Terry2016 Posted July 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 I think you may have misunderstood what I said. You may well kill more birds now you have opened your chokes up. The shots I was talking about you missing would still have been missed with an open choke - the shot would not have spread wide enough with ANY choke. No I understood what you were saying, the birds that were missed on the video were close, longer range birds were dropped hence my explanation. At the end of the day missed is missed so we will never know, we all like to think that the birds we shoot are in the centre of out pattern the truth is in many cases they are not. Close range birds and tight chokes is a recipe for a poor bag, no matter who you are your just making it harder for yourself Maybe our opinions of how far off some shots were is because I was there and know the distance etc All I would say to anyone is get yourself a shotkam or borrow one and look at your own shots,, it's surprising what you find some birds are in the centre of a pattern and still do not drop Cheers Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 No I understood what you were saying, the birds that were missed on the video were close, longer range birds were dropped hence my explanation. At the end of the day missed is missed so we will never know, we all like to think that the birds we shoot are in the centre of out pattern the truth is in many cases they are not. Close range birds and tight chokes is a recipe for a poor bag, no matter who you are your just making it harder for yourself Maybe our opinions of how far off some shots were is because I was there and know the distance etc All I would say to anyone is get yourself a shotkam or borrow one and look at your own shots,, it's surprising what you find some birds are in the centre of a pattern and still do not drop Cheers Terry Your right I would be very surprised if a bird was centre pattern and did not drop at sensible ranges for the load used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry2016 Posted July 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 Your right I would be very surprised if a bird was centre pattern and did not drop at sensible ranges for the load used. It happens I've seen it now on a couple of occasions when looking back at footage thinking I don't know how I missed that ! Only to find out that I didn't miss it, the dot was in the correct place the shot pattern must have had gaps within it meaning that no vitals were struck... A few feathers and gone .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 Ok Terry. The next pigeon shooting video I make I will use an extra full choke on the pigeons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry2016 Posted July 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 Ok Terry. The next pigeon shooting video I make I will use an extra full choke on the pigeons. Thanks Motty that will be interesting to see. Do you have a shotkam ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 I only have a gopro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toqs Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 Nice Video, thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry2016 Posted July 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 Nice Video, thanks for sharing. Thank Toqs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 These cameras are awesome, but like others I'm gonna wait & see if they drop in price. I couldn't justify paying that money on a camera at the minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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