Don't Take It For Granted.

[reaper1064 285]

As the title say's, don't take it for granted that your head shot will always do the job. Over the last week I have head shot two woodies with the pellet entering the head about level with the eye and exiting through the other side. On retrieval of the bird I found them sitting there still breathing and flapping when I picked them up. I've shot shed loads of woodies in the exact same spot and they've dropped like stones, but not these. I'm just glad I got to them quick to sort them out. So nerves or rock hard woodies?

 

[paulus 26]

As the title say's, don't take it for granted that your head shot will always do the job. Over the last week I have head shot two woodies with the pellet entering the head about level with the eye and exiting through the other side. On retrieval of the bird I found them sitting there still breathing and flapping when I picked them up. I've shot shed loads of woodies in the exact same spot and they've dropped like stones, but not these. I'm just glad I got to them quick to sort them out. So nerves or rock hard woodies?

not realised there dead yet, a quick swirl holding the neck sorts them quick enough

[iana 25]

I've hit them before with a rimmy in the head and still had the odd one that sits there on the ground still breathing!!! Them and magpies are rock hard!!!!

[bushing lad 114]

ive noticed that aswell. ive only ever shot 1 woodie in the head and it was flapping alot yet the other ones ive shot where all in the chest and they were all cleaner kills.

[Lewis Ste 245]

I had one I shoot around 35m standing and the angle of the shot was quite high when in the bottom of the head and out the eye. Dropped out the tree but still alive when I got to it

[EVO HUNTSMAN 13]

got to be honest but i seem to get more clean kills from chest shots where woodpigeons are concerned, as for corvids they are a very tough bird

[Craig Fosse 286]

I must admit I have had to neck swing a few before, I do this on every bird I collect now just to be doubly sure. Pigeons are hard a nails, bust taste so bloody good!!

[j j m 6,580]

i go for heart shots with woodys takes them out no fuss

[Its_grim_up_norf 577]

i dont heart shot any bird if i can avoid it. couple of times ive got them plucked/breasted and the blood has spoilt the meat...ive taken a heart shot on a rabbit, and it didn't really spoil it because the rabbit meat is all 'bottom end' where as birds its all breast meat, right next to the heart.

 

OP - they're tough little beggars, possibly just nerves but still. few swings round by the neck will do the trick.

[milegajo 595]

Same story once for me, though when I twisted the neck, his head popped off!

 

Mawders was horrified!

[paulus 26]

Same story once for me, though when I twisted the neck, his head popped off!

 

Mawders was horrified!

just hold them by the head in one hand and shake in a circle you will feel the neck go without the chance of its head coming off, the same with phesants etc. there own bodyweight is enough to do the job

[secretagentmole 1,701]

I did the head off the pigeon trick a couple of Christmases ago, now I have read about the swing trick, no more problems....

[Craig Fosse 286]

Funny thing was. Learnt this spinning trick off the disrobes channel watching YUKON men as they were goose hunting, it worked on them so I thought I would try it on my next pigeon and it did the job without the head popping or you splicing their neck skin

[milegajo 595]

I was used to rabbits and cockerels at the time, so gave it too much oomph. Certainly can't be prissy about it.

 

Thanks for the tip though.

[paulus 26]

I was used to rabbits and cockerels at the time, so gave it too much oomph. Certainly can't be prissy about it.

 

Thanks for the tip though.

works with cockerals aswell, rabits its easier to just strech untill you feel the neck give or just chin them.