I am not a Bob White quail hunter. We don't have that type here in AZ. But I do hunt Gambels, and Scaled quail. My experience on these hardy wild birds is the best shot size is 7s and 71/2s if you can't get 7 shot. Both these birds hit the ground, bounce once and come up running. I want enough penetration to get into the vital areas so they are dead in the air. When I switched from 8s and 9s to 7s the numbers of hit but lost birds went way down. I wouldn't even consider 10 shot and smaller for game birds. Might be okay for those who participate in starling shooting.
