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 What gun/chokes you use for dove hunting?
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08/31/24 01:28 PM
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beartrap
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I shoot Browning model 525 over/under 20 gauge and start out season with improv. cyl./light mod cokes... later in year/colder weather,we get migratory birds with thicker plumage and I use light mod/mod chokes even use Imp. mod. if birds are flying high.....I've got a Browning Gold 20 Ga. auto that I shoot several times a year....belong to a dove club that leases primarily peanut fields from farmers for shoots,.....we get a lot of later season migratory birds in southwest Georgia so it's not unusual for us to have 20-30 dove shoots each year and some of our best dove shoots are mid to late january.....
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Re: What gun/chokes you use for dove hunting?
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08/31/24 01:34 PM
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I`m pretty sure my 45 year old Remington 870 Wingmaster is a modified barrel.
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Re: What gun/chokes you use for dove hunting?
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08/31/24 01:45 PM
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I`m pretty sure my 45 year old Remington 870 Wingmaster is a modified barrel. I've got a mid 50's 870 wingmaster 3 inch magnum with 30 inch full choke barrel and early 90's 870 that has screw in chokes....when I first moved to south georgia back in late 80's,the only shotgun I had was the 870 wingmaster with full choke barrel....tried using it couple times on dove field....my shooting percentage wasn't very good but when I did hit one,it was very dead....
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Re: What gun/chokes you use for dove hunting?
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08/31/24 01:49 PM
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improv. cyl./light mod chokes. 7 1/2 and/or 6 shot. Used to use 8 and unless you hit them in the eye they keep flying with a few dusted feathers.
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Re: What gun/chokes you use for dove hunting?
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08/31/24 01:54 PM
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Jig Man
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I’ll change out between full modified and improved as the fly patterns change throughout the day
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Re: What gun/chokes you use for dove hunting?
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08/31/24 02:00 PM
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I have been alternating between a browning twelvette modified and a beretta upland modified. Going to try the light mod in the beretta this year. Last year a vaporized a couple close birds.
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Re: What gun/chokes you use for dove hunting?
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08/31/24 02:12 PM
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beartrap
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I have been alternating between a browning twelvette modified and a beretta upland modified. Going to try the light mod in the beretta this year. Last year a vaporized a couple close birds. after shooting Beretta silver pigeon over/under and 391 auto 20 gauges in argentina for years,if i had to buy a new gun tomorrow,I'd buy a Beretta...they feel great,almost never malfunction and I like the "feel" of them and I shoot good with them (or maybe it's just argentina)....they have #7 shot down there and i wish it was available here in high brass shells (1300 FPS or above)... here i shoot either Rio or Winchester AA super handicap 1300 FPS 7 1/2 shot shells seem to work best for me.........
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Re: What gun/chokes you use for dove hunting?
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08/31/24 02:19 PM
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The Searchers
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220 221, whatever it takes
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Re: What gun/chokes you use for dove hunting?
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08/31/24 03:07 PM
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Slightly buzzed not quite hammered
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Re: What gun/chokes you use for dove hunting?
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08/31/24 03:12 PM
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Re: What gun/chokes you use for dove hunting?
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08/31/24 03:18 PM
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Chris B
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12 gauge 870 with modified.
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Re: What gun/chokes you use for dove hunting?
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08/31/24 03:23 PM
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von rage
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20 gauge Wingmaster with improved cylinder.
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Re: What gun/chokes you use for dove hunting?
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08/31/24 05:50 PM
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Slightly buzzed not quite hammered This is the correct answer.
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Re: What gun/chokes you use for dove hunting?
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08/31/24 05:52 PM
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I have a Winchester 101 over and under I think Mod on top and full on bottom. 
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Re: What gun/chokes you use for dove hunting?
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08/31/24 05:59 PM
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My favorite shotgun is a Browning BPS in 12ga. Second is the Remington 870.
If I had an over/under. It'd be Ruger Red Label in 20ga.
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