Duck Hunting with an O/U?

Only thing I ever saw good about it was being able to have two chokes ready. Never done it but hunted with people who do. As noted above, it seems like steel shot is getting weaker and weaker and putting down cripples sounds like a pain.

There are a few creeks we hunt where it's a woodduck shoot and they scream down the channel. I have a 16 ga Citori with short barrels that is perfect for this set up. It's the only one I use in that situation.

However, I never take it to the blind when hunting flooded fields.

I shoot one on a few occasions every year for waterfowl.

Higher recoil, reloading hassle, and 2 shots keep me from using it more than a handful.

If you're in a tight quartered blind its a pain to have to get the gun in the blind and break it open to reload, or you hold it out the blind and deal with all the brush around you.

Do it.

My uncle did it forever. Never seemed to be any kind of hindrance to him. Hunt with what you shoot the best. If that's a crack barrel 20 gauge, use that. Been many a duck killed with single shots and double barrels over the past century.

The bad thing about it is being ok with duck hunting abuse of your double barrel, which tend to be very nice shotguns. I personally don't mind battle marks on fine shotguns, but some people do.

Recoil is a real issue w a 12ga OU, i love upland hunting w an OU and 2 3/4" shells. Using 12 ga steel 3" loads 1500fps w an OU is no fun.

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my dad taught me with a citori and it’s all I’ve ever used

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Same here

OU 410 and with steel 6's it does fine.

Anyone hunting ducks with an over under is either a real good shot or a good liar

In SW rice fields it is great to have a two trigger side by side or O/U if yo I can find them. So many times a goose comes in when you have duck load in and vice versa. Not sure how others deal with that w/o shooting a compromise load or ejecting first shell but I think except for the mud and water on a nice O/U or side by side and the weight, I’ve considered it many times.