Gosh, Joel, you found out I am human. You found a typo I missed. Yes, I meant a 1/8" Vegetable Fiber Wad.
As to the substitute shot, they may be available to you, but they are not so available here, yet, and the price is HORRIBLE.
I don't live where we have lots of waterfowl. This is pheasant country. I would have to travel almost 2 hours to get to the closest area where Goose hunting is permitted, and the daily bag limit in this zone is only one goose per DAY. Hardly worth the drive over and back, much less the cost of the required shot.
OLD CVA barrels are SOFTER than the new barrels designed for these new shot types. I would not use the substitute shot in even a modern, choked barrel without plastic shot cups, or a shot cup made of something else that is very thick. This gun is suppose to be an older CVA.
I once new a Veterinarian who lived and worked near Edmonton. He bought a bunch of decoys on a visit one Fall to my in-laws. He told me that between the liberal bag and possession limits, he could also obtain unlimited " Nuisance Permits" that let him shoot as many geese a day as he wanted. Now, that kind of hunting opportunity makes putting up with the shot restrictions, the high cost, etc. to go goose hunting.
I only know one friend who annually goes duck hunting on his uncle's property near the Illinois river. He shoots BP firearms on everything BUT ducks, when he uses a modern shotgun. I will have to ask him if he has broken down and is now buying and using the expensive non-toxic shot types and a BP shotgun for ducks. I have not raised the issue with him in years, as he was very depressed that he could not use BP shotguns to hunt ducks.
I find there is a great deal of difference in the amount of Enthusiasm for waterfowl hunting, depending on where you live, the Country, and the flyway restrictions on bag limits.
In the Midwest Flyway, the only geese we can shoot with a substantial bag limit are Blue and Snow Geese, much smaller species than Canadas, that come down the flyway in late January at the earliest- and can be flying down as late as March. I don't know anyone who looks forward to hunting them, because the few who have claim they taste terrible, due to what these species eat! They are so difficult to call into range, that the US F&W service now permits mechanical calls to be used to bring them into range. That is Not permitted with other species of ducks and goose.
The Waterfowl hunting dates are NOT always set by the US Dept. of Fish and Wildlife to coincide with that migration, however.
And, you usually have to make reservations with hunt clubs, as well as plan vacation time months in advance to secure a place to hunt them. If the birds aren't there, you have wasted the vacation time, which can't be taken another time, and usually forfeit your reservation fees for the hunt.
Those are the reasons I stopped hunting Waterfowl.
I do love to read stories and see pictures of other hunter's successful waterfowl hunt, so please, post pictures of your next successful hunt, and tell us about it! :surrender: :thumbsup:
