Which choke

[Texas Grown]

Mod and #2 in my Benelli. Straight cylinder and #4 in my Beretta.

[jhunter77]

Skeet choke for skeeter? I use a skeet choke a lot honestly

[skeeter]

Skeet choke for skeeter? I use a skeet choke a lot honestly

I don't duck hunt. I've been a few times. I do like to dove hunt. I mostly use skeet/ skeet in my o/u. I always thought a tighter choke was needed for ducks. I've got an improve choke in my semi auto now. Sounds like I'll use that with the #3 shells I found. That's all academy had in 3 inch.

[HeyMikey]

Mod or IM for me.

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[Quackerbox]

Light mod and mod for everything that flies

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[Smart]

LM over decoys for me back in the day. Mod for a goose hunt or rangier ducks. Mod if I wanted a do all.

Always read that a true full was not recommended because steel doesn't deform like lead does and when passing through a tighter choke, steel can create a richocet affect off each other causing an inconsistent pattern or worse, mess up/flare your barrel end. There is a reason some full chokes were labeled not for steel and full chokes "made for steel" were really modified in size... Thing may have changed since I got out but when I patterned steel loads that was the rule. LM always patterned the best for me. I still shoot LM and Mod today at flying birds.




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[tdwinklr]

always Improved over decoys. Rarely use Modified, only when I know my setup may have to be a little further out.

[Leon County Slayer]

Mod

[Les]

IC over decoys #4 during regular season and #5/#6 for teal. I do carry my mod choke in my blind bag in case the shots turn a little further than the setup but rarely change it out.

[Deerguy]

Many moons ago, when steel first came out, I put in a choke that said modified for lead and modified-improved for steel. That choke has never come out (not sure it even will any more), killed everything from dove and clay birds to cranes and turkey with it.

[Smart]

IM over decoys #4 during regular season and #5/#6 for teal. I do carry my mod choke in my blind bag in case the shots turn a little further than the setup nut rarely change it out.

Do you mean LM Les because IM is tighter than mod

[Les]

Do you mean LM Les because IM is tighter than mod

DOH!! Changed it to IC on my post!

[Les]

Glad this came up. I just went to pull my choke and had a tough time getting it out. I cleaned my barrel and choke and added choke lube before teal season, and just had a tough time getting it out! Keep it cleaned and use choke lube!

[Capt.Bryan]

A couple of variables to consider. Are you hunting timber, ponds or rice fields? Will you be hunting decoying ducks or pass shooting. Newer or older shotgun? Do you consider yourself a fair good or excellent shot?

In older shotguns it was recommended to not shoot steel shot with full choke. When I guided I shot a Berreta 390 with 3" magnum number 4 Steel shot and full choke. Never experienced any issues with choke or gun. I wanted something that would hold a little tighter pattern to be able to finish off cripples and fly aways. I shot several different sizes of shot and choke combinations at poster board and patterned my gun before determining the choke and shot size I used. This is the best way to determine what choke to use for your gun and being realistic to your shotgunning skills.

The better the shooter the tighter the choke you can shoot and longer the shots can be without crippling alot of birds.

[bboswell]

always Improved over decoys. Rarely use Modified, only when I know my setup may have to be a little further out.

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Full is a NO NO when shooting steel