Wait and see

By Mac Arnold
ROA Editor

After some thought -- although Stacie would say much thought -- way too much, I believe I may have figured out why the geese around the pond live on.

It comes down to the choke tube and shot size.

I remembered on the honkers I've dropped here and there over the years, that I used BB steel shot with a modified choke.

Why this slipped from my mind I don't know but the modified choke is in and new ammo in the pack for the next gig, which I hope will be this morning.

In fact, it's these BlackCloud rounds that seem to have been the rage of late, at least from the reports on the Web.

"Good stuff," the oldtimer Tim told me from behind the Cabela's counter in Dundee, Mich. He emphasized what it said on the box that the simpler chokes, basically non-ported ones, produce the best results.

The misses haven't been like some crazy amount, only four so far, but it likely would be a lot more if the setup remained the same with the super tight choke and No. 2s. I've read where some guys say No. 2s drop them all day long from here to the Pacific flyway. But around this Midwest pothole, they've been shaking off those pellets like a hard rain and saying, "Hey, hoss, that the best you got?"

Anyway, I got proactive.

Let's find out what happens.