Shot size?

  • payday
    Ramsey, Mn
    Posts: 113
    October 1, 2009 at 3:48 pm #212094

    What is your preferred shot size (lead) for early, mid, late season SD Pheasants?

    I’ll be there 10/17-21 and then again hopefully mid December

    big_hunter
    eagan, mn
    Posts: 178
    October 1, 2009 at 5:00 pm #60970

    lead? 5 or 6… go big or go home!

    last year i shot some old duck steel loads – 3″ #4s… and they worked well for me.

    the farmer’s land we hunt on said that he wouldnt go out with anyhting less than lead #4s in 2 3/4″

    wade
    Cottage Grove, MN
    Posts: 1737
    October 1, 2009 at 5:10 pm #60973

    lead I would say 4 or 6’s in 2 3/4″ in 3″ I would say 4, 5, or 6 if using steel I would go with #2 either way.

    Good luck on some awesome rooster hunting!

    robstenger
    Northern Twin Cities, MN
    Posts: 11374
    October 1, 2009 at 5:13 pm #60974

    Quote:

    lead I would say 4 or 6’s in 2 3/4″ in 3″ I would say 4, 5, or 6 if using steel I would go with #2 either way.

    Good luck on some awesome rooster hunting!

    x2

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
    Posts: 18625
    October 1, 2009 at 5:44 pm #60983

    Not that critical for lead in my opinion. 5’s will always be fine. Either direction in hi-power work too.

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    October 1, 2009 at 5:50 pm #60987

    I just buy 4’s, like the penetration power a bit more. It doesn’t matter if you are shooting 4’s or 6’s if a bird gets up under your feet, you gotta let them get out a bit.

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
    Posts: 18625
    October 1, 2009 at 6:40 pm #60999

    Quote:

    I just buy 4’s, like the penetration power a bit more. It doesn’t matter if you are shooting 4’s or 6’s if a bird gets up under your feet, you gotta let them get out a bit.

    Yea, I heard 4’s pattern well out of the truck window….

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    October 1, 2009 at 7:42 pm #61011

    How else do you hunt in SD??

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