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Originally Posted by Two Bills
I've nothing against hunting at all, and I am probably in a minority of one, but I never saw much skill in blowing birds out of the sky with shotguns.
Single shots from a rifle, or a bow and arrow, yes.
Same thing here in UK with pheasants, just a mass slaughter.
JMO.
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A shotgun shoots out a pattern that is MAYBE a 1-yard in diameter circle at about 50 yards. So a duck passing overhead MUST be led by a precise amount in order to score a hit. It is NOT all that easy. And a flushing pheasant in a QUIET FIELD makes you jump because it sounds like a Boing 727 aircraft lifting off. Plus the lead MUST BE BOTH above the riding bird and to the left or right angle that it is going. It is NOT some piece of cake to take game birds !