Preserve pheasants bear the same relationship to their wild relations as the butterball in your freezer bears to a 20 lb wild tom with a 9 inch beard. Or hatchery trout compared to a nocturnal hook jawed monster that eats minnows, smaller trout and the occasional baby muskrat.
For wild ringnecks, I like 6s, 5s and 4s. 4s for late season and longer shots.
But preserve ringnecks are easier to kill. All I've used were 8s and 7 1/2s and the birds went down like submarines. Use an open choke and have fun...
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