Finding out for myself.

[Harold Pickens]

I shot a few woodcock with those loads and was barely able to scavenge a wing to send to the USFWS wing survey.

[Double Lab]

I don't use #9's on any gamebirds but on pigeons, either out of a trap or hand-thrown, they are deadly. As Phil found out that small shot is the ticket.
I shot a live bird shoot this weekend over 8 Barnaby type traps. The first 5 bird race had me scoring a 3 which won't even get you an honorable mention. I checked the bottom choke in my K32, thinking I had .015 constriction when it was really .027. DUH, my bad. Switched it out to .015 and using 3- 1 1/8- 9's followed by a top barrel with .043 and 3 1/4- 1 1/4- 7 1/2's. Ran the next 13 birds only having to use my second barrel twice to anchor the bird.