hedge Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 My turn. I have been told that if you are shooting the front end of the bird then most carts should do the job. Personally I am putting 29g 6's through my semi with 3/4 choke. Been shooting a lot of crows recently and find it works better on them. Harder (more effective kills) and also having to take shots at 35-40 yards on a regular basis. My Hatsan seems to shoot well at range. My confidence has been boosted by being able to shoot birds further away than 25 yards. We would all love to decoy birds to 25 yards but not always possible so being able to shoot at range does help. Yes, it's pest control - the landowner is looking at headcount not sportsmanship. I would love to be sporting with all targets but with some permissions you can't pick and choose. I did think that 30g+ was the way forward but now feel that shot size has a greater impact on my success than load count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 My turn. I have been told that if you are shooting the front end of the bird then most carts should do the job. Personally I am putting 29g 6's through my semi with 3/4 choke. Been shooting a lot of crows recently and find it works better on them. Harder (more effective kills) and also having to take shots at 35-40 yards on a regular basis. My Hatsan seems to shoot well at range. My confidence has been boosted by being able to shoot birds further away than 25 yards. We would all love to decoy birds to 25 yards but not always possible so being able to shoot at range does help. Yes, it's pest control - the landowner is looking at headcount not sportsmanship. I would love to be sporting with all targets but with some permissions you can't pick and choose. I did think that 30g+ was the way forward but now feel that shot size has a greater impact on my success than load count. Accurate shot placement has the most impact on success, shot size and load are slightly less important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick 684 Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 1/2 and full with 30gm 6.. clear pigeon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 Accurate shot placement has the most impact on success, shot size and load are slightly less important. Of course the shot has to be in the right place but using a clay shell because it is cheap does nothing for success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 (edited) Of course the shot has to be in the right place but using a clay shell because it is cheap does nothing for success. The point i was making was that shooting a bird in the **** with a size 5 isn't going to result in as many kills as front ending a bird with a size 7. Edited June 9, 2013 by motty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tignme Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 The best of us including the great digweed need to shoot pigeons on the perimiter of our pattern to build a bag. If the likes of Andy Crow only shoots to front n side his bag is less, he shoots and watchs 360 degrees and shoots out to 60/70 yds and is very sucessful, just like me.lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCat Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Cyl and a quarter for me everytime with 30g 6 or 7 shells, fine out to 40 yards and I haven't noticed a difference apart from being harder to hit with tighter chokes. Every gun and shell combo is differnt so test your pattern, cardboard boxes are good for this if you can get one big enough. My farmer friend uses full and full with no.5. Shot and swears by it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the pigeon man Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 (edited) Quarter in both use it for clays game pigeon crows no problems Edited July 9, 2013 by the pigeon man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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