Favorite steel shot
 

Well trying to get ready for the upcoming duck season, and started assessing my ammunition supply. Looks like I'll be needing some more. So, with my new shotgun, figured I might start looking into picking up something different than what I've used in the past. I was somewhat limited by the old A-5 I was using, but with my new 887, I'm free to choose. Still gonna stick to 2 3/4 or 3 inch though. I've just always had the personal belief that 3 1/2 is over kill for ducks.

So what is your favorite 2 3/4 or 3 for ducks and teal?

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I use 3" #3 Estate. I used to shoot Kent but they went up in price a couple years ago

3 inch Remington Sportsman

Blackcloud #2

Kent 3 in 3's 1 1/8 oz. speed kills

blackcloud is a beast. #4 for teal #2 for everything else.

#4 Remington sportsman or federal for teal season, #3 Blackcloud for big duck season. Started using the black cloud and kinda doubted it for a minute, until I made a few shots that really proved what its capable of. I would use it for teal season but have no need to, usually got em about 10-15yds in from of me in the decoys.
Guess its time to stock up bc teal season will be here before we know it!

the last few years they have been having a tax free ammo weekend in september. I usually buy a case then. It saves me about 10-15 dollars per case, which is kind of like getting a box of shells free.

3" #6 if you can find them

3" 1-1/4 #6 for teal season and early part of duck season since we shot a lot of teal the first few weeks. Later in the season, shooting more bigger ducks 3" 1-1/4" oz #4 or #3.

Whatever is cheapest. And last few years that has been rios. I find #4s an all around good shot. I duck and goose hunt with 4s. 2-3/4" or 3" doesn't really matter. Teal and timber huntjng I shoot low brass 7s.

I tried Federals last year and they were junk. Very dirty shells. Lots of unburned cold powder and carbon residue. Think ima try something different this year

I used to shoot a lot of Winchester xperts and they dirty but now I use kent 3" #2 and preferably use 1 3/8 oz and love them. I started to use rios too and haven't had any complaints. I'm gonna pick up some 2 3/4 #4 for teal season for cheaper than any other shell that's worth shooting. For the cost of those expensive shells you can shoot double the shells at the same price and get more out your money.

Rio has a new bismuth round this year. Anyone shoot any yet?

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This is a great idea. It just so happens when teal season comes up everyone goes out and buys ammo last minute, sometimes I have a hard time finding the exact shells I want.

Estate. Had better luck with them than Remington and Federal.

my vote is estate or kents cause they cheap...dont waste your money on all the "new best thing since sliced bread shells" spend your money on a quality choke and them cheap azz shells will perform just as good.


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You know how I do Smalls...
 

Whatever fits in that Beretta!!!!! :smokin: Never had a problem with cheap or free shells. If they burn dirty I have a rag and some oil to clean my gun with. Attached is the weapon that really makes my hunt much better. Good ol black hound. Oh, and a patternmaster choke makes those "cheap and free shells" crunch a few more birds if you put it on them like I do haha.

I'll be Potlickin your hole in November.

We stopped shooting the estates. In our group 6-guys, we have had the brass break off the hull. Leaving the hull still in the gun. A couple times were not able to get hull out until back at the camp. Year before last and last year. Kent and rios starting last year, no problems.

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As much as I duck hunt, I try and buy the cheapest available. I have never had issues with either. Usually Xpert or Sportsman. 2 3/4 for teal #4 or 6 and 3" for big ducks #3 or 4. Shoot Kent a good bit when I'm at the camp for a few days and run out cause that's what they carry at Billy's in PI for the low price of $20/box for 3" 4s. :rolleyes: Crooks! Sometimes Billy's has Kent "Teal Steel" which is a 3" #6 I use to shoot big ducks. It's about $4-5 cheaper per box.

I can tell you I had no better luck with the expensive stuff last year.

Come on. Bring that black hound of yours. More the merrier

3" no 6 estate for teal and big ducks. Have killed geese with them also. For a average shooter more pellets is better then less and bigger pellets

Rio shoots the best for the money

Anything but estate and the cheap winchester shells. I have also seen the brass break off a lot on the estates. Whatever you do pick, stick with it.

I've had the brass pull off of a lot of shells. Almost all of it was from the shell gettin wet and swelling. But it was much more frequent with the cheap shells with bad primer seals and poor crimps.

Estates fresh out the box and dry... Happened to many times. Not normal. Charlie at Cajun fast Mart had several come in that had bought them there, let him know that they had problems. 1 every once in a while is something different than this..

I don't think I've ever heard of Rio before. May have to try that out.

Yeah I know how you do. Where's the invite fool? lmao.

Good thing I know where that hole is yeah? :smokin:

lmao, BOOM! Can't be any worse that that spot in Sabine we hunted man. Want to get me a little pirogue built so hunting there will be easier, but I don't know if I will this year.

Sabine has NO ducks at all!!

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lmao. Hye, what you call no ducks, I call dinner.....lmao!

I know exactly where that spot is. It is actually 3 ponds that are seperated by some grass but it used to be one big pond. The middle pond is a killer. I used to smoke the greys in there with a few mallards and teal mixed in. It was a great hole. Greys would come from way up and just bomb in wanting the pond big time. It was the easiest duck hunting in the world. About 15 yards of grass to walk through then you were in the pond. I even had a small boat I would leave out there and we would load all our **** in it and go across the pond to the south side of it cuz thats where the ducks would always want to go. We used to hunt every day the reserve was open. Then a bunch of clowns heard all our shots and started boom scouting. Next thing I know, they started beating me there. Must have been getting there before 4am cuz we werent far from 4 am when we got there. I hunted one of the holes next to it since I got beat to the good hole and what I saw was devastating. Ducks wanting that south side of the pond and these yahoos are set up on the east side shooting them at 100 yards instead of just moving to the spot the birds wanted to go. They would cripple 1 or 2 from every other flock. I said thats it I'm done with this circus, I'll go to my other spot that aint as good. Whenever I would pass that hole, there would be about 4 boats parked in it like there was a sign saying "come bang Jennifer Anniston". Boats would flock to this hole. Your boat doesn't look like one of the boats that was there when I quit hunting it. I remember the main boat had a Mega 25 on it. It was always there. Those jackasses even poured water in my buddys gas tank because he beat them to the hole we had been hunting in the first place.

Ah the joys of Public Land hunting. They should allow the public, not jack***es.

Tell me bout it. I gotta race a guy to my hole in Sabine in the morning, and his boat does 65 mph.

feel your pain man. I respect others when hunting that place but some people "own" it all. Just a thought though, maybe don't put a map with an "x" over the spot. Its not a secret spot but it'll keep the potlickers and web hunters at bay. I haven't had anyone mess with me there yet. This year wasn't that great so I spent a lot of time in Sabine and did ok. Hopefully I can find some more good holes that produce. Good luck