Out here on the Plains where you don't know for sure what is going to get up in front of the dogs point in the early season I use a one ounce load of hard #7s in the first barrel of my 16 gauge and follow it up with a one ounce load of copper plated #6s in the second barrel. After the Pheasants start flushing wild I switch the 1 ounce load of #6s to a 1 1/8th ounce load of hard 6s. After a covey flush I will change to 7/8th ounce of hard 7 1/2s to shoot singles. We ain't got no stinking Woodcock here in Kansas.
