I dont' know anything about quail, but I know a lot about pheasant hunting. I don't like using 6 shotfor pheasants because it doesn't have the knock down power, so 7.5 would be out of the question for me. Of course, I haven't shot pen raised birdsso they may be a lot easier to kill. I personnally don't like the idea of pen raised birds. Seems to easy to me. I can't understand why someone would pay for that, but I really can't judge until I've tried it. I have a real good friend that worked on a farm that released pen raised birds. He said that after the hunt was over they would grab a fishing net and scoop up the birds that weren't shot. That's funny. Maybe more fun to catch them then shot them.

I would bring two loads. One for each different bird.