Thread: Any tips for a new duck hunter?

Originally Posted by Chris

If your using steel shot shoot straight at them forget about lead,steel is faster than leed so reduce lead if birds a close no lead .
Watch the ducks to see there response to your calling so you can sort out what to & not do .
Hail call & greeting call followed up with feed chuckle .

Sorry mate but that is not very good advice.

Steel may be faster at the muzzle but by the time it has gone 15m it slows down drastically as does lead.

Target aquisition, locktime, speed of target, gun swing and velocity of shot, all dictate an element of lead is required no matter how slow the target is going and no matter what style of shooting you employ. It is just simple physics.

Percieved lead may be less for some shooters.
I have not changed anything whether I shoot steel or lead shot to hit a flying target.

I remember some top shooters at Thames valley (a zone shoot) missing "rat" targets that are literally just rolling, by shooting behind them.

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