BaikalsRule90 Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 (edited) pigeon? pheasant? partridge? duck? grouse? other? (that is shootable and is classed as game or as vermin) may be a stupid question but be interested to see what you all think. :lol: Edited March 4, 2009 by BaikalsRule90 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomstick Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 (edited) Other: Plane, missile, rocket Take your pick EDIT: All I think you will find have been shot at some point Edited March 4, 2009 by Boomstick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaikalsRule90 Posted March 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 note my edit lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomstick Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 note my edit lol note mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave1979 Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 snipe is prob hardest!!!! but fastest?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambu13 Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Perigrine Falcon! 200mph+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomstick Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 My fist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaikalsRule90 Posted March 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 (edited) note edit 2.0 would prefer proper answers please Edited March 4, 2009 by BaikalsRule90 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeinVA Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Where is the Swallow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomstick Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Where is the Swallow? how rude! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George1990 Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Where is the Swallow? We don't shoot swallows. Leave that to the frogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NELL Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Peregine is fast when its stooping, but dont think you can shoot them they taste like s..t anyway gos are far more tastey Think its probably one of our wild geese...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Ah yes the Monty Python bridge of death question ....... :unsure: Which Swallow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Tait Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 I got left behind on a windy road by a couple of greylags last week - managing about 35mph through bends, so doing at least 40 against the wind No wonder I miss behind :unsure: Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Fudd Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 id say im the fastest when in full flight from a ladies house after her husband has come home early.... :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casts_by_fly Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 I think of the birds we notmally shoot, the pigeon is the fastest in full flight. The grouse is the quickest to get up off the ground (at least the ruffed grouse as compared to all of the other birds). Thanks, Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 With little doubt geese can be the fastest. I have seen them with a gale behind them sweep in over the marsh edge swing around and land on a field behind me in 30 seconds. A distance of about a mile and half. Allowing for the time they banked in the wind to land I recon they were moving somewhere between 80 and 100 miles an hour . In level steady flight with no wind I have clocked them at 45 mph along side the car. Mind you the slowest geese can be the hardest to hit. Some years ago I was flighting with the geese comming in off the sands into the teeth of 50mph winds. They made very slow progress and had time to scan the marsh below them very well. As soon as I made a move to get the gun up the geese lifted sharply , slid out sideways and let the wind push them backwards. I got 6 for 25 shots , they were almost impossible to hit. In the end the only way i could connect was to shoot slightly off to the downwind side of the bird somewhere behind the right wing. And when I did get one it fell over 100 yards off downwind. But it was a hell of a gale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenhunter Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 I think a pigeon with an autumn gale behind it would take some hitting. I drove alongside a pair last year on a calm day for about 1/2 mile. I was doing 50mph and they were just coasting along with few wing beats. Imagine if they'd been trying... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 Pigeon, poss speed about 45- 50mph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cometa24/7 Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 (edited) I know there not on his list,but woodcock should be right up there with the quickest birds we shoot at... THE KING OF GAME TO ME. Edited March 6, 2009 by cometa24/7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 i reckon it would be, others may know better grouse duck pigeon pheasant partridge on a day with no wind, order may change on a windy day mikee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewis Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 Woodcock for me. For the sheer blistering aglility of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprinter Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 The quickest flying bird? It can be anything mentioned so far ......... just after i have shot at it......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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