MT,
I used to use a load somewhat like yours for ducks over decoys and shot quite a few geese with them too. I started out using Alcan 7(30 gr) a red winchester wad and 1 3/8 oz of copper plated 5's. When Alcan went out of business I started using 571 Winchester also but still with a 1 3/8 oz payload. 5's were ok for tolling geese but if ya didn't shoot them in the head they really got ground up with all that shot. Shooting geese up front isn't too hard....but ducks are another matter. And speaking of ducks... man....I wish the season was still in. Have thousands of Mallards and Pintails on a friends ranch in a little stream....and I ain't even feeding them. I love to shoot pintails...and teal...and wood ducks and canvasbacks an...an... well y'all know!! And he just told me they have been there almost all winter. If I had known that I woulda been there most of the winter too. Unfortunately the ranch is for sale and will probably get sold before next season. I'd buy it if I weren't in the process of buying the ranch next door to me. By the time I get done with that I'll be broke. I might even have to find a JOB!! Werk IS a 4 letter word. But I will have about 1600 acres so nobody is gonna get too close to me. I gonna be what the ol farmers call Land Poor!
