king ratcatcher Posted March 4, 2006 Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 What do you guys do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzer1 Posted March 4, 2006 Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 Put tumb on back and break spine ....quick and simple.....some call it the vulcan grip All the best Buzz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ratcatcher Posted March 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 cheers guys, i break the neck too. i just pull the head whilst holding the body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hitman Posted March 4, 2006 Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 I hold the bird in my left hand with the wings held down,then turn its head about two times until you feel its neck crack, and its dead. I use this method on pigeons,ducks,geese and the head never comes off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black hat Posted March 4, 2006 Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead-Eyed Duck Posted March 4, 2006 Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 Quick bite to the back of the head works every time. Yummmy Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd Posted March 4, 2006 Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 preist, good way of killing workes every time edd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
game_keeper Posted March 4, 2006 Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 i just hold there body and smack there head over a tree, quick, simple and painfree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupidsalmon Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 .......and if theres no tree around, a quick whip of the knuckles to the back of the head does the job a goodun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milo_05 Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 I try not to hit the pigeon on something, try to do it the other way round as i often end up with blood going all over my face or coat Your not supposed to hit it THAT hard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 Another pelet if there is no chance of a richochet. I am not that confident at wringing yet so avoid it if I can. I might have to buy a priest and save any worries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slipster Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 What a funny thing to ask, I can,t stop laughing at the time i kept racing pigeons and one old cock bird had to go, I put on a pair of rigger gloves and off i whent to the loft early one morning, grabbed the old cock bird in my left hand grabbed his head in my right swung my right hand at approx 6omph threw the old cockbird to the ground feathers all over! and yes he shook his head and off he flew strutting his stuff I kept him for another 3 years b4 he came home with his breastbone broken and i had to put him to sleep, this time very quickly and humanely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodyfirst Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 I hold the bird in my left hand with the wings held down,then turn its head about two times until you feel its neck crack, and its dead.I use this method on pigeons,ducks,geese and the head never comes off. yeh me too...just keep twisting its head, quickly as possible, but no pulling involved, so no chance of pulling a head off! It works well for any bird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 If you aint got a repeater rifle or a mag and only single shot i personally used to carry a multi shot pistol a shot to the back of the head at point blank range is more than enough. I USED to use the rifle but to the head but got a bit messy Lord Geordie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitelegghw77k Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Quick question. Only go for head shots....but I must be hitting the wrong bit of the head!!! Got one this morning, blood spurting everywhere. Pigeon was not going to get up again, but it still seemed full of beans!! So I broke it back like in 'The Pigeon Shooter', still would have been flapping if I hadn't been holding on to it. Ended up smaking it head on a brick. Eyes shut and no movement. Heart was still beating. When can you be sure it is dead? How much of the flapping, rolling around is just reflexes. I am concerned that I'm making its last few seconds very painful, when I expected the lights to go out instantly. I've tried the next pull and twist but the head keeps coming off in my hands!! Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maori Haz Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 A mate of mine shot a woodie in the head... fell down, as was well we thought. Just to be safe he shot it again with multi-shot pistol to back of head. Right no movement... it's dead... however he went to pick it up and it started flapping again.. Had to break neck to stop all nerves etc. MH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sussex Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 I think it just takes the body a few seconds to realise its dead sometimes like when a Chicken gets its head cut off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodyfirst Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 I once shot a starling (when it was still legal!), in the head at about 25 yards. I went to pick it up, and as i got about 5 yards from it, it got up, and flew away. I say flew away, it only went a few yards, but it was still alive. when I eventually got near it, I shot it in the chest, and it stopped still. On inspection, a good portion of its skull was missing. Hardcore birds! I also had a rat once a few years ago, head shot at about 20 yards. It was kicking a lot, but I assumed it was just nerves. When I got to it, I shot it point blank in the head again, just to be sure, and it carried on kicking. It was really going for it. After a few more shots, it actually got up, and tried to scramble away. I was in the midst of reloading, so my reactions were to kick it, to stop it getting under the shed. It was still going for it when I got to it. I then shot it once in the chest, and it just stopped. It was weird. Sometimes that happens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot shot XL Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Believe it or not 9/10 times it is just nerves thrashing the limbs about, if you do get flappers breaking the neck is the best way IMHO of despatching them. I must admit if you hit em right, they don't flap... XL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bindi Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Priest, quick humane dispatch, bindi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitelegghw77k Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 And he can read them the last rites!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ratcatcher Posted March 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Shot a feral pigeon yesterday at 15 yards, head shot, with the bsa ultra .22 using penertrators, it flapped around, i went upto it, broke its neck, still alive?? then punched it over the head twice, still alive, then shot it 3 times, and it was still figiting about?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wol the hunter Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 I BREAK THERE BACK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 I had a really peachy shot yesterday, collard dove 30-35 yds in a tree (SAFE back stop, nothing but fields so if it missed it would have fallen safely!). When I reached it I had to finish it off just incase it wasn't just nerves. Went for another pellet as that was just the easiest way to deal with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 just hit them on the head,best way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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