Grouse loads : Is # 8 shot too small ?

[Roundsworth]

Great advice from all! I use 7-1/2 with excellent results in my 20. Right now, the foliage is quite thick and the grass at the edges of trails is pert near waist high. I don't have a dog to enhance my hunting and always hunt alone, so I have to rely on sight and sound to find the birds. I have located lotsa grouse when they make the little 'gleep-gleep' sounds or when they start scampering away. Very rarely, the birds fly across or down the trail, allowing me a chance at a decent aerial shot. Otherwise, if they take off, they usually head for the deep woods. Even if I hit one way out in the brush, the odds of me finding the bird get slim, unless it is wounded and flapping. I do all right, though. I can only recall 2 or 3 times when I could not find a bird. Cheers!