Originally Posted By: L. Brown
As anyone who has shot many pheasants will have observed, you can shoot a rooster in the ass and you'll get a very impressive cloud of feathers . . . and the bird will keep on flying.


Rear end shots are more difficult to pull off cleanly on any game bird. Too far for the shot to have to penetrate to get to the vitals. Head is often protected by the body and not "visible" to the shot. On the flip side, an incoming shot is the easiest to kill cleanly, IMO. All the vitals are "looking at you".

SRH

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