Free Waterfowl Ballistic Data
This section provides free ballistic reference cases for waterfowl hunting.
Each page documents one specific load, at one specific distance, on one specific species, using the same anatomical and ethical framework applied throughout the Premium database.
These pages are not recommendations and do not represent complete datasets.
They exist to show how ballistic limits actually behave, and where ethical reliability begins to break down.
What you will find here
Free Data pages are designed to be easy to read and technically honest.
Each reference case includes:
- species-specific anatomical constraints
- minimum penetration requirements
- minimum hit probability requirements
- real-world ethical interpretation
They intentionally stop short of optimization or comparison.
What Free Data does not include
Free Data does not attempt to answer:
- which load is “best”
- how far you should shoot
- how to optimize pellet size or material
- how performance changes across distances
Those questions require full-distance modelling, multiple pellet sizes, and material comparisons, which are documented in the Premium database.
Free References Cases
These pages provide real, species-specific ballistic reference cases.
They illustrate how penetration and pattern density interact in the field,
using the same ethical framework as the Premium database.
Ducks
- Mallard — Steel #2 @ 40 yards
A high-velocity duck load that exceeds penetration requirements, showing how choke selection can improve real-world margin and shot forgiveness.
→ View free data
Geese
- Canada Goose — Steel BB @ 50 yards
A marginal steel configuration operating at the edge of ethical reliability,
illustrating where lethality becomes conditional rather than consistent.
→ View free data
(Additional free scenarios will be added as the database expands.)
From reference cases to complete datasets
Free Data pages show single points on the ballistic curve.
The Premium database documents:
- all pellet sizes
- all relevant distances
- ethical, marginal, and chance-based outcomes
- full comparison across materials
This allows hunters to clearly distinguish consistent performance from occasional success.