There are three common non-toxic materials in duck loads: steel, bismuth, and tungsten. Here’s a breakdown of each. The goal here was not to compare all loads at the same pellet size. Instead, for ...

Finding the perfect chokes for duck hunting isn’t all that difficult ... There’s the ammunition, which includes the shot size, shot charge, velocity, and wad design. There’s also how ...

No. 3 For medium-size ducks over decoys or close passing shots ... Meanwhile, ammo manufacturers continued to load steel in the same powder-to-shot ratios as lead duck loads, which simply didn’t work.

The smallest geese and the biggest ducks are roughly the same size ... With steel shot, most goose hunters chose sizes 2 or larger (1, BB, BBB) while duck hunters prefer 2 or smaller (3,4,5 ...