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20 gauge #3025040
01/27/20 06:11 PM
01/27/20 06:11 PM
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Central Al
twaldrop4 Offline OP
10 point
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Central Al
Anybody duck hunt with a 20. I hunted with mine this morning and was pleasantly surprised.

Re: 20 gauge [Re: twaldrop4] #3025106
01/27/20 07:28 PM
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Central AL
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Yep. That's about all I use to hunt wood ducks in AL. Winchester SX3 20 gauge and some 3 inch Kent Faststeel will get the job done at 30 yards or less. The only weakness in my setup is the shooter. All about picking your shots.

Last edited by Overland; 01/27/20 07:29 PM.
Re: 20 gauge [Re: twaldrop4] #3025251
01/27/20 09:24 PM
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I’ve never heard of anyone using a 20. Some guys I hunt with use 3.5” 12 gauge for ducks. No thanks.

Re: 20 gauge [Re: twaldrop4] #3025264
01/27/20 09:31 PM
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Back when I duck hunted all I carried was a 20. Killed em graveyard dead in decoys. No need for more gun. Thank god I quit duck hunting


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Re: 20 gauge [Re: twaldrop4] #3025522
01/28/20 08:48 AM
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In timber, I prefer a 20 over a 12

Re: 20 gauge [Re: twaldrop4] #3025611
01/28/20 09:52 AM
01/28/20 09:52 AM
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NE AL
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NE AL
Thats all i will shoot early teal season is my wife's 20 semi auto!

Re: 20 gauge [Re: twaldrop4] #3025859
01/28/20 02:24 PM
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Central Al
twaldrop4 Offline OP
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Well 2 mornings in a row killed some greenheads with the 20. Don’t know that I’ll be going back to a 12

Re: 20 gauge [Re: twaldrop4] #3026476
01/28/20 10:45 PM
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All I hunt with now. But, I do have a 3 acre swamp and the 20 is plenty. Going to a .410 a bit next season.


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Re: 20 gauge [Re: Remington270] #3027655
01/30/20 06:52 AM
01/30/20 06:52 AM
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North Alabama
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Originally Posted by Remington270
I’ve never heard of anyone using a 20. Some guys I hunt with use 3.5” 12 gauge for ducks. No thanks.



There was a 20 in the blind when we shot sandhills this year. He didn’t have a problem killing them at all.


Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters. —Archibald Rutledge—
Re: 20 gauge [Re: twaldrop4] #3027940
01/30/20 11:46 AM
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Back when I duck hunted. I personally did not hunt with a 20, but hunted with a guy that did. He had no trouble putting them down.

Re: 20 gauge [Re: twaldrop4] #3028391
01/30/20 09:24 PM
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I duck hunt once a year and that's in Arkansas for 3 days. I have plenty of 12's but always reach for the 20. I shoot #3 and the other guys shoot a 12 and #4. No argument that the 12's send more lead down range, but I've not noticed that they shoot any better than I do in the blind. Both of the other guys are about equal to me in the dove field, again with them shooting a 12 while I tore the 20

Re: 20 gauge [Re: twaldrop4] #3029216
01/31/20 07:34 PM
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Northwest Alabama
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I didn’t pick up the 12 this year. I killed mallards, pintails, lesser Canada geese, big Canada’s, and Sandhill crane with mine. Had no issue at all.

Re: 20 gauge [Re: twaldrop4] #3030344
02/02/20 12:40 AM
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I quit hunting ducks with the 12 gauge years ago. Birds are either in range or they're not. I like 3" number 4's.

Re: 20 gauge [Re: twaldrop4] #3030997
02/02/20 09:51 PM
02/02/20 09:51 PM
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Albertville
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I use a 20 gauge a lot. Good shells and a good choke and you can lay em out. I have also tried a 410 but it’s a little tougher. Gotta find the right gun and shell combo for it.


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Re: 20 gauge [Re: 257wbymag] #3034902
02/07/20 09:02 AM
02/07/20 09:02 AM
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Guntersville
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Originally Posted by 257wbymag
Back when I duck hunted all I carried was a 20. Killed em graveyard dead in decoys. No need for more gun. Thank god I quit duck hunting

This.
I once killed 2 geese with one shot with a 20.
Granted, I was walking in to set up on a point and they were roosted there. One stretches his wings and I cut down. I was shocked when I went to pick him up and there were 2 of them. I shot 3” 6’s in the lead days. Went to 3” 2’s, 3’s and 4’s when steel came along.
I might duck hunt again at some point. But it won’t be hard core like it used to be. Guys I talked to thus year said there just weren’t a lot of ducks around Gville.

Last edited by AC870; 02/07/20 09:05 AM.

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