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Originally Posted by Daniel Carter
Tom i have had the same thing occur twice both were hit in the head and towered going slower and slower until wings still beating they came back to ground. Both hit by 1 pellet in the top of the skull. Have looked for a bird a long time when i was without a dog to no avail until my son said look in that alder about 8 feet up. Dog never would have got him but may have marked it.
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I could never figure out why my dog couldn't find those two birds. The only thing I can think of is they drifted quite a distance and I had to follow them and mark them down the best I could. Birds generally thrash a bit spreading enough scent making them easy to find. But those two birds were dead in the air and dropped quite a distance to hit the ground. There was probably very little scent for the dog to pick up.
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