All things being equal, to increase pattern density you need more pellets in the shell. And with practical limits on velocity ...

Winchester is one the last major ammo houses to deliver a bismuth load, but their new waterfowl offering, Winchester Bismuth, seems to be worth the wait. The shotshell patterns closer to the old lead ...

There’s nothing like killing a strap of late-season greenheads to make you fall in love with a new shotshell. And on a Missouri River hunt earlier this month, I was falling hard for Apex Ammunition’s ...

Thanks to modern metallurgy, waterfowl hunters have almost as many projectile options as deer hunters. That wasn't always true. A nationwide ban on using lead pellets for waterfowl hunting went into ...

The following questions were asked on the California Department of Fish & Game (DFG) website: Question: During the four duck limit era, the 25 shot shell limit in refuges and wildlife areas made sense ...

If you’ve ever spent a morning in the blind watching ducks circle or waited on turkeys to break cover, you know reliability matters more than anything. Magnum loads hit hard and give you the edge when ...

A man once asked me for advice about his goose gun. The recoil of 3 ½-inch shells caused the trigger guard of his gun to whack the middle finger of his hand, leaving him bruised and sore after the ...

Q: I know I have to limit my shotgun’s shell capacity to three shells when shooting waterfowl. Does that also hold true for woodcock, which is an upland game bird but also is migratory? A: Yes. Under ...