Slo-Mo Shot Pattern

[Mike Poindexter]

I really like the scene about 2/3 of the way through where the girl dusts the bird with one pellet without breaking it. From the video, it looks like she had the bird in the pattern, just not enough density to make several hits. Makes me feel better about some of the shots I've missed when I thought I had it.. Maybe just not enough pattern. Dont get me wrong--I miss plenty that arent even close, just that sometimes you think "why?" when everything looks and feels right. Thanks for posting.

[Double Lab]

I've seen that video before and I think it would be an interesting study if they did it with different choke constrictions, say cylinder vs. full. The chipped bird looks to me to have been shot over and behind by her and I'm betting that if she had a tighter choke in she would have at least broke a chip off it. If you stop it at 2:15 and advance the video frame by frame to 2:18 you'll see the holes in the pattern. It just confirms my fondness for tight chokes and 7 1/2's.