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!

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.

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....

RE: 12 guage or 20 guage?
 

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

RE: 12 guage or 20 guage?
 

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.

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.

RE: 12 guage or 20 guage?
 

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.

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..

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

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.

RE: 12 guage or 20 guage?
 

The way I see it is more bang for the buck, go with the 12

RE: 12 guage or 20 guage?
 

I used to hunt with a 20, but I think that I outgrew it. I like to have the sureness of the 12 ga. for knock-down power. usually #6 express long range is what i use. when it comes to late season though, i go to #2 or 4 steel, because they tend to flush up earlier for me.

RE: 12 guage or 20 guage?
 

What you shoot best is what you shoot best. I perfer my 16 because I hit as well with it as I do my 12 and its lighter to carry afield. I have a 20 but need to get some work done on it before I take it to the field. I was busting clays well with it during the Summer but have not gotten around to getting the forearm tightened up. I used a 28 in Montana this past October and brought down some Pheasant and a hun with it. I will lug the Ancient Ithaca 12 out for waterfowl tomorrow. Our short Thanksgiving season. Not many birds but worth going, probably poke around for quail mid morning, with the 28.