Some things I want to clarify. I was simply asking this question:
If you have 2 chokes paired with a particular shell, and they give an identical spread at 10, 20, and 30 yards; would you choose the choke that gives you 90+ pellets in a 30 inch circle at 40 yards and less than 10 outside that circle, or the one that gives an even spread across a much larger area as long as there aren't any gaps for the duck to fly through? The bat versus racket analogy was excellent. Very few people have actually given an opinion on which they would choose.
This doesn't mean I'm a skybuster. This doesn't mean I don't give ducks a chance to decoy. This doesn't mean I empty a box of shells in 5 minutes. It doesn't mean I don't scout and can't get within 40 yards of ducks. It doesn't mean I don't practice at the range.
What it does mean is that I've found that I've been over choking my gun and ruining the spread. It does mean I'm trying to tweak my setup to get as much as I can out of it. It does mean that I've been trained to shoot as tight of a pattern out of a shotgun at all times but maybe that's allowing some birds to skate had I opened it up some.
Lastly, I've got my load/choke combo figured out for 10 to 40 yards on wood ducks with the 4's. I was merely interested in seeing what the gun would do with that setup in #2's when the geese came and they are typically a lot closer than 40 yards. No harm in knowing what's going on downrange.
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