Hungarians

[Tinesdown]

I got a couple huns on opening weekend that were just barely dry from having hatched. But, a buddy flushed the flock and those were the only 2 that flew close enough.

Prior to pheasant season, my shotguns have Cyl chokes and I shoot 20Ga AA/Fiocchi target loads in 8's or occasionally 7.5's.

When pheasant season opens, it's still a 20ga, but, I swap over to 1oz #5's and IC chokes. It's fairly rare that I move to a 12Ga before Thanksgiving. Once I do move to a 12 it's still an IC choke but 1 3/8Oz of 4's or 5's.

Yeah huns are a bird that u never seem to have the right load in have killed em with trap shells but prolly was lucky your better off using at the very least 6 ,5 with 1/4 ounce loads. Suckers are very fast an always kick in a spread out flock imo.

 

[Jiffy]

The trick with Huns is to pick one out of the covey.

I never do, I ALWAYS flock shoot at least the first shot! lol

 

[SDMF]

Yeah huns are a bird that u never seem to have the right load in have killed em with trap shells but prolly was lucky your better off using at the very least 6 ,5 with 1/4 ounce loads. Suckers are very fast an always kick in a spread out flock imo.

Mid-80’s there were Huns all over. Dad would drive me around, flush the birds off the road, then turn the dog loose on them whenever they landed. In short I got tons of practice and finally learned to pick out a bird. I wasted a LOT of shells “flock shooting”.

Early season both grouse and partridge shooting seems to be fairly short range for me. Grouse in particular also aren’t all that hard to get on the ground, that’s why I use target loads prior to pheasant opener.

 

[espringers]

7.5 & 8s for grouse and huns.

 

[grumster]

I shoot 2 3/4" 6's until late season then I go to 3" 5's all in a 20 gauge.

 

[svnmag]

I prefer 7 1/2.

IMHO: These are good "do it all" shells with hard shot. A "nickel steel" M12/FC will down a pheasant @40+: I said "down" not "kill".

As SD; around Thanksgiving I'm stoked with Federal "baby magnum" 1 3/8 #4's @1400fps: What I like about this setup; when a bird flushes you have time to adjust your footing and ensure proper gun mount/cheek weld before slapping the trigger.

I like this technique as I have pronounced cross dominance and it allows for a quick mental checklist: Not "proper" shotgunning and definitely not for snap shooting: I like the "large" shot for energy retention. I believe these loads would destroy any bird within 25yds with a "pre-shotcup" FC.

And they kick like hell.

That is all.