Last Minute Goose Hunt Leads to A Black Cloud
October 21, 2007
I haven’t done much hunting this year but a invite for a goose hunt this past Saturday sounded like the perfect way to ease myself back into hunting. Normally I’ve bought and stock up on steel shot so these last minute deals are not a big deal but I hadn’t done that yet. Friday evening I found myself wandering into the local Dicks Sporting Goods to pick up some shot. I began to panic a bit when I realized that the selection of steel shot was a bit slim and the largest shot I could find in my favorite brand was #2. Not really enough to goose hunt, BBB’s or T’s is what I usually want. Well as I’m searching around I see the new Federal Black Cloud and they have a couple of boxes of BBB’s so I grabbed them.
I’ve certainly heard the hype about these shells but not one to jump into that I had no real intention of trying them out. Daybreak found me in my layout blind in a cow pasture with my gun loaded with Black Cloud Shells. Well the geese certainly didn’t fly in like we had hoped by we did squeeze out a few. My initial thoughts about this product are that what I thought was hype is really the truth.
Federal has taken the science and technology to improve turkey loads and now using them in waterfowl loads. I certainly want to shoot some more with this product to really run it through its paces but so far it looks real good. I may have to pick up some duck loads as well to see how it works on them as well.
The view from my blind at daybreak
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