Duck Hunting

[michael flatters 2]

I shot a nice mallard drake with a headshot out my bedroom window this morning,he was sat on the pond about 35 yards,still had my PJs on.LOL

[Livinhope 0]

Well done mate, you did better than me. I hope your enjoy your duck.

 

It always tastes better whern you have personaly added a bit of lead.

 

Enjoy your duck supper.

 

ATB

 

Dave

[ulverston moocher 60]

I shoot pheasents and ducks with my air rifle with no problems what so ever and if in range an air rifle is more than capable of a quick clean kill on either bird.

[JackReid 35]

Wait until they are out the water so they dont sink or are not retrievable, headshot and its all good!

Would love to have some ducks to hunt on my permission!

[furdy 0]

Dont you have to use non-toxic ammo for wildfowl in England and Wales....

[RaiderBoy 19]

I have been told you should never fire a rifle into water as the bullet hits the water so hard it ricochets but I don't know if an air rifle pellet would be going fast enough? Just something to watch out for.

 

Sub sonic rounds such as air pellets (and many rim and centre fire rounds) will just make their way to the bottom of the water.

 

Hypersonic rounds will disintegrate as they hit the water

 

The chance of a bounce is millions to one.

 

Am I the only one who watches Myth Busters on Discovery?

 

Phantom

 

no phantom i also watch myth busters and rather enjoy all of the gun myths too espicially firing a .50 cal into a swimming pool to find out how far it goes down. any way i say shoot as long as it is in season and good luck doing it too because they are rather hard to get close to and they seem to have the ability of knowing when you have a gun and when you dont have a gun. and also in water there is no way a bullet can rebound back towards you only bounce of the water away from you.

 

Richard

[stealthy1 3,964]

I have a tip for budding duck shooters, chuck bread at them before you shoot them

[snipercp 0]

I have been told you should never fire a rifle into water as the bullet hits the water so hard it ricochets but I don't know if an air rifle pellet would be going fast enough? Just something to watch out for.

 

Sub sonic rounds such as air pellets (and many rim and centre fire rounds) will just make their way to the bottom of the water.

 

Hypersonic rounds will disintegrate as they hit the water

 

The chance of a bounce is millions to one.

 

Am I the only one who watches Myth Busters on Discovery?

 

Phantom

 

 

 

 

your not the only i watch it, did you watch the one were they fired bullets into the swimming pool to see how far it went, any way me and my dad took three mallards out with a rapid 7 22 try and shoot the ones that are close to the bank so you cn get them out the water easy we had to use a fishing net to get them out.

 

AL THE BEST CONNOR

[andyz 30]

I have a tip for budding duck shooters, chuck bread at them before you shoot them

 

Easy peasy....

[Edgar 1]

Dont you have to use non-toxic ammo for wildfowl in England and Wales....

 

Is anyone going to answer this question?

[Phantom 631]

Dont you have to use non-toxic ammo for wildfowl in England and Wales....

 

Is anyone going to answer this question?

 

Its all toxic, if they get enough of it

 

Phantom

[killa-combo 142]

ive shot a few heres a pic of 3 mallards i shot with hw98..

get there early when still dark and get within range and wait til first light

Edited January 4, 2010 by moore-wkton89

[LordGamebore 0]

I'm not sure but different rules may apply to shooting ducks with airguns. I knew a bloke who used to control the Mallard popuilation with FAC air.