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[sniper7]

You gotta reach out and touch the late season pheasants. Well for those of us who hunt wild birds at least. The pen raised might as well get shot in the pen.

[sniper7]

Dang hoser! Looking awesome!

[Marine24]

You gotta reach out and touch the late season pheasants. Well for those of us who hunt wild birds at least. The pen raised might as well get shot in the pen.

Ouch. Shot across the bow for us RMR hunters.

[Jamnanc]

Hoser, now that I saw that I will have to get a shotgun press. I was happy to have my ammo cans full of rifle/pistol stuff. The move to buckets has me intimidated.

Sniper, I'm with you. Except when I drive three hours, walk nine miles and scare up two hens. Then I think shooting chickens sounds like fun.

[SamuraiCO]

I use the same ammo all year. Top tube 2 3/4 number 5's of copper plated. Bottom is 3" Prairie Storm number 5's. Toward end of year may just run the PS. If we get into quail cover then drop to 7's. I like 5's because they hit hard. I know the Prairie Storm are spendy but the birds I hit fall dead. Less runners. Donation to Pheasants Forever. Close in I will go for more head shots.

I will change tactics late season with maybe having hunters on the edge moving farther forward to block escape routes. If smaller party start on an edge and hunt the perimeter then continue to make smaller and smaller circles around the field to push the birds into the center.

If snow then the birds will just hold again and back to regular tactics.

[JohnTRourke]

I am so ready for bird season. Loaded up some ammo this winter...

Couple buckets of 28 and 410 not pictured.

Every color is a different bird/critter or shot size.

Red = Dove and cottontail.
Green = Early season Pheasant.
Gold = late Season Pheasant and Jackrabbit.
Grey = Quail.

are you sure you have enough??????

[Hoser]

are you sure you have enough??????

You can never have enough ammo. Unless you are downing or on fire.

[Hoser]

OK, upland hunter noob question: why different ammo for early pheasant and late pheasant? Did not know there was a difference.

Is that all 20 gauge?

Heavier shot cause the birds scare up further away later in the season.

All the above is 12 gauge.

That weekend I loaded just over 11,000 rounds.

[sniper7]

Ouch. Shot across the bow for us RMR hunters.

Ive done the canned shoots. Just no challenge to it for me. Its a good tool to get the dogs back in shape, but I grew up hunting wild birds, not paying $25 each to shoot pen raised

[SamuraiCO]

Heavier shot cause the birds scare up further away later in the season.

All the above is 12 gauge.

That weekend I loaded just over 11,000 rounds.

If you ever want to get together give me a pm. I have a great english better and will be training a new puppy this year.