il cacciatore Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 (edited) Wanting to know what cartridges I should be using for what quarry. Wood Pigeon Crow Duck Goose Rabbit Hare Pheasant Partridge Think thats all of them? Opinions? Cheers. Edited April 29, 2006 by il cacciatore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalway Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 (edited) . Edited September 3, 2009 by JohnGalway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilishdave Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 Wood Pigeon 6 Crow 6 Duck 5 Goose 3 Rabbit 5 Hare 3 Pheasant 5 Partridge 6 Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roe doe Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 wood pigeon #6-7 1/2 crows # 6 -7 1/2 ducks inland fe 4 ducks foreshore itm 5 pheasants -normal #6 -7 1/2 pheasant high # 4- 5 partridge # 6 - 7 1/2 geese inland - 1 geese foreshore #3 bismuth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytie Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 Wood Pigeon 6Crow 6 Duck 5 Goose 3 Rabbit 5 Hare 3 Pheasant 5 Partridge 6 Dave I agree completely with dave, but they are all sizes for lead, tungsten or hevi-shot. For goose and duck with bismuth go up a shot size, with steel 2 sizes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 Wood Pigeon 6 Crow 6 Duck 4 steel Goose 3 steel 36grms Rabbit 6 Hare 6 Pheasant 6 walk up Partridge 6 walk up all carried with me all the time no 1 winchester xxx 1- 7/8 for charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertie Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 Wanting to know what cartridges I should be using for what quarry. Wood Pigeon size 6 32g Crow size 6 32g Duck If inland and not on wetlands as i see your in scotland size 4 lead 46g if not heavy shot size 1 Goose If inland and not on wetlands as i see your in scotland size 3 lead 50g if not heavy shot size bb Rabbit size 6 32g Hare size 6 32g Pheasant size 6 32g Partridge size 7 30g Foxes Size BB 50g For geese use as heavy cartrage as your gun will take its no fun getting runners. Opinions? Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytie Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 Wanting to know what cartridges I should be using for what quarry. Wood Pigeon size 6 32g Crow size 6 32g Duck If inland and not on wetlands as i see your in scotland size 4 lead 46g if not heavy shot size 1 Goose If inland and not on wetlands as i see your in scotland size 3 lead 50g if not heavy shot size bb Rabbit size 6 32g Hare size 6 32g Pheasant size 6 32g Partridge size 7 30g Foxes Size BB 50g For geese use as heavy cartrage as your gun will take its no fun getting runners. Opinions? Cheers. Hares with size 6, you jest surely! No you can't be cos wounding hares is no joke!!!!! If you turned up to shoot hares with us using sixes, you would be given something more appropriate or sent home. Ft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il cacciatore Posted April 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 Thanks for all the replies. Will need to go down the gunstore and buy a pick and mix of cartridges. Lead: No. 1. Fox. No. 3. 50g Goose, 36g Hare. No. 4. 46g Duck. No. 5. 32g Rabbit, Pheasant. No. 6. 32g for Wood pigeon, Crow. No. 7. 30g for Partridge. HeavyShot: BB Goose No 1. Duck Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertie Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 Wanting to know what cartridges I should be using for what quarry. Wood Pigeon size 6 32g Crow size 6 32g Duck If inland and not on wetlands as i see your in scotland size 4 lead 46g if not heavy shot size 1 Goose If inland and not on wetlands as i see your in scotland size 3 lead 50g if not heavy shot size bb Rabbit size 6 32g Hare size 6 32g Pheasant size 6 32g Partridge size 7 30g Foxes Size BB 50g For geese use as heavy cartrage as your gun will take its no fun getting runners. Opinions? Cheers. Hares with size 6, you jest surely! No you can't be cos wounding hares is no joke!!!!! If you turned up to shoot hares with us using sixes, you would be given something more appropriate or sent home. Ft Not had much experience at hares as tend to leave them for courseing but maybe shot half a dozen with 6 32G and all been killed not one wounded. However if im wrong with what i previously have used i stand corrected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 Its a very ambiguous question, which is why you get differing answers. Not only is shot size relevant, but so is load weight, range of target, type of shooting, etc. I have killed stone dead every quarry species on that list (except partridge), with 35 grammes of No.6 shot. However, I wouldn't recommend it for most of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il cacciatore Posted April 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 Yeh, I know. Its just that I got some land full of hare and wasent sure of what size I should be looking at. Thought I might as well ask the opinions of the other quarry as well while I was at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 What's "Tripple A" when it is at home? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytie Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 What's "Tripple A" when it is at home? AAA is the one farmers, or their agent, can legally use on deer if they can prove they are a pest. BASC and deer society are not pro this idea. About shot size for hares, think of the bodyweight of a hare. Now what other species of that weight would you shoot with 6's, I suggest none. If you are going to shoot hares at normal ranges, ie out to 40 yards use something that will kill it not just stop it. I would suggest nothing smaller than 5's if shooting at close range so your 32g x 5's for pheasant will do at a push. If like me you are invited to a big hare shoot on the east coast and you are there to do a job and thin them out go armed accordingly, with something that will give you a clean kill time after time. I bought 36g x 3's in lead for geese and am using them up on hares so I can recommend them! I have a mate who buy's 4's specially for hares, not normally a shot size I use but is the one recommended in some books I have read, ie Gough Thomas's shotguns and cartridges and is also the one in my little BASC book. I have seen a hare with two broken front legs, blinded in both eyes and screaming. It was shot, head on at about 20 yards with 30g x 6's by the gun next to me. I saw the shot pattern all round the hare. I could not recommend that you use them Respect your quarry. Ft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilishdave Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 I have also taken both goose and Hare with 32g of 6 but I would not go out intending to shoot them with those shot size. I have also shot fox with 5s but again not delberately but the range and situation dictaded that it was a safe and humain decision to take the shot. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 I would definetly reccomend 36g of no. 4s for hares. If you are going to use heavy shot for geese than don't use bb's go for 3's or 4's. Hvei shot carries far more energy than lead so the extra shot size is not needed. Just remember that shot placement is more important than size. Cheers Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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