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Unread 11-06-2017, 03:34 PM   #1
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I had two Grouse and a Woodcock fly right at me this season and I missed them all
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I had two Grouse and a Woodcock fly right at me this season and I missed them all
That is probably one of the hardest shots there is since it is rare in the way most of us in US hunt, especially in an upland setting. Its also a hard shot to safely set up at a sporting clay range, so you just don't see it too much. Unless you hunt a lot of those Continental Pheasant hunts. You may see it some in a dove field as well. Its just a tough shot to pull through and lose sight of bird and then pull the trigger. I found it was just better for me to let em pass and get em as they are even or going away if you its a safe shot, but then you could be faced with one of the hardest shots.

I think the absolute hardest shot that even some English shooting experts agree on is a driven pheasant that is tailing and quartering away from you. See an awful lot of powder burned on those misses on those.
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I had two Grouse and a Woodcock fly right at me this season and I missed them all

Think Station 8 Low House Rich - I break those birds shooting low gun(at my waist) with some regularity.





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While hunting in Maine this fall my pooch went on a perfect point and the grouse flushed flying dead straight away from me down a open old logging road. I pulled up and the first round failed to fire, so I quickly fired the second barrel only to have that round fail to fire. After cussing the loads I opened the gun to change them only to find I had failed to load my gun
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