Matt, a dog would reduce the lost birds by probabl 70%. Now I am not saying if you get a dog that you send the on a 100 yard retrieve in tall grass. But if anything falls with in 50 yards or on the few yards outside a pond a good dog should have no problem picking up the ducks. If we didn't have dogs on our lease we would lose a lot of ducks. As for chokes if you buy one go with pattern master mid range good up to 50 yards. Just my 2 cents trying to help.
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