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Without hesitation, if that is gun that I wanted, I would have the stock cut and fitted with a 1" recoil pad to my length of pull. There is nothing to feel bad about. If it is your gun, get it fit to you with a proper recoil pad.

Here is an interesting article related to your comment. https://www.outdoorlife.com/guns/steel-shot-lethality-testing/

I stated before that I doubt that this bill will pass in its present form. However, I do not doubt that lead, as a known neurotoxin, will be eliminated in many applications as effective substitutes become available. This may well happen in our lifetime. This has occurred many times in the...

I am curious, how many people really think they are skilled enough at wing shooting to consistently engage a moving target at 60 yards? I shoot a lot of sporting clays and if the target setters put out a 40 yard target, few people hit it consistently and many people bitch about it. 35 to 40...

They are 8.5" x 11".

I sincerely doubt that the portion of the bill banning lead shot for target shooting will make it out of committee. I quit using nontoxic shot and bullets for my hunting several years ago. It makes no sense to me to inject a known neurotoxin into the food when effective substitutes are...

I stopped cleaning pheasants while on a multi-day hunt several years ago. There is no reason to do so, as you have to leave a wing or leg attached anyway and it is a joy killing chore at the end of a day's hunt. We keep the birds whole, if it is cool enough we just leave them on the ground...

Several years ago, I used to waterfowl hunt with a guy that would shoot over his limit and tell me that I had to count the extra birds as part of my limit. One morning we were hunting with new guy and as we were setting decoys, this the offender was bragging about a recent hunt where he shot...

I do not recall where the rest of that pattern ended up. I shot that target 4 years ago. I found it in my files the other day as I was working up a turkey load for this spring. I recently shot a 1 1/8 oz #4 steel pattern that is denser and more even at 40 yards than that bismuth is at 35...

Regarding the OP, about 4 years ago, I purchased 2 boxes of Boss 2 3/4" 12 gauge 1 1/4 oz #6 copper plated bismuth with a stated velocity of 1350 fps. I shot some pheasants with it through a modified choke and it worked well. I also shot some through a full choke on a turkey target to see if...

I cannot specify an amount. I would simply mix a cup of salt with a cup of brown sugar, add black pepper as you see fit. Rub on the meat. Place the meat in a plastic or ceramic container in the fridge overnight. Place the extra brine in a ziplock or Tupperware container for later use.

I have to admit that you have a valid point here. Hunters using 5 & 6 steel for pheasants are using undersized shot for the job, and are likely losing downed birds. Unfortunately this error is exacerbated by manufacturers such as Kent. https://kentcartridge.com/shotshell/upland-fasteel Their...

I think for most meats, a dry brine is best. A simple dry brine of 1/2 salt, with 1/2 brown sugar and some black pepper works very well. Rub the mixture on the meat and place in the refrigerator overnight. The meat absorbs the salt and sugar. The pepper deposits on the surface. The next...

I have had these now for two seasons. I have hearing loss and significant tinnitus. I am trying to preserve what hearing I have. I have tried several electronic ear muffs. While they seem to work fine in a duck blind. The wind noise on the prairie is awful. The only hearing protection that...

Could it be one of the birds you shot and did not retrieve this past season?

The following is from the article linked in post #23. It is well worth a full read. Anatomical Challenges Necropsies of pheasants taken in the test discovered that the back end of a pheasant presents two obstacles a charge of shot must overcome to produce a clean kill. Inside the body...

In my experience that 40 yards is a very long shot in most pheasant covers. A going away shot at a rooster at that distance or greater is often the mechanism for a lost bird At distances less to 35 yards and change, both steel and bismuth (properly sized and choked as stated by others above)...

I must admit that it is very difficult to argue with that kind of logic... because it is not logic.

That is the popular myth.

Some pheasants in South Dakota do ingest spent lead shot. That has been established. Sport Lead Free's statement on this matter is not a false statement. https://www.thepublicopinion.com/story/news/local/2012/06/09/gfp-study-reveals-game-birds-ingest-lead-pellets-shot-by-hunters/46389525/...