I have participated in "Tower Shoots" as invited for about 20 years. And am an avid pass shooter of snow geese.
I used 1.25oz Activ shells at first. 3 3/4 dr eq I think. On the highest birds. US #6 shot maximum.
After about 75 cartridges, the level of fatigue is just too much for me. The lifting, swinging, shooting, all just exhausts me. It's a pounding for sure.
I used a heavy weight Ithaca Flues 12 (32") w/ Sunburst pad, and like I said, after 75 max cartridges, I was spent. It wasn't any fun after about 50 cartridges truthfully.
At least when I'm on the flight line at Great Bend, and am shooting Snow's, I can use a gas assisted auto loader. I might shoot 50-60, 3" 1 3/8 oz cartridges in a morning, and still feel OK. But a full day of high birds with 32g loads in a standing breech gun would put me off the endeavor.
I don't like heavily shot up birds, so I don't mind dispatching returns. And if you are gunning tall birds, you're going to have some cripples. Not as many as you'd think though. The landings from 50 yards up are very accommodating.
I absolutely love these videos. Keeps me excited for when I head out for Snow's in a couple weeks.
