What Chokes for Dove Hunting

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Renny

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What Chokes are best for Southamerican Dove Hunting? And what kind of Shotgun would be a good Dovegun? I Have a Turkish Zafer, single shot 12 G with a fixt choke but i am lookin to get a pump or a O/U with chokes.
What would you recomand?
Thanx
 
I like modified or light modified for doves. My modified choke throws slightly lager patterns with the promo dove loads than it does with better shells . . . I find it to work well on doves.

If you are talking high volume S. American dove hunting I'd look for a soft shooting semi.
 
You definately want more than one shot, pump or semi auto will work. I am partial to 16 gauge for nostalgia but 20 or 28 gauge is more readily available and plenty of gun. Doves are small and quick so a wide pattern is best. You normally won't see a dove by itself, they usually come in 2 or more at a time. My first time Dove hunting I shot over 40 times and killed 4 birds, fast and furious is the way of Dove hunting.
 
Well, it's not doves but the pigeons around the farm die to 12 gauge shooting out of a Modified or my nice Pattern Master Full choke tube. I use a Franchi now, but many of pigeon lost their lives to my Stoeger Condor which shot an IC and a Modified...and it's only a 20 gauge. I believe both of my shotguns are 26 or 28 inch barrels as well...but don't quote me on it, I would have to look.

F-C
 
Depends on your setup. I like an O/U shotgun with interchangeable chokes and single selective trigger. For close range with incoming birds I like skeet and improved cylinder chokes. For moderate range passing birds I like improved cylinder and light modified. I prefer not to shoot at long range passing birds but would use modified and full chokes in that situation.

Good shooting and be safe.
LB
 
Thanx

Thanx for the help

I got the Turkish Pump 7+1 shot Zafer, with chokes and a 28" barrel, i live in Loma Plata, Chaco Paraguay and the Dove season is starting, iwill try Nr 7 with a M choke and or a C choke, see what happens.

Thanx
 
A quick handling, well fitting shotgun. I like a 20 and usually go IC / M but will take a Skt / Skt at times. 7.5 or 8 shot. They die easily ... but they are FAST. My 28" Berretta BL-4 in 20g does it. BSS 26" 20g IC / Mod. SKB 24" 200E 20gSkt / Skt.
 
Not happy with the Pump

I had to return the Turkish Pump 12 G, i had around 20 missfires in 50 shots, i ordered the IZH 27 ME now, i think it should be a reliable O/U for dove hunting.
 
gage more than choke?

The few times I have gone in Ohio we used improved cylinder with good results but we only shoot maybe 50 or so times in a day. Long ago I read an article about some fellas dove hunting in SouthAmerica where they were shooting like 600 rounds a day. The gun they liked was a 20 gauge gas operated improved choke. One of the guys had a 28 gauge that worked well but ammo was hard to find at that time.
 
well I use a pattern master choke, but they run in the $80-100 range. but you can use them for anything. I also use no 8 shot in 3" 12ga.

of course your aim for wing shooting is a must have skill that only comes with lots of practice at the range.

or you can be like me and pick them off with a .22lr (actually took my limit many times when I was a kid and didn't know you weren't supposed to shoot them while they were sitting on power lines :D ) Now I am much older and know much more, but bag less with my 12 gauge and fancy choke than when I was in my teens with a cheap stevens single shot bolt action 22 that cost about $30 bucks.
 
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UniversalFrost, we do that a lot over here in Paraguay, the doves like to rest on the palosanto trees on the sides of the corn fields, i use my magtech 22 semiauto, but i like the chalange on taking them with the shotgun out the air.
My Baikal 27 EM came yesterday, it has fixt chokes, top barrel is full and bottom barrel is a mod. choke. It has dobble trigers. gonna try it this weekend.
We use to shoot onley the amount of doves we can clean and eat. I have seen people that shoot them only for sport and dont bother to pick them up.
i dont like that. If they aint gonna eat them they should at least pick them up and give them to peaple who would eat them.
 
your right Renny

Your right Renny, doves are excellent to eat, easy to clean what a waste to leave them lay on the ground. They freeze well so what you don't eat today will serve up a great meal later. A fella I know from TX has some way he cans the doves, it makes great spreads and stews.
 
Tryd the IZH 27 EM

I shot 75 shots this weekend wit the new O/U. Got 27 Doves, the gun fits me well, it wus somewhat stiff at first but after a 100 times opening and closing and the 75 shot its just fine. i have to practice on my aiming but i guess every 3 shots a dove is not so bad for the first time with the new gun.
thanks for all the adwise.
 
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