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Originally Posted by Joe Dreisch
20 ga. #9 shot was all we used for Eastern Shore wild quail (bobwhite) over pointing dogs back in the 80's. I never noticed excessive shot in the birds.
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I grew up shooting grouse with 9 shot and rarely had a bird that had too much shot in it. It just didn't happen that often. Maybe one or two birds a season and I was shooting between 70 to 80 birds a year back in the day. I pulled a tail feather from each bird and tallied at the end of the season.
The market hunter who introduced my grandfather to grouse used #10 shot out of an old sawed off colt double before market hunting became illegal. He shot for the New York city market. His birds wouldn't have been accepted if they had a lot of shot.
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