Thread: Beginners guide to choosing shot sizes

Originally Posted by MB

Just to add paradise shelducks are more goose than duck. I find #2 or #3 takes them down better than smaller shot, but of course, it depends on range and other factors.

useless bit of info for the morning -paradise are not in the duck family like mallards -they are in the shelduck family- yup more closly related to geese than ducks - and a lot of kiwis dont know they are an endemic bird of NZ - only place that has them - greys are native and also occur in Australia - mallards of course introduced - ya learn something usefull every day