What small game can I hunt with Win. AA target loads?

M12shooter said:
1 1/4 oz of 7 1/2's will kill mallards graveyard dead at 40 yards! I know this from personal experience. This is the most versatile shot size and the standard for patterning choke constriction. Of coarse steel shot has ruined all this.
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Sorry but I wouldnt recommend 1 1/4 oz 7.5's for ducks and I know this from personal experience too! Great pigeon load though! Myself I shoot grouse, squirrel and rabbits with 7.5's but thats as small as I go for them. I get a kick out of M12shooter, he is always "grousing" about steel shot!:p
 
7.5 1 1/8 are best suited for either trap and skeet or upland game birds on the wing. I have used 7.5 and 8s for woodcock, and grouse on the wing. They would also work well for shooting rabbits or grouse standing still, where you can get a head shot.
 
If you think 500 rounds is a lot for you to shoot a clay birds or upland game, why not keep what you think you might use and sell the rest (should be easy as a lot clay bird shooters use these) then use the proceeds to buy shells more suited to your purposes( ie. steel for water fowl, etc.).
 
Those'll work fine UTAF. The choke on your shotgun will have everything to do with patterning. (i know, i know. duh, right?) Myself personally, i only use full choked shotguns. I'm a tight patern kinda guy. And if it's at all possible, i like to use #4 shot for everything. Great for taking birds on the wing at distance and also a good bush blasting shot size.

I shot a rabbit the other day with my 16 gauge with number 6 shot at about 40 yards and it wasn't enough punch. I need to get closer next time. The rabbit ended up running and hiding in the bush a little bit but my buddy's dog found it for us so it turned out all good in the end. I'd get as close as possible to anything you want to kill though, regardless of shot size. It just makes life that much easier when the bunny you've shot doesn't have a head anymore when you go pick it up. Have fun with those shells.

Dorian
 
picking shot out of meat sucks. i usually stick to 4's or 5's for rabbit, grouse, squirrel, etc as each pellet has more energy to pass through brush. the larger shot typically passes right through small game as well eliminating the need to be careful when eating.

i really dont see any reason why anyone would want to use 6's or smaller for anything you're going to eat...
 
canadian hunter312 said:
i really dont see any reason why anyone would want to use 6's or smaller for anything you're going to eat...
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All my cottontail hunting is done with 7 1/2's. If you pick your shots you aren't ruining meat. I loose the odd front leg or back strap off a rabbit due to being just mangled but have never had to discard a hind quarter let alone bite down on a pellet.
 
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