Miller,
Gotta agree with you on the quantity of shot thing.

On wild pheasants, little gauges have limits. Littler, more limits. Still, it can be very rewarding shooting small gauges, much like bowhunting is more rewarding to me than rifle hunting.

I recall meeting guys that still shoot longbows with woodshaft arrows and even saw something about a guy that was hunting with handmade stone arrowheads.

It's all good stuff