For pheasant, I like #6 Im the first barrel, #5 in the second. Always 1oz (or recently 1 1/16 oz) RST falcon. If the bird presents a crossing or rising, going away shot, I reach for the #5 tube when I can remember to do so. Just yesterday two roosters presented a rising, quartering, long shot. I fired #6 at the closer bird, which rocked him the air, but he continued on to the nearby shelter belt. I think the #5s would have knocked him down.

Owen