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Choke for dove #2207631
08/28/17 05:18 AM
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What's the best choke for dove hunting? Ill be shooting a 12 gauge pump and/or auto


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Re: Choke for dove [Re: Reno] #2207636
08/28/17 05:25 AM
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I normally start with modified but will carry all three chokes to the field with me.

Just my personal preference.


Originally Posted by CNC
Ya'll are just overthinking it now

Re: Choke for dove [Re: Reno] #2207640
08/28/17 05:26 AM
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South of 20/North of 10
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I shoot an improved modified.


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Re: Choke for dove [Re: Reno] #2207646
08/28/17 05:30 AM
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I always shoot an improved cyl. 20 ga. and #8s on doves. Most of the time anything else is overkill. I sometimes shoot the same gun with a modified and 7.5's if they are flying high or later in the season.

It's a rare occassion, but I have hunted late season high flyers (birds had on oxygen masks) where a 12ga full choke with 6's still wasnt enough and was wishing for a turkey choke.

Re: Choke for dove [Re: Reno] #2207656
08/28/17 05:39 AM
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I couldn't ever decide on Im cylinder or a modified. So I bought a light modified. I like it pretty good


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Re: Choke for dove [Re: Reno] #2207658
08/28/17 05:42 AM
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I don't think it matters a whole lot if you're missing with a modified changing to an imo cyl isn't going to help much if any


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Re: Choke for dove [Re: Reno] #2207994
08/28/17 11:39 AM
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I miss close in and lazy flying birds with a 16 ga. mule kicker with IC
If flying higher I miss them with a 12 ga with modified.

When I was a kid and teenager I could really shoot. Could normally get 12 with 1 box of shells. It helped we had so many doves that one could be very selective. Not so much anymore on the hunts I've been on and my skills are terrible now.

Last edited by straycat; 08/28/17 11:41 AM.

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Re: Choke for dove [Re: straycat] #2208001
08/28/17 11:42 AM
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Northport
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Mod all the way unless they are landing in your lap. Most shots are a little longer than the occasional bird that lands in your lap.


"The future's uncertain and the end is always near"
Re: Choke for dove [Re: Reno] #2208903
08/29/17 07:03 AM
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I just bought a Briley Dove Duster choke. Gonna try it out this season. It's a lite modified.

Re: Choke for dove [Re: Reno] #2208931
08/29/17 07:25 AM
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I usually start with a full and move to a mod if I'm having an "off" day.


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2. All Gun Laws Are an Infringement
3. Taxation Is Theft
Re: Choke for dove [Re: GomerPyle] #2209032
08/29/17 09:00 AM
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Gomer, I have thought about going to full for a few season but have not had the nuts. Have you always shot a full choke or did you go to it after shooting mod for a while?


"The future's uncertain and the end is always near"
Re: Choke for dove [Re: Reno] #2209154
08/29/17 10:49 AM
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I use a light modified for most winged animals. never had any problems

Re: Choke for dove [Re: Thisldu] #2209336
08/29/17 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted By: Thisldu
Gomer, I have thought about going to full for a few season but have not had the nuts. Have you always shot a full choke or did you go to it after shooting mod for a while?


I like to shoot clays with a full it helps me a lot when I move back to a modified.


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Re: Choke for dove [Re: Reno] #2209657
08/29/17 04:56 PM
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IC in one barrel, mod in the other.


All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Re: Choke for dove [Re: Reno] #2209715
08/29/17 05:47 PM
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I shoot a full in mine

Re: Choke for dove [Re: Reno] #2210044
08/30/17 06:16 AM
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Mainly light mod but if they're mostly inside 25yds I use skeet so they don't get tore up as bad.

Re: Choke for dove [Re: Thisldu] #2210114
08/30/17 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted By: Thisldu
Gomer, I have thought about going to full for a few season but have not had the nuts. Have you always shot a full choke or did you go to it after shooting mod for a while?


I actually started by accident. I had not been on a dove shoot in years, up until 6 or 7 years ago. I'd just bought a Stoeger 3500 about 6 months prior. Went out for my first dove shoot in probably 15 years, got to the farm an hour away from home, and realized I'd forgotten to swap the chokes out, and didn't even bring the others with me. All I had was the full that was in it.

It worked out so I figure if it ain't broke, don't fix it. I posted in another thread that I killed 14 that day, the most I've ever killed at once. a couple I knocked stone cold dead at 60 steps - there was a dead tree about 60 steps down the tree line from me, and they kept flying toward it. I tagged them about 15ft out from the tree as they were heading to it.


Last edited by GomerPyle; 08/30/17 07:40 AM.

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1. All Politicians Are Liars
2. All Gun Laws Are an Infringement
3. Taxation Is Theft
Re: Choke for dove [Re: Reno] #2210798
08/30/17 06:13 PM
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Always been a fan of improved or cylinder for early season

Re: Choke for dove [Re: Reno] #2210809
08/30/17 06:36 PM
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Re: Choke for dove [Re: GomerPyle] #2210948
08/31/17 04:13 AM
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Originally Posted By: GomerPyle
Originally Posted By: Thisldu
Gomer, I have thought about going to full for a few season but have not had the nuts. Have you always shot a full choke or did you go to it after shooting mod for a while?


I actually started by accident. I had not been on a dove shoot in years, up until 6 or 7 years ago. I'd just bought a Stoeger 3500 about 6 months prior. Went out for my first dove shoot in probably 15 years, got to the farm an hour away from home, and realized I'd forgotten to swap the chokes out, and didn't even bring the others with me. All I had was the full that was in it.

It worked out so I figure if it ain't broke, don't fix it. I posted in another thread that I killed 14 that day, the most I've ever killed at once. a couple I knocked stone cold dead at 60 steps - there was a dead tree about 60 steps down the tree line from me, and they kept flying toward it. I tagged them about 15ft out from the tree as they were heading to it.



We're all friends here, you don't have to make up a story about shooting them "right before" they lit in the tree. grin


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