I respect your opinion and experience although my experience has taken me in a different direction with respect to #9. But I have to admit that I've never killed grouse with 7 1/2. So I can't speak to if the larger shot means less birds that have to be killed by hand. Something I hate to do. I always grasped the bird firmly and whacked the head hard on a tree. Kills instantly. I couldn't bear to wring one's neck.
I did kill some in Saskatchewan in the woods surrounding my sharptail and hun areas with my #6 loads. But not enough to draw any conclusions.
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