One of the best guns out there for me anyways is my Remington 870 special field it was purpose built for upland game hunting and it works amazing 21 inch barrel short mag tube and forend with English style straight grip stock that thing swings like a double is light and handy where I hunt in northern Ontario it’s in 12 Guage. I also hunted lots with a .410 but not as nice for wing shooting at distance or really thick bush like we have in northern Ontario. Late season I will also use my little ruger 10-22 takedown with 10 inch barrel with fastfire red dot mounted on barrel that a grouse worst nightmare so easy to shoot there heads off I feel bad mind you the 870 special field chops the heads clean off also mind you I e had it since I was 18 was first new gun I had purchased for myself and definatly a never sell. Very early season before all the vegetation dies off I use another 870 with a dlask 12.5 inch barrel I had them thread for rem choke I put in a turkey choke. It’s handy little rig for busting brush early season. I can’t remember the last time I got even a pellet in the meat and I use #4 federal high brass exclusively
Here is a little training tip for you get a bunch of used 12 Guage hulls and put them on tree branches or on the ground on little sticks from 10 feet out to 50 feet use the brass head as an aiming point as it’s about the size of there head when your good at shredding the brass with only a few pellets in the plastic part you will be ready for good clean kills on grouse same can be done with a .22.
I don’t recommend a .22 in heavily hunted areas for two reasons first is the birds aren’t as dumb as everybody thinks they learn quick to run and duck and bob and weave in the thick stuff. And second is ricochet a .22 is powerfull enough to carry a fair bit but will change course hitting small branches and what not. I almost got shot form a .22 from another hunter because of this. What ever you do practice practice and practice some more. If your destroying the meet stop shooting them till your proficient with your chosen gun. No reason to kill something just for the sake of makeing a kill if it can’t be consumed
Here is a little training tip for you get a bunch of used 12 Guage hulls and put them on tree branches or on the ground on little sticks from 10 feet out to 50 feet use the brass head as an aiming point as it’s about the size of there head when your good at shredding the brass with only a few pellets in the plastic part you will be ready for good clean kills on grouse same can be done with a .22.
I don’t recommend a .22 in heavily hunted areas for two reasons first is the birds aren’t as dumb as everybody thinks they learn quick to run and duck and bob and weave in the thick stuff. And second is ricochet a .22 is powerfull enough to carry a fair bit but will change course hitting small branches and what not. I almost got shot form a .22 from another hunter because of this. What ever you do practice practice and practice some more. If your destroying the meet stop shooting them till your proficient with your chosen gun. No reason to kill something just for the sake of makeing a kill if it can’t be consumed
