20 vs waterfowel

[10 bore]

Originally Posted by Jeff Christie

It seems to me to be asking a lot of a 20ga with at most maybe 7/8 oz of 4s to reliably kill a 10+ pound heavily feathered fat coated big boned bird at 35 plus yards. Yes there is the dramatic head shot but absent that crippled geese is the expected result. Feet down, flaps down, cupped wings in your face at 15 yards-yes; otherwise 35 or more I believe we owe a noble bird a bit more respect. Others may well differ.

I do agree, not my go to goose gun, but i have killed more geese with my 20 ga per shot than my 10 ga or 12ga. So i guess what i am saying is i take high percentage shots at geese when i am duck hunting with my 20 and happen to have geese passing by. I shoot lots of test patterns with my guns and found 7/8ths oz bismuth and lead 6s work the best out of my 20 ga i dont hold geese more noble than an other bird i hunt. I try my best to use the wright gun and shot size needed to do the job. Some time a opertunity happens and you have a choise to shoot or not. We have all lost birds and it sucks to do. I have done this duck hunting thing for a few years now and killed lots of waterfowl with my 20s and will continue to do so until my body tells me i am done
Scott