What the opinion on the best chokes for taking dove. I shoot all modifieds in my bird guns, any other ideas?

If they are low and fast I'm using a skeet choke so I don't turn them into a mini feather pillow and wider pattern for my error. Pass shooting I use modified. Every situation is different.

The one you can drop them with. You'll have to answer your own question due to your shooting skills and situation.

depends on the situation.

shooting loafing birds over a tank or mojo, I used a skeet choke with a heavy dove load. for years I used a improved cylinder and would drop birds like nobodys business out to 35-40 yards.

my current gun has a modified in it, fixed choke which is why i'm shooting modified. it helps when those Whitewings are flying just a little bit higher.


when I shoot a O/U or SxS I choke it improved Cyl. and Mod.


I think majority of dove hunters overchoke themselves for the situation.

IC

I usually start with an IC and adjust if need be.

I use my skeet/sporting clays gun with two Skeet Carlton's extended tubes or an 870 with an modified Carlson's tube.
I think anything tighter then modified is overkill, literally.

Same here.

IC or LM

How often do you replace chokes? I've only used IC

about every 20k miles

DAMN Rooster....LOL

I like IC. Is good to wing them and be able to find them flopping in heavy brush at times if not hunting in a cut field. I do take Mod to Cylinder with me just in case wind is blowing 50 or they are landing 10 feet away.

Improved Choke: 15-30 Yds.

Modified: 35+ Yds.

so to and from the field is about 70 miles. So take 70 times amount of trips that equal up to 20k miles. So I still got another 3yrs.

Modified. I can reach out there and touch em at a distance

I never experimented with anything else other than a modified. It was what my dad taught me on and even through the years, I still manage to take good numbers it's the ones way out there that I over compensate for and sometimes just let fly out of my compassion towards dove.

As many others have said, start with IC and go from there.

I start with IC and go to IMP mod if I have to.

Full. Like to fold them @ 70

My buddy uses a full choke and high brass no. 6's

He kills birds at rediculous ranges

Light modified if I have to choose just one!

If I'm hunting a field IC/LM on a tank Skt/Skt

They say barrel length doesn't matter, so I am not really sure, but I have a franchi 712 30" barrel that will put them down at 50+yds on an IC choke...11/8-71/2's. No bs....the pattern on this gun seems tighter than the same chokes on my beretta o/u. just my personal experience.

length is all about steady swing.

an advantage with distance shots.