[Everydaylimits]

Check out this video as we are coming up on teal season. Look at the difference between #2 and #4 shot:

 

[DecoySlayer]

He lost me when he was talking 3.5 shells, for teal? WHY? I don't use them for geese.

 

[DecoySlayer]

4's or 5's for ducks, MAYBE 3's late season. All 3"

 

[Everydaylimits]

Ive

4's or 5's for ducks, MAYBE 3's late season. All 3"

Ive heard a lot of people doing #6 in early teal. Also im hearing a lot of people talk about Boss shells

 

[DecoySlayer]

Ive

Ive heard a lot of people doing #6 in early teal. Also im hearing a lot of people talk about Boss shells

I looked at them on line. Too expensive.

I don't know what I will do when I run out. The place I used to buy ammo is now out of business.

 

[Everydaylimits]

I looked at them on line. Too expensive.

I don't know what I will do when I run out. The place I used to buy ammo is now out of business.

Ya i wish they would be slightly cheaper and a little more in the range of what I feel comfortable spending

 

[DLC]

Used Kent 3" #5 for teal last year with great success. Used winchester #4 prior. It doesn't take big shot to kill a teal. More pellets the better in my opinion

 

[Everydaylimits]

Seems like anywhere between #6-#4 is the sweet spot so #5 is right in the middle. Seems like a good compromise

 

[Far Beyond Driven]

Teal die easy. Open chokes and 4 shot. No need for heavy guns and brutal loads.


Old school lead says 7.5 trap loads were used.

 

[DecoySlayer]

Teal die easy. Open chokes and 4 shot. No need for heavy guns and brutal loads.


Old school lead says 7.5 trap loads were used.

I used to use #6 lead for divers when lead was legal. I like #5 steel.

 

[28hotshot]

I use 3.5" 4s pretty much all teal/duck season until we start diver hunting then i go to BB

 

[pintail charlie]

4s

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[waxico]

Use the #2s. Better chance for an incidental goose kill than #4s.

 

[duckbuster2]

3's for everything all season 2 3/4 inch.

 

[Buck from Florida]

#6 here in Fla for Teal

 

[Sampsons_owner]

Open chokes and 4's for Teal but if geese are an option then 2's are my 2nd and 3rd shells in the gun. I can rack one out pretty quick as the geese work. Steve

 

[DirtySteve]

Teal die easy. Open chokes and 4 shot. No need for heavy guns and brutal loads.


Old school lead says 7.5 trap loads were used.

I have never tried it myself but I read this article the other day about teal hunting. The author makes a pretty interesting argument about using nunber 7 steel for teal. He makes some interesting observations about shot count and the size of the pellets getting through feathers that I wouldnt have thought of.

I know grouse hunters make the same claim about 7 1/2 shot when the leaves are on the trees because the pellets get through the leafy vegetation better.

https://www.realtree.com/waterfowl-hunting/articles/teal-tactics-big-strategies-for-small-ducks

 

[Far Beyond Driven]

Hard on the teeth. 3's and 4's usually through and through.

 

[Everydaylimits]

Good points