Roster did get a little lost in his analysis of late season loads for pheasants, but his steel shot test is interesting stuff. The part I like to stress: Inside 30 yards, no matter what they were shooting, there were almost no lost cripples: Wounding loss rate of less than 3%. That's one reason why, if you're hunting preserve pheasants where the shots are likely to be consistently pretty close, you can do quite well with a 28ga and 3/4 oz loads. I reloaded with 3/4 ounce 7's when I had a writing assignment that was going to allow me to shoot a bunch of preserve roosters. Worked out very well. Didn't lose any birds I put on the ground. Flat missed the first one I shot at, but after that, we were good to go. Did need dog support on a couple that hit the ground running.
