Sustained lead, swing-through or snap shoot?

MD

MD

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I am quite new to waterfowling and all my reading suggests that swing-through is the best overall method to shoot.

The last time I was out, I was lucky enough to be an a spot that offered pass shoting on snow geese and ducks, and swinging through I got a couple geese, but a mallard flew by real low and fast and without thinking, I upped and shot at him and got him. Thinking back, I don't think I swung through, I just shot where I expected him to be. Then again, maybe I did, it all happened so fast I don't remember.

And on those geese, they seemed to be sifting through the air so smothly, I was tempted to try sustained lead on them, but the swing-through worked so why fix it if it ain't broke right?

I'm curious about your thoughts on this.
 
Swing through all the way. As soon as you get daylight ahead of them, pull the trigger. The hardest part is forcing your barrel to continue going past the bird, because, you know, if you MISS and you keep swinging through, there's NO WAY you can fire a second shot at the bird. Or a third. You MUST be confident that your first shot will hit it.

Grouse Man
 
Shoot a few thousand more ... you'll figure it out ! Both methods work well, but I'll take sustained lead on pass shots every time - and most of my decoyed birds too. Too many flighted pheasants (Continental style shoots) have succumbed this way, not to mention scores of ducks & geese. Your instinctive shot seemed to work on the mallard you mentioned, so you're not apparently doing anything wrong - you're getting out in front and killing a few. As to your inquiry ... you'll never know until you've shot enough birds with a variety of methods to be able to draw a conclusion for yourself. What works for me or another guy, may not work for you !
 
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