Planning to hunt on my own property in west central PA, as usual. Bird numbers have been steadily declining over the past couple of years. I didn't even bother with buying a second tag this year. I do have some trail camera footage of a couple of birds in one of last fall's foodplots.

Thought I might try some different ammo this year. I have been using Winchester Long Beard XR in 12 GA 3-1/2" with 2 oz of #5 shot for a few years now. I recently bought a couple of boxes of Federal 3RD Degree in 12 GA 3-1/2" which includes 2 oz of #5 (40%) & #6 (20%) shot lead plus #7 (40%) shot TSS. Seems to pattern okay in my Tri-Star Hunter Mag O/U with 26" barrels and a pair of Carlson's .665" ported choke tubes.

Here's a target that was shot off-hand at about 35 yards.