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658 views 5 replies 6 participants last post by  Trout Tako 
#1 ·
I'm in.
What gun/choke/load are you using?
 
#6 ·
One quick word of caution.......

I'd steer away from chasing dove with target loads! Several years ago in prep for a 3 day dove hunt outside of madrass my buddy picked up a bunch of target loads because they were on sale & he figured 7 1/2's were 7 1/2's regardless of the lable on the box & dove are small so they ought to go down easy.

We figured out real quick that wasn't the case - on the first day we shot up the box of 7 1/2 game loads I brought first before switching to the target loads. There was a big difference in killing/knockdown power between the two. The game loads were dumping them out to 40-45 yards - with the target loads we having trouble dropping birds outside 20-25yds. We'd knock a cloud of feathers off & they'd just keep going, or they'd cripple & sail - & I was shooting a 12ga with a full or mod choke.

We went in to town & got game loads to use on the rest of the hunt.

Just my $.02
 
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