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08-10-2025, 02:22 PM
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Correct choke selection for woodchucks would be R1 in the left barrel (Rodentia 1= VERY full choke) and R 2 Rodentia 2 = CYL or IC in the right barrel. Left barrel fired first to concentrate shot at the given distance usually encountered (c. 25 yds. or less); Right barrel at point blank range in case it charges. No velocity is too high and no shot size is too large for these bruisers! Similar to when felling a tree, have your escape path clear ahead of time.
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08-10-2025, 02:31 PM
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And have a Colt double action .450 at the ready in case he launches up onto the elephant you’re riding.
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08-10-2025, 09:56 PM
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No wind due to the pines and downed trees, 204 Ruger for Woodchucks. Skeet and Improved Cylinder for Woodcock.
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08-11-2025, 02:24 PM
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Woodcocks thanks
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08-12-2025, 11:22 AM
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The few I have found in South Georgia get up and go! Tell him to wear snake boots. Mod and full in the wet timber.
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08-12-2025, 12:48 PM
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If hunting in New England then I agree with Dean and others. Especially at the beginning of the season when the foliage is on you need to get the shot off quick and at close range. A tight choke will blow up the bird at such ranges.
Where I have shot woodcock in SC on the GA border I find the woodcock in much more open covert and thus whatever choke you like at longer ranges is good up to full. But I'm new down here and have a lot to learn... |
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08-12-2025, 01:36 PM
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My best woodcock gun is a 16g VH on an 0 frame 26" choked Cylinder/Skeet
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08-13-2025, 07:32 AM
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The places I hunt woodcock require fairly open constriction for the first shot and maybe a bit more for a follow-up. I use my Philly Sterlingworth Ejector 20 ga. with 28" barrels and the chokes are .006"R and .016"L. Works very well for 'doodles and also quail.
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