Best shell for dove hunting

Whichever is on sale when I go to get shells.

Whatever my B-80 will cycle. This typically involves some cleaning, some cussing, and ultimately depends on the alignment of the planets. Saturn looking dogshit for opening day.

Whatever is the cheapest you can find

Long brass!

My gun likes remington, hates winchester, is moody about federal

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When I’m shooting doves the shells almost never have anything to do with the outcome….

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I had that thought process up until a few years ago. I got the winchesters, cheap.

Opening day, I shot about 7 boxes, didn't kill my limit... feathers everywhere birds kept flying. That night I went and got a case of Rio's high brass, next day box and half got my limit.

Not one to blame the shells for a miss, but when you are shedding feathers and they are still flying I had to make a change.

Rio 7.5's.

Duck Hunting is so bad, all you dudes need to dove hunt with enthusiasm. When I lived in West Texas, I could hunt doves from September through October. And you could kill a limit most every time. It was fun.

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Best shell for dove hunting

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whatever my bird boy loads my gun with in Guayascate

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Not one to blame the shells for a miss, but when you are shedding feathers and they are still flying I had to make a change.

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This. If I had every dove that I've knocked feather out of and kept flying, I'd eat good for a month. Used to shoot the shittiest shells my gun would cycle and be enraged as I watched feathers fall but no dove. Started shooting better shells and the problem went away.