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Reloading
Highly Reduced loads?
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<blockquote data-quote="hmbleservant" data-source="post: 2539967" data-attributes="member: 28174"><p>Hi just got back from a gator hunt this last year.</p><p></p><p>Local game biologist/ wardens recommended 20ga steel shot #6 standard loads. This was to reduce damage to the meat/hide. It doesn't penetration as deep but still has plenty of umph to instantly dispatch them. THIS WILL NOT PENETRATION SKULL reliably, however. If you know about gators you know you don't want to shoot them on the skull anyway. Quick Google search for shot placement (juts behind the skull/very top of neck). Worked like a charm for me on a 12 ft gator. I've killed one gator in my life so feel free to check with more experienced folks also of course. I wouldn't reinvent the wheel. Lean on experience.</p><p></p><p>I will add I didn't use a bangstick, but a stand rem 870 shotgun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hmbleservant, post: 2539967, member: 28174"] Hi just got back from a gator hunt this last year. Local game biologist/ wardens recommended 20ga steel shot #6 standard loads. This was to reduce damage to the meat/hide. It doesn't penetration as deep but still has plenty of umph to instantly dispatch them. THIS WILL NOT PENETRATION SKULL reliably, however. If you know about gators you know you don't want to shoot them on the skull anyway. Quick Google search for shot placement (juts behind the skull/very top of neck). Worked like a charm for me on a 12 ft gator. I've killed one gator in my life so feel free to check with more experienced folks also of course. I wouldn't reinvent the wheel. Lean on experience. I will add I didn't use a bangstick, but a stand rem 870 shotgun. [/QUOTE]
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