Favorite upland game ammunition
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 1:40 pmI was just wondering what everyone's favorite factory ammo was for hunting upland game. In my case upland game is generally defined as "pheasant" and I know that is different for others as many of you are hunting the different species of grouse, chukars, quail, and the like, that I don’t often get into.
My current go to shot shells in both the 16 gauge and 20 are Fiocchi Golden Pheasants #5 or #6. Usually if I run into quail its while I’m hunting pheasant so the same loads are used. For a dedicated quail hunt I’ll use just about any 7 ½ load I can find, the same is true for dove.
I used to shoot a little of everything or whatever was on sale, but I think I’ve noticed a difference in the number of wounded birds vs dead right there, since I started shooting the GP a number of years ago. Additionally, I seem to notice when cleaning birds that the GP have better penetration than the standard lead shot. (sometimes I do use standard lead when I forget to order some GP
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My current go to shot shells in both the 16 gauge and 20 are Fiocchi Golden Pheasants #5 or #6. Usually if I run into quail its while I’m hunting pheasant so the same loads are used. For a dedicated quail hunt I’ll use just about any 7 ½ load I can find, the same is true for dove.
I used to shoot a little of everything or whatever was on sale, but I think I’ve noticed a difference in the number of wounded birds vs dead right there, since I started shooting the GP a number of years ago. Additionally, I seem to notice when cleaning birds that the GP have better penetration than the standard lead shot. (sometimes I do use standard lead when I forget to order some GP
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