Hunting with a skeet choke

[benelli-banger]

I try to approach these threads as though we were all sitting around the kitchen table in the hunting shack after a good day afield and drinking a beer and bs'ng about the day...including shells, chokes, dogs, guns, good shots, bad shots, great dog work, etc...bottom line, the tone is upbeat, positive, team-oriented, etc...we are a pretty small group, really, and should treat each other as though we are members in the same "virtual" hunting camp...now, if some anti-hunter types try and hijack this forum, things will change! We all share alot of similarities, more than our differences for sure. And, we all have unique points of view that are valid, and experiences that others haven't had that contribute towards our knowledge and viewpoint. I doubt that there are any jerks hanging out here, but it is easy to misinterpret certain messages when we can't receive the whole message--facial expression, tone of voice, etc...we are only getting about 1/2 of what is really being communicated, so it is easy to overreact. Blah, blah, blah...just got back from working my 9 month old female yellow lab...she has lots of "go", I just hope I have the patience and smarts to deal with her! Nice not having much snow on the ground...rare for Duluth, Mn...got a 16 mile walk in yesterday even! Atoning for some of my recent sins of overindulgence...how'd all that beer get in my fridge????? and down my throat?????:cheers:

 

[Live2Hunt]

If I am going to preach or pound my chest or implore the readers of this forum to do anything it will be to join PF, or do something to help the birds from a conservation perspective...shoot what gun you want, what choke you want, what gauge you want, hunt with as small or as big a group that you want, use whatever breed of dog you want...we will more than likely never meet, much less hunt together, but if you have the ability to do something, anything, to influence habitat, please do it.

Wonderful post benelli-banger. Everyone on this forum shares at least one common thing. The love of hunting Pheasants.

 

[birdshooter]

Originally Posted by onpoint View Post
If you don't anchor those birds with several good hits to the vitals/bones. They immediately become a track star that can out run/hide from nearly anything.

cracks me up- 2 shots to anchor- must not be a very good pattern

Shadow I could be wrong, but I don't think that is what Onpoint was referring too. Unless I'm mistaken I read it to be a couple good hits (as in pellets) to the vitals/bones not two shots.

Correct me if I'm wrong though Onpoint...

 

[SetterNut]

...I really don't know why we can't all share this without it turning into a pissing match every time.

Drinking leaves you well armed for a pissing match, and bolsters the confidence

Most of the stuff we post about here is not rocket science, and some of it there is no right or wrong answer.

There are a lot of different birds, cover types, dogs and styles that are different than what each of us get exposed to. So don't think that something that is different from what you do is wrong or crazy. There is more than one way to skin a cat.

 

[wisturkeyhunter]

I use cylinder and skeet chokes for grouse and woodcock they aren't going to fly through a pattern of 7.5's with a skeet choke at the close ranges in the thick woods I find them in. They aren't as hard to kill as pheasants not even close. Although I've killed them with tighter and wouldn't care of I had to use something tighter.

For pheasants I don't see the point. Light modified most the time. You have more time to shoot a pheasant and a lot more likely to get a far shot. I can hit the majority of the pheasants I shoot at 40 so a little tighter choke makes sense. I used a improved modified some this year and there was times I'm glad I had it. Plus pheasants are much harder to kill. Why limit your self to a 30 yard when hunting in the open?

Tighter chokes don't limit you, open chokes do.

 

[onpoint]

Shadow I could be wrong, but I don't think that is what Onpoint was referring too. Unless I'm mistaken I read it to be a couple good hits (as in pellets) to the vitals/bones not two shots.

Correct me if I'm wrong though Onpoint...

Correct Sir!

 

[Rooster Roaster]

I use cylinder and skeet chokes for grouse and woodcock they aren't going to fly through a pattern of 7.5's with a skeet choke at the close ranges in the thick woods I find them in. They aren't as hard to kill as pheasants not even close. Although I've killed them with tighter and wouldn't care of I had to use something tighter.

For pheasants I don't see the point. Light modified most the time. You have more time to shoot a pheasant and a lot more likely to get a far shot. I can hit the majority of the pheasants I shoot at 40 so a little tighter choke makes sense. I used a improved modified some this year and there was times I'm glad I had it. Plus pheasants are much harder to kill. Why limit your self to a 30 yard when hunting in the open?

Tighter chokes don't limit you, open chokes do.

Well said. I like IC/IM in my two barrel guns, and a straight mod in my single barrels. To each their own.