry.

It was an interesting deal with the turkey loads. A factory full choke for an A5 will throw about a 6-8" pattern at 20 yards. I wasn't expecting the recoil from a turkey load either, almost put me on my ass.

2oz of lead hurts. I actually tipped over the first time I shot one.

[The Duck Hammer]

If I blot em, I hit high. Just above my bead seems to be center of my pattern. Just another reason to pattern your gun.

I have only patterned my gun one time and that was for turkey loads, probably should do it. I know my Nova would throw terrible patterns sometimes by watching the water when I was swatting.

As long as your happy with how it kills ducks, I wouldn't worry.

It was an interesting deal with the turkey loads. A factory full choke for an A5 will throw about a 6-8" pattern at 20 yards. I wasn't expecting the recoil from a turkey load either, almost put me on my ass.

2oz of lead hurts. I actually tipped over the first time I shot one.

I weigh 250 and it pushed me back onto one leg. Seriously thought I was going down.

[NuffDaddy]

[quote="NuffDaddy"]If I blot em, I hit high. Just above my bead seems to be center of my pattern. Just another reason to pattern your gun.

I have only patterned my gun one time and that was for turkey loads, probably should do it. I know my Nova would throw terrible patterns sometimes by watching the water when I was swatting.

As long as your happy with how it kills ducks, I wouldn't worry.

It was an interesting deal with the turkey loads. A factory full choke for an A5 will throw about a 6-8" pattern at 20 yards. I wasn't expecting the recoil from a turkey load either, almost put me on my ass.

2oz of lead hurts. I actually tipped over the first time I shot one.

I weigh 250 and it pushed me back onto one leg. Seriously thought I was going down.[/quote]
I was about 100 pounds and sitting on the ground. Laid me right out on my back.

[realunlucky]

I will say this- if you do waterswat (I do, nothing wrong with it in my book), cover the bird up with the barrel. If you can see the bird, you're gonna shoot low. In my experience, this also applies to anything coming right at you or right away from you, as well. Don't put the bead on the target, or you'll go low.

Again, just my experience. Nothing scientific behind it, as far as I know.

yes I think I was shooting behind them every time. I jumped some at ten yards and emptied all three rounds and not even a feather nor did they adjust course just laughed and left a farewell shit souvenir

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[The Duck Hammer]

I will say this- if you do waterswat (I do, nothing wrong with it in my book), cover the bird up with the barrel. If you can see the bird, you're gonna shoot low. In my experience, this also applies to anything coming right at you or right away from you, as well. Don't put the bead on the target, or you'll go low.

Again, just my experience. Nothing scientific behind it, as far as I know.

yes I think I was shooting behind them every time. I jumped some at ten yards and emptied all three rounds and not even a feather nor did they adjust course just laughed and left a farewell shit souvenir

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Your choke was too tight to hit it and if you had you probably would have blown it to hell. Depending on where they are when you jump em, its sometimes best to let them get some distance.

[Slingshot]

Get on a few good diver hunts and your jump shooting , and your flutter duck shooting will improve.