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[charlie cleveland]

that grouselooks to be the size of a phezant....maybe bigger i never hunted grouse thats just because ive never seen one....looks like you would need large size shot of maybe 4 s or 5 s on these large birds...what did you use to kill this nice grouse with... charlie

[Jim P.]

Hi Charlie-thanks for your interest. This looked to me like a first year male and -I'd judge it like most fully grown grouse is about 3/4 the size of a pheasant but not much more. I use RST #8s in the right barrel (modified) and #6s (full) in the left. The 8s worked at about 20 yards; one shot. Using the two different loads is advice I've read in many sources.