Shotgun Choke Patterns – Understand how your gun shoots!
Which choke is best for your gun?
As we enter the off season for goose hunting one of the best things we hunters can do is get to know your equipment better. All too often, a goose hunter assumes that they should be using a full choke or a goose choke when out hunting geese. The trouble is every gun shoot differently and every choke has a different pattern with your gun. When you start to think about which choke to put in your gun for hunting - you need to evaluate what are the conditions you are hunting.
1) Are you hunting water or fields? Distance that you are shooting will have a big say into which choke and shell type you use. If shoot lond distances in the late season - a hunter may need a extra tight pattern choke. In certain cases a turkey choke may work really well because it holds such a tight patten.
2) Shoot your gun at various distances to see how tight your pattern is. How many times have you been hunting and have seen hunters shooting at birds way out of range. At very long distances that pattern on most guns is very disperse yielding a very slim chance of hitting a bird. So test your gun and see what distance is reasonalbe for you to be shooting.
This is all too often overlooked when it comes to hunting success. Make no doubt about it - learning how your gun shoots will help you become a better hunter.
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