Tweet
CA now has no-tox shot laws for each and every feathered critter on the wing I just found out today by doing a little Google work.
So, this complicates things for dove hunters, duck hunters and pheasant hunters alike, novice and veteran.
Should we be using the same no-tox loads for target practice at the skeet field as we would use afield? Of course, we should always pattern our guns with whatever load we plan to tote in the field.
Let's say one has a 20-ga. Benelli Nova for the uplands and dove season is a month away.
For this gun, what should we be using at the skeet field for dove practice in terms of:
-load?
-choke?
If we plan to use the proper steel dove load and choke at the dove stand for such as by Kent?
The other bothersome thing is having to change between choke tubes frequently if we were to target practice with lead and hunt with no-tox loads.
I've been told that recoil is worse with steel for the higher velocities required
so our gun is going to maybe feel different between sessions of shooting steel and sessions of shooting with lead.
So, this complicates things for dove hunters, duck hunters and pheasant hunters alike, novice and veteran.
Should we be using the same no-tox loads for target practice at the skeet field as we would use afield? Of course, we should always pattern our guns with whatever load we plan to tote in the field.
Let's say one has a 20-ga. Benelli Nova for the uplands and dove season is a month away.
For this gun, what should we be using at the skeet field for dove practice in terms of:
-load?
-choke?
If we plan to use the proper steel dove load and choke at the dove stand for such as by Kent?
The other bothersome thing is having to change between choke tubes frequently if we were to target practice with lead and hunt with no-tox loads.
I've been told that recoil is worse with steel for the higher velocities required
so our gun is going to maybe feel different between sessions of shooting steel and sessions of shooting with lead.
Comment