Shells shot and types for ducks
 

Just wondering what most of the duck hunters shoot......

I mostly hunt rice fields so during teal season I shoot 3" 1-1/4oz # 4 shot. I used to shoot same lenght and oz in #6 but Estates quit making shells a few years ago. They were great for teal.
Early in Big Duck season I shoot the same shells listed above in #3 and 4 shot. Later in the year I use 3-1/2", 1-3/8" oz #2 or #3 especially since we get some geese and the duck get decoy shy. I mostly use RIO, Winchester Xpert or Kents......

3" #3's all day long!!!

"Drop ducks like rain"

Black Cloud ALL THE WAY!! Who doesn't love paying $30 a pop for a box.

Nah jk...I like to use pretty much the same thing, Winchester 3" 1-1/4oz #4s. Only thing I hunt is marsh and kill mostly teals regardless of the time of year.

Early season, 3" #4's.
Late season, 3" #2's.

i love me some 3'' 4's

Never tried the Black Clouds.....I hate paying over 15 bucks for a box of shells.... Where I hunt, we have to sky bust too much due to all the hunting pressure so I use the cheap stuff.....:*****:

All BS aside you can get an extra 30 yards on your shots shooting BC...I was getting it for 20 in utah

3" #4 Kent or whatever I can find at our awesome walmart that ain't got **** when I'm in a bind

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: That was my demise. Started getting expensive quick.

I was thinking about getting a box or 2 to try when big duck season rolls around.....I know of a few guys that use them and feel they are worth the money.....BOTB, when I win our football bet, I will get a box with my winnings....:rotfl:

good luck with that

I know from what I heard, he must be related to "M"......:*****:

Sometimes I have trouble ejecting them

IF LSU loses...you'll get the money.

3" #2 blackcloud

During teal I shoot 2 3/4 # 6 and big ducks usually black cloud #3s r Kent #3s. I usually buy a case of black clouds and then finish the season with kents

30yds?????
I only get 27yds with BC

I use the winchester xpert #3 3" I bought some win drylok which are more expensive, only diff. is there is a different wad that keeps powder and primer dry if the loads get wet. I don't know if its worth the $5 extra. I'm thinking about buying a new shotgun, mine is getting old and I need a new choke, I really want either a real good semi-auto or a double barrel.

kent fasteel 3" #3 pretty much all i shoot

3-1/2 3's and 2's all year long

3"-#4 for teal season,then 3 1/2-#2 for the regular season. Black Clouds are really dirty,and too expensive. I prefer Kent or Winchester. Chokes make a big differance as well . I use a patternmaster extended range choke. Basically it all depends on what you can afford ,and a little field testing to see what works best for you ..

3" #3 or 3" #2

looking for the most FPS at good price...shot Kent last year.

generally shoot 3" #4 or 3 1/2" #2......never been into the diff brands of shells.

Ditto. When I hunted, I needed a lot of shells cause I hunted every day of the season. I shot what ever was cheapest. They all worked the same.
I got good deals on Estate. Some don't like them, I did. They worked just as good as Remington and Winchester.

3.5" #3 remington sportsman. Fairly priced and I have never had a problem with them I shot a little over a case last year and didn't have a hang up.

31/2" black cloud's the only box of shells i had left after this season. mainly bc i wouldnt shoot, em too expensive and im a big ole puss

3 1/2" Black Clouds with the Patternmaster Black Cloud choke. I need as much range as I can get since I mostly hunt Shell Island and Wax Lake.

I looked into the black cloud choke but at the time They didn't make one for the Vinci so I went with the medium range pattern master...I find that the pattern is too tight on the long and extended range

Anything but expert. They are cheap for a reason. If you open one up and look at the BB'S they are not all round.

3" #3 dry lok. Don't know if its true, since I don't shoot BC, but I've heard that there's actually a specific choke brand that's supposed to give optimum patterns with the BC. Heard that some chokes just sling BC like crap.

Hatin' on the X-pert's, all I shoot cause they are cheap! If you hit them they will fall, just like any other shell, the trick is to "hit them" ;)

Yeah there is one.......I believe its called Vortex.......Kick's makes them.

I bought one last year but never used it:spineyes:

My deadliest round in the old days of lead shot was #8's. Close teal didn't have a chance. Now I shoot #4's with a #2 backup. When I hunt the rice field with Fr. Gaddy, he brings two guns. His normal duck gun and a 3 1/2" goose gun with black cloud. He kills geese that I don't even bother to waste a shell on.

kents 3" # 2 with a kicks high flyer choke is a very good combo for me with my SBE II, just a little rough on the close shots but deadly for cleaning up

Patternmaster makes one also, they teamed up with Black Cloud to make the Black Cloud choke. I didn't buy the choke at first cuz I thought it was ridiculous but after having a horrible weekend of hunting I went buy the choke. My next hunt I shot the original choke for a while then switched to the Patternmaster black cloud choke and it was like night and day. With my original choke in the spread was horrible but it was damn near perfect with the Patternmaster in. The original choke shoots a great pattern with any other shells, just not the black clouds.

FYI, just bought a case of the RIO Blue Steel 3" 1-1/4OZ # 4 at Cabela's for 98 bucks with tax....I shot them last year and they seemed like good shells.....Also, they have them in #2 and #3 shot.

Estate Shells
 

Cajun Fastmart on Hwy. 27 in Carlyss has Estate Shells. Charley (the owner) said that Estate shells were hard to get last year, but he has a good selection this year and will be getting in more.

I used black clouds also with regular chokes and hated them..I only shoot kent's 3'' #4's & #2's...I have a patternmaster now I wonder if the regular patternmaster will work better now with BC's??? mine is a medium range PM..

The choke I was using was a Patternmaster but not the Black Cloud one. You could tell there was a difference between the Black Clouds and Dryloks.

soooo...to get the full affect of the black clouds I need a different patternmaster choke, if so I think ill just save my money i had real good results with the kents and my regular PM choke last season

Yea pretty much.

ill stick with my cheap kents and an occasional dud and be happy..

I bought one of the new foiles strait heat chokes at the end of last season. So far so good

Been hunting Kents for 3 yrs and never a dud!

last season was my first year to use them and would get at least 1 a box or 2 sometimes but no biggie for the price most of them I got free from a guide

Maybe that's why he gave them to you???? Lol I love them.

oh well... FREE probly would missed with that shot anyways haha, I handle my own but not the best shot out there:D

shells
 

I use Kent 2 3/4 # 6 for teal season then go to Kent 3" # 4 for the regular season. I like the #6 cause you get lots of BB's for those fast sailers and you can really knock up down at 140fps

shells
 

that is 1400 fps

Estate 3inch 1 3/8 #4 shot. I used to only shoot #6 but they are hard to find now. I loved 6 shot for all sized ducks. I am not a fan of black cloud. They dont shoot good out of my extended choke. Thats just my opinion. Ive had customers with the black cloud choke and shells and could fold them a ways out. They are just not for me. Had some buddies with blown out barrels shooting xpert. So i dont buy those either. Had plenty of duds in the remington sportsman shells too. Havent had a problem with Estate. Been shooting them for years. When u shooting a 1500 dollar gun buying a shell that cost a little more that will fire everytime are better than having to buy a new barrel.