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Get a 16 gauge. All the cool kids are shooting them now.

I've actually heard the Kesterson/San Luis Monday pheasant hunts in the duck blind areas are quite good. You should check those out next season.

When I checked in for Pheasant Monday at Sac NWR and asked how they did over opening weekend, the staff said it was the first wild pheasant opener they could ever remember where 0 pheasants were bagged.

Yep....Limits at Yolo on opener. Lots of wild pheasants but looks like fewer than the record-setting year last season. Word is out, however,.... tons and tons of pheasant hunters showing up, which goes to show that wild pheasants are still a draw where they exist in decent numbers. Headed over...

Where you can get it, my favorite length is 29 inches. Have that on a .410 sxs, which helps give a little more heft to such as light gun, but also on my 16 gauge sxs wild pheasant gun, which helps with smooth swings at distance on prairie birds.

Wow! 687 wild roosters taken during the 20024-25 hunting season. https://wildlife.ca.gov/Science-Institute/News/yolo-bypass-wildlife-area-sees-record-wild-pheasant-harvest-at-687-roosters

I would take a look at Upland Gun Company -- https://uplandguncompany.com/ -- and also Fausti -- https://www.faustiusa.com/ -- mentioned above. Both o/u and sxs 16s available from those two makers.

I would choose the BR 552 in 16 gauge -- and then you will have something pretty special on your hands. I own both B. Rizzini and Fausti guns, both are very well-made but the B. Rizzini has just a bit more original flair to it, less of a machine-made feel. At those price points you should also...

I've had a gunsmith file down the action slightly on a new Beretta to loosen it up. Says the Italians like their new guns super stiff. Just sort of a cultural preference.

Huge amount of quality upland habitat at Yolo.

Sorry to hear that Newman. I have not gotten out yet but was expecting or at least hoping for a better report.

Winner, winner, pheasant dinner. It is indeed the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area -- far and away the No. 1 wild pheasant producer in the state. https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=105633&inline Grizzly Island's harvest may be somewhat skewed. Though it has a population of wild...

Anybody know the No. 1 refuge/wildlife area in the state for wild pheasant harvest? Hint: It ain't Gray Lodge. Let's hear some thoughts.

Sorry...Will repost in the CA Forum.

https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=105633&inline Wow ... Still pretty paltry in the grand scheme of things, but by far outclasses every other Sac/San Joaquin public hunting area.