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Preparing for an accelerating or faster target is important for pheasant hunting. Part 2 of 4: Knowing When and Where to Hunt. Generally, for walked up birds behind a dog . Pheasant hunting requires a heavy shot, like size 4. lead distance = 2.5564 feet. Edited December 8, 2011 by yickdaz. Lead-shot game refers to: Pheasant; Partridge; Black grouse; Red grouse; Ptarmigan; Brown hare; Deer; Duck; Goose; Wood pigeon; Woodcock; Snipe; Rabbit; Golden plover; shot for food using pellets or balls made of lead. I generally consider a lead between one to four pheasant lengths, This works regardless of … Watch the lead increase as the target distance goes from 10 yards, then 20 yards, and finally to 40 yards… Once the bird is more than 30 yards away, whether it is a clay or a rocketing pheasant, many people do not appreciate just how far forward they need to be to kill it. thamks. It's likely to be wet and cold, and you'll be doing a lot of walking on uneven terrain. 1. Pheasant hunting is a great way to get introduced to upland bird hunting for beginners.

Those equate to US #6 and #7. Diamond Grade : Joined: Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:08 pm Posts: 1872 I use a 16 bore over dogs and seem to find the 1 1/8 oz load plenty. I sure hope this is for a math class.

any tips on shooting driven pheasant? That ammo was … An improved cylinder or modified choke is going to be best suited for them. But even then, with shots at 50 yards or more, the most commonly used shot sizes for driven birds in the UK are their #5 and #6. 5. Its hard to tell but as long as you dont rush the shot and lead the bird by about a foot, you should get em.

If most of your flushes come several yards away, perhaps a full choke is right for you. Be sure to have good all-weather boots, and dress in layers. A pheasant on the other hand will often maintain its speed or even accelerate as it comes into your shooting picture. There are so many opinions given by “experts” trying to sell their way of shooting that forward allowance gets to be quite confusing. Advertisement. Shotgunning is instinct born of hours of experience. They are then released once a week for the remainder of the season, except during deer hunting season. With clay pigeons it would be pretty tough to judge lead distance. The average pheasant requires about 51⁄2ft of lead at 30yd, 8ft at 40yd but 11ft at 50yd. Nearly 200,000 pheasants were harvested in 2013. The increase in pheasant rearing and releasing have raised issues such as the effects of releasing on biodiversity, the transmission of diseases in pheasants such as hexamita and mycoplasma and welfare of devices such as anti-pecking spectacles. Mnshooter Post subject: Re: Pheasant Shot Distance. My disbelief of the lead required reminded me of similar comments from clients when I stretch their limits.

For pheasants and ducks I use pheasant or duck lengths.

You don’t need a lot of equipment and although the finer points may take years to learn, it doesn’t take much to grasp a basic understanding of how to hunt pheasants. Driven pheasants and grouse are a different matter because they can be very far away and/or very high. how much lead? Pheasant hunters with pointers are probably shooting birds at close range. Lead shot is often banned on public lands, so you’ll need steel. They simply do not understand the extent of the lead required. Eating lead-shot game meat on a frequent basis can expose you to potentially harmful levels of lead. Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 3:23 pm . Top . Birds are released by the DNR once before the hunting season and twice a week for the first two weeks of the hunting season. had this before if i remember rightly gave same answer, depends on how far away or close the bird is from you and how fast or slow its travelling its not so much a measure of lead its more instinct than anything else, you give the bird the lead you think and feel is right. This can throw off even the most experienced trap shooter when they head to the field for a big pheasant hunt in South Dakota or Kansas. As to range?