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What type of gun and ammo insures the most amount of kills when shooting dove?

Dove group pretty tight when feeding in the field so I figure many kills are possible with one well fired shot. I have heard that a 20 gauge shotgun with a skeet choke works well… What do you use to shoot dove??? Why so and for what reasons???
I grew up surfing and my parents were surfers so there
Hunting is brand new to me so all of this is a learning experience

Take it easy there gentlemen. Not everyone has had the benefit of being schooled in wing-shooting. You both had good teachers along the way, but now it’s your turn to teach, so turn down the acrimony and do the job properly.
TaylorTim, it’s considered unsportsmanlike to shoot most any bird when it is on the ground or roosting. A couple exceptions come to mind: turkeys, when they are being called in and a wounded bird–especially one failed to kill cleanly. Which brings up the second reason you have drawn fire from Bob and Haveaseat: shooting at a flock to knock down the greatest number of birds. There was a time when ‘market hunters’ would mount a huge gun on a boat, sneak up on a floating flock and blast them to hell and gone. This, and other unsavory practices, led to a decline in the game population to alarming levels. Today we have licensing, game tags, hunting seasons, and limits on the method used and number taken–all done to control the harvest and ensure responsible management of the game resource. This falls under the general heading of conservation. The limits are there to protect the resource. If you try to side-step the limits by wasting game (leaving game in the field without a scrupulous effort to retrieve) you not only do something unethical, you also break the law. If you are careless about aiming, you will wound birds rather than kill them and could easily excede the limit unintentionally. A wounded bird should count toward your limit, but how will you count it if you have struck so many birds with a single shot? The whole point of wing-shooting is to take game cleanly and skillfully. There is no skill in just killing. You could do that with poison. Personally, I don’t take shots at flocks. If I did, I would go after the straggler, selecting a single bird and I’d bloody well make sure the others were clear. OK. That’s enough for now.
As far as the question goes, I prefer a 20 ga for dove. They’re not big birds and the breasts are about all there is to eat. My skill level is comfortable with the 20. If I were better, I might buy a 410. #7s are about ideal, but I can’t always find them, so I’ll shoot #6 or #8. I usually am a pass shooter for dove, although I have tried flushing without a dog and that has been OK. My best advice is, shoot when you’re sure and let the rest go for next time. It’s not a contest. There’s no prize beyond what you take home with you–and it’s not found in your game bag.
Sorry, I forgot you mentioned choke. I use a full choke to keep the pattern tight and give the 20 a little range.

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