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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

I don't think so many pheasants are shot in the ass because of the angles of the shots. Wings, head, and vitals are exposed well enough on quartering away shots and dead straight away shots are still pretty vulnerable for them with head and wings exposed more often than not.

No, the big puff of feathers on a bird that doesn't go down, in my experience, is a crossing shot where that long, whipping tail is a distraction that catches one's eye and results in failure to maintain or establish enough lead. There is a lot of pheasant feathers back there and it biases shot placement if you will.

As a handler of dogs, I have seen oh so many Kansas ditch parrots shot in the fundament and the proverbial poof of colourful feathers. The >>raking shot<< as referred to by Elmer Keith in a rifle sense is a difficult shot to make even on large game. But on the Kansas ditch parrots, if you shoot low & clip their landing gear & if you have a Gun Dog, you will have him in your bag. Too, as a side-note, if you have a lanyard around your neck with anything dog related, you are considered in the hunt & require a hunting license.


Cheers,

Raimey
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