Re: 20 gauge for Canada Goose?
- From: Karlos <karl.saarni@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 21:30:34 -0700
On Thu, 29 May 2008 09:59:58 -0700, highlands hunter
<highlands_hunter@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 27, 10:29 am, celtex <rs...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"highlands hunter" <highlands_hun...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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After several years of saying that she disliked the taste of Canada
goose, a few new recipes (and some donated goose meat) has given me
the green-light from my wife to hunt geese.
As I'm a newbie to goose hunting I would like to know if a 20 ga. with
3" would have enough power to drop a goose?
Thanks for your help.
Scott
The main difference in the 20 and 12 is the amount of shot put in the air.
Although there is some velocity difference the main disadvantage of the 20
is shot load. Saying that I too like Steve used a 20ga for everything, a
bolt action Mossberg!, lol. And it dropped a many of birds and rabbits as
well as waterfowl of every type, including several Geese. The 12 will give
you more margin of error on the bigger birds though.
Jim
Thanks Jim,
I like the 20 ga as its fast to shoulder and easy to carry. I've used
my 870 Express alot for hares and have been very hapy with it.
Hopefully with some guidance from my goose hunting friends I'll have
some goose for maiking sausage next fall!
On the final weekend of the 2006-7 waterfowl season at Gray Lodge
Wildlife Area in California, which had been very productive, I had a
swollen sense of self and went out into the marsh with my ancient
Italian O/U 20, with a box of 10 very old 2 3/4" bismuth #4s. I shot
two doubles of teal and widgeon and then the morning flight ended.
Getting a little itchy, I decided to create my own luck with a lengthy
jump shoot. About 20 minutes in, two specks lifted off about 15 yards
away. I quickly recovered and aimed at the first bird, shot, and then
shot at the second. I saw feathers fly and just assumed they would
fall out of the sky. As they honked and flew every higher and
further...I knew right then and there: don't bring a 20 to a goose
hunt. At least, I shouldn't.
I'm pretty sure those birds survived. My shots did not hit any wing
bone and the shot probably didn't get very far through the winter
plummage and fat. My sense of self was pretty deflated after that.
HOWEVER: if you have a modern 20 ga. autoloader or pump that shoots 3"
high-tech matrix or hevyshot or tungsten, I'll bet you could knock a
goose down pretty well. You just have to make your 1 1/8 oz of shot
count. I've shot a lot of geese with 12 ga 1 1/8 oz steel loads. But,
they were close. I always shoot close.
Karl
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