Thread: Clay target loads on possums?

I was talking to the guy in a hunting and fishing store the other day and told me don't waste money on heavy game loads for possums.
Said to me that trap loads will work fine and that's all he uses.
Sounded reasonable to me but didn't think #7 shot would be heavy enough to kill a Possum.
Our local store always recommended I use heavy loads which ive tested out over the last few months, these were 36g and 42g loads with shot sizes ranging from size 3 to 5.
Even then I've found effective kill range to be only 20m but that's with no choke just open bore, ive recently got a suitable set of chokes so am interested to test it out with a modified and full choke to compare kill range.
Still don't know about target loads, but they are obviously cheaper.