Poll #22

Favorite load for geese?
Posted by Ducks.
active from Monday 01 October 2007 - 00:20:59 to Wednesday 10 October 2007 - 14:23:18.
votes: 10

Steel  
50% [Votes: 5]
Bismuth  
0% [Votes: 0]
Tungsten  
30% [Votes: 3]
Hevishot  
20% [Votes: 2]


Ryan Hale
01 Oct : 02:11
I voted steel as it's the only thing I've ever shot for waterfowl.

Ducks
01 Oct : 13:47
I have used pretty much everything. I like Hevishot the best by far. But this year the price is WAY high. So I am going to try a few different loads including the new Black Cloud steel loads. Of which I did touch off a couple loads on Sat. evening. On one goose, at about 20 yards it dropped, the Black Cloud #2 dropped the Canada dead before it hit the ground. Of course any load at 25 yards and a head shot should be a clean kill. So I'm going to hold off any true review until I have had more of an opportunity to test it out.


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