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 Which choke for dove?
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08/31/13 03:40 PM
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possom813
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This is the first year I've had the opportunity to hunt with a shotgun with chokes I can change out  I'm movin' on up! Since I was a kid, it's always been shotguns will fixed, full chokes on them for dove. I bought the 835 last year for duck, and it came with 3 choke tubes, an 'improved', 'modified', and 'X-Full' I was using the modified on ducks, with good results. But which would be the better choice for dove? I'm not really familiar with how different chokes would act with lead shot.
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Re: Which choke for dove?
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08/31/13 03:58 PM
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scalebuster
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Re: Which choke for dove?
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08/31/13 04:53 PM
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Team By-God
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Depends if I'm at a waterhole and theyre really coming in good or I'm just in a flyway doing some pass shooting. Anywhere from improved with 8 shot to full with 6 shot..
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Re: Which choke for dove?
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08/31/13 08:07 PM
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quackaholic1
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Re: Which choke for dove?
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09/01/13 05:24 AM
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danmac
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I use a mod, seems to work just fine...
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Re: Which choke for dove?
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09/01/13 05:12 PM
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Strongbad
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Depends on the hunting. Like whether or not you're going to be pass shooting them. Generally speaking you should probably run a mod or IC as the others have suggested. In my 20 gauge I actually run a skeet choke most of the time and it works very well. I do however choose my shots carefully.
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Re: Which choke for dove?
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09/01/13 05:24 PM
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txtrophy85
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Shoot the improved. I kill doves to 40 yards with improved cyl.
Most people over choke themselves
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Which choke for dove?
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09/02/13 05:30 AM
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blackcoal
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Have an older Remington 1100 with skeet choke, seems to work OK where I hunt.
The Greatest Enemy of knowledge is not ignorance,
it is the illusion of knowledge.--Stephen Hawking
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Re: Which choke for dove?
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09/03/13 01:08 AM
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I've had my best luck with a skeet barrel. I was goofing around one day and shot at a crossing dove waaay out. Folded him on the first shot. I paced it off at 62 long steps. A single pellet hit it in the head. Just like I'd planned... 
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Re: Which choke for dove?
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09/03/13 03:59 PM
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RKHarm24
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Have an older Remington 1100 with skeet choke, seems to work OK where I hunt. Skeet in my B-391 20ga works where we have hunted for years. When sitting near the pond in Evening, Skeet works great. As season goes I step to Lt Mod to Imp Mod.
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Re: Which choke for dove?
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09/03/13 04:05 PM
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texasdude28
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I like the IC choice, unless they are longer shots or it is windy, then the mod.
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Re: Which choke for dove?
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09/03/13 04:11 PM
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passthru
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Skeet or improved at the most.
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Re: Which choke for dove?
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09/03/13 04:12 PM
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BOBO the Clown
kind of a big deal
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IC-LM
I use LM across the board dove, ducks, pheasants
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Re: Which choke for dove?
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09/03/13 04:33 PM
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redchevy
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I shoot IC most of the time.
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Which choke for dove?
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09/03/13 05:46 PM
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cheetah577
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Light Modified most of the time. If I'm close to water, IC.
God bless John Wayne!
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Re: Which choke for dove?
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09/03/13 07:28 PM
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msj7x57
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I like improved cylinder or modified.
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Re: Which choke for dove?
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09/03/13 07:36 PM
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Re: Which choke for dove?
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09/04/13 04:29 AM
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E-Tx
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Let a buddy borrow a gun a few years back and I "accidentally" left a turkey choke in it. Didn't work so great for him haha. I run improved cylinder-modified.
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Re: Which choke for dove?
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09/04/13 05:55 AM
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ryanharris
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Well.. it depends on your hunting situation. A full choke is ideal for long, passing shots. An improved cylinder for close shots. A modified for everything. Any of the three chokes will allow you to consistently hunt doves.
Last edited by ryanharris; 09/04/13 05:56 AM.
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Re: Which choke for dove?
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09/04/13 10:45 AM
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dee
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Shot size and amount play a large factor in what choke should be used.
"A vote is like a rifle; it's usefulness depends on the character of the user" Theodore Roosevelt
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Re: Which choke for dove?
[Re: dee]
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09/04/13 02:43 PM
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GriffGruff78
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Skeet in the over, improved modified in the under...
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Re: Which choke for dove?
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09/04/13 03:54 PM
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DocHorton
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I agree with most.....improved or modified. I have killed many, many doves with an improved at 40+ yards and have even killed several with a modified at 60+ yards all with a 28 or 20 gauge. Using a full choke on doves is dumb. If you are shooting a 12 gauge you definitely don't need anything over I.M.
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Re: Which choke for dove?
[Re: DocHorton]
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09/04/13 09:35 PM
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GriffGruff78
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That dove at 60+ yards... Did it have more than one hole in it?
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