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Dove Shot Size
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08/25/16 03:50 AM
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KCH
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I'm curious what size bb's everyone uses for dove...please vote your response!
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Re: Dove Shot Size
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08/25/16 01:09 PM
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Txhuntr2
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Monarch high velocity dove loads from Academy with a light modified choke will reach out and get some doves for sure. They are 1350fps. I get either 8 or 7 1/2. On sale right now. http://www.academy.com/shop/ProductDispl...ldCatid=3044633
Last edited by Txhuntr2; 08/25/16 01:09 PM.
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Re: Dove Shot Size
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#6423790
08/25/16 02:09 PM
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BDB
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I've always done well with 8's. I see most like 7.5 I may see what all the fuss is about but its hard to change when something's working well.
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Re: Dove Shot Size
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08/25/16 03:35 PM
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topwater13
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6 for whitewings....7.5 for mourning.
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Re: Dove Shot Size
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08/25/16 03:48 PM
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Always ready 2 hunt
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Thanks for the sales notice, I guess I'll go get another case of 12s and 20s in 7/5.
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Re: Dove Shot Size
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08/25/16 05:04 PM
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Greekangler
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if your using a 12GA, 8s fine- prefer 7.5- I use 1oz Rios for 20a
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Re: Dove Shot Size
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08/25/16 05:06 PM
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garrett
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Attention rickym, this is not a troll post, just a good hearted fun type of post
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Re: Dove Shot Size
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08/25/16 05:09 PM
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mikei
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I like 8's earlier in the season and when hunting over stock tanks. Later in the season, and on passing shots, I switch to 7 1/2's.
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Re: Dove Shot Size
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08/25/16 05:30 PM
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chalet
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Might be in my head but I wing fewer mourning dove with 6's. They definitely work better on the white wing, collared and pigeons also.
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Re: Dove Shot Size
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08/25/16 05:55 PM
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kweber
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we all shot 12's w/7.5's...way back... 1 1/8oz is way more than needed, so I always looked for the 1oz in 12 most of us have down-sized to 20's 7/8oz is proper for a 20, but the Rio's are 1oz... wanting a 28 and will shoot 3/4oz, but I'll go w/#8's in that load to help w/pattern density
Last edited by kweber; 08/25/16 05:57 PM.
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Re: Dove Shot Size
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#6424265
08/25/16 06:10 PM
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bigjoe8565
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I shoot 7.5 and sometimes will use 6 later in the season.
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Re: Dove Shot Size
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08/25/16 06:40 PM
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hook_n_line
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Re: Dove Shot Size
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08/25/16 07:17 PM
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nsmike
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Here's my understanding, out to 30 yards, flip a coin between 7.5 and 8. Past 35 yards the velocity loss with 8's results in a significant drop in the center of your pattern. While you see a mix of 7.5 and 8 in trap loads, there's a reason why, almost all handicap loads are 7.5.
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Re: Dove Shot Size
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08/25/16 07:20 PM
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krmitchell
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6 or 7.5's. I ran out of dove loads last year and started shooting the 6's with great results on the long shots. Most shots I take are long and 8's just weren't doing it for me.
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Re: Dove Shot Size
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08/25/16 07:30 PM
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wal1809
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Re: Dove Shot Size
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08/25/16 10:41 PM
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Nathan Nelson
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I started shooting Remington Sportsman Hi-Speed #7 Steel. That way I can shoot doves that come in on tanks while hunting teal. It also patterns well from both my 20 gauges. Been shooting skeet with it, it is also required to shoot only steel shot where I shoot trap now.
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Re: Dove Shot Size
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08/25/16 11:13 PM
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Slow Drifter
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I usually use 7.5, but during early teal I'll switch to #6 steel.
"I have no idea what WW-III will be fought with, but WW-IV will be fought with sticks and stones." A. Einstein
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Re: Dove Shot Size
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08/26/16 02:00 AM
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Buzzsaw
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SPACE FOR RENT
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Re: Dove Shot Size
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08/26/16 03:37 AM
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Team Hillbilly
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Yep one in every crowd........ Myself I use #9 when I can get it and 8 when I can't
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Re: Dove Shot Size
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#6425228
08/26/16 06:09 AM
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Bee'z
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Always 7.5 high brass Remington's. That extra range comes into play sometimes.
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Re: Dove Shot Size
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08/27/16 04:18 AM
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texasdude28
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I like 7.5 in my 12 and 16 gauges, #8 in the Twenty gauge.
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Re: Dove Shot Size
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#6426591
08/27/16 06:09 AM
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Wacm
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I shoot a side by side so I keep different shells on each pockets. On the right chamber is IC or Modified choke so I shoot 7.5s. The left chamber has a tighter pattern so it gets 6s. Something's high brass 6s. I usually do really well with this set up. First shot is usual closer. Then if I miss or are going for a double I stay on em and let me get out a bit and boom drop a 6 on em. Sometimes I don't try so hard and just use 7.5s. I don't get how people use 8s. I always lose birds that way.
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Re: Dove Shot Size
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08/27/16 12:22 PM
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colt45-90
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hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: Dove Shot Size
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08/27/16 01:24 PM
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BarneyWho
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I like to reload 1 1/4oz #5's @ 1350fps!
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Re: Dove Shot Size
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08/27/16 04:12 PM
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Ramball36
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I think we might be overthinking a little here
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