Spring hunt, Snow Geese, shot size?

the spank said:
How many guys do you know that can consistently centre a Snow Goose's head and neck in a pattern at 40-60 yards high pasding over with who knows how many variables thrown in such as winds, shooting from a seated position, heads jinking side to side as birds scan for anything wrong below so they can book out not to mention that they are booking out full bore changing their angle all together after the first shot rings out to put as much distance bewtween them and you? Pus the average hunter leads the bird as as a whole not the head/neck especially at higher or longer ranges. Yes, pattern density is critical, very much so. I shoot as small of shot as is practicable to fill that pattern in but the nature of what you are conveying tells me first hand that if you have ever hunted spring snows your sucess rate is very low if you have had any at all as you would have a hard time folding the white devils the way spring snows are hunted. You must be "shooting" them as in jump shooting them by ambushing them and even that has very limited results especially in areas like here lacking alot of cover for you to get close to 10,000 or more pairs of prying eyes!!
Since we are both in SK we should get together this spring and try to hammer a bunch?
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Just had my first try and was very unsuccessful. For some reason farmers are grumpy and I've tried some pass shooting and after few shots I went home.
Where do you plan to hunt?
 
Rkr.....I have a few areas within 2 -15 minutes of my door in both SK and AB I can access land to hunt located next to a few large roosting areas the birds use each spring and fall. I have been seeing lots all the past week at work migrating in and I was told today by my hunting partner there are a bunch 5 minutes east of me in the area right now. Hopefully find them tomorrow after work and see if we can put a plan together for the weekend to get on them.
 
Snows have been coming in now for a week and true to form the first ones showing up are the adult birds, the breeders. Judging from the heights they are flying from roost to feeding field I'd say a German 88 Flak Gun with a shotshell load of 40lbs of 1.5" steel ball bearings should do the trick for pass shooting....or a 12 gauge loaded with #4 steel shot as was suggested earlier in the thread! :rockOn:
 
the spank said:
Snows have been coming in now for a week and true to form the first ones showing up are the adult birds, the breeders. Judging from the heights they are flying from roost to feeding field I'd say a German 88 Flak Gun with a shotshell load of 40lbs of 1.5" steel ball bearings should do the trick for pass shooting....or a 12 gauge loaded with #4 steel shot as was suggested earlier in the thread! :rockOn:
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Went out for a pass shoot this afternoon, shot 60 with 12 gauges loaded with #4 steel Win EXPERT as suggested earlier in this thread. :shotgun:



 
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