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I have done quite a bit of goose shooting. Don't like to even tell anyone how many....but when you could use lead I killed most of my geese with 4's and 5's. I now know that was a mistake! Now understand you just can't shoot at the goose. Think of this...you are dove hunting. What do you shoot at? The front of the dove, of course. A goose's head is about the size of a dove...so lead a goose head like you would a dove....and use at least BB size in steel shot BBB size if it is windy or longer ranges. If you can hit the darn things the geese can be killed consistently at 65 yds with BBB. A favorite in my area is T shot. If using Hevi shot use B size or 2's for decoying in your face type of birds or longer shots too.. I came to this reasoning years ago...before my 2nd thousand goose. If the geese are close...it really doesn't matter what you hit them with. If large shot most of it will go clean through..and if you shoot at the head it won't grind them up. If longer ranges are what happens you are ready for that too. Up to about 50-65 yds if you know how to shoot that far. Not many do. The average person just shoots at the goose and if close and small shot you can really make inedible goose burger. Picture 70 large bb's or 250 #4's(4's make the burger). We all have a time or two when we don't quite lead them far enough too. The large shot will usually knock the bird out of the air or kill the bird. Small sizes cripple badly in the tail end of a bird this size. Be smart and humane....Use large shot!! BTW Fabs is right too. These darn birds are a lot tougher than most of us believe.