I like a heavy load for waterfowl, but I'm prone to shoot at them a little further than 35 yards at times.
A friend and I do some nuisance shooting on a farm down south and sometimes the birds are very high. When you get in the groove you can kill them 70 yards plus with the right gun and load.
When I'm doing this kind of work, I either use the Parker 10 gauge magnum with 2 ounces or an Ithaca Mag 10 with 2 1/4 ounces. Just depends on how many rounds I think I'm going to have to shoot in a days time. The Parker is mighty hard on the shoulder even with the 2 ounce shells. The Mag 10 will kill them further than the Parker I'm sad to say, and is much easier on the body.
I'd love to take somebody down there shooting 1 1/4 of 7 1/2 and see how much damage they do.
DLH
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