Load Size For Pheasant and Quail?
Last year was a great year for pheasant and quail on my hunting grounds--both private and public--and I am hearing plenty of roosters crow in my tree stand. One problem I noticed last year was that although no. 5 shot is great on pheasants, it tends to dress, defeather and cook quail in less than a second--especially when most of them are flushing from 10 yards away. The pheasant, on the other hand, have been flushing at much longer distances. I was wondering if #6 shot in a 12 gauge (I'm thinking about trying those new federal Prairie Storms) would be enough to put down a pheasant at the 30 yard-plus range or if I should opt for the blended loads?