RE: Pheasant Hunt: Choke? Ammo?
I run a lodge and I reccomend for 12 gauge shooters this. 1 1/4 of #4 or #5s for opener with IC or Mod choke. Later in the season I usually bump it up to 1 5/8 or 1 7/8 of 2s or 4s with a mod choke.
If you are a steel shot shooter, I use Kent Faststeel #2s at 1560fps, works very very well on birds.