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MNPheasantHunter

11-12-2004 08:19 PM

12 guage or 20 guage?

ok guys i need your help, i know this has been discussed several times.. but i want your opinion... im going pheasant hunting tomorrow.. i can either use the 12 guage or 20 gauge or the 410 ... which one? plz i need a quick response.. cause im going tomorrow!

uplandchessies

11-12-2004 08:53 PM

RE: 12 guage or 20 guage?

Leave the 410 at home and take the 20 or 12 ga. I prefer the 12 ga, but I hunt a variety of game birds under all sorts of conditions.

MNPheasantHunter

11-13-2004 07:51 AM

RE: 12 guage or 20 guage?

OK! ty for your tip chessie, im gonna bring the 12 guage out, ya i didn't think the 410 was any good for pheasants....

Hacimsaalk

11-13-2004 06:33 PM

RE: 12 guage or 20 guage?

the 20, hands down. i love mine. i think a 12 is too big

uplandchessies

11-13-2004 07:03 PM

RE: 12 guage or 20 guage?

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ORIGINAL: Hacimsaalk

the 20, hands down. i love mine. i think a 12 is too big

The 20 will handle most hunting situations, but for early-season, thick cover ruffed grouse and woodcock, late season pheasant or chukar and mountain quail, the 12 is not too big. Pressured prairie grouse and Huns will fall much easier to the 12 as well. I routinely drop birds more efficiently with my 12, than my buddies who shoot the 20.

Flairball

11-13-2004 08:48 PM

RE: 12 guage or 20 guage?

Bring the gun you shoot better. The idea is to shoot birds, right? I prefer a 20, but have a 12 I us for waterfowl. On upland I haven't seen any difference between a 12, and a 20, and for a long time I used a 28 for all my upland hunting. An ounce of shot holds the same number of pellets whatever the guage. Just put the pellets where they need to be and the birds will fall. Have fun.

uplandchessies

11-13-2004 09:20 PM

RE: 12 guage or 20 guage?

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ORIGINAL: Flairball

Bring the gun you shoot better. The idea is to shoot birds, right? I prefer a 20, but have a 12 I us for waterfowl. On upland I haven't seen any difference between a 12, and a 20, and for a long time I used a 28 for all my upland hunting. An ounce of shot holds the same number of pellets whatever the guage. Just put the pellets where they need to be and the birds will fall. Have fun.

Agreed on bringing the gun you shoot better, but there's a reason the 12 is manufactured -- thick cover, longer flushes and as you have mentioned, hunting waterfowl.

MNPheasantHunter

11-14-2004 01:22 PM

RE: 12 guage or 20 guage?

TY guys, i got my first rooster of the year with the 12 HOOAH! we didn't take any pics, but i got one! im happy, but i also missed 2 other roosters though :( im gonna try the 20, thats what i've used during the summer when shooting clay pigeons.. but ya..

gselkhunter

11-15-2004 06:32 PM

RE: 12 guage or 20 guage?

No question in my mind, 20ga. Best all around gun made for upland game. 1oz load of 5's or 6's.
Gselkhunter

slugman

11-16-2004 11:47 AM

RE: 12 guage or 20 guage?

took two on opening day with a BL-4 beretta in 20ga ....taking a winchester model 12 ( 12ga ) this w/end , I use all of my guns every yr.

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